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What to expect at the General Services Administration under Trump Two

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When it comes to the government’s procurement tab, the General Services Administration is one of the most influential agencies. It manages many of the contracts from which all agencies buy. And it one of the agencies that helps decide governmentwide procurement policy. So what should happen in the Trump administration at the GSA? The Federal […]

OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

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The long-awaited and much-anticipated update to the basic management standards for the federal grants community is out. The Office of Management and Budget’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 trillion in grants and cooperative assistance agencies pay out each year. Jason Miller […]

Government cloud migration

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Insight by Deloitte Government cloud migration Cloud migration may have started out as a cheaper, more effective way for federal agencies to store and manage data, but it’s evolved into much more in the past… June 9, 2020 4:58 pm < a min read This content is provided by Deloitte. Cloud migration may have started […]

Why agency leaders need to be more curious to improve CX

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The Office of Management and Budget’s recent update to Circular A-11, the budget planning guidance for fiscal 2026, expands and updates agency requirements for customer experience. Section 280 addresses everything from high-impact service providers to understanding how the Paperwork Reduction Act can impact your ability to measure customer experience. Included in the CX section also […]

Trump nominees say firing of probationary employees not indiscriminate

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Dan Bishop, the nominee to be deputy director for budget at the Office of Management and Budget, is pushing back against the idea that the firing of probationary employees was indiscriminate. The former North Carolina Congressman told Senate lawmakers yesterday during his nomination hearing that there are good reasons for agencies to let go of […]

A vague Pentagon memo has some contractors on edge

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An acting undersecretary has told managers throughout the Defense Department to review contracts for consulting services. Not just a casual review, but with an eye towards terminating or what Steve Morani called descoping them. This comes as agencies are terminating service contracts across the government. The Professional Services Council has been tracking all of this. […]

DoD’s multi-billion dollar moving contract faces another legal challenge

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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that a GAO review of the GHC contract is now underway. Over the past four and a half years, the Defense Department has faced at least four separate rounds of bid protest litigation challenging its multi-billion dollar overhaul of the military’s household goods moving system. It’s […]

What’s in the Defense policy bill concerned with procurement

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As it always does, the National Defense Authorization Act known as the NDAA includes a whole section devoted to federal procurement. We get highlights from attorney Zach Prince of Haynes Boone on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Tom Temin And we could talk for hours about Title 8, as we could every year. But […]