{"id":22690,"date":"2018-03-14T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/14\/gsa-issues-first-centers-of-excellence-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:48:06","slug":"gsa-issues-first-centers-of-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2018\/03\/14\/gsa-issues-first-centers-of-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"GSA awards first Centers of Excellence contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Services Administration announced March 14, 2018, that it made five contract awards for the first phase of work in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/acquisition\/gsa\/2017\/12\/14\/usda-first-up-in-white-house-gsa-tech-acquisition-pilot\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Centers of Excellence program<\/a> occurring at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Centers of Excellence program is a new collaboration between the Office of American Innovation and the General Services Administration, designed to introduce cutting-edge ideas and technologies to improve agency performance in areas like cloud and customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a significant step forward in the government\u2019s commitment to improve citizens\u2019 lives,\u201d said Chris Liddell, assistant to the president and director of the American Technology Council, in a GSA news release on the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2018\/03\/14\/innovation-at-scale-what-has-the-white-house-office-of-american-innovation-accomplished\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FED-Cover.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Innovation at scale: What has the White House Office of American Innovation accomplished?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">One year in, what has the White House Office of American Innovation accomplished?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each award corresponds with a specific Center of Excellence within USDA and will provide consulting and IT engineering services for the planning and organization phase of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awardees are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>McKinsey &amp; Company, Inc. for IT Infrastructure Optimization<\/li><li>SIE Consulting Group for Cloud Adoption&nbsp;<br><\/li><li>ICF Incorporated, LLC for Customer Experience<br><\/li><li>Kaiser Associates, Inc. for Contact Center<br><\/li><li>ICF Incorporated, LLC for Service Delivery Analytics<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe awards announced today mark a major milestone in implementing the administration\u2019s far-reaching federal IT modernization effort,\u201d said Joanne Collins Smee, GSA\u2019s acting director of Technology Transformation Services and deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGSA will play a pivotal role in this endeavor, and our team will be at the tip of the spear constantly focusing on meaningfully improving outcomes for our agency partners. 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