Key trends and provisions in the 2023 NDAA
Key trends and provisions in the 2023 NDAA Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel of the Coalition for Government… February 22, 2023 7:05 pm < a min read This week on Off the Shelf, Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for […]
A front seat for 25 years of change in the federal government
To celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2025, we’re spotlighting 25 pivotal moments that reshaped the way the government operates. Visit our anniversary page each week as we look back on these defining moments. In some ways the government barely ever changes. In other ways, the government today is unrecognizable from the one of 25 […]
OFPP turns heat up on primes
Protests of contracts went down last fiscal year. The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. And the oversight and accountability of subcontracting efforts by prime contractors is getting more scrutiny. These are the latest among a host […]
GSA taps IBM to support next-generation federal travel and expense platform
GSA taps IBM to support next-generation federal travel and expense platform GSA and IBM will start working with agencies this fiscal year to transition from the current platform, ETS2, to ETSNext. Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED November 27, 2024 3:10 pm 2 min read Plans for a next-generation governmentwide travel and expense management platform are coming into focus, […]
An open letter to America from career federal civil servants
An open letter to America from career federal civil servants Two career federal civil servants wrote an open letter to Americans, saying that they’re not enemies and they serve their best interests. Commentators February 27, 2025 11:58 am 4 min read Dear fellow Americans, We are your career federal civil servants. We work for you. […]
How a factory approach can accelerate agency use of AI
There are more than 700 use cases in the federal inventory for artificial intelligence. Of those use cases, as of Sept. 1, the Energy Department had the most with 177, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services with 156, the Commerce Department with 47 and the Department of Homeland Security with 41. The […]
Government jobs of the future
Insight by Deloitte Government jobs of the future The future of work isn’t about using machines to replace people – it’s about using technology tools to augment what people can do. June 9, 2020 4:45 pm < a min read This content is provided by Deloitte. One of the most common refrains you hear from […]
Now is the time to weigh in on the future of federal HR services
When it comes to modernizing back office functions across the government, sometimes you have to start at the bottom. Forget about the cloud or the modern software for a second, and focus on basic definitions. That’s what the Office of Personnel Management is doing with the first update in five years to the Human Capital […]
CISOs are playing a larger role to get agencies ready for AI
For much of the last decade, cybersecurity experts have warned that the government’s struggle to keep up with the volume, velocity and veracity of cybersecurity data could result in grave consequences. But along with advances in artificial intelligence over the last few years, there is more hope for organizations to do more to get in […]
The shifting government talent landscape
Insight by Deloitte The shifting government talent landscape New technologies like automation and the cloud are changing the way work is getting done, and federal workforce policies need to change to accommodate them. June 9, 2020 4:37 pm < a min read This content is provided by Deloitte. Technology seems to progresses faster than the […]