General Services Administration
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18F released a draft RFQ and a draft of the agency's transparency policy it plans to include for its agile BPA. The announcement was made on the second day of Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of open government.
March 15, 2016 -
Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the Integrated Technology Service, Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron on In Depth to discuss ITS's government wide contract vehicles. March 8, 2016
March 14, 2016 -
With several high profile CIO positions open, agencies need to consider what type of person they want to hire. A Brookings scholar is arguing against a high-profile outsider.
March 07, 2016 -
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform criticized the General Services Administration for its inability to accurately track the inventory and status of donated surplus firearms to local law enforcement agencies.
March 02, 2016 -
Congress warned the General Services Administration must find a good deal, meet financial and security requirements and remain fair when choosing a site to build a new FBI headquarters. Lawmakers say they are not underestimating the importance of FBI consolidation but are looking for more details as GSA finalizes funding and projects its cost savings for the development.
March 01, 2016 -
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) reintroduced a bill to sell off unused, unnecessary government properties.
February 29, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget is developing an IT modernization policy for civilian agencies that would require them to do a majority of the up-front planning to prepare for the funding should Congress approve the initiative.
February 29, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 10 new category managers Feb. 25 to lead the commodity buying areas that represent more than $270 billion a year.
February 25, 2016 -
At the General Services Administration, the 18F group has made a reputation for itself as the people to go to for agile development, rapid software deployment and general digital innovation. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin just a couple of weeks ago, two 18F staff members described their success with using reverse auction techniques to acquire software code at the micro purchase threshhold. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers a contrary view.
February 22, 2016 -
GSA issued a request for quotes under the Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract to modernize three major acquisition data systems, including FedBizOpps.gov.
February 22, 2016 -
Matt Goodrich, the FedRAMP program office director, said the cloud cybersecurity effort is gaining interest, and JAB is looking to take advantage of that attention through an improved authorization process.
February 19, 2016 -
Contractors with expiring General Services Administration multiple award schedule contracts have a new goodie. A new clause gives an afterlife to that contract — a really long afterlife. That's just one of the tidbits you should know about from the weekly blog of Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details.
February 17, 2016 -
DoD approved IBM to be its second Level 5 security cloud provider just as FedRAMP is finalizing its high baseline standard.
February 15, 2016 -
The General Services Administration withdrew an RFQ for data analytics after working on it for more than 18 months.
February 15, 2016 -
Reverse auctions could do more than get the federal government the best price. It turns out they can also bring independent software developers who have never contracted with the government before.
February 11, 2016