The Trump Administration named five appointees to the General Services Administration last week, but all five will work on the agency’s legislative and government affairs portfolio.  The impact on acquisition policy or innovative acquisition will likely be minimal.  The agency’s additional appointees, however, include Chief Staff Jack St. John.  He and his team are certainly reviewing recommendations for action.  Without a permanent Administrator or Deputy Administrator, however, the agency will continue to have an uphill climb to implement new Read more

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Saying that GSA must improve both customer and contractor relations, new GSA Chief of Staff Jack St. John offered last week that the main thrust of the Trump Administration’s plan for the agency will be to reduce the number of regulations that govern the agency’s contracts.  Speaking at the Coalition for Government Procurement Spring Conference, St. John further Read more

The emergence of e-commerce in federal procurement is like the old joke, “I was wondering what it was that was headed toward me, then it hit me.”  Many contractors may not see what appears to be a small object on the horizon, but automated buying and selling is coming to your market – and fast.  This is a “head’s up” so that it doesn’t hit your federal business square in the forehead.  As we’ve reported before, Amazon already has deals with some federal agencies.  Read more

All federal agencies must create and submit a risk management report to DHS and OMB within 90 days detailing their IT security profile per an Executive Order issued by the President last week that is the biggest attempt so far to get agencies to comprehensively modernize their IT infrastructure.  Protecting critical networks and infrastructure are two of the EO’s three broad themes, along with securing the nation through deterrence, international cooperation and the Read more