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    GSA's Startup Springboard Speeds Access for Small Businesses to Government

    | Kay Ely, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category
    Just a few years ago you'd be hard pressed to find a tech startup with a GSA contract. But that's a thing of the past, thanks in part to GSA's innovative IT Schedule 70 Startup Springboard, which offe...
  • Dynamic Steps to Performance Based Acquisition Application Now Online

    | The GSA Blog Team
    The Governmentwide Professional Services Category has officially launched a beta version of Steps to Performance-Based Acquisition (SPBA). The new digital application presents the performance-based ac
  • New GSA SmartPay Travel Card App Helps Take Some Worry Out of Official Travel

    | The GSA Blog Team
    Being on official travel in an unfamiliar city is stressful enough without the added burden of trying to find a gas station when you’re already running on fumes.  With location based service offerings...
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    GSA Celebrating 10 Years of Transformative 4PL Program for USMC

    | Beth Folz, GSA Office of General Supplies and Services
    The GSA Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS) supply program has undergone a dramatic change in recent years and GSA’s fourth-party logistics, or 4PL solutions, is one of the breakout programs. This mod...
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    No Matter How FAR you Go...

    | The GSA Blog Team
    Last October, the U.S. General Services Administration made history by releasing the first ever free iBook version of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Now a free Kindle version of the FAR is available too, making it simpler than ever...
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    GSA Is Making It Easier For You To Get On Schedule - Introducing The MAS Roadmap

    | MAS Program Management Office
    For more than a year, GSA has been hard at work “Making It Easier”(MIE) to do business with the government. Our MIE initiative contains a series of business-friendly, proactive programs that provide s...
  • 2017 National Drive Electric Week

    | Bill Toth, Director, Office of Fleet Management
    Welcome to National Drive Electric Week 2017! GSA recognizes that emerging technologies play a significant role in our mission to save taxpayer dollars, create jobs and stimulate economic growth in the United States; which is one reason we provide the...
  • GSA Moves Into the Next Phase of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Rule Pilot Program

    | Mary Davie, Acting Deputy Commissioner, GSA Federal Acquisition Service
    In May, GSA leadership announced the decision to make the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot program voluntary for contractors on the Multiple Award Schedules and/or Special Item Numbers (SINs)...
  • GSA and VA Release New Verified Vet Icons on VA Advantage!

    | Diana Leonardo, VA National Account Manager, GSA Federal Acquisition Service
    Thanks to new "VA Verified" icons it is easier than ever for acquisition professionals at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to know they are purchasing from qualified Service-Disabled Veter...
  • How to Be "Cloud Smart"

    | Dan Pomeroy, Director, DCOI Managing Partner PMO
    Recently, GSA’s Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Program Management Office (PMO) published a whitepaper on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Considerations for the Data Center Community. Th