Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy transfers two e-Gov initiatives to Federal counterparts.

The Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) announced that two major Department of Defense eBusiness initiatives are being transitioned to their Federal counterparts. The DoD BusinessOpportunities (DoDBusOpps) Web site will be retired by the end of FY04, and functions transitioned to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Web site (http://www.fedbizopps.gov).

"Eliminating the DoD Web presence will make it easier for vendors to find contracting opportunities in a single location", said DoDBusOpps Program Manager Richard Clark, "Moreover, we are meeting the e-Gov mandate to simplify and unify the e-Business jungle."

The Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS) utilized an existing Department of Defense (DoD) system, DoDTeDS, deployed in the Air Force and tested by Navy, as a foundation to leverage the best practices. FedTeDS provides a secure Government-wide location for vendor access to sensitive but unclassified acquisition-related materials, including technical data packages and construction drawings. To avoid duplication, DoD turned off the DoD-unique DoDTeDS application in March.

"The work the Air Force and Navy did with DoDTeDS is strongly reflected in this new product" said Mark Krzysko, Deputy Director for Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (eBusiness). "We are proud to retire DoDTeDS knowing that the improved FedTeDS is streamlining procurement processes for all Federal agencies."