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Agency software purchasing bill passes House

FedScoop

Legislation to improve federal agency oversight and management of software purchases passed the House on Wednesday, keeping top IT and software trade groups’ hopes alive that the bill will get through the Senate and become law before this congressional term is up. The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act ( H.R.1695

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Advancements & Adjustments in the GE Appliances Supply Chain

Art of Procurement

GE Appliances is a subsidiary of Haier Smart Home, a Shanghai-based company that purchased them from GE in 2016. The post Advancements & Adjustments in the GE Appliances Supply Chain appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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The Perils of Piggybacking

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

I was interviewed by and quoted in The Wall Street Journal on March 7, 2016 about some of the questionable practices that have been used by various public agencies across the country in piggybacking off of contracts for the purchase of police body cameras. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2016 by Michael E.

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: March 10-14, 2025

SmallGovCon

” Now, “a small group of volunteers, has purchased the site from his heirs and will continue to provide the same free service under the same name, Wifcon.com.” Sadly, Bob died on November 24, 2024, after a brief illness, leaving no operational successor.”

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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

The Government Accountability Office found in January that 10 vendors, including Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce and Oracle accounted for 73% of all licenses purchased by the 24 agencies reviewed. The bill calls for agencies to conduct an inventory and improve the overall management of software.

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Airbus US Space & Defense Closes Purchase of Eutelsat OneWeb’s Stake in Satellite Production JV; Robert Geckle Quoted

GovCon Wire

Founded in 2016, Airbus OneWeb Satellites JV produced more than 600 satellites for the first-generation OneWeb satellite constellation, Airbus U.S. Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has completed its acquisition of Eutelsat OneWeb’s 50 percent stake in a satellite manufacturing joint venture. Space & Defense said Monday.

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AWS Marketplace now available in the AWS Secret Region

AWS Public Sector

First deployed in 2016 , ICMP is a digital catalog with software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that makes it easy for customers in the intelligence community (IC) to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS.