Share-in-savings regs proposed
Agencies using share-in-savings contracts for information technology work will be required to develop business cases for the contracts and make contract awards based on best value, according to a procurement rule proposed by the Federal Acquisition Councils. Agencies also must make all share-in-savings contracts performance-based.
Industry hopeful about buying rule
Industry executives said they like what they hear so far about a rule under development at the White House that will tell agencies when they can use time-and-materials contracts.
Infotech and the law: Putting the 'share' in share-in-savings rules
The federal government July 2 published a proposed rule to authorize governmentwide use of share-in-savings contracts for federal IT projects. A final rule likely will take effect in the last quarter of 2004.
Army needs terminal help
The Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., needs contractors to provide functionally equivalent Joint Tactical Terminal Senior configurations, originally manufactured by Raytheon Network Centric Systems.
DHS wants imaging systems
	The Homeland Security Department has issued a request for information for imaging systems for large-scale, nonintrusive inspection equipment at U.S. border crossings and seaports. The systems will be used to detect weapons of mass destruction, explosives, conventional weapons, drugs and other contraband concealed in steel-walled tankers, tractor trailers and other vehicles.
DEA seeks aircraft cameras
The Drug Enforcement Administration needs a contractor to provide equipment and related services for installing two long-range, off-the-shelf, multisensor camera systems on its aircraft. The cameras must allow targets to be viewed in all kinds of lighting conditions and provide housing in a gyro-stabilized turret that is easily mountable to a helicopter or airplane.
Mind your mentors
What can a small defense contractor learn from the leaders of commercial companies such as Huffy Corp., a maker of bikes and sports equipment, and Copeland Corp., a refrigeration and air-conditioning<BR>
State, locals want integrated threat databases
Congress wants to make sure there is a real-time, two-way flow of information between federal and state and local governments.
Coast Guard floats maritime security plan
Better "maritime awareness" will require extensive use of information technology to analyze information from many different sources.
Doing business with the State Department
State Department<br>2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520<br>202-647-4000<br>http://www.state.gov<br>Founded: 1789<br>Secretary: Colin Powell<br>Chief of staff: Lawrence Wilkerson<br>Employees: 30,900<br>
Navy mandates major changes to NMCI
EDS Corp.'s embattled Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is undergoing significant changes to improve its management and operation. But despite the criticism leveled at EDS by Congress and its customers on the $8.8 billion program, Navy brass remain committed to it.
Buy Lines: Don't let politics drive acquisition reform
Much of the buzz in the government acquisition community is about sections 803 and 815 of the Senate's version of the fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization Act. These sections would restrict the Defense Department's access to a wide range of nondefense multiple-award contracts.
Congress chips at competitive sourcing
The administration's competitive sourcing initiative will have a few more dings in it after this year's legislative session is done, industry and union observers said.
The big looks to get bigger
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s IT division is aiming for double-digit growth, and the unit's president said that business process outsourcing is a big part of that strategy.
Infotech and the Law: Stricter corporate compliance standards are likely
An organization convicted of a criminal offense is sentenced according to Federal Sentencing Guidelines drafted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and a key mitigating factor in sentencing is whether the organization has an effective compliance and ethics program.
Companies gain new edge
The four companies that have received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department for an anti-terrorism product or service have an advantage that their competitors don't: assurance that they won't be sued for unlimited damages if a terrorist attack causes their technologies to fail.
Zeppieri to command TSA systems
The Transportation Security Administration late yesterday said that it had chosen Justice Department systems executive David Zeppieri to be its CIO.
Doing business with: Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate<br>935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW<br>Washington, DC 20528<br>(202) 323-3205<br><a href= "http://www.nipc.gov">www.nipc.gov</a>
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