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GSA expects cloud services spending to continue rising, just not as fast as 2021

Allen Hill, the deputy assistant commissioner for Category Management in the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said agencies are moving toward managed…

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GSA using data, analytics to push agencies to accelerate move to EIS

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OMB requires updated EIS transition plan in IT passback guidance

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GSA credits success of record IT revenue savings to transparency, more trust

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EIS at GSA ‘like a locomotive that you throw coal on’

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Lacking teeth, GSA creates alliances to spur transition to new telecommunications program

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Rebuilding your IT infrastructure for today but, more importantly, for tomorrow

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The building blocks to modernize federal networks

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FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12, that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

GSA looks to usher in 5G era amid projected surge in agencies’ mobile data

GSA officials say 5G will help bring the Internet of Things to every level of government, but that increase in smart sensors also means a greater surface…

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Executive Briefing Series: Evolving Cloud Strategies

In this exclusive executive briefing, IT specialists discuss how federal agencies are approaching cloud computing.

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Move to new telecom contract requires agencies to modernize without breaking the mission

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Allen Hill, the director of the Telecommunications Services Office at the General Services Administration, said most agencies will not meet the Sept. 30 deadline to award new contracts under EIS, but most are making good progress setting up 2020 to be a busy year.