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DOD nears start of financial fix
Pentagon closes bidding Jan. 25 on a request for quotations to design the DOD financial management enterprise architecture
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CIO defends DLA acquisition strategy
De Vincentis says DLA learned from its experiences and now conducts a model program
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Indus poised to begin Goddard work
NASA awards contract for Web solutions, IT architecture and systems engineering for Goddard's business information systems
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Small biz to get slice of IRS Prime
The IRS is hosting a networking session for small businesses to meet the agency's modernization contractors
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DOD shown model for acquisition
GAO analysis shows DOD could save millions of dollars by taking a strategic approach to the purchase of services
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Embrace failure
Editorial: The success of a Defense Department plan to use existing acquisitions to test new strategies for speeding the procurement process could hinge on one question: Are DOD officials prepared to accept failure?
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Officials: DOD acquisition system weak
Transformation of the armed services will be virtually impossible without a wholesale reform of the DOD acquisition process, according to the commander-in-chief of the Navy's U.S. Pacific Command
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Paperless contracting hits mark
Oft-criticized procurement system makes good showing in DOD exercise
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GSA online procurement rapped
GAO letter criticizes weaknesses in GSA Advantage and the Information Technology Solutions Shop
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DOD looks for A-76 exemption
The Pentagon seeks an exemption to Bush administration outsourcing goals as part of the DOD transformation
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Anteon to bring cure to medical logistics
DOD seeks commercial model to support military medical operations
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GSA preps FirstGov contract
Solicitation spells out specifications for new search engine to power government portal.
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Army ups e-learning ante
The Army National Guard plans to upgrade its defense readiness programs with help from Click2learn
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DOD stepping back on SPS work
DOD is stopping development on SPS Version 5.0 and is focusing on problems with Version 4.2
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DOD tests rapid buying
DOD pilot projects will test strategies for putting IT products into the hands of service members within 18 months -- rather than years
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Customs accelerates disaster planning
The Customs Service is close to awarding a contract for two backup facilities to access systems in the wake of a disaster or attack
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GSA system to track worker skills
GSA awarded a contract to develop the first governmentwide system to track the current skills and future training needs of the federal acquisition workforce
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Education expands share-in-savings
The Education Department has moved into increasingly turbulent waters as one of the few federal agencies to use innovative share-in-savings contracting
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WebMethods to expand EMall
DOD picks integration platform to connect with other applications for a more complete e-procurement system
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