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DISA wants more vendor accountability

DISA's Tony Montemarano said the agency wants to use more performance based contracts to better manage contractors.

Tags: contracting , technology , Tony Montemarano , DISA , DoD , BRAC , AFCEA , Meg Beasley

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Google wins stay of Interior award to Microsoft for cloud

The Court of Federal Claims rules that Interior violated law and federal regulations in awarding a sole source contract to Microsoft for e-mail and collaboration services in the cloud. This the latest episode in an ongoing battle between the two software giants to provide cloud services to agencies.

Tags: contracting , technology , Bernie Mazer , Susan Braden , Rhea Suh , Interior , GSA , USDA , Court of Federal Claims , GAO , Google , Microsoft , cloud computing , e-mail-as-a-service , bid protest , Jason Miller

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IRS expands number of awards under TIPSS-4

The IRS awarded 33 companies, including eight small businesses, a spot on their TIPSS-4 contract.

Tags: contracting , technology , IRS , TIPSS-4 , IT services , Jason Miller

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How real-time marketing can help your business

Web 2.0 guru David Meerman Scott joins host Mark Amtower for a discussion on leveraging real-time marketing to your company's advantage.
January 3, 2011

Tags: David Meerman Scott , marketing , PR , Web 2.0 , technology , contracting , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center

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State hires SAIC under $2.5B IT services deal

The company will provide engineering, security and operations and maintenance services under the Vanguard program. The 10-year contract is one piece of a larger IT consolidation effort State is in the middle of completing.

Tags: technology , contracting , State , Susan Swart , Ken Rogers , SAIC , IT services , Jason Miller

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DoD contracting cuts less painful than expected

In a meeting with members of Congress and industry association leaders this week, DoD officials said proposed cuts to Defense contracting will only impact a small subset of the department's service contracting budget. DoD officials said they are looking at contracts that support staff augmentation and other similar support service contracts.

Tags: contracting , DoD , Robert Gates , Bill Lynn , Gerry Connolly , Stan Soloway , Bobbie Kilberg , Professional Services Council , Northern Virginia Technology Council , Deltek Consulting , budget cuts , services contracts , Jared Serbu

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DoD experts: civilian agencies critical to national security

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Pentagon Solutions , John Nagl , William Perry , Stephen Hadley , QDR , Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel , DoD , Robert Gates , management ,

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Priorities of the Procurement Round Table

What's behind the creation of Acquisition University and how far can acquisition changes be expected to drive improved government management? Host Larry Allen discusses these issues with General William Tuttle, Chairman of the Procurement Round Table.
December 21, 2010

Tags: Bill Tuttle , Procurement Round Table , contracting , Acquisition University , insourcing , Larry Allen , Off the Shelf

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IPv6 task force looking at vendor readiness for the change

After meetings between agencies, the CIO Council's panel is concerned that even if agencies meet OMB's 2012 deadline to make the switch, their Internet service providers may not. The task force is hoping to meet with GSA and Networx vendors to make sure everyone is ready for IPv6.

Tags: technology , contracting , Pete Tseronis , John Curran , Andrew McLaughlin , OMB , CIO Council , American Registry for Internet Numbers , IPv6 , Networx , Internet service providers , Jared Serbu

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NARA to suspend development of ERA starting in 2012

The agency is deciding whether or not to move forward with the contract option for operations and maintenance with Lockheed Martin. GAO and OMB say the project has multiple problems, including more than a $200 million increase in the total cost for ERA and a lack of usage by agencies. After going through a TechStat sessions, NARA and OMB decided to stop enhancing the system and focus on use.

Tags: technology , David Lake , Vivek Kundra , NARA , OMB , GAO , Sheila Collins , Lockheed Martin , electronic records , ERA , Jason Miller , TechStat

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