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July 2016

  • Better Pricing, Better Value, & Better Shopping Equals A Better Schedule 70

    | Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner, Integrated Technology Services
    Since 1949, GSA's mission has been to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology to government and the American people. We pursue this mission relentlessly, and have always wel...
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    New guidance clarifies reimbursement for use of rideshare by federal employees

    | The GSA Blog Team
    In recent years, a new kind of transportation service provider, known as Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), has begun operation across the United States and the world. TNCs connect passengers wi...
  • GSA creatively markets historic space with repurposed showroom

    | Sally Mayberry, public affairs officer, Rocky Mountain Region
    As a building owner, it’s not always easy to backfill vacant space or help potential clients understand what unfinished office space could look like. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) got creative in the U.S. Custom House at 721 19th...
  • Running IT as a business

    | David Shive, chief information officer
    Last year in this blog, I wrote about a key component of my CIO philosophy – running IT as a business. U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) IT has made great strides in achieving our mission in...
  • Join GSA @ Camp Acquisition Gateway

    | Kelly Robinson, program analyst, Federal Acquisition Service, Office of Strategy Management
    Federal acquisition community – you are invited to join GSA at summer camp! As part of GSA’s ongoing effort to increase awareness and educate the acquisition community on digital tools and resources a
  • Enhancing our Nation’s Cybersecurity

    | Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Integrated Technology Services (ITS)
    The mission of U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)’s Integrated Technology Services (ITS) is to deliver best value technology solutions to the government and the American people, and one of the...
  • Supreme Court takes on “Rule of Two”: what the decision means for set-asides on Federal Supply Schedules

    | Jeffrey Koses , senior procurement executive, U.S. General Services Administration
    You may have heard people talking about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision (Kingdomware Technologies Inc. v United States of America), saying it’s given a “boost” to veteran-owned businesses. And th...
  • Portland's Gus J. Solomon U.S. Courthouse is a star attraction

    | Lauren Isaksen, communications officer, GSA Northwest/Arctic Region
    The Gus J. Solomon U.S. Courthouse is a star—Portland, Ore.’s symbol of progress in its day—built on the cusp of the Great Depression
  • Continuing the federal partnership for the “City of the Century”

    | Ann P. Kalayil, regional administrator, GSA Great Lakes Region
    At a recent HUBZone small business event in Gary, Ind., I joined the regional administrators from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
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    GSA’s ReverseAuctions platform celebrates 3rd anniversary by adding new features

    | Erv Koehler, FAS regional commissioner, GSA Region 4

    GSA was established on July 1, 1949. A lot has changed since then, but we’re still working to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people. A recent success story has been our innovative ReverseAuctions platform. In the three years since its release, GSA’s customers have saved more than $18.5 million or 17 percent by using reverse auctions. And it’s been a boon for small business, too: they’ve been awarded more than 92 percent of the procurements conducted through GSA’s ReverseAuctions platform to date.