12.01.2003
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council proposed to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation and make the EPLS.gov system the single source for Debarred List. See Federal Register notice.

10.29.2003
FedBizOpps was honored as a GCN Agency Award winner for innovative IT accomplishments. The award, sponsored by PostNewsWeek Tech Media and industry leaders, was conferred on the FedBizOpps team for its record of excellence in applying IT.

10.08.2003
Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Financial Management published guidance directing Federal agencies to use the Grants.gov/Find system to post notices of funding opportunities under Federal programs that award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements. See Federal Register notice.

09.30.2003
Recognizing the high functionality and reliability of the FedBizOpps system, the Department of Defense retired its separate online procurement site and began exclusively relying of FedBizOpps

05.06.2003
Angela Styles, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget launched the Inter-Agency Contract Directory (ICD) website and sought the participation of agencies that manage inter-agency contracts in the ICD system

August 2002
FedBizOpps was declared a winner in the competition for the Federal Acquisition award, "Business Solutions in the Public Interest" (BSPI). FedBizOpps was honored for its role in creatively changing practices, its significant contribution to achieving Presidential and agency mission, goals and objectives and its tangible results.

June 2002
Federation of Government Information Processing Councils (FGIPC) presented the FedBizOpps program with an Intergovernmental Solutions Award (ISA) for having demonstrated intergovernmental involvement of two or more levels of government in successfully delivering services to the citizens.

02.07.2002
Angela Styles, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and Gary Krump, PEC Vice Chairman, presided over an awards ceremony to honor individuals responsible for the success of the FedBizOpps program. Administrator Styles lauded the impressive performance and growth of FedBizOpps from January 2001 to January 2002 and the example of the FedBizOpps program as a leading government model for cross-agency cooperation