People
GSA unveils first NewPay service
The General Services Administration is talking with federal agency users to further develop its NewPay shared service offering rolled out in September.
Cybersecurity
Civilian-side CMMC
The General Services Administration will add more supply chain and cybersecurity protection language, including DOD's CMMC requirements for vendors, to its new contracts as risks grow, according to one of the agency's top acquisition managers.
Digital Government
GSA announces 2021 Presidential Innovation Fellows
The upcoming group is the most diverse cohort to date, including 34 fellows that will work across 22 federal agencies.
Acquisition
New small biz GWAC dubbed Polaris
A draft request for proposals for a new small business contract vehicle is expected from the General Services Administration in the coming months.
Digital Government
USAGov hones data, services
GSA's COVID-19 data aggregation operation sharpens information and services as pandemic continues.
Modernization
Don't tap COVID relief for IT modernization funds
Taxpayer money spent on the response to the pandemic should be targeted and temporary, with significant transparency and accountability, and should not include a proposed $1 billion addition to the Technology Modernization Fund.
Cybersecurity
Shared services poised for adoption
Quality Service Management Offices shared service offerings move closer to reality for federal agencies.
Acquisition
IG: GSA system erred on small business designation
Large businesses were misidentified as small businesses in General Services Administration's procurement data system, according to the agency's watchdog.
Acquisition
'Huawei ban' means contract modifications
The General Services Administration is seeing high rates of acceptance of contract modifications from contractors to comply with acquisition rules in the 2019 defense bill.
Cybersecurity
OMB Issues Interim Rule for Banning IT Products From Federal Systems
Any individual the Federal Acquisition Security Council deems credible could initiate a removal or exclusion order.
Acquisition
BPAs play out amid schedule consolidation
The General Services Administration has almost all contractors on its combined buying schedule, but a handful remain to be converted, according to the agency's administrator.
Acquisition
GSA won't budge on STARS II deadlines
GSA isn't moving away from a new, shorter period of performance for one of its popular small business governmentwide IT contracts.
Acquisition
GSA imagines new small business GWAC
GSA sketched out its initial ideas for a new small business governmentwide contracting vehicle to replace Alliant 2 SB.
Modernization
SDN and the post-COVID office
In the post-pandemic environment, the software-defined network capabilities of the General Services Administration's next-generation telecom contract could be important, said an agency official.
Acquisition
STARS III deadline draws near
The STARS II small business contract proved so popular that its ceiling value has been extended several times, but the General Services Administration is ready for its successor.
Modernization
JAIC to expand ethics team
Jane Pinelis, the JAIC's chief of testing, evaluation, and assessment, said the center is working to expand its ethics team, which is charged with ensuring the Defense Department's AI projects meet ethical standards.
Acquisition
Huawei ban looms for contractors
Federal contractors are still facing uncertainty about new rules to get rid of Chinese-made gear.
Acquisition
Lawmakers push back on STARS shutoff date
Changes the GSA made to one of its most popular governmentwide small business set-aside acquisition vehicles draws congressional scrutiny.
People
Hackers target teleworking feds
A senior General Services Administration acquisition official says emerging technology can help protect infrastructure and individual users defend against attacks.
Modernization