General Services Administration
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White House Orders Deeper Federal Travel Cuts, New Meetings Policies
… days their plans to achieve the travel budget cuts. Within 180 days, the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration will consult with OMB to review the Joint Federal Travel Regulations and the Federal Travel Regulation "to …
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The General Services Administration's $1.5 billion, 15-year ETS2 contract will be awarded in June, Concur chairman and CEO Steve Singh estimated
"There's obviously been a bit of a scandal across the GSA around expense reporting and, frankly, just spending outside of policy," Singh said, referencing the federal agency's 2010 Western Regions Conference scandal, which resulted in the resignation of GSA administrator Martha Johnson . Singh
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Audits Expose Policy Cracks And Point To Possible Improvements
… deficiencies" or policy violations are exposed in Congressional hearings such as those last month on a U.S. General Services Administration event held in Las Vegas. Nor are they typically detailed in inspector general reports such as the one released …
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GSA Confirms Plans To Award ETS2 Contracts In April, Details Transition
The U.S. General Services Administration on Feb. 2 posted a notice to the Federal Register confirming it would award in April contracts for the second-generation e …
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TRX extended its data services contract with the U.S. General Services Administration by one year through January 2013
with optional renewals for GSA through July 2014. The parties initiated a five-year contract in 2007, and the extension updates "certain pricing and other terms of the agreement," according to TRX. GSA is expected by early spring to decide on a supplier for its ETS2 travel and expense management
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GSA Preparing To Overhaul Travel Policy
<p><em>Washington</em> - The U.S. General Services Administration is t<a name="_GoBack"></a>urning to corporate travel managers for suggestions on how to overhaul its 200-page travel …
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The U.S. General Services Administration plans to reduce from more than 200 pages to less than 100 the Federal Travel Regulations document
said GSA travel policy program director Lois Mandell during a Society of Government Travel Professionals event. GSA aims "to streamline travel policies, increase travel efficiency and effectiveness and incorporate industry best practices," according to a GSA statement. Mandell said GSA on Sept.
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GSA Takes Stand Against FedRooms Hotel Squatters
<p><em>Washington</em> - The U.S. General Services Administration is threatening to ban three unidentified hotel chains from its FedRooms managed hotel program for allowing 4,000 "squatter …
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The U.S. General Services Administration released 2012 fiscal year hotel per diem rates, including increases in a few cities
Most per diems did not increase or decrease more than $5. Taking effect Oct. 1, New York City's per diem rate will be $295. Rates for Boston and Chicago increased to $221 and $226, respectively. GSA kept its overall continental U.S. per diem rate unchanged at $77. Also including meals, the total
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The U.S. General Services Administration awarded most of its Airline City Pairs Program contracts for fiscal year 2012 to United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines
setting "average federal rates at 70 percent below full commercial airfares," effective Oct. 1, 2011, according to a GSA statement. Thirteen carriers--including Sun Country Airlines, added for a single route--are included in the program, which allows "federal travelers the flexibility to book
