The Department of Treasury announced earlier this week that it is now formally soliciting feedback from industry on a proposed set of financial management system requirements for agencies to use when acquiring and implementing financial management solutions, including systems and services. They have scheduled an Industry Day to discussed proposed changes to federal financial management systems requirements in OMB Circular A-127 on August 22nd from 9:00am to 12:00pm in the Main Treasury Building. Responses are due September 12th. Register for the Industry Day. As of the writing of this newsletter the supporting materials for this effort were not available online but can be obtained by contacting Adam Goldberg at the Treasury Department.
In other contract-related news, GSA is preparing to move ahead with a $12 billion acquisition vehicle known as One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services, or OASIS. The contract will be primarily focused on what are being termed complex services like program management, consulting and professional engineering. It will also have an information technology component. Read more.
Information Week released its third annual federal government IT priorities survey results earlier this week. Topping the list of concerns for federal IT executives was cybersecurity, followed by continuity and data records management. The survey collected responses from more than 140 federal IT personnel. Read more here: http://www.informationweek.com/government/leadership/cybersecurity-tops-federal-it-priorities/240005251 Lastly, the Department of Education, like so many other government agencies these days, is soliciting public feedback on what services sites and applications you think are the most important to make more mobile friendly. The feedback gathered will help the Education Department meet the requirements of the Digital Government Strategy. More from the Education Department website.
Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG) at SIIA. Follow his PSIG tweets at @SIIAPSIG.