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GSA working on corrective action plan for its noncompliant video-conferencing camera purchase

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Following scrutiny from both an agency watchdog and Congress for its purchases of Chinese-made video-conference cameras that were susceptible to security vulnerabilities, the General Services Administration said Thursday that it must deliver a corrective action plan to its inspector general’s office by March 25.

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Congresswoman blasts GSA for purchasing Chinese tech

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The fiscal 2022 defense bill required the Pentagon to submit a report laying out the details of implementation. The 85 percent: FEBs’ future is open-ended, but not uncertain - Federal News Network) The General Services Administration is facing new scrutiny about its purchase of prohibited telecommunications technology from China.

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GSA CIO, IG spar over purchase of China-made video conferencing cameras

Federal News Network

The General Services Administration’s top IT official says GSA did not violate the law when it bought more than 100 China-made video conferencing cameras in 2022 as part of a pilot project. GSA Chief Information Officer David Shive also says nobody at the agency intentionally misled the contracting officer into approving the purchases.

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Ivalua Supports the Digitalization of Tchibo’s Indirect Purchasing Process with its Source-to-Contract Solution

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Redwood, CA, 14 November, 2022. Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Tchibo, one of the largest coffee roasters in the world, has chosen Ivalua and its partner Capgemini to digitize Source-to-Contract (S2C) for its indirect purchasing of goods and services. ivalua.com.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies. As environmental issues have become more important to governments and administrations within the last few decades, it has gotten easier to identify ways to leverage purchasing to support these goals.

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Federal News Network

The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. But over the last five years, the number of task and delivery order protests ranged from a high of 417 in 2020 to a low of 344 in 2022. million from $4.5

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Biden administration says regional tech hub program will aid federal research targets

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The work on these initiatives from the federal government, which has now announced 31 Tech Hubs, is supported by the Chips and Science Act, the 2022 law that invested in U.S. research and development on semiconductors.