It's appropriate that Lurita Doan draws inspiration from the Renaissance ? the new administrator of the General Services Administration is trying to pull the much-maligned agency through a rebirth of its own.
An unexpected hurdle to the General Services Administration's long-standing reorganization appeared this month when Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) placed a hold on the bill as part of an effort to promote the government's use of energy-efficient buildings.
The General Services Administration will issue solicitations seeking smart-card services and devices next month on behalf of the Social Security Administration.
Independent Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords places a hold on legislation that would officially recognize the Federal Acquisition Service?which GSA already launched?and, more important, merge the General Supply and IT funds into the OneFund.
Congress' willingness to consider gutting a program considered essential for government employees has industry and government officials wondering if lawmakers are targeting civilian IT projects for cuts in order to fund the war on terror.
The Office of Personnel Management tapped U.S. Investigative Services to provide back-office and administrative support for agency officials who perform background investigations on potential government employees and contractors.
Federal officials have incorporated a new rule on how agencies should implement an earned-value management system into the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
The General Accountability Office has pulled from its Web site personal information on certain government employees after discovering that the archived data had been inadvertently posted online.
The House of Representatives is seeking an integrator that will help complete the chamber's implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft financial management software.
The General Services Administration will hold an industry day later this month to provide the latest information on the agency's Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 product-approval process.
The Government Printing Office plans to issue a solicitation for a vendor that can establish a repository that will manufacture, personalize and issue Personal Identity Verification cards for smaller agencies.
The Labor Department has formally issued a solicitation seeking a vendor to provide Personal Identity Verification cards to agency employees and contractors.
The General Services Administration's new administrator said she will work quickly and undertake several initiatives to improve how the agency interacts with industry.
The Office of Personnel Management's efforts to revolutionize how it manages federal employee retirement systems moved another step forward as the agency hired consulting firm Accenture to develop business and IT models for the new program.
The Senate has confirmed former congressman Robert Portman as the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Lurita Alexis Doan as the next administrator of the General Services Administration.
Raytheon Information Solutions has won a task order from the General Services Administration to provide new hosting and professional services solutions to a handful of government Web portals.
While some agencies consider the move to centers of excellence under the Office of Management and Budget's lines of business initiatives for human resources and financial management, others are finding the private sector a viable alternative.
The General Services Administration has named John Johnson as the agency's acting Integrated Technology Solutions assistant commissioner effective June 5, replacing Deidre Lee, who left GSA in March.
