Reporter's Notebook
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A round up of federal technology executives from GSA, NOAA, the FBI and others who have been “on the move” over the last few months and that you may have missed.
July 12, 2022 -
A provision in the omnibus spending bill for 2022 requires the Homeland Security Department to submit a report to Congress on the impact of most pilot programs.
July 11, 2022 -
The General Services Administration expects to release the draft RFP in early 2023 with the final one coming by March 2023.
June 21, 2022 -
Here are three news items you may have missed from the recent Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference sponsored by ACT-IAC in Cambridge, Md.
June 15, 2022 -
The Marines Corps awarded GDIT a task order under the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract to test out how they can receive Microsoft Office capabilities both on-premise and in the cloud in a classified environment.
June 14, 2022 -
GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the requirement to have maximum and minimum dollar thresholds.
June 07, 2022 -
Former officials call the Energy Department’s decision not to name a political appointee to lead its Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) a mistake.
May 16, 2022 -
Senators seek to establish National Guard for space missions, correcting what they see as a "mistake" in Space Force's initial establishment.
May 16, 2022 -
Microsoft lost the 10-year top secret cloud contract competition for a second time, but decided not to protest.
April 26, 2022 -
Two former federal technology executives offer advice for how they successfully drove innovation at the departments of Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
April 25, 2022 -
The Federal Acquisition Service has had a busy first six months of fiscal 2022, including trying to give contractors and agencies relief from inflation.
April 21, 2022 -
Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review names Sanjay Gupta, the former SBA CTO, as its new CIO.
April 18, 2022 -
The White House’s fiscal 2023 budget request includes $65 billion for federal civilian IT spending, including big increases for DHS, OPM and SBA.
April 04, 2022 -
While the Biden administration is asking for $773 billion for 2023, that number may not go as far as hoped. DoD says it finished up its planning for 2023 before inflation rates rose and before Russia invaded Ukraine causing oil prices to spike.
April 04, 2022 -
The General Services Administration changed the requirements for bidding on the $10 billion Polaris small business contract at the last minute causing some small firms to second guess their plans.
March 29, 2022