GSA Mends Fences, One Customer at a Time
Top executives of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service say they are courting Defense Department buyers to try to repair relations with their biggest customer.

VETS Contract Gets DOD Backing
The Defense Department’s top acquisition official is urging the armed services and other DOD agencies to consider using the Veterans Technology Services governmentwide acquisition contract, known as VETS.

State Dept. Awards IT Work
The State Department chose eighteen small businesses to provide general information technology services at its facilities in the United States and abroad.

NASA Queried On Protested Contract Award
NASA reneged on an agreement to re-compete an IT contract that was the subject of a protest, according to the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.

GSA Leaders Pushed Sun Contract Despite Questions About Pricing
GSA Administrator Lurita Doan and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Jim Williams pushed to renew a contract with Sun Microsystems although they knew GSA’s inspector general had concluded that Sun had overcharged the government.

Davis Warns of Democrats’ Procurement Agenda
A leading Republican voice on procurement issues, Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, says contractors can expect “assault after assault” from the Democratic-controlled Congress.

Business Issues: Stay Current With Your Incurred Cost Submissions
The Defense Contract Audit Agency has been getting much tougher on contractors who are delinquent in submitting an indirect cost rate proposal.