GSA finalizes plans for $150b systems services GWAC
The General Services Administration is adding some unusual muscle to its $150 billion Alliant governmentwide IT services procurement.'After the first five years and every two years after that, we will decide how companies are performing, and if they are not, we will kick them off,' said Bill Archambeault, the senior GSA contracting officer overseeing the buy. 'During open season, we will replace companies that are kicked off so we keep the number of prime contractors constant.'
FTS buying abuses tied to poor training
A damning inspector general report on contracting abuses within the Federal Technology Service is indicative of a governmentwide problem, says a former Defense Department acquisition chief.
OPM sets rules for IT job swaps with industry
Agency IT managers soon can try industry work without losing their government jobs.Under the IT Exchange Program, federal executives at GS-11 or higher grades can take a detail job for up to two years with an IT company.
Share-in-savings is one approach to e-gov sustainability
With many of the 25 Quicksilver e-government initiatives in their final phases, the Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to consider using a share-in-savings model to fund their operation and maintenance.<br>
Improved USAJobs site attracting hordes of job hunters
Federal job seekers are using the new USAJobs Web site at a rate of more than 10 times the previous site, the Office of Personnel Management said.<br>
Agencies struggle to please many masters
In the tug of war between Congress and the Bush administration over program expectations, agencies are the ones being dragged through the mud.
Q&A: Clay Johnson
In his desk drawer, Clay Johnson, the Office of Management and Budget's deputy director for management, keeps a conductor's wand. It's a symbol, he says, of how the administration is working with agencies to use performance metrics.
NASA plans smart-card pilot, agencywide rollout
NASA in May will begin testing a smart-card program for access to facilities and information systems.<br>
House's Putnam plans 22 hearings in year's first session
Agencies beware: The House's IT overseer plans to step up review of government systems efforts and policy initiatives this year.
Congressional microscope on FTS
Lawmakers plan to hold the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service's feet to the fire after a damning inspector general report last week.
OPM sets rules for government-industry IT job exchanges
Agency IT managers soon can try industry work without losing their government jobs.<br>
NASCIO's executive director steps down
Elizabeth VanMeter is stepping down after six years of leading the National Association of State CIOs.<br>
NASCIO releases online library, new report on state CIOs
State, federal and other CIOs now can search for best-practices guides, issue briefs and other technology information.<br>
IT high on Government Reform agenda
The House Government Reform Committee has set its agenda with a keen eye toward IT oversight, including a focus on reorganization of the Federal Technology Service.<br>
FTS' Mary Whitley retires
Mary Whitley, assistant commissioner for customer relationship service and sales for the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, retired this month after more than 20 years in government.
GSA will merge six governmentwide contracts
With its new plan to merge the services of six governmentwide acquisition contracts into the Alliant procurement, the General Services Administration is upping the ante on its effort to eliminate duplicative GWACs.<br>
HR, financial system consolidation next on OMB's hit list
Agencies should be prepared to give up more money to governmentwide consolidation initiatives this year.<br>
Online Extra: Challenges ahead for CIOs
As CIOs play a larger role in their agency's business decisions, the challenges they face are becoming more than technological.<br>
Contracting out of control at FTS regional offices, IG says
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED </font color>The General Services Administration's inspector general today said the Federal Technology Service's client support centers in three regions have breached federal procurement laws over the last two years.<br>
GSA readies pilot to test new E-Authentication approach
The General Services Administration's E-Authentication project team will test a new decentralized approach in pilots slated to begin this month and last through March.
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