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VA seeking PCHS-2 vendors
New CIO approves request for proposals for a $1.37 billion hardware and software contract
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Security patch RFP delayed
FedCIRC to widen scope of system to disseminate patches to protect against cyberattacks
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HUD holds up major RFP
Multitude of industry comments on the HUD Information Technology Service contract prompts postponement
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Air Force set to overhaul logistics
The Air Force recently awarded a contract worth a potential $127 million to rebuild its automated logistics system, but the real work will not begin for another year.
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NMCI debate close to resolution
DOD officials are close to agreeing on a timetable to address the testing issue threatening to put NMCI on hold
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American Indian firm wins pact
An Oklahoma-based telecommunications and information technology services provider won a federal contract potentially worth $100 million earlier this month
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Army signs up for NIH contracts
The Army's Small Computer Program at Fort Monmouth, N.J., is partnering with the National Institutes of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) to purchase hardware and software at a discount.
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Contract a boon for USPS
The U.S. Postal Service is $5 million richer this month thanks to an innovative contract that has a vendor cutting the agency's telephone bills and sharing the savings.
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PeopleSoft to support IRS services
PeopleSoft to supply CRM software in contract worth more than $10 million
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Army signs up for NIH contracts
Small Computer Program partners with NITAAC to purchase hardware and software
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DOE office awards LAN contract
Soza Inc. wins $10.1 million deal for services related to the migration to a localarea network
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States team up for e-buying
Colorado and Utah are launching an eprocurement system that looks like a government first
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FSS makes acquisition pick official
GSA's Federal Supply Service named Patricia Mead as deputy assistant commissioner for acquisition
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Companies team to market business performance tool
Two companies have joined forces to offer federal agencies help as they monitor and manage the performance of their business processes
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Fedwire
The Defense Department has officially eased restrictions on collaborative software tools
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Work is under way on standards
The fact that there are no governmentwide standards for acquisition systems is a major impediment to the development of government e-procurement
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Lessons learned
When the Internet land-grab was in full swing 18 months ago, entrepreneurs with pockets stuffed with cash gazed upon a multibillion-dollar federal procurement budget and were convinced they saw a gold mine
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