General Services Administration
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The Procurement Roundtable, which includes former OFPP administrators, DoD and agency acquisition executives, sent a letter to President Donald Trump with recommendations to improve the federal buying process.
February 13, 2017 -
The question whether GSA is actively listening to the questions and concerns of its customers and its contractors, says Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement.
February 10, 2017 -
Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform want unredacted revenue and expense reports from the Trump organization that were submitted to GSA.
February 08, 2017 -
The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Service (TTS) released a draft solicitation asking for industry input in creating a bug bounty program.
February 06, 2017 -
With agencies making slow, but steady progress under phases 1 and 2 of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program, the Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration are exploring whether agencies will need a new model for Phase 3.
February 06, 2017 -
The General Services Administration is leasing 20 spaces for high-security government business, in buildings owned by foreign companies. Federal auditors say that doesn't necessarily mean there's a threat to security, but urged GSA to start informing agencies about foreign owners during acquisition.
January 31, 2017 -
Sources inside the General Services Administration say a town hall at the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) with two White House technology officials brought some reassurances and relief about the future of the organization, particularly 18F.
January 30, 2017 -
Two Democrat Senators sent their second letter to the General Services Administration asking how they are going to deal with the “violation” of the terms of the Trump Hotel lease.
January 23, 2017 -
The Trump administration landing teams have already established beachheads at the General Services Administration, the source of much federal procurement and contracting policy. Changes there will have a big impact on both contracting officers and companies doing business with the government. One consultant who's been watching is Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He share's what he's anticipating on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2017 -
Sources say Emily Murphy and Joshua Steinman could be in line for high-profile positions in the Trump administration.
January 23, 2017 -
Defense Deputy Secretary Bob Work, Chuck Rosenberg, the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Nick Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, are among the current appointees who are staying in place to help ensure continuity of government.
January 19, 2017 -
Fixed price contracts don't always have to go to the lowest bidder, not if a higher priced bidder offers more value. That's the gist of a landmark decision from the Government Accountability Office. It ruled against protesters of the Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract the General Services Administration is trying to establish. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the decision.
January 19, 2017 -
The 18F technology development group at the General Services Administration went from being a high flying bunch of whiz kids to money losing boondoggle hiring scores of people it couldn't support. Tom VanAntwerp, director of IT for the Tax Foundation, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with why it might be premature to deep-six 18F.
January 17, 2017 -
The Unified Shared Services Management office released a concept of operations and an RFI for software-as-a-service as part of its plan to continue moving the initiative forward in 2017.
January 17, 2017 -
The Government Accountability Office’s decision to deny four protests of GSA’s Alliant 2 contracts for IT services could end up being a landmark ruling.
January 17, 2017