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September 26, 2017 By AMK

IT modernization, procurement policy, and the GSA schedules: ‘To be or not to be’

On Aug. 30, the American Technology Council (ATC) issued for public comment its draft 36-point plan for federal IT modernization.  

The draft, “Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization,” sets forth a blueprint for IT modernization focusing on three broad implementation areas:

(1) Network modernization and consolidation;

(2) Shared services to enable future network architectures;

(3) Resourcing federal network IT modernization.

Layered cybersecurity capabilities, use of commercial cloud services, shared security services, and applications are among the key features to be addressed as part of the overall modernization strategy. Comments on the draft were due Sept. 20.

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/09/it-modernization-procurement-policy-and-the-gsa-schedules-to-be-or-not-to-be/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition policy, cloud, cybersecurity, GSA Schedule, GSA Schedules, IT, modernization, price reduction, Schedule 70, shared services

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