Laura Stanton, assistant commissioner for the office of Information Technology category at the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), said the IT category recorded more than $30 billion in fiscal
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Deputy Defense Secretary and 2020 Wash100 Award winner David Norquist said the departmentwide financial audit has helped the Pentagon identify better business practices.
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The Department of Justice has shut down 97 data centers and Joe Klimavicz, chief information officer at DOJ, said he will continue to pursue the effort to generate savings, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
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The General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service has achieved approximately $2B in savings using an approach that involves elimination, optimization and automation, Federal News Network reported Monday.
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A Defense Department official has said DoD has begun to implement a “delayering” program at its headquarters in an effort to reduce personnel costs by 25 percent, DoD News reported Wednesday. David
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The Government Accountability Office has said its recommendations that government agencies implemented in a move to improve efficiency resulted in savings valued at $74.7 billion in fiscal year 2015. GAO said in
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A Congressional Budget Office report says the Defense Department could generate annual savings of up to $5.7 billion if DoD replaces a number of uniformed soldiers doing support functions with civilian staff. CBO said Dec. 2 the value
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A Congressional Budget Office report indicates federal agencies can use energy savings performance contracts to save on their electricity bills as budget appropriations decline. Under an ESPC, a contractor shoulders upfront costs
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The General Services Administration has found that use of a GSA-managed reverse auction portal grew more than 1,000 percent over the past fiscal year. Joan Kornblith, communications manager at GSA’s Federal Acquisition
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Terry Halvorsen, acting Defense Department chief information officer, estimates that the agency could save as much as $20 billion by merging its database systems into a single infrastructure, DoD News reported Tuesday.
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