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    {"title" :"Sign up for the Technology Industry Day","summary" : "On September 8, 2016, the General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting its very first Technology Industry Day. Sign up to hear about how GSA is transforming technology in the federal government, see demos of products and solutions developed by technologists and, last but not least, provide feedback on how we can work better with industry.","date" : "2016-08-31T13:00:45-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gsa-blog-team" : "GSA Blog Team"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/08/2016-08-31-sign-up-for-the-technology-industry-day.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/08/2016-08-31-sign-up-for-the-technology-industry-day.md","slug" : "sign-up-for-the-technology-industry-day","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/08/31/sign-up-for-the-technology-industry-day/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsa.gov/\"\u003eGeneral Services Administration\u003c/a\u003e (GSA) is known for managing federal real estate and leveraging the government’s buying power to get the best deal for taxpayers, but it also drives and leads technology and innovation within the federal government. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/25729\"\u003eTechnology Transformation Service\u003c/a\u003e (TTS) builds, buys and shares tech to help federal agencies achieve their mission. They create better services for citizens everyday. TTS works closely with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105080\"\u003eFederal Acquisition Service\u003c/a\u003e (FAS) and the GSA CIO to be first movers in and apply agile technology in a meaningful way.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2016/03/600-x-410-Globe-network-connection-on-city-skyscraper-background-Mirexon-iStock-Thinkstock-486689738.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Globe network connection on city skyscraper background\"/\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirexon, iStock, Thinkstock\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn September 8, GSA is hosting its very first Technology Industry Day. \u003ca href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/e/gsa-technology-industry-day-registration-27199447279\"\u003eSign up\u003c/a\u003e to hear about how GSA is transforming technology in the federal government, see demos of products and solutions developed by technologists and, last but not least, provide feedback on how we can work better with industry. Registration will close on September 6. Below are a few projects we will feature:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgile BPA\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https://pages.18f.gov/ads-bpa/buyers/\"\u003eAgile Blanket Purchase Agreement\u003c/a\u003e allows innovation in procurement, lessens the burden on industry and solves problems in a user-centered approach. A great example is the work with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fedramp.gov/\"\u003eFedRAMP\u003c/a\u003e program management office at GSA, the first client to use the Agile BPA. We helped the FedRAMP office hire an agile vendor to implement human-centered design and build a public-facing dashboard about cloud authorizations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMicropurchasing\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://micropurchase.18f.gov/insights\"\u003eMicropurchasing\u003c/a\u003e is a process is where the federal government makes small procurements to directly buy products and services, as long as the price does not exceed $3,500. Currently, we are using that process to buy small pieces of open source software and design through the \u003ca href=\"https://micropurchase.18f.gov/\"\u003eMicro-purchase Marketplace\u003c/a\u003e. This process has allowed clients to add valuable features to their products through quick, inexpensive purchases.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCloud.gov\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://cloud.gov/\"\u003eCloud.gov\u003c/a\u003e is a shared platform built for government that allows agencies to securely deploy systems to the cloud. It takes care of baseline security and scalability concerns and allows federal teams to focus on delivering quality products.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATA Act\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) is a law that, once implemented, will make it easier to understand how the federal government spends money. \u003ca href=\"https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/06/09/data-act-data-act-explainer/\"\u003e18F has been working with the Department of the Treasury\u003c/a\u003e to successfully implement the law.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalifornia Child Welfare System\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast year, California began a process to replace their child welfare services case management system. Through a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, 18F was able to work on behalf of HHS with California’s Department of Social Services and Office of Systems Integration and Code for America to simplify the contracting documents and to incorporate modular contracting, agile development, user-centered design, and open source practices into their project.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to learn more, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/e/gsa-technology-industry-day-registration-27199447279\"\u003esign up to join GSA on September 8 for the first Technology Industry Day\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis post was originally published on the \u003ca href=\"https://gsablogs.gsa.gov/gsablog/\"\u003eGSA blog\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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