People

White House budget targets federal benefits, pay and leave

The White House's fiscal year 2020 budget adds to a previously proposed pay freeze and retirement cuts with planned cuts to leave.

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.

People

GSA chief takes heat on FBI HQ plans

Now that they're in the majority, House Democrats are pressing for answers on why a planned move by the FBI to a suburban campus was derailed.

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.

People

White House proposes deep cuts to federal benefits

The White House renewed pushes to cut federal retirement benefits and pay, move away from the general schedule and transfer workforce functions away from the government's central personnel agency.

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

RPA: 'It's entry-level AI'

How robotic process automation is helping automate tedious back-office processes at federal agencies.

People

How innovation draws techies to GSA

IT modernization not only makes agencies run better, it also helps with getting top IT talent, said GSA's CIO.

Modernization

FAS looks to tech transformation

The Federal Acquisition Service is closing in on deadlines for its e-commerce push and a new contract writing system.

Cybersecurity

GSA simplifies geospatial data buys

GSA teamed up with the NGA to make it quicker and easier for federal agencies to get earth observation data.

Modernization

DEOS clarifies on classified requirement

Aspiring vendors for the Pentagon's $8 billion back-office cloud contract won't have to be certified to host classified data on the date of the award.

Modernization

MGT Act money goes to fix federal payroll

The Technology Management Fund is close to maxing out after a $20.7 million award to GSA's NewPay software-as-a-service payroll modernization.

Modernization

The government needs to be more like Netflix

To truly benefit from shared services and the cloud, agencies should be building a repository of "microservice" business routines.