Acquisition
Paycheck protection, other pandemic response to garner 'flash' oversight
Agency inspectors general told Congress that the $2.2 trillion in spending to speed recovery and heal economic damage caused by the pandemic would be subject to quick oversight.
Modernization
Big changes on GSA's IT category team
Bill Zielinski, who had been the face of the agency's next-generation, $50 billion telecommunications contract, is leaving to become a municipal CIO.
Modernization
Navy CIO: Future networks hinge on flexible acquisitions now
Navy CIO Aaron Weis wants to rebuild the service's network architecture to look and function more like industry, but acquisition culture and structure slow progress.
Acquisition
OMB follows DOD with guidance on paying idled contractors
The White House instructs federal agencies to leverage relief for contractors in the CARES Act where appropriate.
Acquisition
FAA asks employees to round up N95 masks, other PPE
The Federal Aviation Administration put out an email blast to employees at field offices and airport facilities on April 8 looking for medical supplies to share out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Acquisition
GAO: Agencies are missing EIS targets
Federal agencies are slow to adopt the governmentwide $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract vehicle, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
Acquisition
Legacy systems crumble under high demand
Unemployment insurance and other social safety net IT systems around the county are crumbling under the stress of millions of users seeking to apply for benefits in the wake of unprecedented unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acquisition
DHS contractors subject to new COVID-19 screening procedures
The new restrictions come as federal agencies and industry grapple with how best to collaborate on projects under quarantines and social distancing guidelines designed to limit in-person gatherings.
Acquisition
National Labs turn to 3D printing for medical supplies
National labs look to 3D printing to ease COVID medical supply chain squeeze, but reports shows need remains stark.
Acquisition
Pandemic delays GSA's e-commerce plans
With COVID-19 support response prioritized, the General Services Administration puts a hold on its e-commerce portal proof of concept contract.
Acquisition
Even when government gets it right, it gets no credit -- a ventilator story
Steve Kelman spotlights a story of smart acquisition hidden behind a doom-and-gloom headline.
Acquisition
Supply chain jolts linked to coronavirus hit federal IT
A governmentwide federal contract vehicle joined large commercial suppliers in voicing concern over COVID-19's impact on IT supply chains.
Modernization
MetTel nabs $253M EIS task order
The Social Security Administration has awarded a telecommunications task order to one three small business vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Acquisition
The government’s e-marketplace experiment
To serve government buyers, a provider must balance between commercial efficiency and public accountability.
Acquisition
Trade groups welcome redefined contracting lead time
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy got comments on plans to revise language on when federal procurements begin and end to help eliminate delays.
Modernization
Report: FedRAMP must evolve to meet demand, emerging tech
A new report lays out where FedRAMP has gone wrong – and what can be done to fix it.
Acquisition
Cheriyan: More Centers of Excellence coming
The new Centers of Excellence at the Departments of Defense and Labor will not be the last, said the head of GSA's Technology Transformation Service.
Modernization
Esper: No White House pressure on JEDI
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters that he "never felt pressure from the White House" with regard to the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Modernization
Court orders temporary block on JEDI
JEDI, the Defense Department’s multi-billion-dollar cloud procurement, is officially on hold, according to a federal court announcement Feb. 13.
Acquisition