General Services Administration

GSA hits the play button on Polaris by finalizing solicitation updates

The General Services Administration lifted its two-month pause on the small business IT services governmentwide acquisition contract after updating the…

Contracts/Awards

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GSA looks to reach 100M Login.gov users by year’s end, starting with VA partnership

IT Modernization

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 28, 2012, a security cctv camera is seen by the Olympic Stadium at the Olympic Park in London. The South Wales police deployed facial recognition surveillance equipment on Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in a test to monitor crowds arriving for a weekend soccer match in real-time, that is prompting public debate about possible aggressive uses of facial recognition in Western democracies, raising questions about human rights and how the technology may enter people's daily lives in the future. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)

Just how secure are federal buildings?

Federal Newscast

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GSA considers how to interconnect systems for new buildings

Technology

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What the House appropriations bill means for a federal pay raise

Congress

FILE - A bee arrives at a sunflower under blue sky in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The European Union's executive arm on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 proposed setting legally binding targets to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030 and a ban on all pesticide use in areas such public parks, playgrounds and schools. The proposed measure includes plans to stop the decline of pollinators by 2030 and then increase their populations. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

New GSA contract will make sure some federal buildings are always buzzing

Federal Newscast

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The General Services administration is downright spacey… it has three north stars

Contracting

OASIS+ or OASIS-Plus? Either way, GSA puts the next generation services contract on the fast track

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, said a devastating hack of federal agencies is “likely Russian in origin” and said the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Three FBI headquarters sites in suburbs still viable for agency’s move, GSA tells lawmakers

Facilities/Construction

TMF board leaders outline goals for $100M customer experience investment in agencies

IT Modernization

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Wall Street is wobbling between gains and losses Tuesday in its first trading after tumbling into a bear market on worries about a fragile economy and rising rates. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

We get the latest on how inflation is impacting government contracting

Contracting

40 members of US Digital Corps head to 13 agencies to improve services

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration outlines its plan to maximize COVID-era IT modernization funds, and a study shows the brain injury…

Federal Newscast

Task force clarifies COVID-19 travel, leave policies for agencies

The Safer Federal Workforce task force releases first major update in almost three months on travel and masking guidelines.

Workforce

Polaris, Services MAC will be the first governmentwide contracts without maximum dollar values

Reporter's Notebook

GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the requirement to have maximum and minimum dollar thresholds.