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Ten years later, agencies still making gains on category management

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billion in costs through category management in fiscal 2024, nearly 29% above their goal for the year. And while no one would say government purchasing has exactly become simple in the intervening 10 years, category management and best-in-class contracting have done their share of work toward making things better.

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Carahsoft to Provide IT, Software Products & Services Under $173M Navy Award

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The DON Enterprise License Agreement BPA was made as part of a reseller or software publisher software category management deal for commercial-off-the-shelf information technology asset management software, software maintenance support, IT Carahsoft Technology has secured a potential $172.8

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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

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Laura Stanton, GSAs assistant commissioner for the IT category, wrote in a new blog posted today that an interagency team led by OFPP and GSA have come together on 24 standardized contract terms and conditions that will make up the new contract. Microsoft is the first of what is expected to be many enterprisewide deals.

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2024 GAO Bid Protest Report: Numbers Down, Effectiveness Still Even Odds

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This is likely due to a spike in cases from the the Department of Health and Human Services’ award of Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (referred to as “CIO-SP4”) government-wide acquisition contract. Hearings are not common at GAO, and the rate for 2024 stayed about at the same level.

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GAO wants OMB to prioritize agencies’ FedRAMP use, modernization and more

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Those recommendations include ensuring FedRAMP usage in agencies, releasing guidance for agencies’ implementation of transparent data requirements, modernizing legacy systems to avoid higher costs for maintenance, avoiding cybersecurity pitfalls and updating procedures for electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems.

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GSA administrator: Generative AI tools will be ‘a giant help’ for government services

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The agency plans to partner closely with industry, she added, and its IT category management office within the Federal Acquisition Service is in the process of developing an acquisition resource guide for generative AI and specialized computing infrastructure. And it is never sold.”

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A More Reliable Path to Net Zero: Ivalua’s Latest Innovation Helps Reduce the Environmental Impact of Supply Chains

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Through Ivalua’s EIC, emissions data can be imported from recognized third-party emissions data sources or directly from suppliers; the data is then combined with other information such as environmental risk scores, policies, published targets, or certifications.