Digital Government
DOD puts its acquisition procedures under a microscope
DOD is taking a multi-faceted approach to overhauling the way it buys goods and services in the face of dwindling funds.
Acquisition
GSA's defenders line up
Rep. Jeff Denham's call to dismantle GSA meets skepticism and opposition in the acquisition community.
People
Lawyer urges feds to follow 'obey-now-grieve-later' rule
Take a stand for what's right, but not to the point of insubordination, lawyer advises.
Digital Government
GSA tool lets people verify genuine federal social media accounts
The General Services Administration's Social Media Registry is designed to allow agencies to manage their social media accounts while validating them for users worried that they might be fake.
Digital Government
FAS commissioner: Dan Tangherlini’s 'got our back'
GSA's acting administrator gets high praise from agency colleague.
Acquisition
Rep. Jeff Denham: 'Abolish GSA altogether'
The chairman of an oversight subcommittee argues that other agencies or the private sector might be able to do GSA's job better.
People
House tightens controls on conference spending
The DATA Act digs deep into agencies’ conference spending with quarterly reports.
Acquisition
GSA's Oracle cancellation still a mystery
When parties can’t agree on aspects of a contract, experts say call it a day.
Digital Government
What happened in Vegas cost Johnson her job
Media reaction to Martha Johnson's departure from GSA ranged from savage to irreverent.
Acquisition
GSA kills Oracle contract
GSA cancels Oracle's Schedule 70 contract for IT services, but offers few details on why.
People
More senators take aim at conference spending
Several senators are advocating for reforms to agencies' annual spending on conferences, including proving that the conference advanced the ageny's mission.
Acquisition
Meet the evangelists of interacting in gov 2.0 style
In an emerging 2.0 government, two officials at GSA took a chance on a new way to get government and industry to interact.
Digital Government
Senator wants approvals for conference spending
Under a forthcoming bill, a senior agency official would have to give approval for any conference costing more than $200,000.
People
GSA takes budget control from regions
GSA's regions no longer have authority over their budgets, part of the battered agency's effort to recover from its recent scandal.
People
Moving beyond telework: What's next?
Where will the evolution of telework take the federal government?
Digital Government
Issa scolds IG about slow reporting
Issa's oversight committee regularly receives updates from IGs, but not from GSA IG Miller regarding his investigation of the lavish Western Regions Conference.
Digital Government
The mind reader from Maryland
Martha Johnson, the General Services Administration's former chief, testified about the infamous 2010 Western Regions Conference April 16, and, for one congressman, her face said everything she was thinking.
People
Former GSA leader regrets scandal that 'besmirched' agency's good name
Martha Johnson, who stepped down as GSA head when a report revealed spending abuses at an agency conference, expressed her regrets to a House panel, while another official implicated in the affair invoked his fifth amendment rights.
Modernization
Defense Department 'a little, homogeneous corporation'?
Agency official quips about DOD's largeness and red tape.
Modernization