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  • Practitioner’s Perspective: The Value of Industry Days & Forms-Based RFIs

    | Larry Allen, Associate Administrator Government-wide Policy and Chief Acquisition Officer and Jeff Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Government-wide Policy
    Tools to Support Industry Engagement: The Power of Industry Days and Forms-Based RFIs in Federal Procurement
  • GSA’s most traveled webpage

    | GSA Blog Team
    For such an unassuming icon in the upper right corner of the General Services Administration’s homepage, the little suitcase that links federal travelers to per diem rates packs a lot of clicks.
  • We should all be as happy as this 40-year public servant

    | GSA Blog Team
    Forty years is a long time to stick to anything, especially in a world where a minute is the gold standard for keeping someone’s attention. But 40 years in one organization and loving it? “I have one
  • GSA Publishes First Learning Agenda, Evaluation Plan and Capacity Assessment to Support Evidence Based Policy Making across the Agency

    | GSA Blog Team
    In support of the new GSA Strategic Plan, GSA has developed an evaluation strategy to focus and align evidence-building activities over the coming years.”This is an exciting new chapter at GSA and for…
  • GSA Shares New Evaluation Priorities in First-ever Annual Evaluation Plan to Boost Evidence Building

    | GSA Blog Team
    GSA has published the agency’s first FY 2022 Annual Evaluation Plan to advance a strong culture of evaluation, evidence building and learning. The plan is in support of the Foundations for Evidence-Ba…
  • GSA Celebrates International Plain Language Day

    | Katherine Spivey, GSA's Plain Language Program Manager and Co-Chair, Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN)
    October 13 is International Plain Language Day, marking 11 years since President Obama signed the U.S. Plain Writing Act to help ensure the American people could understand the information they receiv…
  • Accessibility starts with us

    | GSA Blog Team
    The mission of government is to serve all its citizens—including those with disabilities. Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, federal agencies must give those with disabilities (including emp…
  • GSA Future Focus: Web Scraping

    | GSA Blog Team
    This is the first in a monthly series of posts from GSA’s Emerging Technology Office. We’ll explore emerging technologies, possible policy stances for the US Government, and seek input from other agen…
  • Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act

    | Virginia Huth, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Regulations Management
    The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) of 1946 celebrates its 75th anniversary on June 11, 2021. When it was established, U.S. Senator Pat McCarron called the APA “a bill of rights for the hundreds of…
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    New Season, New Successes for GSA/USPS USAccess Pilot Program!

    | GSA Blog Team
    Great news on our work with the United States Postal Service (USPS). All 120+ USAccess Agencies commissions and boards participated in the USAccess Pilot. We completed 11,265 appointments with a 91% c…