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Agencies forced to freeze office space footprint
A memo from Controller Danny Werfel requires agencies to submit a plan to maintain current total square footage for office and warehouse space. Agencies must offset any new growth by disposing of current leases.
Tags: real property , financial management , Danny Werfel , Freeze the Footprint , Lauren Larson
GSA pounded for not moving excess property faster
Lawmakers at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held at the Georgetown Heating Plant, blasted the General Services Administration for its handling of excess federal properties.
Tags: Congress , House , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , Jeff Denham , real property , John Mica , Flavio Peres , Esther Carey
Historic buildings throw wrench in agencies real-property efforts
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office found tighter budgets in recent years have constrained agencies' ability to maintain and repair historic buildings and that poor data practices have led to inconsistent and erroneous information on a database designed to track federal properties.
Tags: historic preservation , real property , GAO , VA , NPS , management
LEED green building standard clears first hurdle for governmentwide use
The Green Building Advisory Committee recommends GSA establish the LEED certification as the governmentwide standard for all federal buildings. GSA will work with Energy and DoD to come up with the final decision.
Tags: management , green government , Kevin Kampschroer , Green Building Advisory Committee , LEED standard , Green Globe standard , Energy Star , Jason Miller
The cloud and the federal market
Steve Kousen, vice president of Cloud Email and Collaboration Services at Unisys will discuss what agencies and contractors can expect as they move some of their services to the cloud.
April 30, 2013
Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , Steve Kousen , Unisys , cloud computing , cloud email , collaboration , sequestration , technology , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
Inside the Reporter's Notebook: A deeper dive into the 2014 budget
News and buzz in the acquisition and IT communities that you may have missed this week.
Tags: Inside the Reporters Notebook , technology , Jason Miller , FDA , Anti-Deficiency Act , Eric Perakslis , Danny Werfel , 2014 budget , budget , OMB
What are the top procurement issues?
Carolyn Alston, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement will bring us up to date on the latest procurement and acquisition news.
April 23, 2013
Tags: acquisition , procurement , contracting , Multiple award schedule contracting , strategic acquisition , strategic sourcing , contract duplication , Coaltion for Government Procurement , Carolyn Alston , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
OFPP kicks the strategic-sourcing door wide open
Administrator Joe Jordan said he views the possibilities as everything from new contracts to take advantage of volume discounts to standardizing terms and conditions to save on administrative costs. GSA FAS is reorganizing around 14 strategic sourcing areas.
Tags: contracting , industry , strategic sourcing , OFPP , Joe Jordan , Tom Sharpe , Coalition for Government Procurement , Federal Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council , Small business contracting , Jason Miller
An update on GSA's OASIS contract
Jim Ghiloni, director of the OASIS Program Office at GSA, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss two draft R-F-P's for GSA's OASIS contract.
April 16, 2013
Tags: acquisition , procurement , contracting , Jim Ghiloni , OASIS , requests for proposal , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
GSA appeals MSPB's exoneration of Prouty
The agency also puts former Region 8 Commissioner of the Public Building Service on administrative leave until the MSPB Board makes a decision on the appeal.
Tags: Paul Prouty , workforce , Bill Bransford , Jason Miller , exclusive
