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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

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Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It In 2024, GAO heard 346 protests, which is down from 368 in 2023.

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CISA’s outreach issues hinder threat-sharing service, watchdog says

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General found that the use of CISA’s Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) has fallen to its lowest level since 2017, with a 93% decline in the sharing of cyber threat indicators from 2020 to 2022. version of the system in March 2022. version of the system in March 2022.

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Whistleblower Receives $4.36 Million in Cape Cod Hospital Settlement

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million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3

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DoD Proposes Updates to its Mentor-Protégé Program

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Many federal contractors know of and participate in the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program. Currently, the DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program has a deadline for hopeful participants to apply for inclusion. Also, the DoD will remove the deadline to apply to participate in the program.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

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Takeaways from NIGP Annual Forum 2022

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We asked visitors to participate in a poll and tell us what procurement superpower they’d like to unlock in their organization with 120 overall respondents. Keep reading for the details of what we learned from NIGP Annual Forum 2022. The post Takeaways from NIGP Annual Forum 2022 appeared first on Bonfire. Get your copy here.

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Revolutionizing public procurement in Uganda: the power of citizen contract monitoring

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Results: Since the Contract Monitoring System’s launch in April 2022, around 560 civil society monitors have examined 345 projects. Imagine a world where projects are monitored in real-time, complaints are reduced, and citizens actively participate in shaping their communities. As the PPDA, we are currently doing audits on FY 2022-23.