Mark Rockwell

GSA plans a program of customer and industry events and interactions in the early part of 2021 to help shape its OASIS replacement contract.

The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency elected the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation as its new chairperson.

The Department of Homeland Security’s research and development arm is testing a portable wireless device detection system that would track down unauthorized gear.

The necessary wave of IT adaptation to the pandemic showed federal CIOs and agencies they could move quickly and efficiently to modernize.

Small business, telecommunications and cloud productivity tool contracts are top of mind for GSA’s acquisition service in coming year.

The House approved legislation that would set a foundation for a national strategy for emerging artificial intelligence technology.

FBI’s $92 million emergency operations wireless service contract goes to AT&T after lengthy protest scuffle.

President Trump signed a bipartisan bill that codifies the Centers of Excellence program as way to seed and launch IT and business process modernization efforts at federal agencies.

Social distancing requirements under the pandemic led to the acceleration of a modernization plan that included adding video feeds to the asylum interview process.

Although the governmentwide category management initiative is saving agencies billions, it could be even more effective with some higher-level guidance, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

According to a proposed rule change, Customs and Border Protection will expand the use of facial recognition technology for entry/exit tracking systems.

The former USCIS director and DHS deputy secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Customs and Border Protection is on track to move out of its test phase and expand use of facial recognition systems at airports and land border crossings.

The weather and science agency sets up future 5G capabilities, critical sensor bandwidth with $311M Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task order.

GSA worked with the Defense Department and vendors to push more efficiencies into the DEOS cloud contract, ultimately resulting in a lowered ceiling, said the contract’s manager.

The six volunteers tasked with General Services Administration transition planning have worked at GSA, the White House or both.

Federal agency mission-oriented responses to COVID-19 have pushed aside lingering doubts about the need to step up IT, a Professional Services Council forecast found.

The General Services Administration’s mismanagement of the personal identity verification cards it issued to contract employees raises significant security concerns, according to a report from agency’s inspector general.

A new report from the Professional Services Council shows shared services growing with collaborations among federal agencies.

Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s recent modernization of a 30-year-old flood insurance system works well, it still uses old legacy data, according to a new report.