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Subcontractor indicted in Army Corps contracting fraud case Jan 27, 2012 A subcontractor tied to a brazen federal contracting fraud case has been charged with bribery by the Justice Department, according to court documents. Read Comments (1) Recommend (1) Deepwater is dead, says Coast Guard official The Coast Guard's acquisition chief has officially declared the multibillion-dollar Deepwater acquisition plan as dead. (2) Navy delays RFP on NMCI replacement The Navy next week will release additional details of its plan to develop what will be the world's largest private computer network. (3) New program will assist agencies in adopting cloud services Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel announced Thursday the launch of a governmentwide program that will quickly ensure that commercial cloud computing products and services meet federal security needs. (1) Mass. senator calls for outsourcing USAJobs Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is urging the White House to step in and end the Office of Personnel Management's stumbling attempt to insource the USAJobs website. (12)		Federal Times Video Most Popular Federal Stories Today Past Week Past Month Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (298) Postal regulator's travel raises concerns (106) Senators call on OMB to resolve pension delays (87) BRAC cleanup costs linger long after installations close (69) CBO fails to resolve federal pay impasse (68) Senators propose civilian pay freeze through 2014 (13649) Feds earn 16% more than private sector, nonpartisan report shows (11258) House to vote Wednesday on bill to extend pay freeze for a third year (10827) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (8466) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (7331) Proposed pay raise draws ire from all sides (33956) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (30843) Panel chair introduces bill to reduce pensions (25029) Details coming soon on TSP's planned Roth fund (17309) OPM outlines planned fixes to pension delays (14731) Tell Us About Labor-management partnerships What changes, good or bad, do you foresee from President Barack Obama’s executive order to re-establish labor-management partnerships? Send your comments to Staff Writer Stephen Losey.
	Contracts News Subcontractor indicted in Army Corps contracting fraud case A subcontractor tied to a brazen federal contracting fraud case has been charged with bribery by the Justice Department, according to court documents. (1) Deepwater is dead, says Coast Guard official The Coast Guard's acquisition chief has officially declared the multibillion-dollar Deepwater acquisition plan as dead. (2) Navy delays RFP on NMCI replacement The Navy next week will release additional details of its plan to develop what will be the world's largest private computer network. (3) New program will assist agencies in adopting cloud services Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel announced Thursday the launch of a governmentwide program that will quickly ensure that commercial cloud computing products and services meet federal security needs. (1) Mass. senator calls for outsourcing USAJobs Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is urging the White House to step in and end the Office of Personnel Management's stumbling attempt to insource the USAJobs website. (12) More Headlines GSA urged to modify its contract requirements for Web-based email Oracle settles $200M claim of failing to offer government best price Study: Contractors paid far more than feds for comparable work Accenture pays $64 million to settle whistle-blower case IBM files protest challenging VA's awards on IT contract Analyst: $120 billion in federal purchases between now and Oct. 1 Late contractor payments could cost government millions Contractors may not get paid if debt deal isn't reached Feds plan more competition for IT business VA awards $12 billion in IT contracts Scaled-down IT contract awarded for planned DHS headquarters Supreme Court overturns A-12 ruling against contractors GSA prepares to consolidate contractor databases Research group predicts less contract spending in 2012 Draft policy would disclose contractors' political ties SBA to let larger companies win small-biz contracts GAO upholds protest of DHS contract for financial system GAO upholds $2.6 billion IT contract termination with Northrop Grumman Contract spending dips first time in 13 years Homeland Security terminates $1 billion border project Search the Contracts Archives for more News