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The General Services Administration\'s 18F team needs some help. Its services around agile development and Dev/Ops are coming in from other agencies at a rate 18F can\'t keep up with. So the group is turning to industry. Chris Cairns is the director of 18F Consulting; Dave Zvenyach is the project lead for the new agile blanket purchase agreement 18F just released. They tell executive editor Jason Miller about the BPA, and how it will help agencies move toward a more agile approach to IT projects.
June 18, 2015 -
18F and the Office of Integrated Technology Services release a request for quote to Schedule 70 vendors to provide agile development services. The 5-year contract has a ceiling of $25 million.
June 18, 2015 -
Every agency will have a digital services team to shore up IT acquisitions and delivery. Lots of outsiders say the talent attraction challenge will be hard for agencies. Jennifer Tress is director of talent for the General Services Administration\'s 18F Innovation Lab. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose that government leaders are banking on selling the mission to bring people in.
June 17, 2015 -
The General Services Administration\'s 18F needs some help. Agencies are asking for their services around agile development and Dev/Ops at a rate that 18F can\'t keep up with. So they are turning to industry. Chris Cairns is the director of 18-F Consulting. Dave Zvenyach is the project lead for the new agile blanket purchase agreement that 18F released on Wednesday. They tell Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller about the BPA and how it will help agencies move toward a more agile approach for IT projects.
June 17, 2015 -
A new memo from federal chief information officer Tony Scott gives agencies 19 months to move all Internet-facing sites and Web services to the HTTPS standard.
June 09, 2015 -
There was an awful lot of movement in the federal IT community over the last few weeks. There was maybe none more surprising than Sonny Hashmi's decision to leave as the chief information officer of the General Services Administration. Now we know who made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
March 16, 2015 -
Greg Godbout is leaving his job as executive director of the General Services Administration's 18F innovation lab in early April.
March 11, 2015 -
When Dan Tangherlini took over as the General Services Administration administrator in 2012, it was embroiled in the aftermath of the conference scandal. Stepping down after three years later, he reflects on how the agency has transformed itself.
February 20, 2015 -
The General Services Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plan to release major IT and services solicitations in the coming month. The draft RFPs are part of the broader effort to change the government's approach to acquisition.
February 20, 2015 -
The General Services Administration's 18F has more business than it can handle. The special software development team has agreements with about 17 agencies. That's bringing in a constant stream of work. That demand for development is driving a new blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for agile development services. It needs to offer alternative sources for agencies needing fast turnaround applications. Greg Godbout is the executive director of 18F. On the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he tells executive editor Jason Miller about plans to get the BPA up and running in the coming year.
February 04, 2015 -
With more business than it can handle, 18F hopes a new blanket purchase agreement for IT software development will prove the culture is changing. GSA will issue a final RFQ in the coming weeks and make the initial award in late spring.
February 04, 2015 -
Good customer service is just one of President Barack Obama's 15 cross-agency priority goals for agency managers in 2015. Dan Chenok is executive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government. In his Top 3 for 2015, he tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the expectations agencies will have to provide top notch customer service.
January 14, 2015 -
A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget sets eight standards for new federal websites and seven for existing ones.
January 14, 2015 -
The General Services Administration's 18F and the Office of Integrated Technology Services issued a request for information as part of its strategy to create a blanket purchase agreement where agencies can buy agile development services for IT projects. Experts say the RFI shows how the government is beginning to adopt industry best practices.
January 09, 2015