Acquisition
Crunch time for funding on Capitol Hill
A near-perfect storm of legislative deadlines threaten a government shutdown if Congress and the president can't find a path to a funding bill by the end of the fiscal year.
Acquisition
First CDM Phase 3 task order hits the street
GSA has issued the first task order for the third phase of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cybersecurity program and looks for potential bidder responses by September.
Acquisition
IT firms part of $16M false claims settlement
A Virginia IT products and services company agreed to settle with the government over allegations of false claims and fraud in federal small business contracts.
Acquisition
Meet the new face of government IT contractors (part 2)
Steve Kelman connects with another FLASH winner to discuss different ways of delivering IT.
Acquisition
GCN announces 2017 dig IT Award finalists
From mobile security to smarter transit to swarming drones, these 25 projects represent the best of discovery and innovation in government IT.
Acquisition
What it will take to make carriers bullish on EIS
Telecommunications service providers hope agencies don't play safe with EIS and instead lean on them for help with next generation services.
Acquisition
Meet the new face of federal IT contractors
Steve Kelman hopes the vendors who won DHS' now-cancelled agile services contract are not just a flash in the pan.
Acquisition
Why the FBI relo went off the rails
The government burned tens of millions of dollars on a stalled effort to move the FBI out of its downtown D.C. headquarters.
Acquisition
Post-award, the real work starts on EIS
Federal agencies and the 10 contract awardees still have work to do before taking advantage of GSA's next-generation telecommunications contract.
Acquisition
Making modernization happen
Three key budget and policy steps from Congress and the Trump Administration would go a long way toward addressing this critical challenge.
Acquisition
GSA names 10 primes for $50B EIS contract
GSA awarded contracts for the vehicle that will be the foundation for next-generation telecom and network services for the next decade and a half at federal agencies.
Acquisition
OMB mandates hallway for packages
Federal agencies must use the best-in-class contract on GSA's acquisition gateway for package delivery services as OMB presses forward on category management efforts.
Acquisition
Federal acquisition shops shouldn't wait for direction
Three questions federal acquisition offices must answer after OMB Memo 17-22.
Acquisition
Agencies should look to industry for scaling shared services
Adopting standards and building partnerships with industry will accelerate agencies' ability to take advantage of shared services, says a GSA executive.
Acquisition
GSA moves OASIS management team to FEDSIM
Personnel changes at the agency continue with the naming of a new team to manage the popular multiple-award contract for professional services.
Acquisition
What now for the Army's $5B ADMC 3 contract?
A key vehicle for hardware purchases has been slowed by protests and is now at an important crossroads.
Acquisition
Is GSA getting too political?
Some Hill Democrats are pushing back on a decision to make the Federal Acquisition Service chief a political appointee.
Acquisition
Kaspersky axed from governmentwide contracts
Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab has been taken off key government contract vehicles NASA SEWP and GSA Schedule 70 as part of an overall move to address possible risks posed by the firm.
Acquisition
Could 'microconsulting' disrupt government contracting?
Steve Kelman suggests that short engagements priced under the micropurchase threshold could be just the sort of disruptive innovation agencies need.
Acquisition
IT, acquisition face changes in 2018 defense bills
The House and Senate have completed their draft 2018 defense bills that could result in significant changes for acquisition and IT management in the Pentagon.
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