Acquisition

Down payment on e-procurement

Agencies begin the tough job of linking the purchase and pay sides of B2G commerce

Acquisition

VA begins building integrated system

With a workforce of nearly 230,000 employees, the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest civilian agency

Acquisition

Census' hunt for accuracy

The Census Bureau wants to modernize its database of addresses in order to conduct a more accurate and less expensive census in 2010

People

Protests halt DOD contract

DOD cancels Global Crossing's $400 million Defense Research and Engineering Network contract

People

GAO: Spawar skips testing

Report says Spawar buys large quantities of a system before completing operational testing

Acquisition

FAA awards HR overhaul

KPMG Consulting will provide human resources integration for FAA and possibly other agencies

Acquisition

VA awards data center deals

Logicon gets lion's share with $650 million contract to support Austin Automation Center

People

'Seamless' switch eyed for NSA staff

After winning the Groundbreaker contract, CSC officials met with 750 feds whose jobs will be affected.

Acquisition

Service contract confusion

Until 1994, the Service Contract Act stood as one of the clearer laws intended for contractors

Acquisition

Systems to fake nuclear explosions

Los Alamos gets help in visualizing nuclear weapons effects without underground testing

Acquisition

Pair picked to deliver DOE software

Beyond.com and Network Management will supply Microsoft enterprise software products

Acquisition

ATF extends seat management

Agency awards BPA to Unisys to cover computer services for 6,000 seats

Acquisition

FAA picks ITT for digital radio deal

The FAA has asked ITT Industries Inc. to provide multimode digital radios to air traffic controllers

Acquisition

Retooling IT

The National Security Agency has billed Groundbreaker as a step toward bringing the agency's Cold Warera information technology into the 21st century

Acquisition

CSC, NSA get down to business

Cost of Groundbreaker at odds in award

Acquisition

FAA picks ITT for digital radios

The award is the first step toward replacing analog radios under the agency's NexCom program

Acquisition

NASA launches workstation bonanza

NASA has selected eight companies for its $4 billion SEWP III

Acquisition

GSA splits PC seat work

General Services Administration has decided to divide responsibilities for managing desktop computers by hiring one vendor for hardware and software and another for desktop services

Acquisition

Accenture to revamp IRS site

IRS awards Accenture a contract potentially worth $33.6 million to redesign Web site

Acquisition

Competition winners to be monitored, OMB says

Whether agencies choose to keep work in-house or contract it out, they will have to prove that was the right decision through a new review process being developed by the Office of Management and Budget.