Cybersecurity
Tech council blasts IT acquisition report
GSA's product- and service-centric approach ignores how those products and services would be used, argues the Information Technology Industry Council.
Cybersecurity
Industry stresses flexibility on cyber acquisition rules
The Telecommunications Industry Association also told GSA that federal workforce training is crucial to bolstering cybersecurity in the acquisition process.
People
GSA, OPM team up to tackle training
The goal is to deliver better-focused training packages with more cost-effective contracts.
Acquisition
Seeking some common ground
Federal IT is difficult enough without viewing agencies and industry as zero-sum adversaries, writes FCW's Troy K. Schneider.
Acquisition
GSA touts new mobile management resource
Mobile Lifecycle & Expense Management can save 25 percent or more, GSA says.
Digital Government
McClure leaving GSA
Longtime IT leader and 2012 Eagle award winner will retire effective May 31.
Modernization
Common-sense techniques to save taxpayer dollars
Basic business concepts such as price transparency can drive big savings. We need to apply them more broadly.
Modernization
GSA seeks industry input on NS2020
Recent request for information sheds light on the acquisition vehicle that will replace Networx.
Modernization
GSA's Hashmi goes to GitHub to talk IT trends and strategies
In an April 11 GitChat, GSA's acting CIO stresses agile development, open source and modular contracts as priorities for his agency.
Acquisition
GSA moves toward category management
The agency is using its experience with the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative to adopt targeted buying practices similar to those used in the private sector.
Acquisition
GSA 'family plans' post savings
The blanket purchase agreements are realizing 24 cents in savings on every dollar spent.
People
Industry takes a wait-and-see attitude on 18F
GSA's digital incubator program has some private-sector leaders wondering if the agency is encroaching on their territory.
Acquisition
The ABCs of 18F
When GSA announced its in-house development startup, it got people talking, and not all the chatter was positive.
Acquisition
Debacle or triumph: The deciding factors
Steve Kelman looks at four fundamental factors that can determine whether a large-scale IT project fails or flourishes.
Acquisition
18F unveils first pilot app
FBOpen is designed to make it easier for small businesses to search for contracting opportunities.
Digital Government
99 problems but annotating ain't one
GSA has teamed up with social media annotation platform Rap Genius to make government jargon more understandable.
Modernization
'The end of hype for cloud'
The next step in making the most of cloud services is establishing effective acquisition strategies for federal agencies.
Digital Government
Dan Tangherlini: A force for continuous change
"It's OK to risk the possibility of blowing up what works," says the GSA administrator, if the payoff warrants it.
Cybersecurity
Filling in the blanks on GSA's cyber-response campus
Experts say cyber-response consolidation is a laudable goal, but warn that it is also fraught with potential problems.
Acquisition