Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Further, although this working group will be required to submit an initial report and annual reports to Congress, it is not clear how the reports’ findings will be addressed in practice, particularly without involvement of industry participants in the working group. The House bill also expands Section 215 of the James M.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 26, 2024

On June 24, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of the Whistleblower released its Annual Report for the 2023 Fiscal Year. During FY 2023, the IRS Whistleblower Program awarded $88.7 million awarded in FY 2023 more than doubles the $37 million awarded in FY 2022. million. “The The fact that it takes an average of 11.26

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to a Deltek report, DHS agencies invested over $1 billion into contract awards in 2023, and by the end of fiscal year 2024, the department’s contract obligations are expected to hit up to $12 billion — over 11 percent of its $103.2 billion budget. The Department of Homeland Security is spending billions on contracts.

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FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

During the same hearing, Werfel said that from 2010 to 2022, Congress clawed back the IRS’s budget by 25%, a fact he mentioned again at Wednesday’s event. The post With 2023 tax season in the rearview, IRS commissioner eyes expansion of AI capabilities appeared first on FedScoop.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When the Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched its Better Contracting Initiative in November 2023, leaders promised this time would be different when it came to developing enterprisewide software licenses. Currently, prices routinely vary up to 20% for the same software across agencies, OMB wrote in its fact sheet about BCI in 2023.

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Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 3, 2025

This change in perspective is especially crucial now, as many LAC countries are undergoing fiscal consolidation to balance their budgets and reduce debt levels while facing increasing pressure from their populations to tackle key development challenges. The horizontal dotted line represents the weighted average compliance rate over 2000-2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

In 2021 and 2023, OCP partnered with ACIJ to assess the urbanizations real effects. By analyzing government contracts, city budgets, and resident surveys, the community gained a clearer picture of what had been achieved and what still needed attention.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 11, 2025

The budget tended to increase over time. billion (US$400,000) in 2019, and the budget tripled to Rp. According to local news reports, the irrigation and dam rehabilitation project was carried out by the same vendor in 2020 for a budget of Rp. This project stopped in 2013, then continued again in 2016 with a budget of Rp.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

Although there was an official delivery plan for the Games, as specified in a September 2023 governmental decree, we found data and documents on its delivery scattered across various public and private actors. Initial estimates suggested total expenditure would exceed 5.72 billion, split between the organization of the Games (1.6

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 26, 2024

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.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Office of Naval Research solicited bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract under a long range broad agency announcement and will obligate funds in the Navy's fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation budget, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Register here.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On November 14-15, 2023, GW Law’s Professor Christopher Yukins will join the International Conference on Public Procurement and Innovation in Africa, coordinated by Professor Geo Quinot (Stellenbosch University) and held through the National Research Foundation in Pretoria, South Africa. Chris Yukins will speak on the U.S.

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

APRIL 28, 2023

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) recently published the compensation cap for 2023. This is the largest annual increase since these caps were established by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013). The new cap is $619,000 and represents a 5.1 percent increase over the 2022 compensation cap.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

On the law’s modernization callouts — requiring websites and digital services to be accessible, consistent, customizable, encrypted, mobile-friendly, not duplicative, searchable and user data-driven — the GAO found some agencies that had addressed all eight requirements and others that had completed none, per submitted 2022 and 2023 reports. “In

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FedScoop

JULY 12, 2024

As the federal government awaits final guidance from the Office of Management and Budget meant to modernize and reform the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, one of Capitol Hill’s top federal IT modernization advocates believes that the program is “undeniably” in a state of limbo until that guidance is issued.

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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

By a 12-1 margin, the Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023 ( S. calls on the director of the Office of Management and Budget to embrace multi-cloud technology across federal agencies, identifying barriers to adoption and best practices for implementation. as the lone vote against the motion for final passage.

