General Services Administration
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Vendors still have a Sept. 22 deadline to submit bids for the General Services Administration’s OASIS+ governmentwide professional services vehicle despite a protest before GAO.
September 12, 2023 -
DOJ and the General Services Administration’s inspector general says Verizon’s cyber protections fell short of requirements outlined in the Trusted Internet Connections initiative from October 2017 to August 2021.
September 06, 2023 -
The Labor Department has revived an old idea: Salaried private-sector employees who work overtime. Well, you can't just compensate them with pizza. A rule proposed last week would mandate overtime for people making up to $55,000 a year. The current ceiling is $35,000.
September 06, 2023 -
An innovation lab, nationwide coworking spaces, technology test-drives, short-term office revamp plans: GSA wants agencies to kick-start the revitalization of workspaces sooner rather than later. We share all the details.
September 06, 2023 -
Alan Thompson, the CIO, and Justin Black, the CTO, of the House of Representatives were among the federal IT executives leaving their positions over the summer.
September 05, 2023 -
The massively bipartisan Chance to Compete Act aims to modernize federal hiring — but experts say limitations in HR offices could stunt its potential, while others think the bill doesn’t take hiring reform far enough.
September 04, 2023 -
After almost five years, the Office of Management and Budget is close to issuing new guidance for how agencies should implement the 21st Century IDEA Act, while the transition to EIS will take longer for eight agencies.
August 24, 2023 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy’s update to the FAC-C training curriculum shows how creative thinking can expand the pool of candidates for hard-to-fill back-office positions.
August 21, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The General Services Administration is taking on unconscious bias with identity-verification technology. The Patent office changes the name of its scholars program from Thomas Edison to Marian Croak. And sexual harassment at America's military academies shows no sign of improvement.
August 18, 2023 -
DHS and GSA will use a $288 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act to build two new headquarters buildings, as well as a new parking garage, at DHS’ St. Elizabeths West Campus in southeast Washington, D.C.
August 17, 2023 -
Value-added resellers and other industry experts say the current interpretation of the Advance Payment Statute is causing major headaches for agencies and providers alike.
August 16, 2023 -
For the second year in a row, the General Services Administration announced an increase to per diem lodging rates for federal employees.
August 16, 2023 -
By law and regulation, certain products are barred from purchase by federal agencies, like telecommunications products made in China. Yet the General Services Administration's office of Inspector General has found, that somehow prohibited products have made their way onto the Multiple Awards Schedule contracts.
August 14, 2023 -
Currently, paradoxes in the MAS contract negotiation process and procedures are creating significant, contradictory and unnecessary hurdles for contracting officers seeking to negotiate “fair and reasonable” pricing. In turn, contractors, including small business contractors, are seeing impacts regarding their access to the federal market and opportunities to compete for customer agency requirements.
August 14, 2023 -
New data from GAO found 27 agencies spent more than $40 million through the Commercial Platforms, with 96% going to one of the three providers.
August 09, 2023