Technology Changes at GSA
Today’s blog addresses two significant technology related changes at GSA. First, GSA’s rollout of its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Catalog Program (FCP) continues with minimal disruptions. Second, reductions in IT staff are having an impact on GSA’s other, more established, tools. The FCP rollout is increasing in pace. As a refresher, FCP is replacing GSA’s horribly outdated SIP program. FCP is a web-based application, as opposed to the SIP desktop software. It is more flexible, reliable, better integrated into other GSA tools ( e.g. , GSA Advantage and eMod), simpler, and provides access to GSA market research. GSA is currently rolling FCP out to contractors with product catalogs and will move to service catalogs in FY2025. We’ve received a lot of questions from clients regarding the onboarding emails, but very few questions once clients have begun the transition process. In other words, the onboarding email is a little...