General Services Administration

• Raylene Yung, GSA executive who led TMF windfall in pandemic era, stepping down

  Raylene Yung, executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) program management office at the General Services Administration, is leaving her position.  Friday is her last day on the job.

  IT Modernization

  October 20, 2023
• The end of the beginning phase for GSA’s OASIS+ is near

  Tiffany Hixson, GSA’s assistant commissioner for the Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories in the Federal Acquisition Service, said after more than 1,900 questions about the OASIS+ program, she’s hopeful to start reviewing bids.

  Contracts/Awards

  October 19, 2023
• GSA to partner with vendor to bring ‘best-in-class’ facial recognition option to Login.gov

  The planned addition of facial recognition to Login.gov comes as GSA attempts to boost the program’s “identity proofing” capabilities.

  Agency Oversight

  October 18, 2023
• GSA’s IT Category Office enhancing software supply chain management

  Software supply chain management has been a hot topic across agencies as many are starting to focus on software bills of materials (SBOMs).

  Federal Insights

  October 17, 2023
• GSA security chief sees concerted focus on ‘applications and workloads’ in coming year

  GSA plans to centralize its application security program amid a broader push to ensure the government only relies on secure software.

  Cybersecurity

  October 13, 2023
• GSA official who reshaped federal office space in pandemic era leaving government

  A top Biden administration official who helped rethink federal buildings and office space for government employees, after pandemic-era work-from-home policies lapsed, is stepping down later this week.

  People

  October 10, 2023
• GSA considers text messages as new frontier for better customer experience

  A cross-agency team focused on how the federal government can improve public-facing services online is looking at text messages as the new frontier for better customer experience.

  IT Modernization

  October 03, 2023
• GSA: ‘Right-sizing’ federal office space requires more funding on deferred upgrades

  The Biden administration is facing bipartisan calls from Congress to make better use of federal office space, and get rid of buildings that agencies no longer need.

  Facilities/Construction

  September 27, 2023
• Here’s how many feds would stay on the job – both with and without pay – during an upcoming shutdown

  65% of the overall civilian workforce would keep working though a shutdown, but hundreds of thousands would receive no pay, according to agency shutdown plans.

  Government Shutdown

  September 26, 2023
• Federal Acquisition Service’s new structure seeks to break down long-held fiefdoms

  Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, said the new organizational approach will be made up of five divisions and focused on agency customers.

  Acquisition

  September 25, 2023
• Waterborne Legionnaires’ disease bacteria discovered in some federal buildings

  In today's Federal Newscast: OMB Director Shalanda Young warns that a continuing resolution could discontinue hiring. CQ Brown gets the green light to replace Mark Milley. And the GSA IG says the water in some federal buildings could give you Legionnaires’ disease.

  Federal Newscast

  September 21, 2023
• GSA’s OASIS+ sucked into the protest void

  Vendors still have a Sept. 22 deadline to submit bids for the General Services Administration’s OASIS+ governmentwide professional services vehicle despite a protest before GAO.

  Contracts/Awards

  September 12, 2023
• Verizon calls its own foul in how it managed GSA’s cybersecurity

  DOJ and the General Services Administration’s inspector general says Verizon’s cyber protections fell short of requirements outlined in the Trusted Internet Connections initiative from October 2017 to August 2021.

  Cybersecurity

  September 06, 2023
• There they go again: Labor proposes overtime for salaried contractor employees

  The Labor Department has revived an old idea: Salaried private-sector employees who work overtime. Well, you can't just compensate them with pizza. A rule proposed last week would mandate overtime for people making up to $55,000 a year. The current ceiling is $35,000.

  Contracting

  September 06, 2023