Acquisition
SBA to focus on women’s centers
Lawmakers are frustrated by SBA’s lack of progress in meeting 5 percent goal
Digital Government
Congress passes continuing resolution
The measure avoids a government showdown and gives agencies money to continue their work from 2007.
Acquisition
Meet small-biz goals or face consequences, officials say
That could be one remedy to half of federal departments' missing their small-business contracting goals.
Digital Government
Bush tells Congress to pass continuing resolution
With a week left in fiscal 2007 and no appropriations bills at the White House, President Bush urged Congress today to pass a continuing resolution with no strings attached.
People
Ethics: Rules vs. common sense?
Industry executives worry that heightened ethics sensitivity will stymie productive and necessary relations between government and industry
People
Agencies can rehire retired experts
OFPP urges agencies to take advantage of a provision in GSA Modernization Act
Modernization
SEWP business is up, fee down
Popularity of SEWP IV prompts NASA to lower the contract’s service fee
People
HUBZone program vulnerable to fraud, lawmaker says
Holes in the SBA program's certification process leave it open to abuses, Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) said.
Acquisition
Sun cancels its GSA schedule
Experts vary on how Sun’s long dispute with GSA could affect schedule program
Modernization
Alliant protests won’t stop GSA
The General Services Administration is stuck at the starting gate with its latest major information technology contract, Alliant. Seven companies have filed eight protests against the contract’s award, and GSA must await a Government Accountability Office decision.
Acquisition
Security convergence means seeing the big picture
Employees who work in separate departments of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service regularly come together to discuss security convergence: bringing together building and network security operations.
Acquisition
Convergence is more than buzz
GSA seeks to revamp schedules to reflect merging of physical and computer security
Acquisition
Sun pulls out of GSA schedules contract
Sun officials said the company will remain a federal contractor, but won't have a GSA MAS contract.
People
GSA recruits integrity council to review Sun case
The GSA administrator says it is not unusual for contractors to resist handing over documents to investigators, a situation that threatens to undermine the authority of the agency and the IG office.
People
GSA beats goal of awarding contracts in 30 days or less
As initiative moves into its second phase, some industry officials question whether improvements are real.
Digital Government
Appropriations bills in limbo
Administration threatens to veto several bills because they would exceed spending limits.
People
Oversight committee to revisit the Clinton years
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has agreed to request documents from the National Archives that might show how the Clinton administration approached the idea of giving political briefings to agency officials.
People
GSA on the road to recovery?
Agency officials announce plans to fix sagging assisted acquisition services.
People
GSA cuts back assisted acquisition service
The strategy, which aims to correct financial problems, will affect half of the service's employees, but GSA says they will be moved to other positions within the agency.
Acquisition