Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin delivered his diagnosis of the department in a “State of the VA” briefing before reporters Wednesday morning.
Source: Shulkin details 13 areas of improvement in his diagnosis of VA
After two sets of awards and more than 20 protests, DHS is going back to the drawing board with its FLASH small business vehicle.
But one big problem with Congress is mostly invisible to people who don’t work on Capitol Hill. That’s the sorry state of its information technology, and it’s not because of a lack of spending on IT. That’s according to a study done by The OpenGov Foundation, whose Executive Director Seamus Kraft joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin as part of a three-day series on modernizing Congress.
If you cut through the legalese, sometimes the lowest cost bid really does turn out to be the best deal when it comes to federal procurement.
Source: Joe Petrillo: Sometimes the lowest cost is the best deal
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners Ready to Prime Allen sits down with Randy Ambuel, Vice President of Exceptional Software Strategies.
Source: Opening a business is easy, keeping it open is the challenge
Federal News Radio has boiled it all down to some key takeaways all federal employees need to know. If you read nothing else about the budget, read this.
Source: 12 key takeaways from the 2018 budget that could affect you
The General Services Administration and the Homeland Security Department gave vendors their first details about what the next five years of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program would look like.
Source: GSA, DHS decide to send future CDM work through the Alliant contract
But the budget proposal does suggest cuts, and lawmakers are concerned by possible spending reductions to VA information technology and medical research.
Source: Trump’s 2018 budget gives VA a big boost for Choice, but cuts IT spending
But the budget proposal does suggest cuts, and lawmakers are concerned by possible spending reductions to VA information technology and medical research.
Source: Trump’s 2018 budget gives VA a big boost for Choice, but cuts IT spending
The Trump administration’s Defense budget proposal envisions billions of dollars in savings from more oversight on IT, base closures and health care reforms
Source: Amid $52 billion plus-up, DoD looks to trim spending on service contracts, health care
