The General Services Administration’s digital services group and the Office of Government-wide Policy have started an online project to measure how U.S. government domains comply with best practices for federal websites. GSA’s 18F organization said Tuesday that Pulse website seeks to assess the participation of federal parent domains in the Digital Analytics …
Read More » The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has launched the MyUSA account management service that is built to allow a single login and consolidate a user’s transactions across multiple government websites. GSA said Monday that MyUSA also uses open authorization for easier website access and features functions for task tracking and notifications. “MyUSA appeals to a diverse …
Read More » The General Services Administration‘s 18F digital services agency has developed a new tool for federal contracting officers to compare and analyze hourly billing rates for multiple contractor positions. Nick Brethauer, a designer at 18F, writes in a blog post published Tuesday the Contract Awarded Labor Category platform is designed to …
Read More » The U.S. Digital Service has collaborated with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to help USCIS adopt a cloud-based platform to process immigration requests and introduce an electronic filing system for the I-90 application form used to replace or renew permanent resident cards. “An immigration application can cost over $400 and take …
Read More » Greg Godbout, executive director at the General Services Administration‘s 18F innovation laboratory, will step down from his position in early April, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Michael O’Connell reports Godbout will transfer to another government agency and be succeeded in the interim by 18F Principal Deputy Executive Director Aaron Snow. …
Read More » Dan Tangherlini, who officially left the General Services Administration Friday after three years as its leader, described several initiatives the agency started during his tenure at GSA in an interview with Federal News Radio posted Friday. Michael O’Connell writes Tangherlini focused on digital services delivery during his time at GSA, a time that saw …
Read More » The General Services Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are due to solicit proposals in the summer that would move forward efforts to reform the government acquisition process, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes that the changes center on facilitating agility and efficiency in the purchase of commodity products and …
Read More » The General Services Administration hosted an industry day Tuesday to brief contractors about the agency’s new blanket purchase agreement for agile information technology services, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Jack Moore writes GSA could issue a request for quote for an agile development services BPA later this month and the program’s initial …
Read More » Dan Tangherlini, head of the General Services Administration for nearly three years, has informed employees in a letter posted to GSA’s website Thursday that he will depart the agency on February 13. Tangherlini told GSA staffers that Denise Turner Roth, who joined GSA as deputy administrator in March 2014, will …
Read More » The Office of Management and Budget is updating the Digital Services Playbook and TechFAR to help federal agencies through their transition to digital services and leverage the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller writes that the changes are based on feedback from both federal customers and the general public regarding concerns …
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