The Civic Strategy Briefing
Analysis of the GSA Multiple Award Schedule program, procurement reform, AI governance, and the news shaping federal contracting. Published on LinkedIn.
July 27, 2026
The VAR RFI, Six Months On: What GSA Asked, What Industry Answered, and Where This Is Headed
What GSA's RFI on reseller pricing under SIN 33411 asked, how industry responded, and why pushing VARs to line-item services misreads channel pricing.
Read on LinkedIn ↗May 22, 2026
Hold the Perimeter: A Civic Strategy Briefing on federal AI architecture and deployment
A look at GSA's draft AI clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, and why federal AI belongs inside environments the government controls.
Read on LinkedIn ↗May 21, 2026
Iron Sharpens Iron: A Civic Strategy Briefing on the CGP Spring Training Conference 2026
Takeaways from the Coalition for Government Procurement's spring conference and where GSA is taking the MAS program next.
Read on LinkedIn ↗April 23, 2026
If GSA Wants ITVARs on Schedule, the Pricing Framework Has to Move as Fast as the Market
How TDR and the current MAS pricing framework strain IT value-added resellers, and what would need to change to keep them on Schedule.
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