Forest Service considers $22M financial system support contract
The U.S. Forest Service has released a draft performance work statement for a $22 million contract to support its financial management and accounting systems.
DISA asks small firms for feedback on IT, engineering support
The Defense Information System Agency is checking the market for small businesses that are capable of providing IT software and hardware support for its National Gateway Center (NGC).
GSA opens a fast lane for commodity buys
GSA Advantage Select, a quick way for agencies to order commodity hardware, is up and running, officials say.
Air Force releases RFP for ‘Office in the Sky’ IDIQ
The Air Force released a solicitation Oct. 15 for its seven-year, $350 million “Office in the Sky” contract.
DIA looking for IT roadmap
The Defense Intelligence Agency is looking for an IT roadmap to improve its decision making, budgeting and collaboration.
WT Report: Government buyers balancing quality, price
Government buyers are playing a balancing act as they put a high value on the quality of the work contractors provide as well as putting a major emphasis on price, according to the findings of our latest WT Insider Report.
McCain criticizes Air Force OCX acquisition
Arizona Republican John McCain had a harsh critique of the Air Force’s program to acquire a next-generation operating control system that is central to its GPS modernization plans, according to FCW.
GSA releases final RFP for $50B EIS contract
GSA has released the final solicitation for the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, but the question remains: will GSA get the systems integrators to bid?
Opinion
How to target the government's big data sweet spot
If you want to harness the rising tide of big data and analytics opportunities, there are three targets you need to focus on.
Second draft Alliant 2 RFP hits the street
The General Services Administration issued the second draft request for proposals of the $50 billion Alliant 2 Unrestricted governmentwide acquisition contract.
Opinion
Cutting layers of management exposes strategic risks
The trend in recent years has been to cut layers of management, but without an understanding of the risk and a realistic strategic vision, these cuts will make growth even harder to come by.
Dell-EMC: Let the revolution begin
Dell's $67 billion deal for EMC makes good on Michael Dell's 2013 promise to remake Dell and puts what we once saw as just a PC maker into the heart of the enterprise.
Opinion
The challenging search for good procurement practices
Business development expert Bob Lohfeld analyzes the current trends in procurement and finds that agencies are mostly focused on expediency and not on enhancing mission outcomes. The result will only hurt government and industry.
FBI told to restart troubled $200M radio modernization project
The FBI has made multiple attempts to modernize its radio system, and each time, it has run afoul at GAO. Will they get it right this time?
Budget, the role of contractors and other issues at PSC's annual conference
Closed to the press, but open to Twitter, we take a look at some of the highlights from PSC's annual conference.
Managed services drove Raytheon's Foreground Security acquisition
A Raytheon executive explains how the demand for managed security services led the company to acquire Foreground Security.
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