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Military salutes online auctions
Following recent Pentagon approval of online auctions for procuring supplies and equipment, the military services are rapidly adopting the new way of doing business.
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Contractors vie for Future Combat
Program considered integral to Army's plans to become lighter and more lethal
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Cray upgrading Army supercomputer
The Army has awarded Cray Inc. an $18.5 million contract to upgrade the Army's High Performance Computing Research Center's Cray supercomputer
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IBM answers direct-sale wishes
Federal customers said they wanted to deal with IBM directly when purchasing information technology products, and the company responded with expanded GSA options
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DOD awards health system contracts
The Defense Department's Health Affairs office this week awarded two contracts worth nearly $400 million to replace DOD's home-grown computer system with an automated information system.
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Contract accounts for users in air traffic control
The human factor will be addressed under a $270 million Raytheon Co. contract modification as part of a new air traffic control automation system
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Competition brings out innovation
Competition called for by the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A76 has proved to be an effective way to inspire government innovation and save money
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SAIC cornering NASA headquarters biz
A $54 million contract awarded to Science Applications International Corp. for information technology services gives the company all the IT business at NASA's Washington, D.C., headquarters
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Bringing outsourcing back home
Agencies are finding that the outsourcing of information technology projects is not a panacea. In fact, insourcing the decision to move projects inhouse is picking up the slack when outsourcing fail, according to industry experts.
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Reverse auctions on GSA schedule
Agencies now can buy goods and services through pricecutting online auctions
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E-Mall's Open: Will Shoppers Come?
Massachusetts' Much-Hyped Procurement Venture Has Hurdled the Pilot Phase. But it Remains to be Seen if E-Mall can Leap a Brand-New Set of Hurdles: Expenses, Doubts and Competition
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GSA awards $1B in telecom deals
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service awarded four multimilliondollar Metropolitan Area Acquisition contracts
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Sprint services added to the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 contract:
Sprint services added to the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 contract:
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DOT contract pushes paperless
The Transportation Department is taking another step toward a paperless working environment with the planned award of two contracts for document imaging systems by the Federal Aviation Administration
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Raytheon wins $65M NASA contract
Raytheon Co. will provide information technology services to NASA's Ames Research Center under a potential $65 million contract awarded Thursday
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Navy hunting auction bargains
The Navy may be the first federal agency to use a reverse Internet auction in an effort to drive suppliers' prices down
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Coast Guard floats Deepwater ideas
Rather than replacing its Deepwater assets oneforone, the Coast Guard is giving three potential contractor teams the freedom to design a cuttingedge system that will enable the agency to carry out its diverse mission
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Ensuring contract competition
Under a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, federal contracting officers must take steps to ensure quickaward contracts are competitive
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NOAA unveils Linux supercomputer
The first Linuxbased supercomputer to win competitive federal government procurement also is a big step forward for weather prediction
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