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Having trouble viewing this email? View as a web page. Daily News March 12, 2008 http://www.fcw.com Daily News for IT professionals in government Subscription Services | RSS | Blogs | Jobs | Events | Contact Us The Lectern: Vendor coupons and other losses The fact that vendors no longer offer temporary discount prices off the GSA schedule reflects the loss of innovation in the current procurement environment, writes blogger Steve Kelman. Read More FCW Insider: Eliot's headlines Checking out the headlines on the Spitzer story: The winner comes from Slate.com: "Eliot's mess." Read More ADVERTISEMENT FEDERAL IT NEWS Lawmakers push telework as overall participation drops Security concerns and lack of a uniform tracking system are to blame for telework participation drops, OPM says. New method weds enterprise architecture, acquisition A soon-to-be-issued RFI would ask for best practices for model-based acquisition strategy. 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