Acquisition
Army inks nine to PC pacts
Vendors selected for three-year Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-1 BPAs
Modernization
AT&T disputes FTS award
The General Services Administration is reviewing a protest filed by AT&T that asks the agency to terminate its FTS 2001 telecommunications contracts with Sprint and WorldCom Inc. and reopen competition.
Modernization
Georgia to outsource telecom
To better manage its information technology, Georgia plans to outsource and consolidate its telecommunications services in the next 18 months.
Modernization
Minnesota network stalls
Minnesota state officials recently terminated an agreement with a developer who ran out of money halfway though installation of a 2,200mile fiberoptic network
People
The e-mail contract problem
Serious obstacles still hinder the adoption of pure e-contracting.
People
Navy's huge outsourcing project sets sail
The $6.9 billion Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) contract is by far the largest government seat management contract so far, with a total target population worldwide of some 360,000 users.
Acquisition
Staffing woes spur Peace Corps move
The Peace Corps' decision to go to seat management was the result of several obstacles it knew it would be facing.
Acquisition
Schedule veterans racking up sales
The growth in service revenue on the Federal Supply Service schedule has meant increased sales for schedule veterans such as BMC Software Inc. and Logicon FDC (formerly Federal Data Corp.).
Acquisition
Report from the field: Peace Corps leads the way
It has become commonplace to talk of paradigm shifts in information technology, but for the Peace Corps, the phrase really does apply.
Acquisition
A maturing federal market
As IT schedule sales slow, GSA offers flexible package deals for savvier shoppers
Acquisition
Denver schools choose Epylon
A Colorado school district announced that it has created an electronic buying system to save money on goods and services
Acquisition
'Blacklisting' comment period expanded
More time given on rule that would require contracting officers to consider vendors' ethics
Acquisition
Coast Guard confident despite Deepwater wake
The Coast Guard's commandant said he considers the Integrated Deepwater System Project a model for future government procurements
Acquisition
The way things (should) work
As the General Services Administration crafts rules covering service acquisitions off the schedule program for the Federal Acquisition Regulation, potential customers can find the existing procedures in several places on GSA's Web site.
Acquisition
GSA IT schedule sales from fiscal 1998-2001 (in millions)
GSA IT schedule sales from fiscal 1998-2001
Acquisition
Fedwire
Federal regulators have made it clear that performance-based acquisitions are the preferred way to buy services.
Acquisition
Scheduling a service fix
Schedule-based IT service sales are soaring, though the practice is drawing fire
Acquisition
How firms get a schedule
In January, AppliedTheory Corp. finished a several-month process to become one of more than 1,800 companies offering professional services on the General Services Administration schedule.
Acquisition