micro-purchase threshold

Maybe the micro purchase threshold is a little too micro

A former GSA administrator has made the case that raising the micro purchase threshold to $20,000 would save the government tens of millions of dollars.

Financial Management

Government e-commerce: In search of a direction from government

Commentary

Mitigating counterfeit, cyber and supply chain risks in the e-commerce pilot

Commentary

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, a guest looks at the Touch Bar on a MacBook computer shown in a demo room following the announcement of new products at Apple headquarters, in Cupertino, Calif. Apple is opening a new training camp designed to address the technology industry's scarcity of women in executive and computer programming jobs. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

GSA taking the bite out of buying commercial products

Contracting

Starting small, GSA will limit online shopping portals to $10,000 per purchase

Acquisition Policy

Death knell for using LPTA for services and other acquisition highlights in the NDAA

Reporter's Notebook

An update on the Section 846 Implementation Plan

Off the Shelf

A procurement potpourri

Off the Shelf

An update on the NDAA

Off the Shelf

In this Nov. 20, 2015, photo, packages being shipped in Amazon boxes ride a conveyor belt at the UPS Worldport hub in Louisville, Ky. Amazon is already a huge part of many people’s lives. And its $13.7 billion deal for the organic grocer Whole Foods will likely bind its customers even more tightly. While Amazon is the clear leader in e-commerce, 90 percent of worldwide retail spending is still in brick-and-mortar stores, according to eMarketer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Some House lawmakers want special procurement rules for e-commerce platform

Reporter's Notebook

Answering the questions raised by GSA’s e-Commerce Implementation Plan

Commentary

Lighthouse Lab to give VA a safe environment to bring services to veterans more quickly

The department announced a beta platform called Lighthouse Lab for developers to access tools for creating mobile and web applications.

Reporter's Notebook

How ‘Amazon,’ 5 other acquisition provisions changed in final defense bill

The Senate wants a two-year pilot program to set up online commercial marketplaces.

Reporter's Notebook

Donated leave, easing of contracting rules latest part of Hurricane Harvey response efforts

Workforce

GSA raises contracting thresholds for agencies responding to the disaster.