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         <title><![CDATA[FedResults, Topside form consulting partnership]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[FedResults and Topside Consulting Group are forming a partnership to combine their complementary business strengths and assist companies seeking federal contracts.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32819-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Alliant GWAC, small-biz awards to be reassessed]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[GSA wants to make sure it fairly applied its past performance evaluations to the companies that were in the running contracts. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32806-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[JPL issues server consolidation RFI]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[NASA&#146;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory wants industry help in consolidating its growing inventory of IT servers.  ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32790-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bids and proposals]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Human Services Department wantsa contractor to provide electronic benefits services.A request for proposals is expected in late May.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_08/32784-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Newsbriefs]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that would place greater emphasis on governmentcontractors&#146; past performance when they bid on new awards.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_08/32783-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top 100: The challenge to stay on top]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Contractors face uncertainty with tight budgets, procurement woes and a lame-duck administration.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_08/32776-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[A season of giving]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Presidential races and critical procurement issues push companies to increase political contributions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers aim legislative volley at contractors]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_08/32773-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Contracting as an economic engine]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[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&#146;s most significant sources of high-quality, well-compensatedemployment: government contracting.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[False claims can take a big bite out of a company]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Companies needlessly expose themselves to risk when they succumb to the temptation to substitute less-qualified people who lack the experience required for the labor category to which they were assigned.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_08/32735-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[DOD releases draft RFP for biometrics]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s Biometrics Task Force plans to release today a draft request for proposals for services and supplies for its biometrics program. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32778-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[House bill targets DHS cybersecurity efforts]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A bill introduced this week in the House of Representatives would require DHS to assess the robustness of contractors&#146; cybersecurity protection before hiring them.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32770-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Interior bureau seeks content management system]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Interior Department&#146;s Minerals Management Service wants a small business to provide a Web content management system.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32765-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Experts debate GSA price reduction clause]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32752-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[OMB: Congress to blame for decrease in competitive sourcing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Contractors won 27 percent of the competitions with federal employees in 2007 compared with 13 percent in 2006. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32740-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[IBM joins Lockheed on FBI identification contract]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin won the FBI&#146;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. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32736-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Army issues RFID solicitation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Army Contracting Agency has issued a request for proposals for passive radio frequency identification devices that would support DOD, other agencies and global military operations.  ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32731-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[DOD&#146;s cost-plus contracts misusing taxpayer money]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Defense Department officials need to get a better grasp about the validity and specifications for expensive programs, GAO said this week.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32713-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[NIH seeks comment on new GWACs]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The National Institutes of Health wants input from industry and federal agencies as it prepares to revise three governmentwide acquisition contracts in health and research IT.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32707-1.html?topic=procurement&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Treasury to conduct open competition for IT services]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The open competition for Treasury's Information Technology Infrastructure Managed Services contract is valued at $300 million. ]]></description>
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