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  1. GSA starts effort to improve cybersecurity in procurements

    The General Services Administration is seeking industry input as it develops standard contract language to ensure cybersecurity measures are taken in federal procurements.

    • May. 20, 2013
  2. New security standards aim to enable employees to perform the same activities on mobile devices as on desktop computers. Mike Morones / Staff

    New security standards expected to speed mobile adoption

    The administration is expected to release details this week for how agencies should secure government-issued smartphones and tablet computers.

    • May. 20, 2013

  3. How State Department was duped in $60M fraud scheme

    A federal investigation of former State Department contracting specialist Kathleen McGrade has uncovered a treasure trove of luxuries allegedly acquired with the proceeds of a multimillion-dollar contracting scam: a Steinway piano; sculptures; sapphire, e

    • May. 19, 2013
  4. Acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini says he is confident the agency can demonstrate to its customers that its contracts and programs can save them money. Mike Morones / Staff

    Tangherlini: Tighter budgets mean bigger role for GSA

    Dan Tangherlini wants more of your business — a lot more.

    • May. 19, 2013
  5. Staff file photo

    DoD approves Apple iPhones, iPads for military use

    The Defense Department will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to connect to the military's networks, the Pentagon announced Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013

  6. Afghanistan overtaxes U.S. contractors, IG finds

    Afghanistan has slapped US-funded contractors working on reconstruction efforts with nearly $1 billion in taxes since 2008, often in spite of clear tax exemption agreements, a government watchdog has found.

    • May. 14, 2013
  7. In this stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border, the U.S. is on the left. Gerald L Nino / CBP.gov

    Is a billion-dollar border security program finally due?

    The Department of Homeland Security has taken a positive step in one of the longer running procurement sagas of recent years, issuing downselect notices to several contractors to compete in the next phase of a controversial border security program, source

    • May. 14, 2013

  8. Green of the road: Airlines, hotels, cars more eco-friendly

    When you travel these days, you're doing so in a more environmentally friendly fashion than you did a decade ago — and you probably can't even tell.

    • May. 13, 2013
  9. A TSA agent checks the luggage of a passenger at Orlando International Airport in 2011. STAN HONDA / AFP via Getty Images

    TSA officers, air marshals file legal warning over knives

    Nine groups of airline workers and travelers filed a legal challenge Monday urging the Transportation Security Administration against allowing passengers to carry small knives on planes.

    • May. 13, 2013

  10. Obama directs agencies to make more data public

    Agencies are under more pressure to release government data to the public and ensure it is packaged in formats that promote widespread use and dissemination.

    • May. 9, 2013
  11. Federal law enforcement agencies face challenges in working with large volumes of data from multiple data bases, such as in the Boston Marathon bombing case. John Moore//Getty Images

    Quality tops agencies' data challenges

    Agencies rely on vast sources of data to fight tax fraud, improve health care, manage federal buildings and improve delivery of citizen services. But obtaining and making sense of '

    • May. 7, 2013

  12. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations

    Citing sequester and budget challenges, the arm of the Defense Department overseeing security clearances for contractors is cutting how much time people have to request so-called periodic reinvestigations.

    • May. 7, 2013

  13. Most CIOs can't track IT spending

    Most chief information officers are not confident in their ability to estimate and track information technology spending at their agencies, a new survey finds.

    • May. 7, 2013

  14. In tracking down contract overcharges, GSA goes slowly

    When the General Services Administration inspector general uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in overcharges by a contractor, the watchdog office wasted little time in telling GSA management to recoup the money.

    • May. 7, 2013
  15. A field of solar collectors belonging to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard is seen in Swanton, Ohio. Master Sgt. Beth Holliker/U.S. Air Force

    Army to spur renewable energy with $7 billion contract

    Five companies have prequalified to build and maintain geothermal energy projects for the Defense Department, under the first phase of a $7 billion Army contract.

    • May. 6, 2013
  16. Former Lockheed Martin CEO Robert Stevens testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in 2012. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    As federal belts tighten, contractor CEOs enjoy million-dollar raises

    On the same day in March that Lockheed Martin warned that the sequester could lead to thousands of employee furloughs and layoffs, the nation’s largest federal contractor disclosed that it had just boosted the compensation of its former CEO by more than $2 million.

    • Apr. 23, 2013
  17. General Services Administration Inspector General Brian Miller STAFF

    Feds investigate office supply vendor

    The government is investigating whether an office supply contractor has been improperly selling products made in China in violation of the Trade Agreements Act, court records show.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  18. Joe Jordan, seen testifying during his 2012 nomination hearing to be administrator for federal procurement policy at OMB, said in a that too often, contracting officials across government don't have the data on contractors' past performance they should have when making contract award decisions. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Procurement chief: Measure contractor performance

    Joe Jordan, the top White House procurement official, recently told a gathering of government officials and contractors how he and his wife sometimes travel to New England and look for places to stay along the way. He wasn’t giving travel advice, though.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  19. Sequester delays some contract awards

    Many of the government’s biggest pending contracts are encountering significant delays.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  20. GAO questions metrics of training effectiveness for contracting staffs

    The federal government spends tens of millions of dollars to train contracting officials each year, but agencies don’t always know whether all the coursework is making a difference, the Government Accountability Office said in a report Tuesday.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  21. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. Getty Images

    Lawmaker presses agencies to abide by small biz law

    The chairman of the House Small Business Committee on Tuesday called on 35 federal agencies to provide details on their compliance with new federal provisions aimed to help small businesses compete for federal contracts.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  22. There is speculation that sequestration may lead to more contract disputes and bid protests.

    As budgets tighten, contract attorneys expect uptick in bid protests

    Two weeks after sequestration began, contract lawyer Bill Spriggs got a call from a vendor client upset that a federal contracting official had just ordered it to cut its price by 10 percent for “sequestration-related cuts” without a change in service levels.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  23. GSA recruited about 80 small businesses in 2010 to participate in a pilot program to track their emissions, but businesses slowly dropped out. GSA shut the program down in November - nearly nine months early - because low participation made the program too expensive. AFP / Getty Images

    Contractors, agencies struggle to measure ‘greenness’ of purchases

    Three years ago, the General Services Administration came up with a plan to give preferential treatment to contractors that track their greenhouse gas emissions. So far, that plan remains a goal rather than a reality.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  24. A 2011 audit found that Boeing was billing the Army almost $1,700 for a dime-sized Chinook helicopter part on sale from DLA for about $8. Boeing

    DoD still swamped by excess parts

    For almost a quarter-century, the Government Accountability Office has said the military’s management of equipment and parts stockpiles is one of the government programs most vulnerable to waste, fraud and mismanagement.

    • Apr. 3, 2013

  25. Lawmaker presses VA exec on dual-hatted status

    Tom Leney runs an office at the Veterans Affairs Department charged with ensuring that billions of dollars in set-aside contracts make it into the hands of small, veteran-owned businesses.

    • Mar. 27, 2013

  26. New charges filed in bid-rigging case

    A once-prominent Northern Virginia technology contractor is facing bribery charges accusing the firm of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks for contract work and using bogus references to gain entry into a government set-aside program — the latest development in the largest bid-rigging case in U.S. history.

    • Mar. 25, 2013
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