Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. The General Services Administration (GSA), which handles those purchases, has struck a partnership...
The U.S. government is continuing its efforts to promote the use of online marketplaces and broaden its eProcurement activities, reports in Digital Commerce 360 said, but efforts could continue to raise fears that eCommerce giant Amazon will dominate and limit competition for other online marketplace...
Apple Pay is joining EMV chip-and-PIN as a standard for roughly 9 million Federal payment cards, including debit-card accounts used for distributing Social Security and Veterans benefits, Bloomberg News reported. On Friday (Feb. 13), the White House announced that “Apple, Visa, MasterCard, Comerica Bank and U.S. Bank are...
March 23, 2022
Three federal agencies are working together to facilitate digital payments and automation with contractors and have filed a joint request for information, the Business of Federal Technology (FCW) reported on Tuesday (March 22). The General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD) and NASA are striving to optimize how contractor payment data is collected, processed […]
February 16, 2015
Apple Pay is joining EMV chip-and-PIN as a standard for roughly 9 million Federal payment cards, including debit-card accounts used for distributing Social Security and Veterans benefits, Bloomberg News reported. On...
