Contractors caught up in Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal
Two of the nation's top IT defense companies are entangled in the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal that has sparked international outrage and caused a diplomatic crisis for the United States.
Contractors caught up in Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal
Two of the nation's top IT defense companies are entangled in the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal that has sparked international outrage and caused a diplomatic crisis for the United States.
War game requires wireless network
The Marine Corps is looking for a vendor to provide wireless network equipment for its Sea Viking war game. Future war games will also require these wireless technologies, which will be incorporated into all unclassified games. The Sea Viking war game requires a large, powerful local area network.
Davis resurrects acquisition reforms
Acquisition reforms that didn't make it through Congress last year have been brought back to life by their author, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)
EDS, Unisys protest ACS Medicaid contract
EDS Corp. has fired a verbal broadside at its health services rival Affiliated Computer Services Inc., protesting the award to ACS of a Medicaid replacement system contract in North Carolina.
Geospatial agency set to fund new research
Contractors and universities sought to form teams and compete for awards in several highly specialized research areas.
GSA to let agencies negotiate some SmartBuy deals
Agencies with specific software needs that GSA is not in negotiations for could initiate a governmentwide license.
Report: Fed tech spending will grow, but slowly
Federal IT spending will increase at a 6.6 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, according to a new forecast.
GAO denies federal employees standing in A-76 protests
The General Accounting Office has ruled that federal employees do not have the right to file protests to GAO over public-private competitions under revised OMB Circular A-76.
Review finds more GSA contracting problems
Review shows 84 percent of contracts in the National Capital Region either were drawn inadequately or were seriously inadequate.
Online Extra: Funding threat prompts RFI for jobs portal
After the Office of Personnel Management repeatedly ignored recommendations by the General Accounting Office to recompete the Recruitment One-Stop contract, the agency reconsidered when a key lawmaker warned that the e-government project could lose funding, sources said.
Buy Lines: How to talk your way into government business
Teams of industry and government experts gather every day to address requirements and solve problems in the federal acquisition process. That process increasingly involves performance-based contracting approaches in which contractors make oral presentations for both market research and contract negotiation.
CSC vows success on troubled IRS contract
Many taxpayers dread the month of April when they must file their annual income-tax returns. But perhaps no one has more cause to shrink from the Internal Revenue Service these days than Computer Sciences Corp.
Infotech and the Law: Now, why can't foreigners work on fed IT deals?
The Homeland Security Department issued interim rules Dec. 4, 2003, that established its own acquisition regulation, known as HSAR. The rules supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation and establish a uniform acquisition process for the entire agency, except the Transportation Security Administration.
Industry fights Dodd legislation
Opponents and proponents of offshore outsourcing ? sending U.S. jobs to foreign workers overseas ? aren't that far apart in their positions.
Offshore storm
After a Salt Lake City newspaper last month revealed that customer service calls for a state-run unemployment program were being answered in India, Utah citizens began phoning government offices throughout the state.
2003 IT contracts worth billions
More than $115 billion in federal information technology contracts were awarded in 2003, according to Reston, Va., IT market research firm Input Inc.
Federal IT spending to hit plateau, Input says
Growth in federal IT spending is expected to level out over the next five years, a market research firm predicts.
Survey: Tech buyers look to Web, colleagues
Internet sites and recommendations from colleagues are the most important sources of information on IT products and services for federal IT buyers, according to a survey of federal IT professionals.
Buy Lines: Congress takes another dangerous step on offshoring
The tsunami known as offshoring, or worldwide sourcing, continues to roll. I suggested in this space two months ago that Congress tread cautiously before acting on this complex issue. But March 4, by a vote of 70-26, the Senate passed an amendment authored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) that prohibits performance overseas of work covered under a federal contract for goods or services, and of work covered under a state contract or grant that uses federal funds.
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