The General Services Administration adds cloud-friendly platforms to its biggest multiple award IT contract.
Source: GSA adds hyperconverged infrastructure options to Schedule 70 — FCW
A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.
The A2 contract is a follow-on to the $50 billion Alliant GWAC that expires in April 2019.
“We really did spend a lot of time looking at leading-edge technology,” a GSA official said.
Source: GSA Awards $50B Alliant 2 Contract with Emerging Tech in Mind
With 61 vendors and counting on GSA’s newest governmentwide acquisition contract award, effective management is key to making Alliant 2 work for agencies and industry alike.
Source: $50B Alliant 2 brings big management challenges — FCW
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Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.
If you decide to protest, don’t try to keep details of the performance reviews from the court. The judges don’t like that.
Source: Joseph Petrillo: What not to do with a bad performance review
In Fiscal-Year 2018, 20 Super Professional Services Task Orders with combined ceiling values of more than $19.6 billion, and spending to date of more than $19.5
The legislative push to get federal agencies up to speed on IT, eliminating creaky and expensive legacy systems will end with the president’s signature.
