Who's on First?
Key IT and acquisition jobs remain unfilled in the Obama administration and even the rumormill is strangely quiet.
Vets could get edge on no-bid contracts at VA
A new bill would require the Veterans Affairs Department to give priority to veteran-owned small businesses when outsourcing work with no competition.
DHS another step closer to departmentwide debarments
DHS on July 16 published a new interim rule on suspensions and debarments for nonprocurement-related entities.
DHS defends sole-source software buy
The Homeland Security Department has published a justification for awarding a $782,000 sole-source software contract for risk-assessment software services.
House passes spending bill with outsourcing provisions
Agencies would have to create an annual inventory of services they’ve outsourced to the private sector and review whether to return the work to government employees.
Army enterprise chief outlines network modernization efforts
Gary Winkler, program executive officer for enterprise information systems at Fort Belvoir, Va., discussed a number of current initiatives, including the Logistics Modernization Program, the Army Enterprise System Integration Program and the recently concluded Network Service Center Operational Validation exercise.
Report: Alaska Natives own largest contractors, give towns little help
Four Alaska Native Corporations were among the top 100 recipients of contract awards in 2008 and six companies made Washington Technology’s Top 100 List in 2009.
SBA rules out of sync with mission
Small Business Administration rules in several key areas do not align with its core mission to help citizens to start, build and grow businesses from the ground up.
Five companies win GSA cybersecurity awards
SmartBuy programs will make cybersecurity software available to agencies.
GAO rejects request to review HUBZone decisions
SBA and OMB contended GAO overreached its authority in ruling that HUBZone businesses should get priority over 8(a) small businesses and service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.
Report: Industrial base must be part of defense review
The Defense Department should begin incorporating in its budget and policy decisions factors that affect the U.S. industrial base to ensure that weapons-making capabilities are remain available, according to a new report from the Aerospace Industries Association.
Alaska Native Corporations prepare for day of reckoning
The pressure is building to reform set-aside programs for Alaska Native Corporations and tribally owned companies.
ANCs head to Capitol Hill to polish image
Native8(a)works launched its effort to tell Congress about what SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program does for the United States’ indigenous people.
DOD aims to beef up in-house engineering expertise
The Defense Department needs systems engineers who have a deep understanding of the IT systems in their charge, although they don’t need to actually write the software lines of code, an official said.
Service contracts go under House microscope
The House Appropriations Committee wants an inventory of services contracts and for agencies to consider bringing that work back in-house.
SAIC faces challenge in False Claims defense
SAIC claims the lawsuit is false, but one expert says that the company is playing a game of chicken with the Justice Department.
Group says SAIC investigated before
SAIC, which is facing a current False Claims Act lawsuit, received no sanctions following a five-year investigation of apparently similar claims that ended in 2007, according to a watchdog group.
Coast Guard seeks contractor for EVM
The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center will hire a contractor to implement its Earned Value Management program.
Lawmakers get tough on defense contractors over injuries
If a contractor is found at fault for causing injury to a government employee, DOD must prohibit any award fee.
GSA nomination mired in Senate muck
A busy Senate schedule, not further questions, is apparently holding up confirmation of Martha Johnson to be administrator of the General Services Administration.
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