Former federal contractor gets jail time for falsifying immigration records
A former contractor working as a records custodian at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail for doctoring computer files to help illegal aliens...
View ArticleGSA blames poor wording for STARS contract snafu
The General Services Administration is blaming “ambigous” language in an email to bidders on its $10 billion 8(a) contract for giving the mistake impression that it had made contract awards. The email...
View ArticleOMB lists contract categories vulnerable to overspending
When the Office of Management and Budget on July 7 announced a new directive for agencies to cut spending on contract management services by 15 percent, officials mentioned 15 product service codes...
View ArticleAcquisition workforce showing signs of change
The acquisition workforce has long been the victim and scapegoat for all that is wrong with federal procurement. Dan Gordon, however, said that is starting to change. The administrator of the Office of...
View ArticleOFPP recommends new cadre of IT experts
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has instructed agency acquisition chiefs to consider forming specialized teams whose members have deep subject matter knowledge to manage information technology...
View ArticleGeneral Dynamics, others join protest of VA’s $12B T4 contract
Three additional protests have been filed with congressional auditors against the Veterans Affairs Department’s $12 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology procurement program. That brings...
View ArticleGovernment-industry group sifts out top contracting reforms
A government-industry IT group is helping the senior procurement policy officials understand what the private sector thinks are the most important contracting reforms. The American Council for...
View ArticleGSA plans huge BPAs for laptops, desktops and other devices
The General Services Administration plans to award a series of blanket purchase agreements through which federal agencies can buy common IT products at the best prices in government. GSA might might...
View ArticleBetter oversight of contracts called key to repairing Pentagon ledgers
Improving oversight and administration of defense contracts is the key to victory in Pentagon financial managers’ struggle to meet a 2017 deadline for auditable books, a Defense Department deputy...
View ArticleMaking smart cuts
As the government looks to operate more efficiently with fewer resources during the current budget crisis, it is crucial that the president and congress communicate a clear vision for what the federal...
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Government contracting landscape shifts as task orders rise
Government contractors need to prepare not only for a more austere future for government spending, but also adapt to a shifting landscape that is favoring task orders over traditional acquisition...
View ArticleWhite House to agencies: Cut wasteful IT spending, then reinvest in smarter tech
The Obama administration is requiring all agencies to propose budget cuts to reduce information technology spending by 10 percent, according to a guidance released by the Office of Management and...
View ArticleAgencies should file better reports on their service contracts, GAO says
The Obama administration’s effort to better calibrate which functions are inherently governmental and which are better contracted out will require improvements in agency inventories of service...
View ArticleProcurement documents show why acquisition reform isn’t easy
Two solicitation documents posted yesterday demonstrate how difficult information technology acquisition reform — a top priority for both the White House and Congress– can be. The first, for cloud...
View ArticlePentagon directive targets fake parts, vulnerabilities in arms systems
A new Pentagon directive is calling for new safeguards against fake parts and software vulnerabilities in arms and information systems. The mandate, which took effect Nov. 5, is likely to bring new...
View ArticleGSA has yet to approve any cloud products under FedRAMP
Up against a self-imposed Dec. 31 deadline, the government’s purchasing arm has yet to endorse any cloud products for quick acquisition. Some applicants and testers say the General Services...
View ArticleDHS to recompete online immigration contract
The Homeland Security Department will award contracts to multiple companies to fix a long-suffering program aimed at computerizing immigration paperwork, after a lackluster job by the current vendor,...
View ArticleNo good news for government IT in sequestration delay
A just-past-deadline deal to put off a decision about drastic federal spending cuts until February will provide little solace for government technology chiefs and may be more damaging than if the...
View ArticleFederal IT funds circle the drain due to poor procurement policies
It may seem like a simple thing to fix — if the U.S. government wants more vendors to compete for contracts, just ask more companies to take part. However, those looking to reform the procurement...
View ArticleHacked U.S. tech contractors oppose anti-China procurement law
Technology contractors are warning Congress that a new counter-cyber spy law will leave agencies even more vulnerable to breaches by slowing the purchase of security systems to screen for Chinese-made...
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