Reporter's Notebook

• Is Energy’s decision not to name a political appointee to oversee cyber a mistake?

  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.

  Reporter's Notebook

  May 16, 2022
• Another attempt to revive federal shared services

  GSA and Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service will launch the financial management shared services marketplace later this year with public and private sector providers.

  Reporter's Notebook

  May 04, 2022
• NSA quietly re-awarded its Wild and Stormy cloud contract

  Microsoft lost the 10-year top secret cloud contract competition for a second time, but decided not to protest.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 26, 2022
• Innovation in federal agencies is hard, but possible with these tips

  Two former federal technology executives offer advice for how they successfully drove innovation at the departments of Transportation and Veterans Affairs.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 25, 2022
• GSA’s busy 2022 so far: Inflation, 876 and a new strategy

  The Federal Acquisition Service has had a busy first six months of fiscal 2022, including trying to give contractors and agencies relief from inflation.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 21, 2022
• USCIS deputy to become TSA CIO

  Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review names Sanjay Gupta, the former SBA CTO, as its new CIO.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 18, 2022
• Treasury wants to join the growing ranks of agencies with IT working capital funds

  The White House’s fiscal 2023 budget request includes $65 billion for federal civilian IT spending, including big increases for DHS, OPM and SBA.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 04, 2022
• Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

  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.

  Reporter's Notebook

  March 29, 2022
• Contractors need agencies to help them ‘whip inflation now!’

  The inflation rate is at its highest since the 1990s and contractors are losing money and some may be thinking about leaving the federal industrial base altogether.

  Reporter's Notebook

  March 09, 2022
• DoD adds another piece to the JWCC puzzle

  Kelly Fletcher is the new principal deputy CIO for the Defense Department while Okie Mek, the chief AI officer at HHS, is leaving after 20 years of federal service.

  Reporter's Notebook

  March 07, 2022
• Defense contractor revenue is strong, so why is the state of the sector weakening?

  New reports from DoD and NDIA highlight ongoing challenges the defense industrial base is facing in light of rising tensions among near peer competitors.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 28, 2022
• Time to reel in the growing number of supply chain risk management initiatives?

  Since November at least six agencies issued notices or requests for information/proposals to industry seeking feedback on how to do more to protect their supply chains.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 21, 2022
• Transition to new telecom contract hits wall, forcing GSA to extend timetable

  GSA is extending the continuity of services clause for Networx, WITS 3 and the local service contracts for a year that will allow agencies and vendors time to sunset services on the expired contracts.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 15, 2022
• Army’s next phase of cloud includes OCONUS, desktop-as-a-service

  Army CIO Raj Iyer said the service will launch a cloud service outside the continental United States (OCONUS) in the Indo-Pacific command.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 08, 2022