Acquisition
OMB sets goals for category management
The Office of Management and Budget tasked agencies with new policy for leveraging category management practices.
Modernization
EIS activity shows signs of picking up
With GSA authorizing the first carrier under its $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to provide service, and with others set to quickly follow, summer could be a busy time for federal telecom contracting.
Digital Government
GSA to expand Centers of Excellence
A planned blanket purchase agreement will cover agencies looking to tap into GSA's modernization acceleration program.
Acquisition
GSA closes in on plans to try out e-commerce portal
GSA will send implementation plans for its e-commerce portal project to Congress this month.
Acquisition
GSA launches Air Force contract
A new five-year blanket purchase agreement will replace Air Force's expiring IT hardware and software commodity contract.
Modernization
DHS moves IT services to governmentwide contracts
With EAGLE II expiring, Homeland Security is shifting to governmentwide contracts for IT services.
Acquisition
SEWP's off: Power failure briefly shutters NASA's tech contract
A power failure at the main building housing NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract vehicle has knocked out service for up to two days.
Modernization
Army eyes enterprise-as-a-service model
The Army is expected to announce its implementation plans for moving to enterprise-as-a-service model in March.
Modernization
DHS looks to overhaul data centers, move to cloud
The Department of Homeland Security is looking for industry advice about how to best consolidate its two main enterprise computing data centers and modernize with a more cloud-based infrastructure.
Modernization
Judge issues stay in JEDI protest case
Oracle's lawsuit against the Department of Defense looking to stop its $10 billion cloud buy is being frozen temporarily while DOD probes conflict-of-interest allegations.
Acquisition
House panel launches probe of outside influence on VA
Allegations of the shadowy influence of three Mar-a-Lago cronies of President Trump on the inner workings of the Department of Veterans Affairs has prompted a congressional probe.
Acquisition
Final census test to include citizenship question
The Census Bureau is including a controversial question about respondent citizenship on its final test, while courts decide its ultimate fate.
Acquisition
What's next for procurement after the shutdown?
Acquisition agencies are prepared for, but not necessarily expecting, a surge in post-shutdown buying.
Acquisition
Judge in JEDI case limits documents, witnesses
Oracle's push to crack open Amazon's bid to run the DOD's $10 billion cloud program and hear from former Amazon employees was rejected by a judge.
Acquisition
A better way to manage modernizing funds
Implementing modern procurement technology and best practices is an investment, not an expense, which will deliver returns over time.
Acquisition
Small biz left holding the bag on pre-shutdown work
Without the cash reserves and diverse portfolios of major contractors, small businesses with contracts at shuttered agencies are facing big problems.
Acquisition
Education reboots multibillion procurement after lawsuit
The government is looking to modernize and streamline the technology it uses for the processing and servicing of the $1.4 trillion loan portfolio guaranteed by the Education Department's Federal Student Aid office -– but it's taking a while.
Modernization
What's driving federal IT in 2019?
Disruptive technologies, customer experience, security are coming to the fore in the federal IT landscape.
Acquisition
Acquisition frozen at DHS due to the shutdown
The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that the government shutdown, now over a month old, is hampering the ability of the agency to respond to contract solicitations.
Modernization