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Lawmakers protest delay in program to aid women-owned small businesses
SBA announces it will implement five-year-old law requiring program; women business owners are skeptical.
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Interior to merge procurement operations
Two of the department's units, GovWorks and the National Business Center, currently provide procurement and business services to agencies across the government.
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Agencies relocated nearly 60,000 employees in 2003
OPM data reveals a higher number of relocations than previously estimated.
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OMB announces 'strategic sourcing' requirement
By Oct. 1, agencies must analyze their purchasing habits and use the data to leverage their buying power on at least three commodities.
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House subpanel OKs $57 billion for Justice, Commerce and State
Bill would increase funding for FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Prime contractors vexed by reimbursement rules
Vendors cite confusing guidelines on what they can charge agencies for work done by subcontractors under GSA schedule contracts.
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House panel takes aim at Army Corps' contract practices
Lawmakers take aim at longstanding tradition of using "continuing contracts" for large construction projects.
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VA, union at odds over laundry privatization
Decision to close Veterans Affairs laundry facility spawns debate over cheapest route to clean linens.
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U.S. marshal’s murder trial expected to last three weeks
Deputy U.S. Marshal Arthur L. Lloyd stands charged with first-degree murder in death of Navy seaman Ryan Todd Stowers.
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