Senior leaders at CACI explained on a Nov. 2 earnings call that bookings were down in the most recent fiscal quarter in part because federal agencies are bridging existing contracts rather than making awards in recompetes while the gears grind on reorganization plans.
Federal agencies will spend about $53 billion on IT over the remainder of fiscal year 2018, but “transformative” funding contained in pending IT modernization legislation could help address CIO concerns, according to a new federal market forecast.
Source: PSC: Fed IT spend is flat, but MGT is the wild card — FCW
For the second time in 2017, the General Services Administration is requesting feedback on ways to reduce its reliance on the proprietary business entity identifier system it uses to keep track of government contracts.
Modernization is more than just a buzzword. According to acting federal CIO Margie Graves, it’s a crucial strategy that will help protect critical infrastructure.
Source: Graves: When MGT passes, modernization plans are ready — FCW
The other week I got an email from Jose Arrieta, the new director, arrived less than a year ago, of the General Services Administration’s Schedule 70 (IT products and services) operations. He told me his organization had awarded in late June the federal government’s first contract to use blockchain technology, involving moving FASt Lane, a service that Schedule 70 designed to speed how fast new vendors can get on schedule, onto the blockchain. Might I want to write about it, he asked?
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said it’s time to “get on with it” when it comes to fixing the department’s acquisition system during the opening remarks at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C., Monday.
Source: Mattis: ‘Open communication’ with private sector is the key to acquisition reform — FCW
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee this week passed a bill to extend key provisions of the government’s primary technology legislation, the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act. The bill will extend by two years requirements for government agencies to consolidate and optimize data centers, joining a companion bill introduced in the House in June.
Source: Keep FITARA going — FCW
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro Sept. 27 asking the GAO to look into how the Department of Energy is handling requests for data from contractors.
Source: House panel seeks probe of contractor data calls — FCW
From the campaign stump to the early days of the presidency, Donald Trump has promised to reorganize the federal government, decrease the workforce and devolve some federal responsibilities to state and local governments or the private sector.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is now offering FedRAMP Tailored, a faster approval process for cloud service providers with low-impact software-as-a-service offerings.
Source: FedRAMP launches streamlined approvals for low-impact services — FCW