The department has begun working with vendors to ensure they understand required supply chain controls and are using components and equipment they're comfortable with.

The Department of Homeland Security wants to ensure its workforce has the skills needed to respond to evolving threats.

“This is a chance for the agencies to take a look and see where there might be gaps in what they were rolling out and look to expand their EIS solicitations," says one FAS official.

Also: NewPay receiving $20 million would be nice, but only if other agencies have the resources to share the service, says the initiative's director.

The new office will establish service contracts agencies can buy technology and services off of and be staffed by 40 to 50 federal employees across four divisions.

Also: an update on the transition to the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.