OPM financial and procurement shop seeks software training

The Office of Personnel Management is seeking a contractor to train the agency's workforce on new software designed to help modernize its financial and procurement systems.

Lockheed loses Los Alamos outsourcing to U. of Calif.

The Energy Department awarded a highly contested, 20-year contract to a team led by the University of California to continue managing the beleaguered Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico

EES wins $1 billion DOE IT consolidation deal

Energy Enterprise Solutions LLC won a $1 billion competitive sourcing contract from the Energy Department to provide consolidated IT services?one of the largest federal IT services contracts ever awarded to a small business.

Affairs of state: Virginia offers formula for outsourcing success

When I ran into Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) earlier this year at the National Governors Association headquarters in Washington, I pulled him aside for a quick chat. I wanted to gauge how serious he was about Virginia's nascent IT outsourcing initiative and how hard he was going to work to make it happen.

In the homestretch

After months of careful preparations using a new bid process, Virginia has awarded one mega outsourcing deal and is on the verge of announcing another to two technology powerhouses.

IBM recruits Boeing and L-3 for ITES-2 team

As Army officials evaluate proposals for $20 billion worth of contracts for technology services and products, one prime contractor vying for the work announced the companies that make up its team.

Texas auditor blasts HR project

Despite a stumble that's roused the ire of a Texas auditor, the trend toward states outsourcing health and human services administration likely will grow into a substantial business, industry officials said.

InfoReliance to build competitive-sourcing database for OFPP

InfoReliance Corp. has been awarded a GSA contract for a database that will gather information about each agency's public-private competitions of inherently commercial federal jobs, and agencies' workforce inventories of which positions are considered commercial.

Panel: Motives of outsourcing companies called into question

A union official, who accused the private sector of conducting outsourcing solely for profits profit, drew fire from both government and industry officials.

Agency seeks streamlined competition for IT projects

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued streamlined competition announcements for a handful of IT-related projects at three of its regional offices.

IRS prepares for IT competitive sourcing study

The IRS seeks industry capabilities that are available for a seat-management competitive sourcing study under the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76.

University of Calif. taps Pearson for admissions system

Pearson Government Solutions Inc. won a contract to help the University of California operate its admissions and scholarships applications system.

IT Exchange program rule finalized by OPM

Before agencies can detail employees or accept private-sector workers, they must develop departmentwide plans and written agreements, as well as meet other eligibility criteria.

Buy Lines: What a difference a word makes

I was briefing a management team on the Office of Management and Budget's strategic sourcing memo that asks agencies to define three commodity areas ripe for this methodology. I explained how enterprise license agreements with software publishers can be structured to lower administration costs, but still allow many resellers, integrators and small businesses to participate in the business.

IBM chases San Diego County IT outsourcing deal with Accenture, SAIC

IBM Corp. has forged an alliance with Accenture Ltd. and Science Applications International Corp. to pursue San Diego County's outsourcing and telecommunications contract renewal

Market Watch: Government services remain in the sweet spot

Some analysts and investors anticipate declining growth rates in the government services sector, with large budget deficits frequently cited as a barrier to continuing increases in defense and intelligence spending.

HHS issues RFI for health-care worker qualifications portal

The Health and Human Services Department wants to develop a portal to provide access to the public and private data repositories that contain the qualifications of government medical incident officials.

Maximus inks Massachusetts Medicaid services deal

Maximus Inc. won a four-year, $72 million contract from Massachusetts to provide a full range of customer services for the state's Medicaid program.

General Dynamics sails into Navy warehouse award

General Dynamics won a $4.8 million Navy contract to develop and demonstrate a land-based, automatic warehouse system to be used aboard ships.

Census releases $300 million RFP

The U.S. Census Bureau has issued a request for proposals for its Field Data Collection Automation program as it prepares for the next decennial census.