The Professional Services Council has found that the use of shared information technology services by federal agencies has jumped 2 percent each year since 2017, FedScoop reported Monday.
Read More »Jerry McGinn on Federal Contract Spending in Response to COVID-19
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said federal contract spending related to COVID-19 has become more varied as agencies transition to managing the ancillary effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Read More »Joyce Hunter Named ICIT Executive Director; Parham Eftekhari Appointed Board Chairman
Joyce Hunter, a veteran information technology leader, has been named executive director of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a nonprofit cybersecurity think tank. Parham Eftekhari, ICIT founder and most recently executive director, has transitioned to the role of chairman of the board of directors.
Read More »Booz Allen’s Santiago Milian on Three Factors to Consider When Establishing Customer Experience Function
Santiago “Pikula” Milian, principal/director of experience at Booz Allen Hamilton, wrote in an FCW article published Thursday that there are three factors government agencies should consider when forming a customer experience function and one is getting support from stakeholders.
Read More »TechFlow to Support USDA IT Modernization Effort; Greg Godbout Quoted
TechFlow has received a contract from the General Services Administration to provide information technology services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence. The company said Monday it will help USDA update infrastructure and adopt cloud technology, with a special focus on the areas of replatforming, application rehosting, cloud platform services …
Read More »SAIC to Support USDA IT Modernization Centers of Excellence; Bob Genter Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. has received three contracts to provide information technology modernization services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence led by the General Services Administration. SAIC said Thursday it will help USDA build a data analytics system, manage organizational change and train more than 100K employees under a single-award …
Read More »USDA Seeks Info on Potential Intranet Support Sources
The Agriculture Department has issued a request for information on support services for an initiative that aims to establish a private two-way communication site for USDA employees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the department seeks to leverage a OneUSDA Intranet network to help department officials simultaneously relay messages to …
Read More »Report: GSA, USDA Begin Centers of Excellence Program’s Phase 2 With 6 RFQs
The General Services Administration and the Agriculture Department have issued six requests for quotes as part of the second phase of the White House’s Centers of Excellence program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. The solicitations released Monday intend to support the implementation of the five COEs that focus on information …
Read More »Air Force Deploys Contracting IT Platform on Appian
The U.S. Air Force has fielded its Contracting-Information Technology system on Appian’s cloud platform that has impact level 4 certification to host controlled unclassified data. The CON-IT system on Appian Cloud is designed to replace the service branch’s seven legacy contract writing tools in order to facilitate the acquisition process, …
Read More »GSA, USDA Conduct Industry Day for CoE Program’s Phase II; Gary Washington Comments
At least 200 business executives participated in an industry day held Wednesday by the General Services Administration and the Agriculture Department to discuss plans for the second phase of the centers for excellence program for information technology modernization. GSA said Wednesday the event serves as an introduction to a two-day …
Read More »HighPoint’s Cal Shintani: GSA, USDA Make Strides in Customer Experience Through Centers of Excellence
Cal Shintani, chief growth officer at HighPoint Global, has said there are signs of improvement in the federal government’s effort to build up customer experience. Shintani wrote in an article that there are reports that show progress in customer experience and one of those is the Government CX Insights report, which …
Read More »BGOV: GSA Unveils New Contracting Opportunities for USDA IT Modernization
The General Services Administration announced on June 15 a set of new contracting opportunities related to the Agriculture Department Centers of Excellence for information technology modernization initiatives, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. GSA will launch eight digital service procurement efforts via contract vehicles such as Alliant, Professional Services Schedule, Schedule IT 70 and Veterans Technology Services …
Read More »Report: USDA’s Jonathan Benett to Join Adobe’s Public Sector Team
Jonathan Benett, chief enterprise architect of the Agriculture Department, has stepped down to join Adobe Systems‘ public sector business in June, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. He started his federal service in 2008 as head of project management at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after almost 10 years of industry career. After …
Read More »USDA, NSF to Fund Food, Energy & Water Innovation Studies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has partnered with the National Science Foundation for a $34 million funding opportunity to examine the connections between food, water and energy systems. NSF and NIFA have pledged to contribute $29 million and $5 million, respectively, to the Innovations …
Read More »Koniag Subsidiary to Support USDA Network Data Transport Platform Migration
A Koniag subsidiary has been selected to support the Agriculture Department‘s Office of the Chief Information Officer in efforts to migrate USDA’s universal telecommunications network to a wide-area network data transport service platform. Koniag said Thursday its Tuknik Government Services business will help USDA OCIO transition from the current UTN infrastructure to USDANet. “As a former federal …
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