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
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
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.
Washington Technology is seeking government input for its latest survey.
Source: WT wants your take on the agency-contractor relationship — FCW
Long-awaited IT services GWAC includes 61 firms.
Agencies shared the stories behind improved, declining and stable FITARA grades.
The General Services Administration’s new Federal Acquisition Service commissioner said he will work to make modernized back office systems his legacy at the agency.
Source: Modernization begins at home, says new FAS chief — FCW
Federal CIOs have seen their progress lag on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act under the Trump administration, according to new scorecards produced for Congress.
Source: FITARA progress stalls — FCW
With the Modernizing Government Technology Act heading to passage as part of the final National Defense Authorization Act and the administration’s pending release of its IT Modernization report, it’s a matter of when — not if — federal agencies will modernize. Given that, it’s important that the government and industry understand what IT modernization really means and how it can be achieved. Here are five considerations that federal agencies and CIOs should think about.
Source: 5 things to think about when modernizing agency IT — FCW
When federal agencies acquire cloud services and products, they write requirements set under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program into their contracts. Unfortunately, sometimes those requirements are inconsistent or unclear.
