It's finally out: the Small Business Administration's long-awaited, much-debated, final rule establishing size recertification requirements applicable to contracts that run for longer than five years appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of the Federal Register.
The IRS announced last week it will not proceed with a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the entire Seat Management program.
IBM Corp. and Cray Inc. landed Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contracts to develop supercomputers that are faster than today's machines and easier to program.
The Homeland Security Department has been lax in following basic contracting rules, according to a private consultant's report obtained by the Washington Post.
Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., won a one-year, $42 million contract renewal from the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs to continue delivering technical support services to more than 230 embassies and consulates around the world.
Data Systems Analysts Inc. will deliver program management support for net-centric enterprise initiatives at the Defense Information Systems Agency through a $15.6 million contract.
The Agricultural Department expects to have a blanket purchase agreement, from which it will purchase encryption products, in place by Jan. 1, and anticipates purchasing 150,000 licenses.
General Dynamics Corp.'s IT business will help complete the transition of the White House's external communications system to an Internet protocol-based infrastructure.
Tyler Technologies won a contract with the City of North Miami to deliver a software and services package,including the company's EDEN financials products.
