What do you do at the start of a new year?
You make New Year resolutions and look back at the previous fiscal or calendar year and see what transpired and what insights you can gain.
I did this last January with my first Annual Year-End Blog series about FY14 trends in government IT buying.
Again this year I’ll run a series of blog posts here over the next few weeks. This time we’ll take a look at Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) purchasing trends and activity in different IT areas such as cyber, wireless services, commodities from IT Schedule 70, satellite services, network services and more.
We’ll also look at what happened in FY15 with category management and the Acquisition Gateway initiatives having a big impact on government buying.
Understanding Buying Patterns and Trends
Being the largest IT acquisition organization in the federal government, it is our responsibility to create an environment where agencies and industry can obtain the necessary information to understand buying patterns, trends, and best practices.
We work closely with CIOs, CFOs, and CAOs across government to understand current and future requirements, and connect agencies with better industry solutions.
As we look at buying patterns and trends and talk to officials across government, clearly these continue to be the top priorities:
- Find mission-enhancing technologies with solutions that will expand and contract as needed and serve multiple purposes, without technology investments becoming outdated and stale.
- Spend U.S. taxpayer dollars wisely, realize IT cost savings and acquisition efficiencies, and meet our service goals to the American people.
- Enhance cybersecurity and ensure it is integrated into all IT components.
GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth’s vision for GSA includes goals to be an economic catalyst, proactive federal partner and succeeding in operational excellence. ITS embodies this vision and we are proud to play a role in helping agencies buy smarter, faster, and for greater value.
Stay Tuned for Closer Looks at Each IT Area
IT investments made by government in FY15 give us the latest chapter in the story, including what technologies are important to government as a whole to support the government’s missions.
The data we’re using is based on activity and trends on GSA’s IT contracts. The data gives an idea of our aggregated IT priorities and trends in FY15, and what might be coming next.
Check back here often over the coming weeks as we look back at the insights we can gain from the FY15.
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Can’t wait to read about the trends from the FY15!
Thank you for offering insights into FY15 trends! It can be hard to take a step back and look at what’s happened over the past year and how that will affect the future, so your blog posts will be much appreciated!