GSA’s IG highlighted problems for the digital services office, including losing tens of millions of dollars a year and hiring more people than it needed.
Source: IG finds GSA’s 18F disregarded policies, planned poorly – FederalNewsRadio.com
In the SBA’s HUBZone program, an employee must reside in a HUBZone on the award date of a HUBZone contract in order to count toward the HUBZone 35% residency
Source: HUBZone Program: Employees Must Reside In HUBZones On Award Date – SmallGovCon
The GSA has introduced new capabilities and processes under its six-month-old Making It Easier program to attract new potential federal contractors.
GSA highlighted its progress since April around a series of initiatives designed to make schedule contracting more streamlined and efficient.
Three experts develop 12 recommendations based on interviews with CIOs and senior IT managers to measure all seven facets of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.
Source: Time to evolve FITARA oversight? – FederalNewsRadio.com
At the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo, Gartner released its annual list of the top 10 strategic trends. Are you planning for the right technology in your organization?
Source: 10 Strategic Tech Trends For 2017: Gartner – InformationWeek
The agency announced 15 vendors have been approved for the new cyber-focused special item numbers.
Source: Agencies Can Now Buy Through GSA’s Cyber SINs – Nextgov.com
Department of Defense (DoD) contractors are reminded that DFARS (DoD FAR Supplement) 203.1004 requires that the DoD-IG (Inspector General) Hotline Poster be posted in a prominent location if awarded a contract in excess of $5.5 million. Non-DoD contractors have a similar requirement found in FAR 3.1004. Whether contractors have a threshold contract or not, we believe its a good idea for all contractors to display hotline posters. It is integral to good internal controls.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: DoD Hotline Posters (revisited)
FedRAMP is boasting increased authorizations and return business, and the new dashboard is making it easier for feds to use the program.
Source: FedRAMP overhaul begins paying dividends – FederalNewsRadio.com
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) are one of the best-kept secrets in the Business-to-Government (B2G) marketplace. PTACs are charged with helping businesses compete for government contracts by providing technical support for free, or at a nominal cost. In this blog you can listen to the podcast; I’ll also summarize some of the main points from the discussion:
Source: Procurement Technical Assistance Centers – Pro-bono B2G Help for Small Business | Onvia
