Acquisition Policy

• Federal Executive Boards spread the green word

  With the majority of federal employees located outside of the Washington, D.C. metro area, how are feds in regional offices answering the White House\'s mandates regarding the greening of government? The answer: the Federal Executive Boards organized groups of executives who find ways to collaborate across agency lines.

  Budget

  October 07, 2010
• Changes come to how government contractors get information

  Bill Gormley, the President and CEO of the Washington Management Group, which owns FedSources, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the changes to how the contracting community will get information.

  Technology

  October 06, 2010
• $10,000 challenge: Make a federal office building green

  The General Services Administration and Metropolis Magazine have teamed up to offer $10,000 for a winning design that will make a 45-year-old GSA building more green. Susan Szenasy, the editor-in-chief of Metropolis Magazine, discusses the competition.

  Acquisition

  October 06, 2010
• DorobekINSIDER: GSA spokesman Sahar Wali leaving to go green

  GSA’s chief spokesperson, Sahar Wali, is going to be leaving the agency. She will be joining the White House Council of Environmental Quality as their communications director next month, the DorobekINSIDER has confirmed. Wali has roots on Capitol Hill and she worked on the Obama campaign. She joined GSA soon after the election and has [...]

  Budget

  October 06, 2010
• Examination of the federal furniture market

  Who are the key players making decisions on furniture acquisitions? This week, Jean Reynolds, Vice President of Strategic Development-Government for the HON Company joins Larry Allen on Off the Shelf. October 5, 2010 (Encore presentation October 12, 2010)

  Off the Shelf

  October 06, 2010
• GSA: green buildings key to lower emissions

  Green is good, but a building also has to serve the people inside. GSA\'s Kevin Kampschroer explains.

  Federal Drive

  October 06, 2010
• As a federal pioneer of LEED, NOAA grasps savings

  From the soon-to-be renovated headquarters of the General Services Administration, to the green roof of the main New York City Post Office, the federal government is making energy-efficient-and-sustainable buildings a top priority. But a little over three years ago, one federal building in the D.C. area led the way in the design and construction of a new generation of green buildings.

  Budget

  October 06, 2010
• GSA, Energy going alternative to run its buildings

  DoE wants to make all of its roofs white or light color to help reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. GSA is testing solar panels, geo-thermal and solar chimneys in different buildings around the country. The goal is to help reduce the government\'s $25 billion annual energy bill.

  Budget

  October 06, 2010
• Column: GSA likes its standing as a leader in green

  The agency seeks to improve the government\'s energy efficiency through internal and external initiatives. GSA is leading the effort to modernize federal buildings as well as provide customer agencies with sustainable products and services. Read an op-ed by Stephen Leeds, the General Services Administration\'s senior counselor to the administrator.

  Acquisition

  October 05, 2010
• GSA powers down to green up

  Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller caught up with Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer of the General Services Administration. He asked her about a green technology initiative that nearly all federal workers can relate to.

  Federal Drive

  October 05, 2010
• The Greening of Government: GSA changing the face of its fleet

  The agency purchased more than 9,000 alternative fuel cars in 2010 and plans more in 2011 and beyond. GSA estimates $40 million in savings and the prevention of 340 million pounds of greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere over the next seven years because of the purchases.

  Budget

  October 04, 2010
• GSA and Metropolis magazine challenge: Remodel federal building to have zero environmental impact

  The General Services Administration and Metropolis magazine pose this challenge to designers and architects: Take a 1960s federal office building and redesign it to have zero environmental impact.

  Acquisition

  October 01, 2010
• Small business recruited to help affordability efforts

  The top procurement officer of a Top 100 DoD contractor gives a thumbs up to the newly announced Pentagon acquisition reforms. WFED\'s Scott Carr reports.

  Federal Drive

  October 01, 2010
• Industry presses GSA to keep Schedule 75 open

  The Coalition for Government Procurement asks the Federal Acquisition Service to reconsider its decision to close the office supplies schedule to new offerors for two year. The association says the decision will hurt small businesses and likely lead to higher prices for the government.

  Management

  September 30, 2010