Tom Wolf, 34, quit his U.S. Postal Service mail-sorting job May 22 after 10 years. Then his start as a casino blackjack dealer was delayed five weeks. To save his West Allis, Wis., home from foreclosure, Wolf applied to withdraw his retirement money from the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement fund, similar to a 401(k) plan, for civilian and military government employees.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is issuing an RFP for its Coalition and Advanced Information Technology Integration and Operations acquisition. The small-business contract will support the transfer of advanced IT from research and experimentation through pilot operations to deployment and full-scale implementation with the Defense Information Infrastructure. The contract is for one year with four one-year options; two one-year incentive award term periods are possible. Details can be found via fedbizopps.gov, solicitation no. DCA100-03-R-4020FINALRFP, or at www.ditco.disa.mil/dcop.
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, is planning blanket purchase agreements for wireless services. Prospective contractors need to submit rate plans that include a complete description of their wireless services and charges. Wireless services for personal digital assistants should be included. Responses to the RFP are due Aug. 21. Details can be found on fedbizopps.gov, solicitation no. N0025303R0034.
The Naval Sea Systems Command wants a contractor to manufacture and support new display systems, including next-generation workstations and the Littoral Combat System. The contract will have five production years and five award-term years. A draft RFP is expected during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, and will be available for download at www.eps.gov and www.neco.navy.mil. More information can be found on fedbizopps.gov, solicitation no. N0002403R6312.
The Patent and Trademark Office needs support services for data quality and records management initiatives, application processing and examination functions, management and administrative systems and information dissemination. The contract is for one year with four one-year options. This is a small business set-aside opportunity. The RFP can be found at www.uspto.gov/<BR>
The General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration are fixing government databases that incorrectly classify many large federal contractors as small businesses.
Succumbing to congressional pressure, the Office of Management and Budget has dropped governmentwide goals for having federal employees compete with the private sector for work.
Secretary of Commerce Don Evans is asking Congress to combine his department's Technology Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the e-commerce policy functions of the International Trade Administration into one agency.
IT contractors who have not yet begun to assess their technologies for anti-terrorism applications and possible coverage under the Safety Act should do so now, industry experts said today.
Military logistics integrators may not immediately have to worry about the Defense Department's new plan to tag all its equipment with unique identifiers, but the initiative may eventually lead to opportunities.
The Pentagon today squashed a controversial web-based terrorism-betting plan, promoted online by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, before the effort became reality.
A senator asks the Office of Personnel Management to "close a legal loophole that enables federal employees to use federal funds to pay for coursework from diploma mills."
Karen Siderelis is the geographic information officer at the U.S. Geological Survey. Not CIO, but GIO ? a title that reflects the unique aspects of her job involving science. Siderelis recently spoke with Managing Editor Evamarie Socha.
