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  • Procurement

    Bid protests: Useful tool or abusive practice?

    Bid protests may be a necessary way for companies to stand up for their interests, but they also can be a tactic to game the system, according to some analysts. 01/07/2013

  • Procurement
    Steve Kelman

    A winning idea for innovation

    Contests offer an attractive alternative to traditional procurements in some situations, bringing innovative solutions to agencies to attack unusual problems, writes Steve Kelman. 01/04/2013

  • Budget
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    How bad is our debt problem, anyway?

    How the federal deficit grew so big, why it is actually shrinking and whether a deal can bring it under control. 01/04/2013

  • Procurement
    NASA headquarters

    Protest slows NASA open source project

    NASA's plans to move to a content management system with open source architecture would govern 140 websites and 1,600 assets and applications. 01/04/2013

  • Procurement
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    GSA: Expand fee program

    The Industrial Funding Fee could support programs beyond the Multiple Award Schedules, GSA officials say. 01/03/2013

  • Budget
    Jeffrey Zients

    Fiscal cliff aversion -- cost or savings?

    Does the deal to sidestep the fiscal cliff save money or cost? The answer depends on how you count. 01/02/2013

  • Fiscal Cliff
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    Spending deal leaves future unclear

    The last-minute agreement that averted the imminent threat of sweeping budget cuts provides no roadmap for the way forward. 01/02/2013

  • Fiscal Cliff
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    Agencies get two-month reprieve on sequestration

    Congress acts on Jan. 1 to preserve tax cuts, delay across-the-board budget cuts. 01/01/2013

  • Cloud Services
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    FedRAMP issues first certification

    The General Services Administration met its self-imposed year-end deadline to begin approving cloud providers. 12/29/2012

  • Bookshelf
    This Machine Kills Secrets cover

    Defusing the dangers of secrecy

    Andy Greenberg, the author of 'This Machine Kills Secrets,' explains why agencies need to encourage whistleblowing to avoid another WikiLeaks-scale incident. 12/24/2012