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  • 8(a) STARS II GWAC Continues Win-Win for Government Customers and Small Businesses

    | Kay Ely, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category
    Moving government IT capabilities forward to meet the operational challenges of the 21st century is not a one person job—it requires a balance of government and industry, especially small businesses,...
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    GSA's Quarterly Update: Making it Easier To Do Business with Us

    | Judith Zawatsky, Director, MAS Program Management Office

    Throughout 2016, leadership across the agency was on a mission to make GSA more efficient, innovative, and effective. The April launch of our groundbreaking new Making It Easier (MIE) initiative proved to be a big step toward fulfilling those goals.

    MIE is a series of proactive, business-friendly programs designed to provide start-ups, small businesses, and other suppliers with the tools and support they need to do business with the government. It also helps new and innovative companies get on Schedule faster, eliminating burdensome requirements and barriers to entry.

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    Veteran-Owned Businesses: Verify or Miss Out on Vets First Contracts

    | Diana Leonardo, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Account Manager, GSA Federal Acquisition Service
    Are you a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB)? If that doesn't sound familiar, please read more t...
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    Need to Study Up and Earn CLPs? School is Back in Session at GSA!

    | Kelly Robinson, Program Manager, Federal Acquisition Service, Office of Strategy Management
    School is back in session! It’s time for you to register for Acquisition Gateway University – Winter Session. Open only to federal employees, “Gateway U” is a two week series of special demonstrations
  • A look back at the last eight years

    | Denise Turner Roth, GSA Administrator
    The U.S. General Services Administration has always had the privilege of delivering better value and savings to the American people. Although the initiatives we pursue may change over time, our commit
  • GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service: A Recap of FY2016

    | Tom Sharpe, FAS Commissioner
    FY2016 recently came to a close, and I can’t help but reflect on what a remarkable 12 months it’s been for all of us associated with the Federal Acquisition Service. As I do at the start of every fiscal year,  I’d like to reflect on what we’ve...
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    Modular procurement resources for state and local government

    | Mark Headd, Robin Carnahan
    Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on the 18f Blog....
  • GSA SmartPay Earns Category Management Best-in-Class Designations

    | David Shea, Director, GSA Center for Charge Card Management
    Both GSA SmartPay 2 and the upcoming GSA SmartPay 3 government-wide charge card and related payment services contracts have been named “Best-in-Class” (BIC). ...
  • GSA and Dun & Bradstreet renegotiate contract to increase data availability and transparency

    | Kevin Youel Page, acting assistant commissioner, GSA’s Integrated Award Environment
    Since the 2014 implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), the nation’s first open data law, federal agencies have been busy focusing on ways to make data even more t...
  • 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...