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Agency plans on adding solar power, heating water through solar thermal processes and restoring the windows so they open. Along with GSA, several other agencies are due for major renovation through the Recovery Act, and all will be more energy efficient. GSA also is applying green requirements to all new major leased buildings starting in January.

Tags: Contracting, Management, Kevin Kampschroer, GSA, HUD, VA, Interior, DHS, Coast Guard, Commerce, Green buildings, Energy efficiency, Recovery Act,

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GSA gives agencies drop-dead date for Networx transition

Nov 19th 2009

Agencies now have until Aug. 30 to hire a telecommunications provider. GSA and the carriers still are concerned that they will not have enough time to complete the transition by mid-2011. Interagency Management Council trying to increase the urgency of the need for agencies to move to Networx.

Tags: Contracting, Technology, Karl Krumbholz, Sanjeev Bhagowalia, GSA, Interior, Interagency Management Council, DISA, CIO Council, AFFIRM, Networx, Telecommunications, Connections, Satellite contract,

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Feds strike a blow for teleworking

Nov 11th 2009

The recent concern over the spread of the H1N1 flu virus has again called attention to "continuity of operations" (COOP) in the Federal Government. According to the most recent report from the Office of Personnel Management, just over half of all Federal agencies include teleworking as part of their COOP planning. A local group held a lunchtime event yesterday at the Federal Triangle to push the cause of teleworking.

Tags: Management, Pay & Benefits, telework, Telework Exchange, EPA, Josh Sawislak, GSA, Danette Campbell, USPTO, Gerry Connolly, Max Cacas,

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DARPA is a groundbreaking agency -- again

Oct 29th 2009

Less than two years from now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will move into a new headquarters building in Arlington, Virginia. Before that can happen, the former Metrobus maintenance garage will require cleanup of diesel and chemical pollution in the ground. While DARPA employs fewer than 250 people, the new headquarters allows Virginia to retain more than 800 jobs because of the contracting jobs associated with DARPA, which has an annual budget of more than $3 billion.

Tags: Technology, DARPA, Regina Dugan, Jim Moran, Barbara Favola, GSA, Bob Peck, Internet, DoD, Tim Kaine, Arlington County, Max Cacas,

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Data center proliferation must end, Kundra says

Oct 28th 2009

The number of data centers has almost tripled over the past 10 years across government. One estimate is that 80 percent of all these capabilities are underutilized. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says cloud computing is part of the answer to reducing the data center infrastructure.

Tags: Contracting, Technology, Gary Winkler, Jeff Sorenson, Vivek Kundra, Greg Wilshusen, Diane Watson, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, Army, OMB, GSA, GAO, DHS, IAC/ACT, Executive Leadership Conference, Cloud computing, Data center, APCs, Cybersecurity,

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NASA's Nebula cloud begins hosting USASpending.gov today

Oct 16th 2009

NASA CIO Linda Cureton tells FederalNewsRadio that the cloud platform moved quickly out of the pilot stage and into a full productions stage. Cureton also is reviewing the plans for NASA's multi-billion dollar IT support services consolidation contract, called I3P. She says a new schedule could be released as early as next week.

Tags: Technology, Contracting, Linda Cureton, NASA, OMB, GSA, Cloud computing, I3P, Nebula, Apps.gov, insourcing,

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GSA is designing the next generation of USA.GOV

Oct 13th 2009

One of the most popular websites in the Federal Government is USA.GOV, the government information portal run by the General Services Administration. But in an age when e-mail is being supplanted by "social collaboration" tools, what does the GSA do to to keep USA.GOV relevant to today's citizens?

Tags: Management, Technology, GSA, USA.GOV, David McClure, Office of Citizen Services, Max Cacas,

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Troubled federal procurement data systems to get facelift

Sep 30th 2009

GSA will award a contract to create a new enterprise architecture by the end of October. The agency's goal is to consolidate eight disparate systems to make it easier to access procurement data. The current systems are not interoperable and plagued with long-standing problems.

Tags: Contracting, Vivek Kundra, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Sen. Robert Bennett, William Woods, OMB, OFPP, GAO, GSA, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, FPDS, AOCS, PPIRS, Excluded Parties List System,

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GSA wants Networx to move into high gear

Sep 29th 2009

Agency offering to help others transition to new telecommunications contract in any way possible. Only 28 percent of all agency services have moved to Networx so far.

Tags: Contracting, Technology, Karl Krumbholz, GSA, Energy, DOT, DOL, State, USDA, SSA, Treasury, IAC, AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, Networx, Connections, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, TIC,

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DHS marks new milestone with St. E's campus groundbreaking

Sep 10th 2009

Now scattered through 35 buildings in the Washington area, the Department of Homeland Security is one step closer to the goal of a "unified campus" on the grounds of the old St. Elizabeth's hospital in Southeast D.C. Groundbreaking ceremonies took place days before the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which spurred creation of the mega-agency.

Tags: Management, DHS, GSA, St. Elizabeth's, Janet Napolitano, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Paul Prouty, Marion Barry,

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GSA equips employees with Web 2.0 rules

Sep 9th 2009

Agency issues policy and handbook to help guide how social media is used. GSA develops documents based on existing technology and information management regulations.

Tags: Technology, Management, Dennis Papula, Casey Coleman, GSA, Navy, EPA, OMB, Web 2.0, Social media,

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Agencies trying to find balance between Web 2.0, cybersecurity

Aug 28th 2009

Coast Guard wants to set up separate network to use social media sites. CIO Council looking at cybersecurity implications of these tools.

Tags: Technology, Thad Allen, Brian Burns, Linton Wells, Coast Guard, Navy, National Defense University, GSA, OMB, DoD, CIO Council, Web 2.0, Social media, Cybersecurity,

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Agencies bolster the ranks of fed contracting pros

Aug 10th 2009

More spending to track, and fewer workers to do the work. That's the conundrum facing Federal agencies trying to meet the many demands of federal acquisition. In the second of two reports, FederalNewsRadio's Max Cacas looks at how three of those agencies are trying to cope.

Tags: Pay & Benefits, Contracting, acquisitions, GSA, Daniel Akaka, George Voinovich, Elaine Duke, DHS, John McNally, NASA, John Bashista, DOE, OMB, Max Cacas,

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Strengthening the federal acquisition workforce

Aug 10th 2009

Because of the retirement of baby-boomers, the federal government faces the imminent departure of large numbers of senior staffers over the next 10-15 years. A Senate subcommittee is focusing on how that will influence hiring the next generation of federal contract and acquisition workers.

Tags: Pay & Benefits, Contracting, acquisitions, federal hiring, GSA, Daniel Akaka, George Voinovich, David Drabkin, Jeffrey Zeints, OMB, OFPP, Martha Johnson,

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