People
GSA: Reuse, recycle electronics, and avoid landfills
Federal agencies are banned from disposing of electronics in landfills or incinerators under new policy.
Acquisition
GSA holds too much fee money, GAO says
GSA’s Schedules program averaged an excess of $62.2 million in revenue over program costs, before contributions to reserves, each fiscal year.
Modernization
GSA using StumbleUpon to bring visitors to federal websites
The General Services Administration recently established a USA.gov channel on the StumbleUpon Web service network with the goal of generating more traffic to federal websites.
Acquisition
Renfro named director of GSA's GWACs
Renfro has a long history in federal procurement, making her a match for the open director position.
Digital Government
Mobile government broader than just apps vs. websites, GSA says
The old "mobile apps vs. mobile websites" debate for federal agencies is becoming outdated because there are many more mobile platforms and formats developing, according to a mobile strategy document released by the General Services Administration.
Acquisition
GSA to offer new way to buy complex services
The Integrations contract would address agencies' needs for professional services that span several types of areas that are often difficult to specify or quantify.
Modernization
GSA gives FedRAMP structure as launch date draws near
The FedRAMP Concept of Operations document puts meat on the program's bones.
Modernization
Who should you follow on Twitter? Ask the pros.
Twitter is easy for federal agencies to sign up for, but who should you follow? For federal agency managers using agency accounts, it's not as simple a question as it seems.
Acquisition
Industry group warns against mandates for small-biz opportunities
Small contractors would suffer if regulators adopt guidance that replaces agencies’ flexibility, trade group says.
Modernization
Agencies' data gaps hinder GSA travel program analysis
GSA provides discounted airline tickets for federal employees on official business, but doesn't have access to a lot of travel information.
Modernization
Agencies' needs could imperil FedRAMP
The specific requirements some federal agencies have could undercut the standardized approach of the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program, industry experts say.
Modernization
Feds should pay attention to SEO while cutting websites
Effort to consolidate federal domains and websites to a much smaller number risks making resources harder to find.
People
GSA demands security plans from IT companies
Companies now must submit an IT security plan to GSA.
Acquisition
OMB wants small purchases going to small firms
The Small Business Jobs Act requires an analysis of small-business participation in governmentwide commercial purchase card micro-purchases.
Acquisition
GAO: GSA reports fuzzy numbers on strategic sourcing savings
Strategic sourcing contracts save money, but considerably less than GSA claims, GAO concludes.
People
Congress likely to partially restore eGov funding
The eGov fund has made a partial comeback, with House and Senate leaders increasing funding in the final version of the fiscal 2012 spending bill.
People
How to measure social media reach
There's more to social media reach than counting followers and fans.
Modernization
GSA trying out cloud collaboration platform in early 2012
The General Services Administration is preparing to roll out a new platform for real-time social media collaboration in the cloud for its employees
People
Interior, GSA ask industry about incentives
Officials are asking industry serious questions about incentives that might entice the best companies and their best work.
People