The battle over the General Services Administration's FTS2001 long-distance contract is moving to Capitol Hill, where telecommunications companies shut out of the contract will press their case for opening it to wider competition.
The battle over the General Services Administration's FTS2001 long-distance contract is moving to Capitol Hill, where telecommunications companies shut out of the contract will press their case for opening it to wider competition.
Oracle Corp. of Redwood Shores, Calif., has formed a partnership with J2C plc, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to deliver an online marketplace for local government procurement.
An influential House lawmaker has asked for an independent review of the troubled STARS air traffic control project, despite assurances from the Federal Aviation Administration and Raytheon Co. that the system is back on track.
The Air Force's Air Education and Training Command at Maxwell Air Force Base is seeking input regarding a comprehensive educational information management system solution, especially to learn if such a system is commercially available.
Science Applications International Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Joint Forces Command to support the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation program, the company announced March 26.
Qwest Communications International Inc. filed a protest March 22 with the General Accounting Office over contract extensions that the General Services Administration awarded to Sprint Communications Co. and AT&T Corp. on their FTS2000 telecommunications contracts.
The General Services Administration has raised more than $1.5 million and registered more than 19,000 online bidders in the first two months its new electronic commerce site, www.GSAAuctions.gov. has been online.
A team led by Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract to continue providing sustainment services to all Defense Department military health system medical facilities worldwide.
Orbital Sciences Corp. has received a $56 million contract from the Taiwanese government to provide development, integration and oversight services for a satellite-based weather forecasting and research program.
The Army has radically restructured the $5.2 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program by expanding its scope to emphasize next-generation communications technologies.
The federal government's efforts at acquisition streamlining and reform may be providing agencies with more efficient ways to purchase needed goods and services, but the changes appear to be hurting the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for disadvantaged businesses.
Raytheon Co. is crying foul over the Federal Aviation Administration's stated intent to award a sole-source contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. without first conducting an open competition.
The price tag for Raytheon Co.'s troubled STARS air traffic control system could reach $2 billion ? more than double the original contract of about $950 million.
Qwest Communications International Inc. lost its protest of a General Services Administration decision to give AT&T Corp. and Sprint Corp. extensions on their FTS2000 contracts to provide long-distance telecommunications services to federal agencies.
The dogfight between Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. for the government's air traffic control business moves to Capitol Hill, where executives from both companies are slated to testify March 14 before a House panel examining the Federal Aviation Administration's modernization efforts.
Logicon Inc. has received a $13 million, five-year contract to provide computer operations and software programming services to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
