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Oracle to pay $200M in largest GSA false claims settlement
Software company Oracle has agreed to pay nearly $200 million to the U.S. government for failing to meet contractual obligations to the General Services Administration under a contract first awarded more than a dozen years ago. The company denies any wrongdoing, while GSA claimed the settlement as a victory for government purchasers.
Tags: industry , Oracle , GSA , DoJ
Meet Quest Software Public Sector's new CEO
Paul Christman is the new president and chief executive officer of Quest Software Public Sector.
Tags: Paul Christman , Quest Software , Industry Chatter , contracting , technology , In Depth
Bond on why he's leaving TechAmerica
Bond is going into the lobbying world. He talks about the federal tech landscape with In Depth with Francis Rose.
Tags: Phil Bond , TechAmerica , technology , contracting , In Depth
Pentagon Solutions: Fixing contingency contracting, improving acquisition workforce
GAO's John Hutton and Belva Martin highlight conclusions from two recent reports.
Tags: Belva Martin , John Hutton , GAO , Pentagon Solutions , In Depth , contracting , best practices
Army, Navy construction amps up as contracts awarded
More than a dozen construction companies won spots on a multiple-award Army construction contract, worth $499 million. The also awarded an $11 million contract to restore and modernize a building in Washington, D.C.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , military construction , contracting , Army , Navy , DoD
Coast Guard, GAO at odds over health of acquisition programs
The Government Accountability Office found the Coast Guard cannot meet its most recent acquisition objectives to recapitalize its aging boats and airplanes. The audit agency told Congress Tuesday the service hasn't properly aligned its ambitions with its expected budgets. The Coast Guard contends the GAO findings are out of date.
Tags: DHS , USCG , GAO , House Transportation Committee , frank lobiondo , Robert Papp , Deepwater , John Hutton , Jared Serbu
OFPP takes on second challenge of taming MACs
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and GSA are working on a directory of Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreements. The database would help fix one of the "biggest blind spots" in federal acquisition today, said Dan Gordon, OFPP administrator. OFPP's memo to require business cases for multiple-award contracts received praise for its direct and specific requirements.
Tags: acquisition policy , Dan Gordon , OFPP , GSA , Interagency contracting , mulitiple-award contracts , business cases , Marcia Madsen , Mayer Brown , Stan Livingstone , ASI Government , Jason Miller , contracting
DoD awards Boeing $12B Air Force C-17 contract
Boeing has received a $12 billion dollar contract to keep the Defense Department's C-17 Globemaster transport planes flying
Tags: contracting , industry , DoD , Air Force , Boeing , C-17
Navy issues draft RFP for next-generation network
The Navy has released its draft solicitation for its huge Next Generation Enterprise Network project, which replaces the current Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and could end up being the largest private IT network in the world. The draft RFP is the last step — and the last opportunity for industry to comment — before Navy issues a final RFP.
Tags: DoD , technology , contracting , Navy , NMCI , NGEN , Shawn Hendricks , Jared Serbu
Building "Green"
Richard Knight, principal/vice-president of Aercrete Advantage LLC, joins host Mark Amtower to talk about the work being done by his company.
October 3, 2011
Tags: contracting , richard knight , baltimore-washington corridor chamber of commerce , aercrete advantage llc , green building initiatives , bw region procurement fair , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center
