People
Evans to lead SmartBuy advance
OMB's e-government boss promises an action plan by the end of next month.
Acquisition
Sandia buys switches for supercomputer
Sandia National Laboratories bought 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches from Foundry.
People
Army awards ITES contracts
The Army awarded five contracts Oct. 22 in the second part of the $500 million Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program.
People
Entrust to provide PKI for FBI
Northrop Grumman chose Entrust to provide public-key infrastructure protection for FBI systems.
People
Small biz feels shut out of DHS
Entrepreneurs tell a House subcommittee that small businesses are finding it hard to do business with the Homeland Security Department.
Acquisition
General Dynamics wins GIS deal
The company will provide geographic information services for the Forest Service.
People
SpecOps doles out optical tag contracts
U.S. Special Operations Command awarded four R&D contracts worth $57.8 million to develop small, thin, long-range optical retroreflecting tags.
Modernization
Networx RFI issued
The Federal Technology Service wants comments on its proposed replacement for FTS 2001.
People
CSC lands $88 million contract
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau hired the company for system maintenance and operations support.
People
SPIRIT to move DHS contracts
The $10 billion SPIRIT procurement vehicle will award contracts in four performance areas for the Homeland Security Department.
Modernization
Datatrac to run FBI call centers
The bureau awarded Datatrac Information Services a $48 million contract to manage two background check call centers.
Acquisition
McDonald Bradley added as Concorde vendor
The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded the company a deal worth up to $11.2 million to compete for task orders on the Concorde modernization.
People
Lee to head Iraq buys
Procurement chief to help coalition council navigate procurement complexities
Acquisition
Agencies still going slowly on performance contracting
Mather: Concept encounters 'capital-C cultural change'
Acquisition
See you in court
Aronie: Companies are too hesitant to turn to the courts or the general accounting office to protect their rights
Acquisition
OMB reports progress with competition goals
A Bush administration report designed to promote its competitive sourcing initiative shows that controversy over the initiative is not likely to fade
People
EPA taps vendor for E-gov portal
Lockheed Martin won the $98 million contract to work on E-Rulemaking.
People
GSA launches purchase data system
The new Federal Procurement Data System is up and running after just five months of development.
Acquisition