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Strategic Sourcing Group Aims To Cut Prices
Federal agencies will begin pooling their buying power this spring to drive down prices of five commodity items in a new Strategic Sourcing Initiative.

Revised RFPs Set For Alliant IT Contracts
GSA plans to issue a second round of draft RFPs in June for its $65 billion Alliant and Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contracts and may make significant changes in the small business set-aside.

GSA Schedules Are Losing Customers, Report Says
Information technology sales through GSA Schedule 70 fell by 2% in fiscal 2005 after years of double-digit growth, according to the market research firm Input.

Multiple Award Contracts Fuel Set-Aside Growth
Set-aside contracts for information technology will top $20.5 billion in fiscal 2006, 43% more than last year.

Survey: Security Clearance Is Worth 25% Pay Raise
Employees with security clearances earn nearly 25% more than those with similar skills and no clearance, according to a survey by ClearanceJobs.com, an online staffing agency.

NASA Venture Fund Targets Early-Stage Technologies
NASA plans to create a venture capital fund to invest in early-stage technology companies.






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