FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He has been in numerous leadership roles in the private sector for over 25 years, spanning accounting, finance, technology & operations management spheres. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia and Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM).

Accountability 142

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

EdTech leaders must strike the right balance of investment to drive growth, and a return on investment for their owners. At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation.

Price 67

Price Demand Education Efficiency 67

The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. Outsourcing could potentially save the cost of two staffing positions at a minimal cost of $200,000 per year, realizing a budget reduction of $1,000,000 in that same 5-year period.

Procurement 52

Procurement Competitive Bidding Public Procurement Supplier 52

Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

Educate on the benefits to both them and the organization if the rules are followed—such as spending budget efficiently, increased transparency, avoiding legal issues, streamlined workflows, etc. They need to understand what they’re complying with, why, and how to stay compliant, or else they’ll do what they feel is best.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Procurement Strategic Sourcing 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The most recent episode related to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to invoke escape clauses to such rules to deal with the health emergency and that has led to large budget deficits and a significant increase in debt levels. On one hand, the structural balance rule (SR) is the highest and stands at 79%.

Balance 52

Balance Budget Influencing Sustainability 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

About to be handcuffed, the individual remembered their Kiip account. They explained to the officers that HOPICS set them up with an account that saved all of their identifying documents when they first entered the shelter. Unable to prove they were not the perpetrator, police prepared to take the individual into custody.

E-procurement 111

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But at the same time, this regulation doesn’t take any of that into account. If there was a balance in the regulation where social impact and price and technical proposal and past performance, if all of those were weighted equally, then the government would truly get the best value and the best benefit from each of those contracts.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

Being a start-up and a charity, Concerts for Carers does not have large budgets for DevOps teams, and we needed to find a solution that worked out of the box with minimal ongoing management. API requests from the front-end are distributed using an Application Load Balancer with path-based routing for the various API actions.

Demand 67

Demand Data Management Import 67

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In Latin America, thematic bonds issuance has increased significantly in recent years and represents 25% of regional debt from all issuers, with sovereign issuers accounting for a third of total issuance.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 7, 2023

New Model for Monitoring State-Owned Enterprises Taking all these issues into account and the experience and knowledge we have gathered from the field, the authors of this post propose an alternative policy recommendation. Secondly, the GDPE must have qualified and sufficient personnel to monitor existing public enterprises.

Finance 52

Finance IT Evaluation Budget 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You can configure your account with us to receive email notifications whenever new tenders are published in your sectors of expertise. Consultancies get vital early insight into client needs, budget allocations, scoping requirements and bidding timelines to prepare in advance. Find a balance between value and viable expenses.

Tender 52

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Working with the Ukrainian government, especially the Ministry and Agency for Restoration as well as our friends in the RISE Ukraine Coalition , we were delighted to unveil the demo version of a Digital Reconstruction Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) in June, to lead on making the reconstruction digitally coordinated and accountable.

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The General Services Administration, in consultation with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, updated its repayment policy for agencies that are seeking to receive financial assistance from the Technology Modernization Fund.

Accountability 133

Accountability Sustainability Budget Balance 133

Great Government Through Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Data ownership and portability: Ascend establishes the requirement that agencies own their accounts and data, and cloud service providers (CSPs) have to make the data portable in case the agency wants to move it. We carefully balanced your feedback against agencies’ needs to be able to buy and manage cloud effectively. We heard you!

Thresholds 52

Thresholds Supply Chain Data Accountability 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

To accomplish this, Intelsat utilized their AWS account team and AWS Enterprise Support ’s cloud domain expertise to identify the AWS resources that required a DNS change and establish a migration strategy for each AWS resource type.

Balance 69

Balance Integration Integrity Management 69

Government Contracts Legal Forum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

However, the Office of Management and Budget recently advised the U.S. Contractors considering protest should note that the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) will be closed during the shutdown. Historically, GAO has considered protests filed on days when the office is closed to be filed at 8:30 a.m.

Government 52

Government Government Contract Insurance 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Budgeting challenges as tail spend typically often not planned for . Tail Spend Challenges.

Buyers 52

Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Navy ePS program is on track, on budget and hitting all of its milestones, and since the report came out, they’ve onboarded yet another tranche of users and migrated $1.6 Lawmakers and the Government Accountability Office also highlighted concerns about the program. billion in contracts on. The system has executed over $22.6

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Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 119

European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Evropaïki Dynamiki (ESP-ISEP) Judgment has been issued on the basis of Article 100(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ 2002 L 248, p. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’). 114) (‘Directive 2004/18’).

Collusion 40

Collusion Public Procurement Transparency Tender 40

Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The EO directs federal agencies to promote safe and secure AI and AI systems according to these principles, and ,where feasible, to account for the views of stakeholders such as industry, academia, labor unions, civil society, and international partners: 1. Creating and deploying AI safety and security standards. Protecting personal privacy.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Education Collaboration Innovation 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Significantly, FSS Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), which leverage individual agency requirements, now account for over 53% of the dollar value of orders under the program. The PAP includes other directives and guidance that raise questions regarding equity and balance in the evaluation and negotiation of FSS pricing terms.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Price Contract E-procurement 52

European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In my reading, the position of the GC in Bimbo Doughnuts is a more balanced review of the reasons provided by the authority than in Sviluppo Globale, and the focus is ultimately functional. a) of the contract notice. 46 The statement of reasons in the contested decision is thus sufficient in law. (GC

Procurement 40

Procurement Public Procurement Bidder Tender 40

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. AWS will review DTO fee waiver requests at the account level. Customers don’t need to close their accounts or change their relationship with AWS.

Data 67

Data Government Government Demand 67

Federal News Network

AUGUST 22, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office detailed Treasury and 22 other civilian agencies' actions across six topics and 12 common themes to fulfill the law's requirements. Auditors also analyzed the Office of Management and Budget's guidance and oversight of the legislation.

Networking 59

Networking Insurance Accountability Contract 59

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

A large majority of the 13 surveyed countries for this specific topic in the region practice gender budgeting (or 77%), which aims to address gender disparities in policy and resource allocation, compared to 61% of OECD countries. This means governments need to be more transparent and accountable for their decisions.

Government 52

Government Government Data Public Procurement 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

1] Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) The Balanced Budget Act of 2018 introduced new authorities concerning supplemental benefits that may be offered to chronically ill enrollees in MA plans.

Transparency 52

Transparency Utilities Quality Networking 52

Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

OFCCP regulations state that “[t]he contractor must provide for the implementation of equal employment opportunity and the affirmative action program by assigning responsibility and accountability to an official of the organization.” [1] So, how does a contractor/subcontractor balance these competing obligations?

Export 40

Export Evaluation Contract Government Contracts 40

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

31] Generally speaking, the PCE is based on the national income and product accounts (“NIPA”) data which BEA uses to determine GDP. [32] 36] Specifically, unlike the CPI, the PCE does not merely account for goods and services purchased by a consumer, but also purchased on the consumer’s behalf (e.g., households. [38] households. [38]

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