“I think we are staying on schedule as much as we can,” said the executive, who requested anonymity because they didn’t get permission to speak to the press. So to many, GSA’s recent decision to extend the current telecommunications contracts - specifically the continuity of services (CoS) piece - by another year was inevitable.Īs one federal executive said, between the multiple continuing resolutions, changes to how agencies are expected to pay for services under EIS, the impact of the pandemic and the protracted contract award timeline, the cards were stacked against GSA and EIS. Insight by Red River Technology and Dell Technologies: In our new ebook, we learn from leaders across the government - at the Army, Homeland Security, NSF, Navy, State, Transportation and TSA - how they are progressing in using data faster to make smarter decisions. The September deadline of moving 100% of all services to EIS also was in real doubt. But it’s more than just the March deadline. The FITARA scorecard just reminded us that most agencies were not going to meet the March deadline of transitioning at least 90% of all services off of Networx and onto EIS. Most observers in industry and in government have recognized for some time that agencies were struggling to move to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program similarly to the way they struggled to move to Networx and to FTS 2001. If the 15 red blocks that dominated the detailed version of the latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard didn’t tell you the transition to the new telecommunications acquisition vehicle wasn’t going as well as expected, then you will be surprised by the General Services Administration’s recent decision.

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