The Information Technology Vendor Management Office (ITVMO) in collaboration with the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) held the Second Annual ITVMO Summit in May 2026, to discuss the current and future state for federal IT acquisition approaches. Established in 2020, ITVMO supports agencies in driving efficiencies when purchasing IT products and services and ensuring a unified and streamlined governmentwide IT acquisition strategy.
As a result of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders (EOs) relating to federal purchasing, such as EO 14271 Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts, agencies have been expected to adopt enterprise acquisition strategies and consolidate procurement processes. The ITVMO Summit provided an opportunity for agency leaders, acquisition professionals, and industry partners to discuss changes and initiatives in federal IT procurement, focusing on GSA’s OneGov Strategy and data-driven decision making. In this blog, we’ll discuss key takeaways from the event, including GSA’s OneGov Strategy, policy changes, and category management updates.
Launched in April 2025, GSA’s OneGov Strategy is intended to modernize and simplify federal buying by leveraging the collective purchasing power of the federal government to secure commercial products and services at discount pricing. Currently, the OneGov approach is focused on software and technology procurement, referred to as the “IT Initiative.”
A key tenet of the OneGov IT Strategy includes agencies engaging directly with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to acquire enterprise-wide pricing instead of multiple agencies negotiating separate contracts for the same products from various vendors or resellers at different costs. The goal of the OneGov IT Strategy is to eliminate duplicative efforts, create cost savings, reduce administrative burdens, and maintain consistent standards for security and terms and conditions.
Eventually, the OneGov Strategy will be used for acquisition approaches beyond IT products.
Currently, 22 OEMs hold OneGov IT agreements, including Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docusign, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
Attendees of the ITVMO Summit heard from representatives of contractors with OneGov agreements, including Adobe, Workday, Oracle, and ID.me. These industry partners provided perspectives on the importance of establishing direct relationships with purchasing agencies and understanding IT modernization needs to offer sufficient solutions through a OneGov agreement.
GSA acquisition and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy leaders emphasized several recent changes to regulations impacting ordering procedures as well guidance for sharing contract-level data to understand agencies’ purchasing behavior.
In April 2025, EO 14275 Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement was released and initiated the rewrite of the 2,000+ page Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which serves as the “rulebook” for federal contracting. Under the RFO, non-statutory language is being removed, supporting the desire for streamlined purchasing guidance for agencies and the overall goal of more efficient procurement across the federal government.
OneGov agreements operate under GSA MAS, specifically the IT Category; thus, they are subject to Class Deviation RFO-2025-08, which is GSA’s implementation of the FAR Council’s model deviation for FAR Part 8. As part of the FAR Part 8 overhaul, purchasers are directed to follow the streamlined ordering procedures outlined in the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Subpart 538.71 (Federal Supply Schedule Ordering Procedures).
The OMB released Memorandum M-26-10 (Reinforcing Transparency, Accountability, and Oversight of Federal Technology) in March 2026, which requires agencies’ Chief Information Officers (CIOs) subject to the Chief Financial Officers Act to submit monthly reports regarding 1) IT contracts they approve and 2) select IT contracts approved by a delegee of the CIO.
For example, if an agency has an existing deal through OneGov but is not utilizing it, OMB wants insight into why the agreement isn’t being implemented; this policy will help OMB in identifying potential inefficiencies or waste.
Additionally, agency heads are also expected to request data from existing IT contractors, including the agency’s utilization rates and prices paid for hardware and software. Since the memo’s release, agencies have been required to include provisions within new contracts requesting the same data. Aligning with EO 14240 Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement and EO 13833 Enhancing the Effectiveness of Agency Chief Information Officers, this information will be shared governmentwide to increase transparency and inform data-driven IT acquisition decisions.
Similar to the OneGov Strategy, category management focuses on the “buying like an enterprise” concept. Essentially, if the federal government can act as “one buyer,” strategic acquisitions can be managed through GSA to help agencies buy what they use and what they need. The idea here is to limit the number of products not being used or sitting on office shelves. Key aspects to category management include outcome-based thinking as well as data collection to understand purchasers’ needs.
The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) recently experienced a reorganization, referred to as “FAS 2.0” or Acquisition Solutions Development (ASD)/Create. As part of this reorganization, FAS operations have been consolidated into five portfolios with the goal of streamlining purchasing power:
This restructuring is a result of the current Administration’s efforts to consolidate procurement under GSA as detailed within the March 2025 EO.
Agencies may understand the funds obligated to them for a fiscal year; however, they may not be fully aware of their actual expenditures. This is where Memorandum M-26-10 comes into play again, as OMB wants to evaluate spending and utilization data on technology more in-depth. The goal is to increase the volume of significant purchases and decrease the number of separate contracts; standardized agreements like OneGov could help resolve inefficiencies and duplicative purchases across agencies.
Further, existing programs, such as Transactional Data Reporting (TDR), provide GSA with detailed transaction-level data on purchases made through the MAS Program. These insights can assist GSA in understanding buying behavior as well as managing agencies’ demand.
IT purchases represent a significant portion of government spending each year. The ITVMO Annual Summit further emphasized the continued commitment to the evolution of the OneGov Strategy as well as other structural changes to accelerate federal buying, beginning with IT.
The GSA MAS Program is the contracting vehicle used to participate in OneGov; thus, interested IT businesses should review the qualifications for obtaining a GSA MAS contract as well as the OEM Engagement Package for determining eligibility to pursue a OneGov agreement. Our expert consultants are available to assist in navigating the Schedule acquisition process, especially the complex requirements associated with Information Technology offers.