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The U.S. Army has begun to seek information on potential vendors that can provide commercial off-the-shelf hardware as it works to develop the scope and structure of the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware procurement vehicle.

The General Services Administration has released its amended solicitation for e-commerce platforms to help facilitate the procurement process for government agencies, Nextgov reported Friday.

Matthew Madalo, a government contracting and legal professional, has been named vice president of legal, contracts and compliance at Siemens Government Technologies.

The General Services Administration plans to implement e-marketplace platforms to help agencies speed up the procurement of products online and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are expressing interest in gaining a share of that market that could reach $50B annually, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The General Services Administration has announced plans to issue a mass modification in January to all Multiple Award Schedule contractors to update and align their contracts with the consolidated MAS vehicle for products and services.

The Department of the Treasury plans to make an investment of more than $1.5B in the next 10 years to move its data and systems to the cloud, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the C-17 system program office at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding for the continuous sustainment of the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft fleet, the Air Force website reported Wednesday.

Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager for Dell EMC’s federal business and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that adopting a multicloud approach could help federal agencies achieve flexibility in infrastructure and reduce technical debt.

The General Services Administration has asked industry for feedback on new special item numbers and subcategories it plans to implement in relation to its proposal to consolidate 24 Multiple Award Schedule contracts into a single procurement vehicle by Oct. 1.

A McAleese & Associates report says the House Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill that would authorize $690B in fiscal 2020 funds for the Department of Defense, reflecting a 2.3 percent increase from DoD’s current budget. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote …