IT Alliance for Public Sector

• Government, industry still can’t figure out how to talk

  A year after the Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a major policy strategy, industry experts say communication between contracting officers and vendors remains the biggest obstacle to success.

  Acquisition Policy

  December 14, 2015
• Contractors say they’ve had it with White House executive orders

  Four associations representing federal contractors sent a polite, but terse, letter to the White House Tuesday saying they’ve had enough with executive orders issued by President Barack Obama that target their member companies.

  Acquisition Policy

  August 11, 2015
• Industry reps pessimistic about legislative IT reform this year

  IT Alliance for Public Sector experts say there are two major reasons for their fleeting hope—one is the little time lawmakers have in Washington over the next four months; and second is the continued impasse among the Senate and House over the role of agency CIOs. ITAPS says a two-and-a-half month continuing resolution is likely and an omnibus spending bill for 2015 is gaining support.

  Budget

  August 07, 2014
• TechAmerica lawsuit against ITI Council to move forward

  A judge rules that the $5 million complaint can move into the discovery phase. ITI Council returns more than 60,000 pages of documents to TechAmerica.

  Management

  February 07, 2014
• Recommendations attempt to raise acquisition, cyber consciousness

  GSA and DoD release six suggestions for how to better integrate cybersecurity in the acquisition progress. The recommendations are one of the deliverables under the cyber Executive Order President Obama signed last February. GSA will release a RFI in the coming weeks to let industry and others comment on how best to begin implementation.

  Defense

  January 30, 2014
• IT Alliance for Public Sector sets sights on growing, influencing reforms

  The newest industry technology association is recruiting new members and contributing to the discussion to improve federal IT acquisition. But in the short term, ITAPS faces a court decision on Feb. 7 whether the lawsuit filed by TechAmerica against it and three employees goes forward.

  Technology

  January 24, 2014