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.
Acquisition
COMET, EIS moving ahead at GSA
Federal Acquisition Service head Alan Thomas is retiring just as two major overhauls are showing results.
Modernization
DEOS cloud set for a do-over
After a protest, the General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency are planning to take another look at their $7.6 billion cloud award.
Modernization
Two more big agencies issue EIS task orders
The Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service both signed off on EIS contracts last month.
Modernization
5G emerges with some asterisks
Agencies and suppliers working to address emerging issues for the next-generation wireless technology.
People
FAS’ Thomas resigns
Alan Thomas, head of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, heads to the private sector.
Acquisition
GWACs see steady spending season
The end of the fiscal year saw continued growth at governmentwide acquisition contracts, according to managers.
Acquisition
GSA awards COMET
GSA has notified winners of its internal IT blanket purchase agreement.
Digital Government
In remembrance: Dennis Fischer
The longtime senior fed who served as chief financial officer of the General Services Administration and commissioner of the Federal Technology Service died last week at the age of 80.
Acquisition
House panel probes Trump hotel lease
With impeachment in the background, Democrats on a House subcommittee grilled the General Services Administration about its oversight of President Trump's lease on the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C.
Modernization
Pentagon teams with GSA on AI Center of Excellence
The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has partnered with the General Services Administration to accelerate government's AI adoption.
Modernization
GSA looks to refine software-defined networking in EIS
The General Services Administration is considering how to make software-defined network offerings more cohesive under its $50 billion telecommunications contract.
Modernization