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NITAAC Deputy Director Bridget Gauer announces the GWAC Program's new rate decrease effective January 5th, 2016.
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Federal Mobility Guide
The Federal CIO Council asked the Federal Mobility Group to set up a group of pillars centered on four different topics:
• The Mobile Security Pillar is looking at FISMA Mobility Metric Adoption and updated guidance associated with Derived PIV and Identity Management.
• The 5G and… Type: Article
The Best in Class designated CIO-CS GWAC makes it easy to acquire IT commodity products and commodity-enabling solutions on-site or in the cloud. CIO-CS is the everything IT solution for federal, civilian, or DoD agencies.
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The federal buying season begins in August and runs through September. During this time, many agency procurement officers will make their final selections to meet end-of-year spending requirements, as most government allocated funds are often “use-it-or-lose-it,' meaning they won't carry over until the next fiscal year.
Laptops and desktops continue to be among the most purchased items…
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Ed McCosby, Senior Solutions Architect for CAS Severn, discusses Data Storage-as-a-Service, now available on CIO-CS.
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In an effort to support large commodity solutions, the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) announce today that it will now implement a $70,000 fee cap for all orders under the Chief Information Officer Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The fee cap applies to any order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months)…
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Bridget Gauer, NITAAC acting director, recently appeared on WJLA’s Government Matters to discuss her vision for NITAAC moving forward, as well as its plans for the end of the fiscal year. During the segment, Bridget outlined her vision for positioning NITAAC as a premiere resource for contracting officers, and shared how NITAAC helps federal civilian and DoD customers streamline the acquisition…
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Business in governmentwide acquisition contracts is booming, with agency buyers turning to the large-scale vehicles for price breaks and convenience. [..] The National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center, which oversees three big GWACs, has seen 30,000 orders this year, an increase of about 10 percent, said Charles Hicks, a NITAAC branch chief. [..]…
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NITAAC now offers complimentary training! These free training sessions are designed to help procurement professionals compete and manage IT requirements quickly and easily.
During the session, NITAAC's training specialists will demonstrate how GWACs enable federal agencies to streamline the acquisition process. Training participants earn 2 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs…
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
