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GSA awards first wave of contracts in White House’s IT overhaul

March 19, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The General Services Administration on Wednesday announced awardees of the first round of contracts to support the White House’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence.

GSA issued awards to support each of the five pillars in the administration’s IT modernization efforts: SIE Consulting Group for cloud adoption; McKinsey & Company for IT infrastructure optimization; ICF Incorporated for customer experience; Kaiser Associates for contact center; and ICF Incorporated for service delivery analytics.

Beginning with the Agriculture Department—the testbed agency for the first centers of excellence—the groups will develop strategies to tackle issues within their respective spheres, creating best practices so other agencies can quickly follow suit.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/03/gsa-awards-first-wave-contracts-white-houses-it-overhaul/146678/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Agriculture Dept., GSA, IT, modernization

White House unveils latest plan to fix government technology

December 28, 2017 By Andrew Smith

The White House has announced its first IT modernization center of excellence that will combine top federal talent with industry partners to bring the government’s old, outdated systems to the modern day.

The Agriculture Department will serve as the test-bed with the goal of creating “the most effective, efficient, customer-focused department in all the federal government,” said Stephen Censky, the department’s deputy secretary.

“Our ultimate goal is to enable the department to transition into a customer-focused organization,” said Censky, speaking at an industry day event held on White House grounds. “The opportunity for IT to add value across the USDA is significant.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2017/12/white-house-unveils-it-modernization-center-excellence/144572/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: FAS, GSA, IT, modernization, technology, USDA, White House

Army vows to ‘re-imagine’ how it works with innovative firms

March 21, 2017 By Andrew Smith

The undersecretary of the Army today pledged last week to win the trust of the defense industry as part of a new strategy to rebuild the service.

Karl Schneider said Congress has promised help the Army modernize and grow its end-strength on one condition: the Army must reform the way it does business with the defense industry.

“Maintaining our advantage as the world’s most dominate land force requires that we re-imagine how we work with the defense industry,” Schneider told an audience on Mar. 14, 2017 at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama.

“Our focus must be on providing solutions and solving problems, not simply on checking a list of requirements.”

Keep reading this article at: https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/03/14/defense-industry/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army, DoD, industrial base, industry, innovation, modernization, partnership

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