Modernization
U.S. West lands telecom deal
U.S. West has snagged its first major telecom contract from the federal government a $60 million deal that it will split with Winstar Communications
Acquisition
NASA pact attracts dot-coms
The upcoming followon to NASA's popular Science and Engineering Workstation Procurement is already attracting a new breed of potential competitors: dotcom startups that hope to take electronic procurement to the next level.
Acquisition
Not so 'reverse' auctions
I've been hearing a lot about the government's various experiments with 'reverse auction' purchasing techniques. In reverse auctions, sellers 'bid' against one another for specific orders by offering successively lower prices until a winner is declared.
Acquisition
Online selling can get complicated
FCW's DotGov Thursday column offers guidance for creating binding contracts that will be executed over the Internet
Acquisition
NIH to open bidding on major IT contracts
Bidding opens July 3 for CIOSP 2, a $10 billion program, and Image World, a $15 billion program
Acquisition
NASA dishing up SEWP III
NASA plans to release a draft solicitation by the end of June for a second followon to its popular Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement contract
People
Get ready for the transition
It is a pleasure to find myself postY2K with the opportunity to communicate monthly with my former coworkers in the federal government and those in industry who support them. I write this from Tokyo, where, as in Washington and Ottawa, the government has set a goal of putting all its transactions online by 2003. This is the traditional approach to egovernment.
People
Pentagon racing to reform procurement
New acquisition process will provide contractors with greater flexibility and enable DOD to field systems before they become obsolete
People
Navy merges paperless initiatives
The Navy has taken a major step toward simplifying its electronic procurement process by combining the efforts of two major paperless contracting programs
Acquisition
Learn to share
Almost anyone can talk the talk, but the General Services Administration and other agencies are walking the walk with shareinsavings contracting pilots.
Acquisition
Online market set to go
FedBid.com, which combines online credit card purchasing and reverse auction technology to give agencies a new way to make small purchases, opens for business today.
Acquisition
Agencies embrace credit cards
Agencies' use of government credit cards is on the rise, with sales estimated to exceed $16 billion this fiscal year
Acquisition
Small-biz goals easier to reach
Agencies that do business with 8(a) companies on the GSA schedule now can get automatic credit toward meeting their 8(a) goals
People
DOD: SPS makes headway
The Defense Department is making progress in moving its users to its new Standard Procurement System, which is designed to eliminate the paper from the department's contracting process.
Acquisition
Making 'mandatory' work
One of the characteristic features of the old order prior to procurement reform was the frequent requirement to buy computers from mandatory sources, such as the General Services Administration.
People
DOD: SPS makes headway
The Defense Department is making progress in moving its users to its new Standard Procurement System, which is designed to eliminate the paper from the department's contracting process
People
Procurement portal gathers support
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is garnering support for its proposal to make the Electronic Posting System the single point of electronic entry to government business opportunities.
Acquisition
GSA makes auction bid
The General Services Administration is testing the power of the marketplace with a reverse auction pilot that will allow government buyers to drive down the prices of goods by purchasing them online.
Acquisition