More cards to deal
ACE program moves forward as IBM wrestles with more challenges.
Army readies active RFID procurement
The Army plans to issue a draft request for proposals this week for active radio frequency ID devices to meet its need to monitor DOD assets.
A man of multiple passions
Music, business and education drive David Langstaff in his post-Veridian career.
TSA contract heats up
Next phase of competition under way for a $2 billion IT infrastructure prize.
Build strong business development culture
An organization's culture is the aggregate of each individual'sthinking. It includes individual attitudes, beliefs,values and feelings. Cultural components can be positiveor negative. For example, many organizationsdon't really understand and value business development and, assuch, they've taken it for granted.
GSA panel on track with schedule policy
To the credit of former GSAAdministrator Lurita Doan and Acting AdministratorDavid Bibb, GSA's Multiple Award Schedule AdvisoryPanel is moving forward. The next meeting of the 15-memberpanel was scheduled to be held May 22 at the GSA auditorium.Such meetings are open to industry.
Army issues battle command products RFP
The Army's Life Cycle Management Command plans to award as many as 10 contracts with a potential value of $777.4 million to the private sector to purchase battle command products and related support services.
FedResults, Topside form consulting partnership
FedResults and Topside Consulting Group are forming a partnership to combine their complementary business strengths and assist companies seeking federal contracts.
Alliant GWAC, small-biz awards to be reassessed
GSA wants to make sure it fairly applied its past performance evaluations to the companies that were in the running contracts.
JPL issues server consolidation RFI
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory wants industry help in consolidating its growing inventory of IT servers.
DOD releases draft RFP for biometrics
The Defense Department's Biometrics Task Force plans to release today a draft request for proposals for services and supplies for its biometrics program.
Top 100: The challenge to stay on top
Contractors face uncertainty with tight budgets, procurement woes and a lame-duck administration.
A season of giving
Presidential races and critical procurement issues push companies to increase political contributions.
Lawmakers aim legislative volley at contractors
A year ago, Sen. Hillary Clinton said she wanted to trim the federal contracting workforce by 500,000 employees. The huge growth in federal contracting, which has reached more than $440 billion a year, motivated her to speak out.
House bill targets DHS cybersecurity efforts
A bill introduced this week in the House of Representatives would require DHS to assess the robustness of contractors' cybersecurity protection before hiring them.
Interior bureau seeks content management system
The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service wants a small business to provide a Web content management system.
Experts debate GSA price reduction clause
One important step to improving GSA's multiple award schedule contracts would be to reconsider use of the price reduction clause, said contracting experts who spoke before an advisory panel May 5.
Contracting as an economic engine
Just as in every campaign that has preceded it, the issue ofjobs has been at center stage throughout the 2008 presidentialcampaign. Candidates talk about creating jobs, buildingsustainable domestic industries and so forth. Ironically, onetopic that never comes up in those discussions is one of thenation's most significant sources of high-quality, well-compensatedemployment: government contracting.
OMB: Congress to blame for decrease in competitive sourcing
Contractors won 27 percent of the competitions with federal employees in 2007 compared with 13 percent in 2006.
IBM joins Lockheed on FBI identification contract
Lockheed Martin won the FBI's Next Generation Identification system deal in February, but IBM lodged a protest and work was held up. The two have now agreed to work together on the $1 billion contract.
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