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The General Services Administration, or GSA, is an independent agency established in 1949 and is responsible for managing and supporting the government's offices and employees.
The GSA Schedules program works to establish long-term contracts between the government and commercials businesses intended to provide access to products and services at discount prices. The Federal Acquisition Service is one of two national services offices in the GSA (the other is the Public Buildings Service). It is responsible for offering comprehensive solutions in the areas of product and service delivery, technology, travel, online acquisition programs and motor vehicle services.
E-tools offered by GSA include the GSAAdvantage!® online shopping and ordering system; the GSA eLibrary, which contains documents such as the GSA schedules and technology contracts; and eBuy, which contains an online Request for Quotation tool.
Other offices in the GSA include the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, and the Office of Small Business Utilization.
NewsVanRoekel to release final federal mobility strategy by March
A final version of a federal mobility strategy will be out by March 2012, said Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel Jan. 13 during a Washington, D.C. event hosted by industry group Read more...
FedRAMP is mandatory for cloud providers, says McClure
If private sector providers of public cloud computing aren't at the very least able to provide two factor authentication for log-on access, they might as well not bother applying for provisional Read more...
GSA now requiring cybersecurity plans from IT contractors
As of Jan. 6 all prime- and sub- contractors providing the General Services Administration with information technology supplies, services or systems are required to submit an IT security plan Read more...
E-gov persists as separate fund; OMB gets $5 million for shared services development
Various efforts by the Office of Management and Budget and General Services Administration to boost the White House information technology agenda will continue to receive funding this fiscal year Read more...
Federal officials launch FedRAMP
Federal officials announced Dec. 8 the launch of FedRAMP, an effort for low- and moderate- risk cloud services to gain common cybersecurity certification under the Federal Information Security Read more...
Audio: Steven VanRoekel announces FedRAMP
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel spoke with reporters Dec. 8 to make an announcement about the launch of FedRAMP, a governmentwide cloud computing security standard for low- and Read more...
DISA posts RFI for commercial mobile services and hardware
The Defense Information Systems Agency hopes to obtain wireless service and hardware support for approximately 15,000 mobile devices for the Army's 5th Signal Command, which oversees network Read more...
Turco: SAM deployment likely to be delayed; GSA might replace DUNS
A General Services Administration effort to consolidate federal online acquisition systems will likely receive no development money during the current fiscal year, causing GSA officials to anticipate Read more...
GAO smacks down GSA requirement for data center location
A federal cloud computing solicitation can't restrict the global location of data centers absent a legitimate government need--which the General Services Administration failed to do when it issued a Read more...
VanRoekel: Government websites must accept externally-issued identity credentials
Public-facing government websites that require the use of federally-issued credentials put an undue burden on users, according to Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel, who instructed Read more...
| Press ReleasesTemporary Housing Directory Secures GSA, To offer overflow Housing to VetsTAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GSA Application Services is pleased to announce that Temporary Housing Directory (THD) has been awarded a GSA Schedule 48 contract and are now certified to Read more >> Feds Applaud Growing Local Industry: ERI Hosts GSA, EPA and Industry Partners for White House Energy, Environment and ConsHOLLISTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Officials from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State of Massachusetts and industry partners Read more >> U.S. General Services Administration selects CGI to transition its public websites to the cloudUS$20.76 million contract awarded under the GSA Infrastructure as a Service BPA Fairfax, Virginia, January 24, 2012 - CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Read more >> Electronic Recyclers International’s Massachusetts Facility to Host White House Business Council (WHBC) Round TableHOLLISTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Officials from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the State of Mass. will gather at Electronic Read more >> With Help from Unisys, GSA Becomes First Federal Agency to Transition to Cloud-Based Google Apps for Government SolutionUnisys announces Collaborative Office Solutions - Google Apps for Government, based on successful GSA migration of 17,000 usersBLUE BELL, Pa., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: Read more >> |
