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GSA expands discounted commodity IT program
The General Services Administration announced Thursday it had awarded 43 blanket-purchase agreements to small businesses to provide discounted commodity IT through the agency's National Information Technology Commodity Program (NITCP). The NITCP is designed to provide agencies a one-stop shop for the most commonly purchased, low-cost IT products.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , GSA , Mary Davie , FAS , National Information Technology Commodity Program
GSA, Treasury try to breathe new life into SmartBUY
A new request for information asks vendors at answer 10 questions about improving the strategic sourcing of commodity software titles. This is at least the fourth attempt to get more agencies using the enterprise software licensing initiative.
Tags: acquisition , technology , industry , GSA , Treasury , strategic sourcing , SmartBUY , Jason Miller
IT reforms moving to optimization stage
Nine months since OMB issued its 25-point plan to improve how agencies oversee technology, the tone is changing. Lisa Schlosser, the federal deputy CIO, said the goal is to make sure agencies are using their people, money and other resources as best as possible. Agencies are finding some early success with the IT reforms, especially around acquisition.
Tags: technology , workforce , contracting , Lisa Schlosser , OMB , Ken Rogers , State , AFCEA Bethesda , cloud computing , IT reform , data center consolidation , Jason Miller , FedRAMP , cybersecurity , service level agreements
Commerce to buy IT more strategically
CIO Simon Szykman said the department has a goal of $50 million in savings through strategic sourcing and that commodity technology will play a big role in achieving that mark. He said the agency also is looking at expanding NOAA's IT services contract so the rest of the department can use it.
Tags: technology , contracting , Simon Sykman , DoC , NOAA , policy , Jason Miller , IT purchasing ,
