Buy Lines: Focus on the real issue -- the acquisition workforce

David Savafian, administrator-select for Federal Procurement Policy, has committed to making the federal acquisition workforce a top priority. This is music to the ears of those of us who have been concerned about a diminished degree of top-level administration attention to this critical community.

Infotech and the Law: If the shoe fits, it still may not be for you

The Defense and Civilian Agency FAR Councils issued two sets of proposed regulations in July that promise significant long-term changes in federal IT procurement, although they may have only modest immediate impact.

General Dynamics wins JTRS contract

Now that General Dynamics Corp. has won a lucrative piece of the military's multibillion-dollar Joint Tactical Radio System program, the defense contractor is looking to garner more radio-related work for network-centric warfare from the Defense Department.

Capital Roundup In brief

The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service will combine its service development and service delivery offices into a single Office of Global Network Solutions in two to three months, said John Johnson, assistant commissioner for service delivery at FTS.

For GTSI, surveillance is super

Football fans at next year's Super Bowl will enjoy the festivities under the watchful eye of Jacksonville, Fla., law enforcement officials thanks to technology from GTSI Corp. of Chantilly, Va.

For GTSI, surveillance is super

Football fans at next year's Super Bowl will enjoy the festivities under the watchful eye of Jacksonville, Fla., law enforcement officials thanks to technology from GTSI Corp. of Chantilly, Va.

Networx RFP delayed

The General Services Administration will wait until December to release its draft request for proposals for the $10 billion Networx telecommunications and network services contract ? a delay of three months.

IT Inside Track - New federal projects

The Agriculture Department's National Financial Center is looking for a vendor to provide support services for implementing Extensible Markup Language publishing extensions to its electronic publishing system.

Report: CACI interrogators lacked training, but met contract

Army inspector's report concludes CACI International met the military's statement of work, which did not require military interrogation training.

FTS looks to combine offices

The General Services Administration will combine its service development and service delivery offices into a single entity.

E-voting security will be a long-term effort

A House panel today struggled with the questions of how to set standards for acceptable error rates in voting technology.

Thrift board admits faults in failed system

In letter to senators, thrift board says it will accept recommendations for improvements in recordkeeping system.

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Buy Lines: Project management tools help agencies measure performance

Government leaders are turning more to structured approaches to measure contractor and agency performance.

Virtual pomp and circumstance

Clad in tasseled caps and purple gowns, 50 seniors at Wurzburg High School in Germany stopped and posed briefly at the podium after receiving their diplomas. But instead of gazing at a teary-eyed audience, these students smiled into a donated video camera that relayed the event roughly 2,100 miles to their parents in Iraq.

PlanetGov becomes Apptis

Information technology services firm PlanetGov Inc. has changed its name to Apptis Inc. to reflect its recent acquisitions of IT companies and expanded services.

PlanetGov becomes Apptis

Information technology services firm PlanetGov Inc. has changed its name to Apptis Inc. to reflect its recent acquisitions of IT companies and expanded services.

GSA unveils eOffer

When Richard Stanton filed an application for his company's first General Services Administration schedule last month, he did it electronically and became one of the first to use GSA's new eOffer program, which lets contractors apply online for IT Schedule 70.

Small-biz contract numbers rise

The Small Business Administration said small businesses got $3 billion more prime contract dollars in fiscal 2003 than previously reported.

Thin cybersecurity research cash

The National Science Foundation can fund only a small number of the research proposals it receives on IT security, according to NSF official Peter Freeman.