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Committee presses VA on potential effects of GSA consolidation of federal IT purchases
Summary
Members questioned whether an executive order to centralize federal IT procurement under the General Services Administration would help or harm VA’s ability to buy software that meets veterans’ mission needs, and sought clarity on planning and GSA capacity.
Ranking Member Basinski and several committee members raised concerns about a presidential executive order directing the General Services Administration to consolidate common goods and IT procurement for the federal government.
Basinski said she supported efficiency but warned that centralized procurement could create “downstream disasters” if GSA did not account for VA’s mission‑specific…
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