5.6.3: Federal Acqusition Service

Describe our transparency rools and forums.

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Federal Acquistion Service: Transparency Tools and Forums * GSA Advantage! is an online shopping and ordering system that allows federal, state, and local customers to find, compare and purchase millions of products and services from thousands of approved vendors. * Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation and USAspending.gov make government contract award data available and searchable. Acquistion requests for quotes and proposals are also posted in FedBizOpps to encourage fair and open competition. * GSAXcess, a totally Web-enabled platform, allows eligible agencies to report, search, transfer, and order excess personal property, avoiding the cost of acquiring the same or like items in new procurements. For example, the Computers for Learning program enables schools and educational nonprofit organizations to obtain excess computer equipment from federal agencies using the GSAXcess system. * FAS’ carbon footprint tool can be used by government agencies to complete their comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory as required by Executive Order 13514. * GSA provides Apps.gov, an online source for cloud computing applications designed for federal agencies. Cloud computing provides information technology capabilities that are offered as a service over the Internet to multiple users. Many users share pooled IT resources, which reduces costs and results in greater computing efficiency. The federal government is focusing on security, privacy, and procurement as it moves toward cloud computing.

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• Federal Acqusition Service

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