General Services Administration
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The Professional Services Category Management team released for industry comment a new strategic plan to improve how agencies buy and manage everything from management to legal to financial services.
August 31, 2016 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled the third draft of its digital authentication standards. Among the many changes to the guidance is a new name, and the division of the original document from one to four sections.
August 30, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office has decided on six of the 14 remaining protests, dismissing five and denying one, for the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) contract.
August 29, 2016 -
Members of the Clinton-Kaine and Trump-Pence transition teams met with Obama administration officials on Aug. 25 to discuss a host of topics, including an overview of agency planning efforts, the General Services Administration-led transition team support, emergency preparedness, personnel onboarding processes and upcoming milestones.
August 26, 2016 -
The General Services Administration held a reverse auction to set up contracts for five agencies to buy more than 45,000 laptops, desktops as part of a centralized procurement.
August 22, 2016 -
Agencies admitted that when it comes to telework, they're still flying by the seat of their pants. The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies to look more closely at their reports on employees' telework usage and success.
August 19, 2016 -
Enterprise Information Services submitted a complaint to the Government Accountability Office on Aug. 10 on the unrestricted version of Alliant 2.
August 15, 2016 -
Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss GSA's Transactional Data Reporting rule, and what it means for contractors and the government. August 16, 2016
August 15, 2016 -
Dave Nelson is leaving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s CIO while Karen DeSalvo left her role as coordinator for health IT to focus full time on being acting assistant secretary for health.
August 15, 2016 -
Professional services contracts are going to be dominating the field in 2017. That’s the biggest takeaway from Bloomberg Government’s Top 20 Opportunities in Federal Contracting.
August 12, 2016 -
The General Services Administration released per diem fiscal 2017 travel rates for federal employees.
August 12, 2016 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement wrote a letter to GSA senior procurement executive Jeff Koses asking for a delay in the Transactional Data Reporting pilot.
August 12, 2016 -
Tiffany Hixson, assistant commissioner of GSA's Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the Professional Services Category Strategic plan. August 9, 2016
August 10, 2016 -
DHS, EPA, 18F and others are developing separate contracts for dev/ops services, creating both a much needed culture change, but possibly also another area where contract proliferation and duplication reign.
August 08, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed the MEGABYTE Act into law, and GSA released two new shared services offerings to keep the “slow” summer months hopping.
August 08, 2016