Studied approach aids Booz Allen success
In 2009, the consulting company combed through the Obama administration's reforms and planned changes to get a firm hold on how to move ahead.
Unisys keeps fighting for TSA contract
Unisys has filed a protest with the GAO over TSA awarding a $500 million contract to CSC to manage the agency's IT infrastructure.
KBR rides ups and downs of market
KBR faces a customer in transition and shifts gears to maintain growth.
KBR, L-3 lock down logistics awards
KBR Inc. and L-3 Communications have nailed down Defense Department logistics contracts with a combined worth of $38.6 million.
Army plans review of what and how it buys
Army officials have tasked an independent panel with an in-depth review of how it buys goods and services and who makes the purchases.
Governmentwide contracting: In praise of duplication and overlap
Blogger Steve Kelman writes that the problem of having different prices for the same item across various contracts is better than having just one bad price everywhere.
CDW-G seeks new small-biz partners
CDW-Government LLC is seeking partnerships with small businesses to go after federal contracting opportunities, issuing an immediate request for proposals soliciting small businesses as partners.
Acquisition 2.0: GSA uncovers the pitfalls and promise of crowdsourcing
Acquisition officials at the General Services Administration have found that it’s not just ethics officers who have concerns about taking the government/industry dialogue onto the Web.
Feds warn contractors to turn in IDs or lose cash
The federal acquisition councils today released a proposed rule that would allow contracting officers to delay final payments until the contractor returns government identification cards.
Networx gets nasty on Capitol Hill
What are members of Congress threatening to do to agencies that fail to meet the Networx deadlines?
Draft RFP released for $22B Eagle contract
DHS proposes dividing contract between service delivery, program support, and verification and validation and says it could have as many as 53 winners.
Senate aims to tighten reins on government IT spending
The Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act would create more scrutiny of IT projects during the planning and implementation phases.
DOD sets rule for overriding arbitration ban
DOD issues interim rule so it can override the ban on employee arbitration agreements in cases of national security.
CSC again wins $500M TSA infrastructure contract
Computer Sciences Corp. again bested Unisys Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. to win the TSA Information Technology Infrastructure Program contract, which has been mired in protest limbo for eight months.
Government urged to stop meddling in hiring practices
An industry group and others are complaining about a proposal to make contractors use employees from incumbent contractors who lose.
Want program staff more involved in contracting? Make their jobs more interesting
Blogger Steve Kelman proposes a way to strengthen the role of the contracting officer's technical representative in the procurement process.
House panel probes causes for lag in switching to Networx
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing May 20 to question agency and industry officials about why the transition to Networx has taken so long.
Treasury plans auctions for $2B services contract
Treasury Department officials are proposing that reverse auctions be used in awarding task orders under its $2 billion Total Information Processing Support Services contract.
Raytheon sees a new market in public safety
Raytheon Co., which has been supplying communications electronics to the Defense Department for decades, is using that expertise in an aggressive attempt to widen its footprint in the civilian market.
Three ways to revitalize the use of past-performance data
Blogger Steve Kelman suggests three simple steps to make past-performance data a more valuable criterion in source selections.
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