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Agencies need in-house techies to know how to buy good tech, GAO reiterates
FedScoop: Spend enough time around personnel from tech-in-government organizations like 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, and you’ll hear them say something like this: Their teams save the taxpayers money not just by building things, but also by being in the room during large-scale tech acquisitions and knowing the right questions to ask or how to call a salesman’s bluff. It’s a simple value proposition, leaders say, but a powerful one.
According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the federal acquisitions workforce writ large needs more of that expertise.
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