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Oracle settles $200M claim of failing to offer government best price

The settlement resolves a False Claims Act lawsuit that alleges Oracle intentionally gave GSA inaccurate information about discounts it gave to commercial customers and failed to pass those discounts on to the government.

DHS first agency to go to the cloud for web content services

The contract was awarded under the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) $76 million Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). CGI was granted approval to deliver certified, secure government cloud services under the IaaS BPA following a rigorous accreditation process.

IT Schedule 70 to get new director

Kay Ely will start on September 25 as the new director of the General Services Administration’s largest Multiple Award Schedule, IT Schedule 70.

599 firms named to $10B small-business contract

GSA named 599 companies as winners on its huge STARS II contract for IT services. Winners are part of the government 8(a) small business set aside program.

Technical Communities and AB&T Sign Government Channel Partnership

Forefront in offering government users access and savings on cloud-based IT solutions

GSA floats another cloud procurement

Agency looking for a provider for enterprise IT management services

Feds Seek $2.5 Billion In Cloud Services

The General Services Administration is asking vendors to bid to supply cloud email, cloud office automation services, and cloud-based records management services.

State and local governments Schedule 70 purchases top $600M in fiscal 2010

Despite the economic downturn, consumption of IT goods and services via GSA Schedule 70 is growing nearly twice as fast as the total state and local market, further boosting its value as a vehicle for business development.

Researching the GSA Schedule Market

When considering the cost and benefit of pursuing a GSA Schedule contract, the question always comes up as to what is the size of the market? Is the potential sales benefit worth the cost of pursuing and the maintaining the GSA Schedule contract?

Federal IT spending to increase 5 percent, analyst says

In decoding the administration’s 2012 budget, Input tells resellers: don’t panic and be agile