Shared Services

New VA portals provide simplicity, transparency to vendor interactions

In addition to providing a one-stop shop for contractors, VA is trying to build a culture of transparency on the IT side, in order to make it easier for…

Shared Services

Fiscal Service putting its customers at the center of its IT modernization efforts

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Another attempt to revive federal shared services

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OPM facing schedule delays, budget overruns for its trust fund modernization initiative

IT Modernization

Data driving GSA’s back office, customer facing contracting system upgrades

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, photo, flags decorate a space outside the office of the Education Secretary at the Education Department in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen the education commissioner for Connecticut and a former public school teacher to serve as education secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Does the future include shared services for zero trust?

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GSA’s 10x program crowdsourcing new customer experience ideas

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Legacy financial management federal providers must define their roles in new approach

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FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The U.S. Treasury has removed Vietnam and Switzerland from the list of nations labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision made by the Trump administration in December. In it's semi-annual report to Congress on currency manipulation, the first under the Biden administration, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday, April 16, 2021, that no country currently meets the U.S. criteria. It said, however, that Vietnam, Switzerland, as well as Taiwan, will be placed under enhanced monitoring for their recent actions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

56 federal financial systems nearing end of life puts Treasury on fast track to get shared services right

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CISA piloting mobile security tools under shared services program

Cybersecurity

GSA, DHS making big push to address shortcomings in contractor assessments

Reporter's Notebook

Digital modernization saves NASA ‘a lot of time, effort and money’

You might not think a $23 billion annual budget will have you looking for ways to pinch pennies, but if you’re NASA, the cost to explore the universe…

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Laura Stanton, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service

GSA credits success of record IT revenue savings to transparency, more trust

GSA’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program saw $14 billion in task orders last year and expects the use of the contracts only to increase…

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Senate would give Labor $25M for shared services, zero out funding to modernize payroll processing

Shared Services

The Labor Department’s initiative to consolidate and centralize back-office functions would receive a boost in fiscal 2021 of at least $25 million for IT modernization under both the House and Senate spending bills.