Emily Murphy

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

When faced with a crush of protests, other agencies have struggled to get out from underneath them to award large contract vehicles and now NITAAC is facing…

Contracts/Awards

FILE - The U.S. Capitol in Washington is pictured on Friday, August 5, 2022. Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, a compromise less ambitious than Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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

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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

Federal Newscast

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

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

GSA ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin

Management

Members of Congress chiming in on lack of transition funding

Congress

Democratic lawmakers want answers from GSA administrator on Biden transition

In today’s Federal Newscast, four Democrat House lawmakers and 41 Democrat senators are demanding GSA Administrator Emily Murphy brief them on her rationale…

Federal Newscast

The White House in Washington, is seen early Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, the morning after incumbent President Donald Trump was defeated by his Democratic challenger, President-elect Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What a Biden administration will mean for contractors

The Labor Department’s OFCCP could bring new approaches to how a Biden administration would deal with contractors

Tom Temin Commentary

Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Oversight.gov Authorization Act would formally require the upkeep of the website where users can access all public reports released by agency IGs.