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.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Legislation to improve federal agency oversight and management of software purchases passed the House on Wednesday, keeping top IT and software trade groups’ hopes alive that the bill will get through the Senate and become law before this congressional term is up. The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act ( H.R.1695

Purchasing 93

Purchasing Efficiency Transparency Budget 93

Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Bid Protests: GAO’s Loser Pays Pilot Program Once again, a “loser pays” bid protest pilot program has appeared in the NDAA, which would require contractors to reimburse DoD for costs incurred in “processing” bid protests that are ultimately denied by the Government Accountability Office. The House bill also expands Section 215 of the James M.

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Supply Chain Budget Bidding Participation 130

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.

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Budget Competitive Bidding Purchasing Accountability 59

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

That law requires the Office of Management and Budget to release “Phase II guidance” for agencies to implement its open data and comprehensive data inventories requirements. Greater transparency will help bring more accountability, as well as efficiency, to government operations.” 28, 2023, but the senator never received a response.

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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.” Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Todd Young, R-Ind.,

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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. Thats a return on investment of 200:1! Procurement is all about people.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 76

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. Visit our anniversary page each week as we look back on these defining moments.

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Category Management Management Purchasing Budget 58

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Unfortunately, few defense IT programs deliver on time nor on budget in spite of over half of the budget going to consultants and system engineering and technical analysis (SETA) contractors. conflict of interests rules. conflict of interests rules. More recently BAH won a $1.65

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Public Private Partnership IT Influencing Corruption 112

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. The software also serves as a platform for collaboration.

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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 109

Accountability Budget Quality Management 109

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. It seems that the FAR’s authors didn’t really envision the government shutting down as a normal occurrence.

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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. of increased imports during the investigation).

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Import Budget Accountability IT 59

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. The organization also needed to easily understand the cloud spend of each department so it could apply a central management fee to each.

Accountability 52

Accountability Budget Management IT 52

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.

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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.

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Procurement Education Accountability Budget 114

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. Estimates for technology costs appear to be an especially unwieldy target.

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Accountability Price Electronics Data 117

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

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.

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Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 130

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 140

Accountability Transparency Participation Efficiency 140

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. Far from being a mere bureaucratic task, procurement is the mechanism through which governments acquire the infrastructure and technology needed for this transformation.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

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. So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

Accountability 59

Accountability Contract Utilities Media 59

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

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. Tom Temin In terms of detail.

Budget 52

Budget Professional Services Contract Integrity 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. We saw a strong response from the pilot, and Direct File’s users generally found it fast and easy to use.

Balance 108

Balance Electronics Accountability Budget 108

FedScoop

JUNE 11, 2024

Starting this week, the General Services Administration is collecting common forms for new software contracts from providers and contractors in accordance with a 2022 Office of Management and Budget memo regarding software supply chain security. That form could either be submitted to a repository or emailed to the relevant agency.

Supply Chain 107

Supply Chain Manufacturing Budget Accountability 107

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. GAO has labeled that recommendation a priority. The GAO report ultimately made three new recommendations. It pointed to a lack of guidance.

Budget 122

Budget Management Accountability Government 122

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

Michael Parrish, the VA’s chief acquisition officer and principal executive director, said during the hearing that the agency does not view the SCM as a “major” IT project because the VA has not established a “firm budget” or a “firm schedule.” Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.,

Supply Chain 114

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 114

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.” Additionally, it’s important to plan for the entire product lifecycle, factoring in system maintenance, upgrades and eventual replacement when considering budget constraints.”

Purchasing 110

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

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. So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

Accountability 52

Accountability Contract Utilities Media 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 17, 2024

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reiterated something it has been pointing out for years: The government wastes billions and billions of dollars on duplicative and overlapping activities. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin ‘s guest says the GAO overlooked a crucial way to stop the waste, namely shared services.

Government 105

Government Government Accountability Leadership 105

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

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

Government 64

Government Government IT Leadership 64

FedScoop

JANUARY 29, 2024

Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. There should be more concerted efforts to compare prices, the GAO stated.

Purchasing 112

Purchasing Inventory Accountability Budget 112

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

“We want to hold government accountable. These SOPs will not only serve as guidance for the auditors on how to carry out their work effectively but also for citizens on how to hold government accountable,” said Wana Alamsyah from ICW. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

But in the meantime, we will continue to have human interaction and expert account managers to help.” 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. During the ACT-IAC/DCI CX Summit in Arlington, Va.,

Accountability 118

Accountability Utilities Data Budget 118

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

My journey in Accounts Payable started back in 1998, when I worked on my first Accounts Payable automation solution combining scanning, OCR and workflow. The perfect vision was that by merging e-Invoicing with a hammer called ‘No-PO No Pay’ the earth would move under Accounts Payable.

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E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94