FedScoop

DECEMBER 4, 2024

From there, plans would be developed to better manage the procurement of software and eliminate deficiencies and other bad acquisition practices.

Purchasing 96

Purchasing Efficiency Transparency Budget 96

FedScoop

APRIL 3, 2025

Additionally, the watchdog said the EPA needs to update and maintain its software license inventory to address the lack of accountability for and visibility of software installed on the agencys network.

Inventory 86

Inventory Data Management IT 86

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Over the course of several months, the ITVMO, the Office of Management and Budget and Microsofts federal division discussed the governments requests and proposed additional ways to establish a strategic partnership, Stanton wrote in the blog obtained by Federal News Network. billion in spending.

Inventory 92

Inventory Price Purchasing Negotiation 92

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

For implementation specialists helping government agencies adopt new workflow management tools like CRM systems, HR performance platforms, or payroll and accounting software, timing is everything. Spot Budget Approvals for Software & Implementation Services Government agencies dont issue RFPs before they secure funding.

Budget 59

Budget Competitive Bidding Purchasing Accountability 59

GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

“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.

Budget 52

Budget Collaboration Finance Balance 52

FedScoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Government Accountability Office is recommending changes to how the government measures implementation of a decades-old cybersecurity law as agency information security programs continue to be “mostly ineffective.” As a result, the GAO made two recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget related to improving the metrics.

Accountability 107

Accountability Budget Quality Management 107

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Cloud FinOps is a financial management discipline that creates accountability around cloud usage to help your agency successfully budget for this tech.

Accountability 52

Accountability Budget Management IT 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

Its hugely positive that 20 Italian civil society organizations came together as a coalition to push for transparency and accountability in the delivery of the Games. will follow Simicos example and advance its transparency by detailing budget allocations, spending criteria, and fundraising progress too. billion for event operations.

Transparency 97

Transparency Bidding Sustainability Corruption 97

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

But it also would require the director of the Office of Management and Budget — in concert with the CDO Council — to make publicly available an “identification of resources needed by [CDOs], including to support the adoption of artificial intelligence at agencies.”

Data 113

Data Government Government Inventory 113

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. Calibrate escape clauses to accommodate economic shocks.

Sustainability 64

Sustainability Balance Efficiency Budget 64

Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Companies caught up in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations are thus well advised to take into account the risk that duties are imposed retroactively for imports made prior to the entry into force of provisional duties. This makes contingency budgeting all the more important.

Import 59

Import Budget Accountability IT 59

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Meeting procurement requirements laid out in 2019 Office of Management and Budget guidance on cloud strategy has been a mixed bag for federal agencies, a new congressional watchdog report found. ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation.

Procurement 112

Procurement Education Accountability Budget 112

FedScoop

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Werfel called the work to update the IMF system a “keystone” for its modernization efforts, but said the IRS needs enough money in its base budget for normal operations, which he said has been “underfunded,” so it doesn’t have to borrow from its $60 billion modernization budget.

Data 106

Data Budget Accountability Government 106

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

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. Just as importantly, the project has fostered a culture of accountability, strengthening the connection between communities, civil society organizations, and the government.

IT 57

IT Participation Budget Accountability 57

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

Government 97

Government Government Budget Quality 97

GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

Accountability 59

Accountability Contract Utilities Media 59

FedScoop

JUNE 18, 2024

The Government Accountability Office in September 2022 tasked the SBA with fully defining and documenting a process to ensure that the agency’s top privacy official is “involved in assessing and addressing the hiring, training, and professional development needs of the agency with respect to privacy.”

Accountability 117

Accountability Transportation Transportation Education 117

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

Weve done that on a relatively modest budget, meaning that every $1 invested in the Open Contracting Partnership has positively impacted five peoples lives. Here are three key things that weve learned: 1) Procurement is powerful Our world runs on public contracts.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Federal News Network

MARCH 5, 2024

Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration’s 2025 wish list. With all the votes in the president’s budget. So, there’s really a lot of interest in what’s in this FY 25 budget.

Budget 52

Budget Professional Services Contract Integrity 52

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

As the IRS’s Direct File pilot approaches the end of its 2024 runway, a new watchdog report finds that the tax agency’s cost estimates for the program were incomplete and would need “a comprehensive accounting” ahead of a potential takeoff in 2025.

Accountability 117

Accountability Price Electronics Data 117

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

These safeguards are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and ensure fairness and accountability. These methods may include Shopping , Limited Competitive Bidding , Force Account , or Direct Contracting. The solicitation process concludes with the submission of bids by potential suppliers or contractors.

Procurement 105

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 105

FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

The ever-increasing backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests for federal agencies is due in part to technological issues facing the workers charged with fulfilling them, a new Government Accountability Office report found. When we search large volumes of data, we receive tons of records back that are potentially relevant.

Accountability 141

Accountability Transparency Participation Efficiency 141

Federal News Network

JUNE 3, 2024

The NRC's IT budget for 2024 is $170 million and the agency requested $190 million for 2025. ( Pandemic lessons agencies can use to protect programs from fraud - Pandemic Response Accountability Committee) The Federal Housing Administration is the latest agency to issue cybersecurity reporting rules.

Accountability 124

Accountability Internal Control Participation Networking 124

Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2025

As of December 2024, the Office of Management and Budget has now designated 40 separate large acquisition vehicles as best-in-class representing products and services ranging from rental cars to hearing aids to identity protection services. At the Small Business Administration, BICs account for 45.6% Governmentwide, 13.6%

Category Management 57

Category Management Management Purchasing Budget 57

GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

Accountability 52

Accountability Contract Utilities Media 52

FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

A Government Accountability Report issued earlier this month, meanwhile, found that the IRS’s budget estimates for Direct File didn’t include start-up costs for the technology behind the system.

Balance 107

Balance Electronics Accountability Budget 107

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). of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The reporting that agencies are required by a 2018 law to do on various website and digital services benchmarks is often incomplete and inconsistent, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Transportation 113

Transportation Transportation Accountability Education 113

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

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. Procurement as a Strategic Driver of Digital Transformation Public procurement wields immense influence over markets, technology adoption, and the direction of societal progress.

Procurement 59

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 26, 2024

To support their effective security and management, election campaigns and committees need access to the latest industry-leading security services and resources, regardless of their budget. Wickr fills that need and we greatly appreciate their partnership.”

End to End 126

End to End Collaboration Networking Management 126

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For example, according to a report published by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the 2013 shutdown was estimated to reduce Gross Domestic Product growth by between $2 and $6 billion. Recent Shutdown Impacts The counter-intuitive reality of federal shutdowns is that they are expensive.

Government 105

Government Government Contract Government Contracts 105

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.” Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.”

Purchasing 110

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

As aid budgets shrink and the pressure to end aid dependency grows, governments are under growing pressure to maximize domestic resources and value for money. Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less.

Procurement 52

Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Procurement Team 52

FedScoop

JANUARY 19, 2024

Federal agencies have increased their use of FedRAMP, a federal program for authorizing cloud services, but more work needs to be done to fully address issues, a government watchdog found.

Budget 119

Budget Management Accountability Government 119

FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape.

Electronics 128

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 128

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

Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142