Acquisition
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The White House says the order is all about transparency. But Senate Republicans say details in the draft aren\'t clear. And they\'re worried about an infringement of First Amendment rights, and how the donation information will be used at agencies.
April 29, 2011 -
OMB issues a memo detailing the minimum requirements agencies should consider when purchasing technology to make teleworking easier.
April 29, 2011 -
The Marine Corps has a message for the information and cyber technology industries: Unless their new communications and computing solutions can be deployed in a tip-of-the-spear environment, don\'t even bother to call.
April 29, 2011 -
The agency responds to Sen. Olympia Snowe\'s letter with the specific steps it\'s taking to improve human resources issues. The Maine Republican wrote to SBA after Federal News Radio\'s investigation into alleged whistleblower retaliation, human resources fraud and contracting fraud.
April 29, 2011 -
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan is relying on the Government Accountability Office to offer actionable information about contracting in war zones.
April 28, 2011 -
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra expects the General Services Administration to issue a solicitation by May 10 for a $2.5 billion contract for email-as-a-service. It’s part of how the administration wants agencies to move to cloud computing, Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller reports. Kundra said Wednesday there are $20 billion in systems across the [...]
April 28, 2011 -
In a market fettered with uncertainty, INPUT expects the federal demand for IT will continue to present significant opportunities for suppliers. INPUT\'s Deniece Peterson explains.
April 28, 2011 -
New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement\'s ability to process fingerprints has hit a new milestone. We get details from the FBI\'s Jerry Pender.
April 28, 2011 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra expects GSA to issue a solicitation by May 10 for a $2.5 billion contract for email-as-a-service. It\'s part of how the administration wants agencies to move to cloud computing. Kundra said five of seven short-term IT reforms efforts are on track.
April 28, 2011 -
Services and components in the Defense Department are being told they will be permitted to retain any savings they find through better management of acquisition programs. Undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter says the decision would provide an incentive for program managers to make effective use of a now-mandatory initiative known as \"will-cost and should-cost management.\"
April 28, 2011 -
More than a quarter of the Senate wrote to the President asking for more details on the proposal to require contractors to disclose political contributions.
April 27, 2011 -
Martha Dorris, deputy associate administrator of the Office of Citizen Services at the General Services Administration, explains how her agency has used e-gov initiatives to improve the customer experience.
April 26, 2011 -
A Defense Science Board panel found DoD\'s procedures and its senior leaders don\'t give service contracts the attention they deserve. Service contracts make up more than 50 percent of the Defense Department\'s acquisition budget.
April 25, 2011 -
The General Services Administration has lost a protest to CarlsonWagonlit Sato Travel on the follow-on contract for agencies up upgrade their governmentwide E-Travel systems.
April 25, 2011 -
The Commission on Wartime Contracting says the United States has misspent tens of billions of dollars on contracts and grants.
April 25, 2011