<font color="CC0000">UPDATED</font color> The Government Accountability Office has sustained protests filed by three companies against the Treasury Department's award of the $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract to AT&T.
The bill allocates money for high-tech hardware for the troops as well as homeland security programs, and provisions to regulate government-issued ID cards.
By the end of May, the General Services Administration will have the first draft of its plan to merge the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service, a GSA official told House lawmakers today.
GSA's Federal Supply Service is getting heat from Congress for not guaranteeing that it is getting the best prices available under its schedule programs.
The State Department and the Government Printing Office are in the final stages of determining which and how many companies will provide electronic passports for Americans.
The General Services Administration is combing the Federal Supply Service's IT schedule for smart-card vendors whose products and services meet a new federal standard.
Agencies take advantage of a rule allowing them to order directly from GSA's governmentwide acquisition contracts instead of going through the Federal Technology Service.
The Florida Department of Children and Families is seeking vendors to provide rapid application-development capabilities, data integration and Web-based applications for an alternate development environment. An RFP is expected in April.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission wants a vendor to provide hardware maintenance support for department-owned and managed equipment. The RFP is expected in the next few months.
The roster of players might be the same as last year's, but it isn't business as usual in the state and local government market. Many systems integrators, even those holding strong positions, are pushing into new lines of business as a way to enlarge their slice of the state and local pie.
Ever since Congress created the Trade Agreements Act exemption to the Buy American Act, the U.S. Trade Representative has been able to use the purchasing power of the federal government as a lever in free trade negotiations.
Recently, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule to amend its small-business size regulations. Buried in this rule is a potentially confusing requirement for small businesses to provide updated size certifications following certain types of mergers or acquisitions.
Safavian brings to the job an understanding of both public and private sectors, as well as of Congress. Before working at the Office of Management and Budget, he was chief of staff for GSA Administrator Stephen Perry and also worked for two congressmen.
The Federal Aviation Administration wants airport technology, research and development services, and technical and engineering support for its Airport Technology Research and Development Branch. The branch conducts research, tests and demonstrations related to runway support, planning and design, pavements, capacity enhancement, capacity and delay computer modeling, wildlife hazards, lighting and markings, and rescue and firefighting. The Technical Center is next to Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey.
Pitney Bowes Inc. launched a new data collection, track and trace solution to help police departments manage evidence and property, officials from the Stamford, Conn., company said.
Every day, medical staffs worldwide look to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for help in making diagnoses based on samples of materials such as tumors and tissue.
