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VA leadership nominee grilled over recent department layoffs
President Donald Trump nominated Paul Lawrence to serve as the second-highest leader in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Women in federal IT should move around to move up, says panel
Frequent moves often provide the experiences and support needed to make it to senior-level positions, according to current and former IT officials.
By Jessie Bur
GSA just made it easier for contractors to buy supplies to fill orders
From pencils to computers, contractors that find they need additional supplies to meet the requirements of an order will now be able to buy those supplies through the Multiple Award Schedule, rather than re-negotiate the deal.
By Jessie Bur
Interagency mix-up could delay $50b telecom contract, IG finds
The Federal Acquisition Service's failure to get interagency agreements for its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract could open its implementation up to costly oversight confusion, according to a recent General Services Administration inspector general report.
By Jessie Bur
Major week for pilot program to fix outdated government IT
Monday, Jan. 8, kicks off important deadlines in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s pilot Centers of Excellence program, a partnership between the White House, General Services Administration and industry to promote rapid, customer-focused IT modernization.
By Jessie Bur
Alliant 2 protests to go to court
Two companies have filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over the award of the General Service Administration’s Alliant 2 contract, hitting the breaks on the second version of GSA’s best-in-class Alliant vehicle.
By Jessie Bur
FEMA sells disaster trailers cheaply despite victim demand
The Federal Emergency Management Agency briefly halted trailer sales following Harvey but resumed them in November, online records show. Since then, at least 115 units manufactured this year have been sold for pennies on the dollar.
GSA releases contract for login.gov
The domain aims to provide the public with “secure and private online access to participating government programs” through a single account.
By Jessie Bur
USDA first up in White House, GSA tech acquisition pilot
The White House Office of American Innovation announced a partnership with GSA and the Department of Agriculture to pilot a Centers of Excellence program that draws on the best talent in the public sector and industry.
By Jessie Bur
GSA taps 80 small businesses for IT GWAC
The General Services Administration recently released the list of pre-awarded, or apparently successful, offerors in the $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract.
By Jessie Bur
Leadership determines best agencies to work in, research finds
Leadership involvement is the number one indicator of the best federal agencies to work in, according to Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president of research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service.
By Jessie Bur