Tiffany Hixson

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA kick starts 2021 with an acquisition potpourri

The General Services Administration is keeping contractors on their toes with the release of three acquisition initiatives — Polaris, the new small business…

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GSA hopes to have major policy update to schedules ready for 4th quarter buying spree

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The Business of Government Magazine: Fall 2017

Business of Government Hour

GSA preaches patience when it comes to use of $11B HR training vehicle

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Agencies can take a SAW to help their reorganization efforts

Acquisition Policy

OASIS program personnel shakeup continues GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service upheaval

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Agencies could learn a thing or two from DoD’s approach to buying services

Reporter's Notebook

Tiffany Hixson: A look at the fast-growing professional services category

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New strategy aims to tame $63B in spending on professional services

Acquisition Policy

Category management, OASIS, and more

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GSA sees wave of expiring service contracts as chance to cut duplication

Acquisition

GSA eases burden on agencies, vendors with schedule consolidation

A year in the making, the General Services Administration launched a consolidated professional services schedule contract on Oct. 1 to merge eight multiple…

Acquisition Policy

Months after OPM hack, officials begin notifying victims

The Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense have awarded a $133 million contract to help protect the personal information of people impacted…

Cybersecurity

Army commits $500 million to GSA’s OASIS contract

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Under a new agreement, GSA would reduce the Army’s fee to use the professional services governmentwide acquisition contract to 0.1 percent from 0.75 percent. This is the second major MOU signed by GSA and a military service.

Tiffany Hixson

GSA kick starts 2021 with an acquisition potpourri

GSA hopes to have major policy update to schedules ready for 4th quarter buying spree

The Business of Government Magazine: Fall 2017

GSA preaches patience when it comes to use of $11B HR training vehicle

Agencies can take a SAW to help their reorganization efforts

OASIS program personnel shakeup continues GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service upheaval

Agencies could learn a thing or two from DoD’s approach to buying services

Tiffany Hixson: A look at the fast-growing professional services category

New strategy aims to tame $63B in spending on professional services

Category management, OASIS, and more

GSA sees wave of expiring service contracts as chance to cut duplication

GSA eases burden on agencies, vendors with schedule consolidation

Months after OPM hack, officials begin notifying victims

Army commits $500 million to GSA’s OASIS contract

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