Dorothy Robyn serves as the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service (PBS) for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

As PBS Commissioner, Dr. Robyn leads one of the largest and most diversified public real estate organizations in the world.  The Public Buildings Service is responsible for providing superior workplaces for federal customer agencies at good value for the American taxpayer.

Steven J. Kempf sets strategic direction and oversees the delivery of over $50 billion of best-value products, services and solutions to federal customers, allowing them to effectively and efficiently achieve their missions.

Steven J. Kempf was appointed Commissioner for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, effective July 10, 2010. In this capacity, he sets strategic direction and oversees the delivery of over $50 billion of best-value products, services and solutions to federal customers, allowing them to effectively and efficiently achieve their missions. He also held this position in an acting capacity from April through June 2010, and was the Deputy Commissioner prior to that.

This week the General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting its 49th annual Interagency Resources Management Conference.    An estimated 300 Chief Acquisition Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Human Capital Officers, Inspectors General, program managers and other senior executive leaders are attending.

Carl Staton holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. His 23+ years of federal government service have been in various Information Technology (IT) position in the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While in NOAA he has programmed minicomputers to process environmental satellite data and imagery, lead multi?million dollar IT acquisitions, and managed large IT organizations and contracts.

Mr. Suda is currently the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of IT Solutions (ITS) within the Federal Technology Service (FTS) of the General Services Administration. He has held this position since April 2000. ITS provides worldwide technical and contractual assistance to Federal agencies in all areas related to the acquisition, integration, development, management, and use of information systems and technology. ITS annual revenue is over $5 billion. Under Mr.

There has been flood of memos and guidance on procurement reform coming out of the White House and OMB in recent months.  But an open call for ideas was launched earlier this month via a collaborative project being undertaken by the General Service Administration, the National Academy of Public Administration, and a joint government/industry group called the American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council.

"Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of his top appointees are in place advancing his agenda," notes Peter Baker in a New York Times story, "Obama's Team Is Lacking Most of Its Top Players."

Government Executive's Robert Brodsky says the Obama Administration plans to raise the bar on making more government contract information available in his article, "Administration Says It Is Committed to Posting Contracts Online."