Mary Davie

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NIH breaks up its technology executive roles

The National Institutes of Health released a job announcement for its director of the Center for IT but not yet a job announcement for its CIO role after…

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GSA fills key management positions in the Federal Acquisition Service

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Customer, consultant, contractor: Thomas’ 3 perspectives in leading GSA’s acquisition service

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cybersecurity

Mary Davie: Progress report on IT category mangement

For decades the government has tried to buy as one big organization to consolidate its buying power. The latest iteration of that effort is called category…

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OMB stays mum on IT modernization details but promises preparedness

Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott shared a few more clues about the guidance and metrics of the administration’s plan to modernize the government’s…

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cybersecurity

GSA just made 4 cybersecurity services SINs

Cybersecurity is a SIN, a special item number that is. The General Services Administration established several SINs under schedule 70 for cybersecurity services it believes are in high demand. For an update how these special item numbers are doing, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mary Davie, the GSA’s assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.

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