General Services Administration
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Four new special item numbers for cybersecurity services sound like great opportunities. But, Alex Major, a partner at the law firm McCarter & English, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin SINS could get some contractors in a lot of trouble.
September 29, 2016 -
Cybersecurity is a SIN, a special item number that is. The General Services Administration established several SINs under schedule 70 for cybersecurity services it believes are in high demand. For an update how these special item numbers are doing, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mary Davie, the GSA's assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.
September 29, 2016 -
Multiple sources confirm that software giant Oracle will no longer sell directly or indirectly through the IT schedule program.
September 26, 2016 -
Vendors who won a spot on the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) contracts received the notice to proceed, but the Alliant 2 solicitation faces another protest.
September 26, 2016 -
The federal government is making progress when it comes to shrinking its real property footprint, but auditors says data accuracy and red tape are preventing agencies from being more streamlined with its real estate.
September 23, 2016 -
Kevin Youel Page, the deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said collecting sales information from contractors will help make the government better buyers and vendors better sellers.
September 20, 2016 -
The Modernization Government Technology Act received approval from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Sept. 15 and will likely get voted on by the full House on Sept. 20.
September 19, 2016 -
Important lessons are being learned as the government takes tentative steps toward the cloud computing environment.
September 14, 2016 -
Denise Turner Roth, the GSA administrator, said the agency tried to address some of the issues highlighted in a House hearing in June during a recent industry day.
September 14, 2016 -
Officials with GSA's FedRAMP program say they are about to authorize the first provider coming through the accelerated process.
September 13, 2016 -
Rob Burton, partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the Transactional Data Reporting rule, the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule, and other major procurement issues. September 13, 3016
September 13, 2016 -
The General Services Administration honored 18 federal building projects at the 2016 Design Awards. Winners were recognized for their commitment to architecture, conservation, engineering and their impacts on the community.
September 12, 2016 -
The General Services Administration is proposing to change the multiple award schedules program to allow agencies to have task orders that allow for other direct costs (ODCs).
September 12, 2016 -
Dawn Leaf, the Labor Department’s chief information officer, is retiring after more than 17 years in government, while MaryAnn Monroe, the director of customer experience and chief of staff for public experience/USAGov in GSA’s Technology Transformation Service is leaving the government to join the private sector.
September 12, 2016 -
A new report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's majority members links the 2014 and 2015 OPM breaches as coordinated attacks, and blames the agency's failure to heed warnings about its cybersecurity for the theft of PII of millions of federal employees and their families.
September 07, 2016