Archive: November 11, 2007 - November 17, 2007
Alliant On Hold?
InformationWeek is reporting that the General Services Administration's $50 billion technology acquisition program known as Alliant has been put on hold after a group of irked vendors filed a lawsuit claiming the GSA did not follow proper procedures in awarding contracts. Stay tuned. The Alliant program, awarded after much...
By Robert O'Harrow | November 16, 2007; 4:41 PM ET | Email a Comment
The State of GAO
The Government Accountability Office plays a key role as Congress's investigative arm. When the GAO speaks, people listen, or they should anyhow. Though its reports are careful to the point of being bland sometimes, the GAO teams dig deep and work hard to expose fraud, waste and abuse. They...
By Robert O'Harrow | November 15, 2007; 3:43 PM ET | Comments (3)
GSA and Defections
Government Executive has an interesting story about the continuing fallout from questions about the Sun Microsystems contract and the allegations that the IT vendor overcharged taxpayers. In short, it says that two other IT vendors have bailed out of the GSA -- choosing not to renew their contracts to...
By Robert O'Harrow | November 12, 2007; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (8)
