Digital Government
18F tries task-based audition for agile vendors
GSA’s innovation lab is asking vendors to showcase their talents by explaining how they would revamp the FedBizOpps website.
Cybersecurity
Cyber campus, St. E's funded in 2015
The omnibus spending bill includes $144 million for the new DHS site and $35 million for GSA’s civilian cyber campus.
Digital Government
Agencies take different paths to mobility, GAO finds
A new study surveyed six agencies' strategies and their reliance on GSA for support in complying with the Digital Government Strategy.
Digital Government
The big question for agencies and open data
GSA's Myehsha Boone gets at the critical question for those trying to decide what data, practically speaking, is worth sharing.
Acquisition
Iron Mountain settles with GSA over data storage suit
Firm agrees to pay $44.5 million over allegations of overcharging agencies for record storage.
Modernization
The future of FedRAMP
Despite delays, the program is at a critical point for determining the ultimate impact of cloud technology in the government space.
People
'CIOs shouldn't have five-year plans'
Funding is set for another year, but federal IT managers say they still need to keep their eye on the budget ball.
Acquisition
Feds plan hub for risk info on IT supply chain, contractors
The GSA plan isn't meant to supplant or duplicate existing policies, but to establish a common set of risk indicators for due diligence research.
Acquisition
New fed incubator, OASIS on-ramps and NIST guidance
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
GSA to issue two-year FedRAMP road map
The plan will help agencies and vendors address the growth of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program throughout federal IT.
Modernization
Power outage, disaster data, FedRAMP approval and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
GAO: Contract systems falling short on small business pairings
Of the systems GAO studied, none was designed to connect small business subcontractors with prime contracts and none contains all the information needed to support that function.
Digital Government
Updating SmartPay on GSA radar
GSA is looking at how it can keep up with commercial best practices and the future of the payment industry.
Acquisition
No more bids by telegram
Administration memo pushing 21st century procurement also takes aim at a 19th century submission method.
Digital Government
GSA's short list of emerging technologies
An Alliant II RFI specifies 18 "Leading Edge Technologies" the agency is watching with interest.
Digital Government
OFPP pushes data-driven procurement
A memo from Administrator Anne Rung outlines a plan to spread the gospel of strategic sourcing and category management governmentwide.
Modernization
Cloudy with a chance of murky
Federal cloud managers say agencies must think in broad strokes without losing sight of the details and must relinquish tasks but not control.
People
Megan Schmith
This GSA Rising Star took over an interagency working group that focuses on sharing best practices and experiences and grew its membership by 400 percent.
Acquisition
Nina Malakouti
This Rising Star nailed down two of the General Services Administration's biggest Schedule 70 contracts in 2013.
Acquisition