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i360 Federal IT

MARCH 1, 2023

From GovExec : With a fiscal 2023 federal budget in-hand, contractors face both the prospect of a robust year and countervailing cost trends, Deltek says.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Cost and budget control concerns The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program covers the cost of storage for publicly available cloud-optimized datasets.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 11, 2024

While we have already posted some updates from 2024, it’s a good time to reflect on the important posts from 2023. This post revisits those blog posts from 2023 that were the most popular. It’s a good chance to look back on the important articles from 2023, and those topics of continuing interest to federal contractors.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Your organization not only has to set its goals and objectives but also plan how to execute them with the right staff, budget and technology in place. We’ll speak with experts from all levels of government about topics like technology investments, management efforts and transformation initiatives to get you on the right track in 2023.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Understanding The Public Sector Contract Termination Under The Procurement Act 2023 Contract termination provisionsare a crucial aspect ofpublic procurement compliance UK, guaranteeing thatcontracting authoritiescan legally and efficiently handle supplier relationships under theProcurement Act 2023.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. Now, there’s just not enough time for me to mention every highlight of 2023.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

the ranking member, both shared concerns about the pitfall, focusing specifically on the potential for veterans to be billed for co-pays that are more than a year old, the backlog of 40 million paid claims and the event’s impact on the agency’s overall budget. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla.,

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The budget process is complicated, so we are all waiting to see how it shakes out. Military GSA shifts Federal Acquisition Service organizational structure to align with customers The post SmallGovCon Week in Review: September 11-15, 2023 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Have a great weekend.

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WashngtonExec

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2023, Congress allocated $25.4 billion budget for the U.S. Space exploration is soaring to new heights. billion to NASA, a 5.6% hike from the previous year. Additionally, lawmakers approved a $26.3 Space Force.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

cleared the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in May 2023. The Government Accountability Office has shown particular interest in the issue of redundancy in software purchases throughout the federal government, releasing a report in September 2023 that called out the Defense Department’s “duplicative” IT buying.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 15, 2024

On April 10, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke at a Senate Budget Committee hearing “Sunny Places for Shady People: Offshore Tax Evasion by the Wealthy and Corporations.” 625 in 2023. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced S.625

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Telles.eu

JANUARY 27, 2023

Over the last few days, Portuguese media have been enthralled about a procurement case involving a stage for Pope Francis upcoming visit in August 2023. The country is hosting the World Youth Day with the main event being held at a space between the municipality of Lisbon and Loures. to build and be used for a couple of days.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

If passed, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act of 2023 , could be a game-changer. If passed, the act will impose interest on delayed awards, remove budget sequestration for awards, end double taxation of attorney fees, and institute de novo review in award case appeals.

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GovSpend

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Understanding ARPA Funds ARPA funds are designed to provide governments with the resources needed to: Replace lost public sector revenue: Address budget shortfalls resulting from the pandemic to maintain essential government services. Broadband: Expansion of broadband infrastructure to underserved areas is permissible.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The paediatric ward for Sao Joao Hospital The Budget Law for 2019 included a rule allowing for the direct award of the public works contract to build a new paediatric ward for the second largest hospital in the country. This approach of using the yearly Budget Law for bending procurement rules is yet another point for me to return to.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It also has other components, including directions for the Office of Management and Budget to test those guidelines with one federal agency and to implement reporting guidelines for drone security vulnerabilities. and not in China, we have to start working today to integrate them into our airspace,” Warner said in a February 2023 statement.

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

Modernizing the governmentwide compliance program for cloud services has been top of mind for Washington IT leaders in recent years, most notably with the passing of the FedRAMP Authorization Act in 2022 and the release of an Office of Management and Budget draft policy memorandum on overhauling program operations and governance in 2023.

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FedScoop

JUNE 18, 2024

SBA officials agreed with that recommendation and told the GAO in March 2023 that the agency would update its Privacy Program Plan to “delineate hiring, training, and professional development needs of the agency in relation to privacy.”

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

to the SBIR program if their extramural research and development budgets exceed $100M. Moreover, agencies with an extramural R&D budget surpassing $1 billion must reserve 0.45% for the STTR program. FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 SBBIR Phase I $293,139,194.97 $253,641,239.59 $248.732,362.42 $244,694,78.75 $77,335,808.27

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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

In September 2021, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a draft federal strategy , emphasizing the need for a zero-trust architecture to meet evolving cybersecurity demands. It extends beyond a singular component, impacting all facets, and operates holistically. However, embracing new approaches introduces challenges.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act of 2023 , introduced Wednesday by Sens. The bill would also require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop recommendations for agencies regarding “high-impact” AI systems, which the Office of Management and Budget would then implement. John Thune, R-S.D.,

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