GAO Explores Options to Increase Opportunities for Mid-sized Businesses – On September 20, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on mid-sized businesses, their performance in the Federal market and options to increase opportunities for... read more
GSA Decommissioning FBO on Nov. 8 – On November 8, 2019, FedBizOps.gov (FBO.gov) is set to decommission. All functionality from FBO.gov will be migrated to beta.SAM.gov. According to GSA, this migration will make the contract opportunities portal more... read more
Closeout Sales Reporting and Sales Adjustments on Expired/Terminated Contracts – As of August 5, 2019, GSA has successfully migrated over all historical data on expired and terminated contracts under the MAS program. The historical contract data previously... read more
GSA Guidance on Section 889 FAR Rule – New Supply Chain Security FAR Rule is Effective August 13 In order to combat the national security and intellectual property threats that face the United States, Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense... read more
GSA poised to complete schedule consolidation on deadline – The General Services Administration says it is on track to consolidate 24 schedules into one common set of terms and conditions for products and services by its Oct. 1, 2019, deadline. If you have any... read more
Supply chain concerns make GSA rethink refurbished IT – As part of its big effort to consolidate its dozens of buying schedules into a single one, the General Services Administration is looking at removing a category of “grayware” IT products,... read more
GSA is Extending the Current Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot through FY2020 – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR), a GSA Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) rule published in 2016, reduces burden and increases transparency by requiring monthly reporting of... read more
GSA Update on FAST 2020 – GSA is hosting a national acquisition training conference for the Federal Acquisition Workforce and Industry from April 14-16 in Atlanta, GA. GSA stated that the purpose of the meeting is to strengthen the federal acquisition... read more
Federal Contract Spending Grew 9% in 2018, Increasing for the Third Straight Year – Agencies spent $559 billion on prime and unclassified contracts. Federal contract spending in fiscal 2018 increased for the third straight year to $559 billion, a 9% increase... read more
ACES Certificates Digital Certificates – In July of 2018, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the planned discontinuance of the Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) program. As a part of the decommission plan, IdenTrust must ensure... read more
