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Army launches business integration shop
Effort is intended to help the Army more rapidly manage IT across its vast enterprise
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OMB puts federal jobs up for grabs
Revised A-76 holds agencies accountable for competing work deemed commercial
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Air Force forms council for IT buys
Group will develop servicewide strategies for buying and managing IT products
Acquisition
Five hurdles for business cases
Every agency has areas in which it does well and areas in which it struggles when developing business cases for information technology investments
Acquisition
OMB: Ask industry for a helping hand
From the start, the Office of Management and Budget turned to industry for help in developing information technology business cases
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Marine accounting open to competition
DOD will begin conducting an A-76 competition of its Marine Corps Accounting Services
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Procurement execs want larger role
As federal procurement reform continues, officials seek to be included earlier in process
Acquisition
GAO issues purchase card guide
Guide is designed to help agencies better manage their purchase card programs
Acquisition
OMB releases final A-76 revision
Public/private competitive process is to be based more on performance rather than price
Acquisition
Focus on cooperation
Editorial: The true challenge facing the Bush administration and career IT managers will be working together
Acquisition
No guarantees
Commentary: Even under requirements contracts, courts will not let vendors recover lost profits
Acquisition
Performance-based contracting ascends
The buzz around performance-based contracting continues to grow, aided most recently by a boost from the Services Acquisition Reform Act
Acquisition
Lawmakers curtail DOD bundling
The Defense Department could be forced to rethink its strategy of combining related, smaller contracts into a single large one
Acquisition
Outsourcing popular internationally
Outsourcing is increasingly popular for governments worldwide, according to a study by Accenture
Acquisition
Security spending forecast: $6B
Study predicts that by 2008, the government will spend almost $6 billion on information security
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Senate OKs DOD bundling limits
An influential senator has proposed an amendment that would limit DOD's ability to bundle contracts
Acquisition
Daniels to deliver A-76 revision
OMB director will release the rewrite of Circular A-76 before he leaves his post next month
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