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Federal Demand for Virtual Meetings on the Rise

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Originally posted by Jena Tesse Fox on International Meetings Review

The recent promotion of "virtual meetings" as an alternative to spending federal tax dollars on government travel seems to be having a positive effect on businesses specializing in video and teleconferencing.

According to the Washington Post, providers of virtual-meeting technology have noticed an increase in federal demand for their services, and expect it to increase as budgets continue to tighten.

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Senator ‘sickened’ by new GSA controversy

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Originally posted by Charles S. Clark on Government Executive
Leaders of the key Senate panel overseeing the General Services Administration responded to news of another conference featuring questionable spending by releasing a redacted version of a letter from the acting GSA chief summarizing progress on his "top-to-bottom" review of the troubled agency's management procedures.

"At a time when Congress must make the toughest budget choices we have ever made, I am sickened to hear more stories about the reckless disregard GSA shows for taxpayer dollars," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, after House Republicans revealed details of a November 2010 Federal Acquisition Service conference held in Arlington, Va.

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