“By using the Federal Acquisition Service, the government could procure contracts up to 50% faster,” said Tom Sharpe. Sharpe was appointed Commissioner for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service five months ago. He was a panelist at an AFFIRM luncheon moderated by GovLoop’s Chris Dorobek. Sharpe told Chris that last year the government obligatedRead… Read more »
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Risk of Budget Impasses Rises – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: “By using the Federal Acquisition Service, the government could procure contracts up to 50% faster,” said Tom Sharpe. Sharpe is Comissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service. He breaks down the Service’s major goals for 2013 and beyond. But Up Front: Budget Unrest on the Rise Risk of a budget impasse rises.Read… Read more »
L-Podcast Episode 001: Bernie O’Donnell, Director, Communications Services for the State of Connecticut
Welcome to the first in a continuing series of discussions with thought leaders who are bringing new and innovative solutions to the challenges government faces in delivering services to the citizen. I am your host Guy Clinch and my guest in this episode is Mr. Bernard O’Donnell, Director, Communications Services for the State of Connecticut.Read… Read more »
Content and Context – GIS Makes the Case for Going Enterprise
Last week’s Esri International Users’ Conference was one of the happiest and most energetic software conferences ever. And why shouldn’t it be? The breadth of GIS usage, especially for government, has grown, and the variety of ways to use GIS and the opportunity provided by Esri’s ArcGIS Online will bring another wave of growth. FromRead… Read more »
Write the Right Requirements
Last week, the Department of Veterans Affairs terminated its $36 million cloud computing contract with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services. The five-year agreement, which was set in November of 2012, would have migrated 600,000 VA employees to Microsoft cloud email and calendar services. A spokesperson for the agency stated, “VA has decided to terminate the cloud emailRead… Read more »
New Report: How Does the Government Manage Diversity And Inclusion?
In the fifth installment of their Best Places to Work in the Federal Government analysis of 2012 federal employee survey data, Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service explored how men and women, different racial and ethnic groups, and veterans and employees with disabilities observed the workplace. This report, entitled Diversity and Inclusion, provides extremelyRead… Read more »
40,026 Exabytes of Data by 2020 – Are You Ready? 5 Considerations When Migrating Data
There is no doubt our world is being shaped by data, by 2020 the digital universe is expected to be 40,026 exabytes, or billions of gigabytes, notes a report from IDC, The Digital Universe in 2020: Big Data,Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East, sponsored by EMC. If you take a lookRead… Read more »
Building Better Conferences and Training
With government conferences being cut and training getting trimmed, GovLoop is proud to present a new guide titled, “Building Better Conferences and Training: The Value of Virtual Events in Government,” which we created in tandem with the new Government Virtual Engagements Community of Practice.
Biggest Contracting Challenges and Solutions with the Senior Procurement Officer at Department of Education
The world of federal contracting is almost unbearably complicated, but there are ways to make the road a little smoother. Jim Ropelewski is the Senior Procurement Officer for the Department of Education and the Deputy CFO for Management and Operations. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that the biggest challenges facing federal contractorsRead… Read more »
Never Give Up, How One Fed Changed Space – Plus the Weekend Reads
Throughout history, kids have look up at the stars and wondered. But when William Borucki gazed at the cozmos, he knew he was destined not just to dream but to explore and discover. “NASA was the only place I ever applied for a job,” said Borucki a NASA space scientists at the Ames Research Center.Read… Read more »