Feb 5th 2010
Less then 12 hours after she was confirmed by the Senate, GSA soon-to-be-sworn-in administrator Martha Johnson has reached out to GSA staff — and is seeking their questions and ideas...
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Feb 5th 2010
We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris — the Senate first voted to close debate on the Johnson nomination … and then proceeded to confirm Martha N...
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Feb 3rd 2010
It was thought that Tuesday might be GSA V-Day — as in Vote Day where the Senate would move along Martha Johnson’s long delayed nominationto be the administrator of the General Services Administration...
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Dec 18th 2009
We reported that GSA deputy commissioner Tyree Varnado has announced internally that he will step down on Jan. 3. It ends up he’s not alone. Mary Powers-King, who is acting deputy assistant commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Technology Services and director of GWAC & IT Schedule Programs...
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Dec 18th 2009
There is a lot of buzz surrounding the General Services Administration, so… I’m saying this up front — this is all unconfirmed, but… it is the buzz...
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Oct 9th 2009
The DorobekInsider told you that Daniel I. Gordon would be nominated as the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy — and soon — and it is now official...
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Apr 29th 2009
In a unexpected change, John Johnson, the retiring Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, has named Mary Powers-King as the acting deputy assistant commissioner for FAS’s Integrated Technology Services...
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Apr 3rd 2009
We told you it was coming — in fact, we hinted at it back in January, but it is now official: Martha Johnson has been nominated to be the administrator of the General Services Administration...
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Apr 3rd 2009
We’ve been through this before, but… we’re hearing — from very good and multiple sources — that the Obama administrationwill name Martha Johnson to be the administrator of the General Service Administration as soon as today — but certainly by Monday...
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Mar 30th 2009
We’ve been telling you about the departure of GSA’s John Johnson.
There is now a replacement: GSA’s Ed O’Hare will become thenew Assistant Commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service’s Integrated Technology Services, which oversees some of the government’s biggest and most important contracts including the GSA schedule contracts, GSA’s governmentwide telecommunications contracts such as Networx , and GSA’s governmentwide acquisition vehicles , including the just announced Alliant...
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Mar 30th 2009
We’ve been telling you that GSA’s John Johnson was going to announce that he will retire from government in May after 33 years of public service...
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Mar 30th 2009
We told you earlier that GSA’s John Johnson was expected to announce his retirement — as soon as today. And… it is today. While thepublic announcement isn’t expected for a few hours with some commentary coming during a afternoon press briefing about GSA’s award of the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract, Johnson sent the following note to his staff:
Dear Colleagues:
First let me say that it was indeed a pleasure to meet with all of you at our Integrated Technology Services (ITS) All Hands meeting held March 17th in Crystal City...
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Mar 30th 2009
The rumor has been buzzing for days, but it is seeming increasingly true: GSA’s John Johnson may just retire from government service. I have all-but confirmation coming from both industry and government sources...
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