Acquisition

A busy 2020 for GSA

The first three months of 2020 are critical for some of the General Services Administration's key modernization projects.

Acquisition

All EIS vendors have ATOs

GSA clears the last two Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vendors to provide service under the huge telecom contract.

People

Report: Agency upheaval spark big dips in job satisfaction

Employee unhappiness with labor disputes and agency reclocations are showing up in the "Best Place to Work in Federal Government" report for 2019

Digital Government

TMF gets $25 million boost in funding bill

The move increases the total capitalization of the IT modernization fund to $150 million.

Modernization

GAO frets about TMF payback, fees

The Technology Modernization Fund – the $125 million pool of no-year money appropriated to fast-track technology upgrades – has some potential operational problems, according to an oversight report.

Acquisition

TTS seeks ID management partner

The leader of GSA's Technology Transformation Service wants agency and industry partners to help it develop a common framework for identity management that could eventually become a federal shared service.

Digital Government

18F gets into defense and intel

The innovation squad turns its talents to technology and acquisition challenges facing defense and intelligence agencies.

Modernization

Google Cloud gets FedRAMP High tag

Google's cloud offering earned the highest FedRAMP authorization for cloud services.

Modernization

GSA close to completing EIS authorities

GSA could have all nine contractors for its big telecommunications contract equipped with the authority to provide services by year’s end.

Digital Government

TTS hones customer focus for opioid treatment site

New leaders at Technology Transformation Service are concentrating on customers’ needs, rather than IT requirements.

Modernization

Vendors offer EIS advice

Dozens of agencies are prepping solicitations to leverage the $50 billion governmentwide telecom contract Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions ahead of a coming deadline. Here's what some vendors had to say about designing task orders to fit agency needs.

Modernization

Latest TIC guidance helps fuel EIS

The Office of Management and Budget's new internet connection guidance is just what the General Services Administration's next-generation telecommunications contract needs, according to experts.

Modernization

Key EIS transition deadline looms

Agencies are entering a critical time for telecom transitions as March deadline to limit activity on an expiring contract vehicle approaches.

Modernization

Focus on compute, not cloud, says GSA official

Agencies have to put data center and cloud optimization plans together to come to cohesive solution for computing, said agency and industry experts.

Modernization

Alan Thomas to advise investment firm on tech

The General Services Administration's former top acquisition service official has a new job at an investment firm's cloud and cyber solutions company.

Digital Government

Vendors roll with GSA changes

Vendors say they are OK with some of GSA's moves to acquisition interfaces and contract consolidation.

Acquisition

GSA names 75 vendors to $5.5 billion hardware contract

The governmentwide Second Generation Information Technology is designed to help federal agencies buy hardware and reduce administrative costs and overhead.

Acquisition

GSA looks for agency buy-in on e-commerce platform

The General Services Administration is consulting with potential federal users to get them ready to use upcoming e-commerce platform.

Acquisition

Why data is key to GSA's e-commerce plan

Federal spending and pricing data -- and who can access what -- are critical to success of the General Services Administration's e-commerce platform plans.

Acquisition

GSA's schedule merger to show changes next summer

Federal contracting officers will see biggest change from GSA's work to merge multiple purchasing schedules into a single one as the third phase closes in mid-2020.