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    The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government wide cost-minimizing policies, among other management tasks. Its stated mission is to "help federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services and management policies."

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    2. Triad Technology Partners and ServiceNow Win U.S. General Services Administration Contract for Enterprise IT Management

      Explore businesswire.com (Dec 14 2011) Industry News

      BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triad Technology Partners announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Triad to implement its Enterprise IT Management (EITM) platform. Triad Technology Par... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Bethesda   General Services Administration   Information Technology Infrastructure Library

    3. Feds launch cloud security standards program

      Explore Computerworld (Dec 8 2011) Cloud Computing

      ...Authorization Board, comprising of security experts from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense will be responsible for updating the FedRAMP security requirements o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner   Computerworld   Defense Department

    4. OMB's 25-point plan changing the way agencies manage IT

      Explore Government Computer News (Sep 23 2011)

      ...cy leaders to rethink how they mange projects. To support its part of the modernization effort, the General Services Administration has ...and more » New federal requirements to improve and streamline how agencies manage IT project......five-year strategic plans, but the  challenge is to make plans relevant on a shorter time scale. So GSA launched a three-year strategic plan cycle that is updated annually, he said. GSA also initiated a tactical ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Office of Management and Budget   Information Technology

    5. Five ways to win at project management

      Explore ITworld (Jul 29 2011) IT Buzz

      ...organization, leaders can generate momentum by creating communities that support an innovation. The General Services Administration (GSA) built its winning Data.gov site to give the public a consistent experience when accessing gov... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IBM   CIO   EPA

    6. Uncle Sam's first CIO

      Explore money.cnn.com (Jul 13 2011) IT Buzz

      Uncle Sam's first CIO ...t have to drive down to a Social Security office -- they're doing it through videoconferencing. The General Services Administration recently moved to Google Apps, and part of what they're going to be doing is using the consumer too... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Washington   Amazon

    7. CIOs get to work on closing data centers

      Explore Federal Computer Week (Apr 8 2011)

      ...update on the IT reform plan is expected sometime this month. Kundra, along with officials from the General Services Administration and the Government Accountability Office, is scheduled to testify April 12 at a Senate subcommittee... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Senate   Obama

    8. Trend toward outsourcing for IT services grows

      Explore federaltimes.com (Feb 28 2011)

      ...eral chief information officer Vivek Kundra said he expects that trend to accelerate next year. The General Services Administration and Agriculture Department are among the growing list of agencies moving services such as e-mail to......ture Department are among the growing list of agencies moving services such as e-mail to the cloud. GSA expects to save $15 million over the next five years, while Agriculture anticipates $6 million in s... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Department of Homeland Security   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra

    9. Agencies, choose your clouds – here are the 3 basic options

      Explore Government Computer News (Feb 4 2011) Cloud Computing

      ...providers such as Amazon or Salesforce? Or will they tap the government’s general contractor, the General Services Administration, which wants to establish itself as a cloud services broker? Whichever path agencies choose, they w......ud providers, looking to parent agencies or third-party agency sources for cloud services and using GSA as a middleman or broker. Related stories: Federal agencies in the cloud State IT diet: Consolidati... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon   Obama administration   Nasa

    10. Cloud First Policy – What Does It Really Mean?

      Explore Government Technology (Dec 19 2010) Cloud Computing

      ...unit cost.” Federal agencies are already getting onboard, and the General Service Administration (GSA) has announced plans to move to a web-based email system, similar to Google’s Gmail. According to t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Washington   CIO

    11. HP Picks Former SAP Chief Apotheker As New CEO

      Explore CIO.com (Sep 30 2010) Industry News , Cloud Computing , Green End User Experience

      ...arching Google.com itself. Indexing more than 220 different file types (HTML, PDF, DOC, XLS, etc.), GSA provides secure, universal search across your intranet, portals, file shares, databases and busines... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Application Performance Management   Hewlett-Packard   Forrester Research

    12. User virtualization – the key to successful desktop virtualization

      Explore Computerworld (Jul 30 2010) Trends in End User Experience , Desktop Virtualization , Server Based Computing (SBC) , Green Desktop Virtualization , Green End User Experience

      ...s webcast to learn more! In conjunction with Google Enterprise Search, the Google Search Appliance (GSA) can dramatically reduce your organization's total cost of ownership (TCO). By providing search sol... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   General Services Administration

    13. Liquidware Labs Now Available to Government Customers via Carahsoft's GSA Schedule

      Explore stockmarketsreview.com (Jul 2 2010) Green Desktop Virtualization , Green End User Experience

      Liquidware Labs Now Available to Government Customers via Carahsoft's GSA ScheduleStock Markets Review (press release)The solution proactively ensures a quality user experie... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Washington   Adobe

    14. Citrix Becomes the First Company to Bring Virtualization Technologies to immixGroup Government Channels Division

      Explore Virtualization Resources (Jun 28 2010) Cloud Computing , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization , Green End User Experience

      ...to effect on May 25, 2010. Now, government customers can make all Citrix purchases via immixGroup’s GSA Schedule #GS-35F-0511T. “Demand for virtualized computing is rising as more federal, state and loca... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Citrix XenDesktop   Ingram Micro

    15. Nicus Software, Inc. Awarded GSA Schedule 70 Contract

      Explore Free Press Release Distribution (Jun 23 2010)

      ..., a privately-held, veteran-owned developer of IT financial management software, has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 Contract for Information Technology. As a GSA Contract Holder, federal government agencies will have direct access to purchase Nicus Software’s p... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Virginia   RFP

    16. Government IT: Too Much Cloud, Too Soon?

      Explore InformationWeek (Jun 15 2010) Cloud Computing

      Government IT: Too Much Cloud, Too Soon? ...e. However, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have sent a letter to GSA CIO Casey Coleman asking questions about Kundra’s most ambitious IT effort, his cloud strategy. The... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   CIO Vivek Kundra   John Soat

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