GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Were you aware that in FY 23, a substantial $6.23B, accounting for 8% of total federal contracts, was allocated to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIRs) and Small Business Technology Transfers (STTRs), benefiting 3,230 businesses ? Participating Agencies It’s worth noting that participating agencies are mandated to allocate 3.2%

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In fiscal year 2022, the Federal government awarded small businesses a record $162 billion, or 26.5%, of all contract dollars. [1] Does the Federal government need to renegotiate lower contract prices from small businesses to account for this new, expanded set-aside within an existing MAC? Is there an actual need for the policy?

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM).

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 21, 2024

SBA will reject an applicant (or graduate/terminate a current participant) if any of its individual owners/managers upon whom eligibility is based fall above any of these three thresholds while applying to or participating in the 8(a) Program. And these are an all or nothing package-deal. But that is about it.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2022, a new unity government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim coalition’s leadership. Countries such as Chile, Colombia and Ukraine have successfully implemented these principles, leading to improved accountability, competition, cost savings, and enhanced public trust.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The bureau CDO, or BCDO, program officially began in September 2022 as a way to improve its use, governance, and management of data throughout the department. Currently, the department has hired 14 people in BCDO roles, accounting for roughly 25% of its bureaus, Khan said.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In fiscal year 2022, the Federal government awarded small businesses a record $162 billion, or 26.5%, of all contract dollars. [1] Does the Federal government need to renegotiate lower contract prices from small businesses to account for this new, expanded set-aside within an existing MAC? Is there an actual need for the policy?

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) allow them to set aside money to pay for care in pre-tax dollars. For federal employees in participating agencies, the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program ( FSAFEDS ) is already an available benefit. FSAFEDS offers both health care ( HCFSA ) and dependent care ( DCFSA ) accounts.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. 21 and the Government Accountability Office has until April 1 to decide. The ASCEND program first burst onto the scene back in April 2022 and GSA released the first version of draft PWS in May 2022.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Complimentary Registration Accreditation: Participants can earn 1 CPE credit in Business Management & Organization.* * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time and participate in the surveys throughout the webinar. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART? He received his Ph.D.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

The complainant alleges that goods assembled/completed in Vietnam are “like goods” that otherwise meet the product definition in the February 2022 CITT finding initiating measures against chassis from China. Similar to other trade remedy proceedings, interested parties may make representations throughout an administrative review.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. in Information Sciences in June 2022. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART? He graduated with a Ph.D.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Back in 2023, we wrote about Congress’s late-2022 mandate to update and clarify various rules surrounding organizational conflicts of interest (or OCIs). The OCI statute The Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act was made effective on December 27, 2022. United States , 165 Fed. 44, 58 (2023).

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Did you know that as of March 2022, there were 358,575 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in Scotland? SMEs also accounted for 99.4% To support these types of organisations to participate in the procurement process, the plan aims to reduce barriers. SMEs provided an estimated 1.2 million jobs, which was 55.9%

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FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

For instance, the state’s 2022-23 IT strategic plan emphasizes improving IT resiliency in part by getting away from legacy systems, implementing an enterprise architecture, and improving demand management and service delivery, to name a few. Additional Information: Prerequisites & Advance Preparation : None required.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

One way to save on those outlays is a flexible spending account (FSA). With FSAFEDS, funds are automatically deducted from your paycheck before payroll taxes and put into an account you can use throughout the year to cover qualified medical or dependent care expenses. Let’s get to the details of the three types of accounts.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Fewer than 300 MSMEs participate in a procurement market worth almost US$3 billion annually.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Congress reauthorized SBIR/STTR in 2022 for only three years. “I We just really want to make sure that through this effort, we’re supporting opportunities for small business owners to participate. I have seen the trend where there is a consolidation of contracts given to known or existing small businesses.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

billion people, were moderately or severely food insecure in 2022, meaning they did not have adequate access to food. A score less than 4 indicates mild food insecurity, meaning the participants worry about food and the household may reduce other essential expenses to pay for food. To create an account, select Create a DIEM account.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Contractors brought protests to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) more than 2,000 times last year, up more than 20% from fiscal 2022. He is one of the managing associate general counsel at the Government Accountability Office. Kenneth Patton We anticipate we might have had about a 3% increase over the fiscal year 2022.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introductory course The School of Applied Research in Public Procurement sought to develop participants’ skills in monitoring, research, policy analysis, and promoting public procurement reforms and open contracting in Central Asia, with a vision to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.

