Contracts/Awards
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The department released a request for information for 11 email and collaboration services in the cloud. The RFI comes after Onix and Google dropped its protest of Interior\'s award to Softchoice and Microsoft for cloud email in October 2010.
November 01, 2011 -
SafeGov.org aims to provide government with a greater understanding of the benefits of cloud computing.
November 01, 2011 -
The companies must plead their case before the Air Force\'s debarring official. In the meantime, they cannot obtain new contracts or subcontracts.
October 31, 2011 -
By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO\'s recommendations — but most do, says William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.
October 31, 2011 -
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he will hold hearings to see how to make the federal grant process more transparent. The administration merged two existing boards into a new Council on Financial Assistance Reform to improve the grant-making process. HHS awarded a $32.4 million contract for IT services for grants.gov portal.
October 31, 2011 -
Scott Amey, general counsel and contracting specialist at the Project for Government Oversight, says the mood in Washington is much different from five years ago when the law was first passed.
October 28, 2011 -
GSA\'s Dave McClure said a flood of documents will come as soon as OMB signs off on the cloud security guidance. McClure said among the documents will be the application for third party companies to become FedRAMP accreditors of cloud products and services.
October 28, 2011 -
Steven Gitlin, vice president of Aerovironment, which creates the backpackable drone — formally known as the Switchblade Agile Munition Systems — joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how it works.
October 28, 2011 -
An uncertain spending budget at the Defense Department isn\'t stopping large defense contracting companies from turning a solid profit.
October 27, 2011 -
Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.
October 27, 2011 -
Jean Gilson is the senior vice president for strategy and marketing of DAI.
October 27, 2011 -
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long\'s government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
October 27, 2011 -
The IDIQ contract will let agencies order a variety of telecommunications support services.
October 26, 2011 -
Jaime Gracia is industry co-chair of the Better Government IT Working Group and President and CEO of Seville Government Consulting.
October 26, 2011 -
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors\' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it\'s seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
October 26, 2011