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April 5, 2018 By AMK

3 ways Emily Murphy’s GSA is looking to innovate acquisition

In the ongoing movement to transform the government’s digital infrastructure, the General Services Administration is effectively the keystone — and that has presented the agency’s leader Emily Murphy with plenty of opportunities to improve how federal agencies buy technology.
Emily W. Murphy, GSA Administrator

Speaking at the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s Acquisition Excellence conference Tuesday, the GSA administrator outlined several paths she’d like her agency to take to innovate acquisition.

“Acquisition innovation and technological innovation go hand in hand,” said Murphy, a 2018 FedScoop Top Women in Technology winner. “The priorities that I have outlined — reducing duplication, increasing competition and improving transparency — can be accomplished through several key programs and initiatives that GSA is currently working on. These efforts also directly affect and involve the federal acquisition community.”

Keep reading this article at: https://www.fedscoop.com/3-ways-emily-murphys-gsa-looking-innovate-acquisition/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition reform, commercialization, e-commerce, GSA, innovation, procurement reform, SBIR, shared services, technology

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