Insight Newsletter

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...

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 over...

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 that...

FAR Rule Change Makes Buying Information Technology Quicker - In a recent Blog Post Bill Zielinski, the Assistant Commissioner for the IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), published a blog highlighting recent changes to the Federal Acquisition...

The New Unique Entity ID Standard - GSA’s Office of Systems Management, Integrated Award Environment is hosting a meeting to provide information about the new Unique Entity ID standard.  The meeting is open to all: current and potential federal awardees (contracts,...

Commercial e-Commerce Portals ImplementationOn July 2, 2019 The U.S. General Services Administration issued a draft solicitation to obtain feedback from portal providers on the proposed requirements of the commercial e-commerce portals program. Read More

The “Off-the-Shelf” Podcast: The Federal Marketplace Initiative - On June 11, Bill Gormley, President of the Gormley Group and Chair of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement on...

The PRC – Opportunity continues to knock - On May 28, the General Services Administration published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input from industry regarding the extension of GSA Acquisition Regulation clauses 552.216-75, “Transactional Data Reporting,”...

GAO’s Top 10 Agency Legacy Systems in Need of Modernization - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified 10 agency legacy systems in most critical need of modernization in a June 11 report. Download Newsletter

GSA IG Reviews IT Reseller Contracts - The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the General Services Administration (GSA) has released a report detailing its findings from a recent review of GSA’s management of contracts for resellers on IT Schedule 70.  To read...