Former GSA Contract Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
Ronnie Simpkins pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge stemming from a scheme in which he accepted bribes from government contractors from August 2011 to August 2017. Keep Reading
GAO: OMB, GSA Need to Better Recover Technology Modernization Fund Costs
As of August, the fund awarded $89 million to 7 projects. Agencies must repay awards and an administrative fee within 5 years. Keep Reading
GSA Can Improve Communication, Assessment of Major Construction Projects, GAO Finds
The Government Accountability Office found GSA routinely meets its cost and schedule goals, but it does not report the projects’ final costs or how much project costs and schedules were revised. Keep Reading
Congress Moves to Block OPM-GSA Merger
The Trump administration’s controversial plan to merge most of the federal government’s HR agency with the General Services Administration appears to have been put on hold, at least for now. Keep Reading
IG’s Concerns Over OPM-GSA Merger Persist as Reorganization Remains in Flux
OPM’s inspector general in May presented a critical assessment of the administration’s efforts to justify the GSA merger. Keep Reading
CBP Head of Contracting Navigates Crises, Border Wall and GSA Changes
Diane Sahakian on shutdown lessons: "Having the right manpower to staff a lapse is very important.” Keep Reading
Former GSA Acquisition Leader Alan Thomas Heads to Private Sector
Thomas will both become the 10th member of the board and join the executive team at Trowbridge & Trowbridge, the government IT services company. Keep Reading
FedBizOpps Is Almost No Longer: What You Need to Know for the SAM Transition
Some agencies may be quicker to make the Veterans Day weekend transition than others. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration notified vendors they were behind. Keep Reading
Cloud, TBM Reshaping Federal IT
PSC's 2019 Vision Forecast, released Oct. 29, shows agencies moving away from traditional shared services toward provisioned cloud-enabled IT services. Keep Reading
IT Modernization Top Priority for Fed Leadership for the New Fiscal Year
“That should actually never stop,” said Kent Oct. 21 at the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council Imagine Nation conference. Keep Reading
