General Services Administration
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The departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor could use a long-established approach to making services for veterans easier to find if they'd only remember it's there.
August 31, 2015 -
GSA officials want feedback on new digital tools designed to help acquisition workers cut back on cost and time when choosing contracts.
August 27, 2015 -
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote to the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center, the Pentagon's Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Interior Department's National Business Center and the General Service Administration's National Payroll Branch asking for details on their reporting of wage and tax statements in an effort to ensure tax refunds are going to the right people.
August 27, 2015 -
The Acquisition Gateway at the General Services Administration is the culmination of a series of initiatives the administration and the agency have been focused on for a long time. Category management and hallways are just two of the initiatives rolled into the Acquisition Gateway. Laura Stanton is acting assistant commissioner for the Office of Strategy Management at the General Services Administration. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose the idea for the Acquisition Gateway sprung from talking to acquisition professionals in government.
August 25, 2015 -
The lack of privacy and quiet is a nuisance to many federal employees. But those with disabilities see the trend toward shared office space in much starker terms.
August 24, 2015 -
The time to move from contract award to full implementation under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program will force agencies to decide whether to spend money on new tools or wait for those coming from DHS.
August 24, 2015 -
The General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management have issued requests for proposals for two new contract vehicles. They'll create a new way for agencies to buy human resources and training services. The Human Capital and Training Solutions (H-CATS) contracts will replace an acquisition vehicle that has been in place for more than 25 years. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on this project.
August 19, 2015 -
If you're planning to travel on official business in 2016, better listen up. Then you may want to look at the just-released City Pair Program rates. The General Services Administration program offers firm fixed-price airfare rates for the federal government’s official travel at deep discounts compared to commercial fares. Tim Burke is the director of travel and transportation services in GSA's Federal Acquisition Service. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss plans for the coming fiscal year, and what new markets made it into this year's crop.
August 19, 2015 -
GSA and OPM issue two requests for proposal to create a new way for agencies to buy human resources and training services. The Human Capital and Training Solutions contracts (HCaTs) will replace an acquisition vehicle that has been in place for more than 25 years. Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the latest governmentwide acquisition contract.
August 18, 2015 -
GSA released two solicitations under the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) program. The GWAC would provide services across three main functional categories and replace the 25-year-old Training and Management Assistance (TMA) contract.
August 18, 2015 -
The Presidential Innovation Fellows Program is now a permanent fixture in the federal government. President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday grouping the PIF program under the General Services Administration with an advisory board to oversee…
August 18, 2015 -
There is a little more clarity about the mystery of Barry West, the seemingly now-former chief information officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. West’s LinkedIn page says he left the FDIC in this month and also started at the Mason Harriman Group this month.
August 17, 2015 -
GSA, on behalf of the Defense Information Systems Agency, made a $296 million award for email-as-a-service to Dell Federal. GSA made the award to Dell June 19.
August 17, 2015 -
The real question GSA is trying to gather information on is whether the current cyber and information assurance SINs just need to be improved or if a new one is needed.
August 17, 2015 -
The first iteration of the cybersecurity dashboard under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) is scheduled to be released this month.
August 17, 2015