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Navy Overspent $399M In Ukraine Funding In 2022, DOD Says

Government Contracts

Navy's budgeting system led it to overspend nearly $400 million in funds intended to help Ukraine following Russia's 2022 invasion, which has also increased the risk of triggering a possible Antideficiency Act violation in the future. Department of Defense said that lax financial controls in the U.S.

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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

ivalua

Last week, Ivalua partnered with Ardent Partners to discuss Procurement 2022: Big Trends and Predictions. . Procurement 2022: Big Trends and Predictions. #1. Inflation will Continue to rise in 2022. As operating budgets tighten, restrictive spending will pressure businesses to focus on savings and creative alternatives. .

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International Conference on Public Procurement and Innovation in Africa

Public Procurement Intl

federal agencies with “research and development (R&D) budgets that exceed $100 million are required to allocate 3.2%. of this extramural R&D budget to fund small businesses through the SBIR program.” Small Business Administration (SBA). Each year, SBA notes, U.S. ” The U.S.

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Small Business Certifications Qualify for Set-Aside Contracts

Select GCR

Over $630 Billion in spending was awarded to Government contractors in FY 2022. According to the SBA, 23% of all Government contracting dollars was budgeted to go to small businesses. However, in FY 2022, small business set-asides exceeded their budget by an additional 3.5%. Billion = 26% of budget Fiscal Year 2021: $154.2

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Senator Grassley Calls for More Information on SEC Whistleblower Program

Whistleblower Network News

On April 4, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Budget, wrote a letter to Gary Gensler , the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressing concerns about delays and lack of transparency in the agency’s whistleblower compensation. from FY 2021, organized by month.

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Watchdog recommends changes in FISMA metrics, as agencies still ‘mostly ineffective’ at implementation

FedScoop

In a Tuesday report , the government watchdog said that while there was some improvement in agency implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act between 2021 and 2022, more than half of the 23 civilian agencies it reviewed had information security programs that were “not effective.”