Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
24 May 2019
GSA works through details for its planned eCommerce platform and recently launched a new interactive cloud adoption site. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for May 24, 2019....
Public Officials Can Bring Government’s Economic Weight to Bear to Ensure New Technologies Benefit the Workers and Communities Who Are Paying for Them
2 May 2019
Politico runs an interesting take on how the public are funding the demise of their own jobs – with government subsidies and tax breaks being used to subsidise automation and innovation and start-ups. Public subsidies for potentially job-killing technologies are growing, it states, and “Cities,...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
19 Apr 2019
Judge lifts stay in JEDI protest, says award won’t come before July 19 and improving federal solicitations’ ‘scary low’ Section 508 accessibility compliance. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April 19, 2019.
New Proposed Schedule Forbids DOD from Awarding JEDI...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
12 Apr 2019
AWS and Microsoft left to compete for $10B JEDI contract, CBP decided to end its $297 million contract with Accenture, and HHS will launch an IT workforce acquisition pilot with USDS. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April 12, 2019.
Amazon, Microsoft Emerge as Final...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
5 Apr 2019
GSA’s IT Schedule 70 opens SINs for Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services, FBI delays $5B Justice IT services recompete, and GSA’s innovation investment arm plans to award a single-vendor BPA for agile development services. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
29 Mar 2019
GSA picks Ernst and Young to phase out the DUNS number, DHS is funding a new immersive cyber-training platform, and a new program is looking to test, fund and build federal employees’ ideas for using tech to improve their agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
22 Mar 2019
DHS demonstrates how agencies can address fear of failure and enhance innovation efforts with cultural support, CenturyLink authorized to begin selling on GSA’s EIS contract, and GSA issues RFQ for new CoE acquisition model. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 22,...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
22 Feb 2019
DHS issued an RFI seeking input from vendors that could assist in the planned IT modernization efforts under the agency’s EAGLE Next Generation Program, GSA provided an update on feedback it received from industry on e-commerce portal plans, and the government shutdown rippled through federal IT...
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