Acquisition
First EIS contract awards loom
The Social Security Administration is evaluating contract proposal responses while it waits for GSA to finish testing EIS contractors’ back-office systems.
Acquisition
A new push for more actionable IT spending data
The White House and the General Services Administration are seeking information from industry about how to make federal IT spending more transparent and run IT operations more like a business.
Acquisition
New federal contracting rule cuts off Kaspersky
The government is seeking to eliminate all traces of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs from federal systems, issuing a new interim rule to extend the governmentwide ban to contractors.
Modernization
House appropriators approve $150 million for TMF in FY2019
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $150 million for the centralized fund created by the Modernizing Government Technology Act, falling $60 million short of the White House’s fiscal year 2019 request and $100 million short of what the MGT Act authorizes.
Digital Government
Will term limits transform government's digital service groups?
Now at the four-year mark, Obama-era digital teams have spanned solidly across two administrations. But with the earliest hires hitting the end of their terms, what do their legacies and futures look like?
Modernization
Verizon hits EIS milestone
The telecom is the first of 10 prime contractors on the government's $50 billion communications contract to report success on back office requirements.
Cybersecurity
GSA wants input on cyber services buying
GSA has asked federal buyers and commercial providers about how to renovate four crucial cybersecurity services on its biggest IT purchasing schedule.
Modernization
The time to modernize government payroll systems is now
The federal government's leading evangelist of shared services explains why it makes sense to bring payroll to the cloud.
Modernization
GSA pushes agencies to adopt EIS
Some agency telecom buyers may be going slowly because of the dizzying array of services offered under GSA's $50 billion telecom contract vehicle.
Modernization
GSA prods agencies to get on $50B telecom contract
While acknowledging that "change is hard," officials in charge of the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions need agencies to forge ahead with telecom transition.
Acquisition
CDM acquisition gets simpler
The General Services Administration is building more flexibility into the acquisition vehicles for cybersecurity services that are part of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program.
People
GSA previews $2.5 billion payroll acquisition
The General Services Administration is looking to acquire a commercial software solution for government payroll.
Acquisition
GSA takes the long view on shared services
Agency transition to shared services could be eased by the same fee model that supports agencies move to the EIS telecom contract.
Modernization
GSA moves grant site
The move is the latest step in the long-planned modernization of the System of Award Management.
Modernization
EIS gets best-in-class handle
GSA's big, next-generation telecommunications contract, as well as its supporting contracts, get favored designation from OMB.
People
Feds face unexpected taxes on moving expenses
Two Democratic senators want rules in place to make sure federal employees who relocate for work can't be taxed for moving expenses under the new tax law.
People
GSA shuffles key IT personnel
The Technology Modernization fund gets a leader, and a contracting executive is moved off GSA's $50 billion telecom contract.
Digital Government
9 agencies seek TMF funds
Nine agencies have submitted plans to tap the first $100 million available via the Technology Modernization Fund, but no decisions have been made yet.
Digital Government
GSA chief says citizen services will be a focal point in FY2019
IT modernization funds and real estate questions also featured prominently at an April 17 hearing on the General Services Administration's appropriation.
Modernization