Trump administration instituted a media blackout at EPA and barred staff from awarding new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown.
Source: Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout – FederalNewsRadio.com
Former federal CIO Tony Scott released a report for the next administration to better understand the potential future of technology in agencies.
Source: 12 stats that tell you about the State of Federal IT – FederalNewsRadio.com
The White House has issued a government-wide order immediately freezing regulations until the new administration can review them.
Source: White House orders a freeze on all government regulations – FederalNewsRadio.com
President Barack Obama signed an executive order that sets governance process and suitability standards for agencies and population of feds and contractors.
The Government Accountability Office’s decision to deny four protests of GSA’s Alliant 2 contracts for IT services could end up being a landmark ruling.
Source: GAO ruling lets GSA buy the USDA steak, not the mystery meat – FederalNewsRadio.com
The Federal Acquisition Regulation council publishes 5 final rules, one which bans contractors use of internal confidentiality agreements
Source: FAR Council outlaws contractors using whistleblower preventions – FederalNewsRadio.com
Ann Dunkin, EPA CIO, said changes to governmentwide capital planning, investment control process will help agencies understand spending on legacy systems.
The Office of Management and Budget issued two more memos, focusing on personal data breach response requirements and industry and vendor communications.
Source: OMB memo count: 31 over last 12 months, including 2 new ones – FederalNewsRadio.com
Rather than take steps to freshen up its multi-billion-dollar multiple award schedule program, the General Services Administration seems to be making it more expensive for contractors. That’s what Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Source: Larry Allen: Time to freshen up GSA’s multiple award schedule? – FederalNewsRadio.com
At the Defense Department, the shadow of Robert S. McNamara lingers to this day. For example, when contractors enter data to be used by the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office, or CAPE, they do so by hand, using tables dating to the 1960s.
Source: Jamie Morin: Reducing paperwork in defense contracting – FederalNewsRadio.com
