Roughly 30 agencies are working on 45 programs that may use share-in-savings contracts, but the former head of federal procurement is trying to put the brakes on the use of the buying method.
For the past 10 years, the Federal Acquisition Regulation has required formal evaluations of contractor performance, which have become an inherent part of source selection decisions.
	The U.S. Trade and Development Agency seeks proposals for technical assistance on a security project at the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, which is planning to expand its container-handling capacity.
	The Veterans Affairs Department wants dietetic management software for office and administrative nutrition functions for fully integrated health care systems at eight medical centers. The selected vendor must buy and install the software as well as provide training and maintenance support.
	The Air Force Air Warfare Battlelab is looking for commercial or government technologies for digital video recording systems to record and play back the displayed images crew members see when flying combat aircraft. The systems will be used on MC-130E, MC-130H and MC-130P aircraft and should provide subsequent playback of recordings on a desktop monitor. Up to four displays will be recorded, including a combination of mapping radar, terrain-following radar, and forward-looking radar displays.
For Ray Oleson, chairman and chief executive of SI International Inc., the company's stellar financial performance blended with other major achievements to create "the perfect storm" that has boosted the company's stock 70 percent since mid-August.
The Office of Management and Budget is continuing to clamp down on agencies that duplicate spending on projects similar to those of the 25 e-government or Lines of Business consolidation initiatives.
After more than a year without a federal government procurement chief, the Senate last month confirmed David Safavian as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
The Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board is reworking the National Institute of Standards and Technology's draft standard for governmentwide identification cards.
The new 9/11 Intelligence bill requires agencies to do a better job of including cybersecurity in the planning and acquisition phases of systems development.
The Government Accountability Office will investigate irregularities in the 2004 general election, including an examination of the security and accuracy of electronic voting machines.
The addition of a wide range of technologies and services to the General Services Administration's next-generation telecommunications contract has boosted the potential value of the vehicle to $20 billion.
Newcomers to the public sector inevitably ask: "What should my company do to be successful?" I usually respond by asking where the company has had success in the private sector. That's because government policy favors "commercial" products and services over those that are unique to the government.
Six Democratic congressmen have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate reports of voting irregularities in the Nov. 2 election, many of them involving electronic touch-screen voting machines.
The Defense Department comptroller now faces violations of the Antideficiency Act and is subject to criminal penalties and fines if he authorizes funds for any system that is worth $1 million or more and is not compliant with the Defense Department business enterprise architecture, said Marilyn Fleming, chief architect for the department's Business Management Modernization Program.
