Cybersecurity
'You just move that rock a little at a time'
Women from a wide range of federal roles discuss what it really takes to lead in IT.
People
Tangherlini leaving GSA next month
During his nearly three years on the job, GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini focused on building an innovation culture and overhauling the acquisition process.
People
Chrousos adds new role at GSA
GSA Chief Customer Officer Phaedra Chrousos will stay in that job while also assuming the post of associate administrator for the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.
Cybersecurity
CentCom hacked, GSA dinged and big data's cyber power
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Working around OASIS' lack of BPAs
Federal customers can't use a blanket purchase agreement with OASIS, but they can use task orders to accomplish the same thing.
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