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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

Acquisition

Indus poised to begin Goddard work

NASA awards contract for Web solutions, IT architecture and systems engineering for Goddard's business information systems

Acquisition

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

Acquisition

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

Acquisition

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

Acquisition

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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Army contracts for wearable medical display

Microvision to begin developing a wireless personal display system for medical applications