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DoD taps National Spectrum Consortium to help develop 5G

For what they plan to do, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the vice president and general manager of the Consortium Sal D’Itri.

Technology

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

Federal Newscast

USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Technology

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Federal Newscast

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Federal Newscast

How agencies can make the most of oncoming 5G technology

Technology

Creation of federal supply chain council means tougher standards for contractors

Contracting

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, photo, visitors tour an exhibitor booth with a 5G on display at the Smart China Expo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The World Bank and a Chinese Cabinet agency have urged Beijing to roll back plans for government-led technology development that are fueling a tariff war with Washington. (Chinatopix via AP)

Rise of 5G drives intelligence community to refine cyber threat information sharing practices

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Acquisition Policy

Global world telecommunication network connected around planet Earth, concept about internet and worldwide communication technology for finance, blockchain cryptocurrency or IoT, elements from NASA (images-assets.nasa.gov/image/iss040e090540/iss040e090540~orig.jpg)

Lacking teeth, GSA creates alliances to spur transition to new telecommunications program

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, a person with a smartphone enters the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The action rolling back the neutrality rules

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Technology

Visitors walk past the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Obituary: Diana Gowen, long-time federal telecom exec

Gowen was the senior vice president and general manager of MetTel’s federal practice. The public sector sector also said goodbye to Timothy Shaughnessy…

Reporter's Notebook

GSA@70: 32-year GSA telecom veteran marvels at the progress through the years

GSA’s Tom Howder’s career started when his agency was stingy with delegations of procurement authority under the Brooks Act.

Acquisition

GSA through the years: Photo gallery

Contracting

In Federal News Network’s ongoing special report, GSA @ 70: Mission evolved, we explore through interviews, data and photos how the agency’s impact and importance has grown over the last seven decades. This photo gallery highlights how GSA has changed over the last 70 years from basic things like the logo to serving small businesses to technology and telecommunications.

DoD taps National Spectrum Consortium to help develop 5G

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

How agencies can make the most of oncoming 5G technology

Creation of federal supply chain council means tougher standards for contractors

Rise of 5G drives intelligence community to refine cyber threat information sharing practices

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Lacking teeth, GSA creates alliances to spur transition to new telecommunications program

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Obituary: Diana Gowen, long-time federal telecom exec

GSA@70: 32-year GSA telecom veteran marvels at the progress through the years

GSA through the years: Photo gallery

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