DOD throws light on how it buys services
The Navy's Seaport Enhanced multiple-award contract might be just the test case for how the Defense Department plans to change the way it buys services.
Strategic retreat
The agreement between the Office of Personnel Management and the Bureau of Public Debt's Administrative Resource Center to cancel their relationship under the financial-management Line of Business initiative could prove to be a breakthrough in federal project management.
No surprise: Rep. Davis ranking member of Government Reform Committee
As expected, the Republicans elected Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) ranking member of the Government Reform Committee.
GSA upgrades financial system
The General Services Administration, a financial management shared-services provider, has upgraded its system to CGI's Group Inc.'s Momentum 6.1.
Senate confirms new Defense secretary Gates
The Senate voted 95-2 to confirm Robert Gates as the Defense Department's next secretary.
USPS expands sorting technology to flats
The Postal Service today announced two new technology contracts and that it received approval to expand mail-sorting technology to flats from only envelopes.
Survey: Federal project managers need more training
The key to reducing the number of failed agency IT projects is training.
Army issues draft RFP for support services
The Army last week released the draft request for proposals for its almost $1 billion Program Management Support Services-2 contract.
OMB loses Grants LOB portfolio manager
The Office of Management and Budget's Stacie Boyd has left to join the National Science Foundation.
Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant
Karen Evans, Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-government and IT, says shared-services providers to the government for human resources or financial management services must comply with FISMA.
Performance-based contracting still baffles agencies
Performance-based contracting still befuddles federal agencies. And industry isn't much better either, according to a panel of procurement experts.
GSA may merge Governmentwide Policy office
The General Services Administration is circulating a draft proposal to merge its Office of Governmentwide Policy with the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Army programs moving forward
Within the next six months, the Army will have a better idea of which of the approximately 60 legacy human resources systems will be shut down and which will be integrated with the Defense Department's Integrated Military Human Resources System.
GSA close to SmartBuy deal for document, records management software
The General Services Administration has announced that it will establish an enterprise licensing agreement with Meridio Inc. of Waltham, Mass.
GSA's Sindelar to retire after 33 years
The General Services Administration decided to make the associate administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy a policital position instead of a career one. And acting associate administrator John Sindelar has decided to retire from government.
Army tries to make amends with ITES2-S protesters
The Army is looking to settle with the five companies that successfully protested awards made under the IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract.
DHS in final deliberations on FirstSource awards
It's been more than a year since the Homeland Security Department released the FirstSource small business set-aside technology commodity request for proposals.
NIST eyes new approach to securing its software
OS and applications present an increasingly complex challenge
PKI gets shot in the arm from HSPD-12
FIPS-201 and mandate give agencies means and motive to develop apps
Congress to keep government open until Dec. 8
Congress hopes to get the remaining 10 appropriations bills finished before it goes into its holiday recess Dec. 15.
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