Emily Murphy

Maybe the micro purchase threshold is a little too micro

A former GSA administrator has made the case that raising the micro purchase threshold to $20,000 would save the government tens of millions of dollars.

Financial Management

Government shutdown or not, it’s exhausting

Federal Report

Sequestration, sequestration, se — Wait, don’t summon the S-word!

Federal Report

(Getty Images/iStockphoto/AzriSuratmin)

Congress should protect competition, save Section 876

Commentary

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Court of Federal Claims decision results in a ‘sea change’ for federal acquisition

Acquisition Policy

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Will NITAAC’s CIO-SP4 be crushed by 117 protests?

Contracts/Awards

The fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of the next month

Reporter's Notebook

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Why Congress should reauthorize, strengthen the SBIR program

Commentary

Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 9 – Tech Market 2022 – Issues & Advice

Accelerating Government

Task order protests made up larger percentage of all GAO complaints in 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Robin Carnahan will be nominated to be the next GSA administrator. (Photo courtesy GSA)

Biden to nominate another Missouri native to lead GSA

People

This June 22, 2018, photo shows a Skydio R1 drone in Redwood City, Calif. Skateboarders, surfers and YouTube stars used to be the target customers for California drone startup Skydio, which builds sophisticated self-flying machines that can follow people around and capture their best moves on video. Now it's police officers and soldiers getting equipped with the pricey drones. U.S. political and security concerns about the world's dominant consumer drone-maker, China-based DJI, have opened the door for Skydio and other companies to pitch their drones for government and business customers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Government looking to rein in agencies’ drone purchasing

In today’s Federal Newscast, GSA is removing all drones from Multiple Award Schedule Contracts that do not have the approval of the Defense Department.

Federal Newscast

Exclusive

GSA’s Murphy opens up about her ascertainment decision, 3 years of successes, challenges

In her first public statements since the Nov. 23 decision to ascertain the election results, Emily Murphy, the GSA administrator, explained her thinking…

Ask the CIO

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy said the EOA approach is saving billions of dollars.

Emily Murphy did the right thing

Tom Temin Commentary

Argue the facts and the reasoning, not the character of the person who made a decision.