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GovLoop

MAY 5, 2023

Although system intrusion, usually by well-organized cybercrime networks or state actors, has become much more frequent in the past two years, mistakes such as falling for a phishing attack, misconfiguring resources, sending data to the wrong recipient and losing devices account for most employee-caused breaches.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CISA) The Veterans Affairs Department's supply chain modernization efforts get a big win at the Government Accountability Office. Space is limited to 25 participants per training course and OPM gives priority to those who have not previously attended. Phishing: What’s in a name?

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Federal News Network

APRIL 23, 2024

As part of the draft solicitation for Alliant 3 issued last December, GSA detailed this new approach to hold large businesses accountable for learning about small businesses in specific emerging technology areas. Matchmaking made easier Small firms bidding on Alliant 3 do not have to participate in this part of the evaluation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

One of its goals is to increase womens participation in the workforce from 22% to 30% by 2030. Other steps to foster gender diversity include the adoption in 2022 by the Saudi Cabinet of Ministers of its Decision No. Fostering diversity and inclusion in arbitration and mediation is a continuing effort that requires accountability.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In spring 2022, the National Association of Counties (NACo) partnered with SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity ratings company, to help county governments monitor and improve cybersecurity risk. Eight pilot participants who increased from D to C reduced their risk of cyber breach by 140%, she said. Where and how do you provide data?

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FedInsider

MARCH 6, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. for state government, local government, and educational (SLED) accounts. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) The bill would preserve data analytics tools used by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) and would redeploy them to uncover more fraud in federal spending. introduced the Government Spending Oversight Committee Act.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 21, 2024

He also provided 5G security subject matter expertise to National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (NTIA/ITS) for the planning and execution of the 2022 Open 5G challenge. Marine Corps, which allows for many more participants in a secure supply chain. He received his Ph.D.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Section 1533 of the House bill would require a comprehensive review by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) of DoD’s readiness to conduct cyberspace operations. The recommendations at issue were first set forth in a “ Cybersecurity Information Sheet ” issued by NSA in November 2022. Reviewing Cyberspace Operations Management.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 19, 2024

Additionally, the Report states that since 2022, the DoD IG has provided support/assessments for five investigations under the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”). [1] Outdated or unused accounts provide network penetration points that may go undetected.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses. This qualitative research was further validated through quantitative studies across Germany, Spain, and Poland, drawing on a sample size of 512 participants to ensure cross-market relevance and applicability.

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GovLoop

MAY 17, 2023

In spring 2022, the National Association of Counties (NACo) partnered with SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity ratings company, to help county governments monitor and improve cybersecurity risk. Eight pilot participants who increased from D to C reduced their risk of cyber breach by 140%, she said. Where and how do you provide data?

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Insurance Participation Demand Budget 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

The NAO concluded there report with a recommendation that UK Government departments need to consider how their actions during individual procurements can affect the long-term participation of suppliers and consequently the competitiveness of the market. The NAO supports Parliament in holding government to account. Who are the NAO?

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your feedback keeps us honest and accountable. We are also very pleased that we achieved one of the closest gender balances in survey responses last year, closing the gap between Men and Women from a 22% differential in 2022, to an 11% differential in 2023. More importantly, there was virtually no gap in our indicators across gender.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration. Earp attends a Block Party Bash in Hutto, where he’s served as city manager since 2022. God’s hand was moving,” Earp says.

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. In 2022, Edwards served as one of the working group leads for the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) report to the President on IT/OT Convergence.

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