Modernization

Harris wins $1B services pact

The company will lead an industry team operating the National Reconnaissance Office's communications and information systems.

People

Group to study sourcing

The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are forming a working group to study strategic sourcing.

Acquisition

FPDS reports go free

Accessing the Federal Procurement Data System directly requires a one-time fee, though.

Acquisition

Vendors to be rated on small-biz support

Under a final rule to be published soon, small-business subcontracting will become a factor in past-performance evaluations.

Modernization

Air Force awards mobile telecom contract

Air Force officials have stepped up efforts to build a mobile communications system that would allow warfighters in remote locations to swiftly access voice, video and data information.

People

Senator questions use of IT contract

Nurses paid as case managers

People

DOD drafts IA buying guidelines

Policy is designed to help secure Global Information Grid

People

Northrop lands $408M Army deal

The Army will get training and simulation services from Northrop Grumman IT.

Acquisition

Aronie: The simple made complex

Complex procurements render GSA buys more susceptible to protest.

Acquisition

Postal Service to use SAP

The deal includes $14 million for the MySAP Business Suite and $21 million for SAP's services arm.

Acquisition

IT hot spots

As fourth-quarter buying heats up, FCW highlights technology that sizzles

People

Forest Service to cut IT jobs

The agency's IT services group won a competitive sourcing deal with a plan that would cut 180 jobs.

Acquisition

CACI predicts '05 growth

The IT contractor forecast revenue of at least $1.5 billion in 2005.

Acquisition

Nurses hired on IT contract, senator charges

Sen. Charles Grassley says an IT deal for the Energy Department shouldn't have been for medical assistance work.

Acquisition

HITS déjà vu: Lockheed protests

Lockheed Martin is protesting again over a HUD contract awarded to EDS.

Modernization

AT&T gets new mentor project

Ma Bell will work with DreamHammer under a mentor-protégé deal issued by the Army.

People

DLA deal due shortly

Officials at the Defense Logistics Agency say a multimillion-dollar contract will be awarded soon to a team of vendors that will manage IT infrastructure.

People

Sisti: Maintaining some perspective

What happened at Abu Ghraib is as much a management scandal as it is a procurement scandal.

People

Editorial: A-76 ? a textbook case

More should be done for workers who might be displaced by a competitive sourcing decision.

Acquisition

Nadler: The pendulum swings back

Officials at the General Services Administration and the Defense Department recently launched the "Get It Right" campaign to improve contract compliance and the use of GSA's contracting vehicles.