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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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.

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FedScoop

MAY 29, 2024

But they also noted that the Office of Management and Budget required agencies to designate CAIOs at the executive level in an effort to improve accountability for AI issues. He will continue in his role as National Coordinator for Health IT during the search for a permanent Chief AI Officer.”

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Accountability Budget Quality Management 88

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.

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Just a half-dozen leadership and oversight requirements from the 2021 executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity remain unfinished by the agencies charged with implementing them, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. OMB still has work to do on logging as well.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

On-premises models over-provision to account for spikes and growth, risking underutilized capacity. We have a limited budget. To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution.

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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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Federal News Network

JUNE 3, 2024

The NRC's IT budget for 2024 is $170 million and the agency requested $190 million for 2025. ( Burke made his initial court appearance on Friday in Miami. His first day is today. Flanders, who has been the deputy CIO for the previous several years, will replace Dave Nelson, who retired at the end of January after eight years. adversaries.

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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.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 14, 2024

This standard ensures consistency and fairness in cost accounting practices across government contractors. The Benefits of Implementing Standard Cost Systems Standard cost systems offer numerous advantages for government contractors, including improved cost control, enhanced performance measurement, and streamlined budgeting processes.

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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 87

FedScoop

JULY 8, 2024

The diverse needs and requirements of agencies based on their size, organization, budget, mission and internal AI talent present an opportunity to promote flexibility and adaptability in AI governance,” the document states.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 16, 2024

market, it has run into funding challenges for active surveillance and found “limited use of unique device identifiers in electronic health records and billing claims,” according to the Government Accountability Office. As the agency establishes the system to better evaluate authorized tools in the U.S

Electronics 62

Electronics Evaluation Accountability Budget 62

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.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Budget Accountability 78

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.

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FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

And both the state and the city have open data portals to provide accessibility, transparency, and accountability. Friday, May 10, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE The state of New York is emphasizing improving its IT resilience. He provides executive direction on strategic agency technology initiatives in partnership with ITS.

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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.

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Balance Electronics Accountability Budget 81

FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

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. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,

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Purchasing Inventory Utilities Transparency 111

Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 21, 2024

I can imagine, at some point in the future, some litigant is going to say, well, after this incident it is unreasonable for you to have been using Social Security numbers going forward since they are almost certainly out in the public domain and are close to worthless as a form of security for my account. I guess it remains to be seen.

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Data Budget Accountability IT 52

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Were you aware that in FY 23, a substantial $6.23B, accounting for 8% of total federal contracts, was allocated to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIRs) and Small Business Technology Transfers (STTRs), benefiting 3,230 businesses ? to the SBIR program if their extramural research and development budgets exceed $100M.

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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.

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Budget Management Accountability Government 98

FedScoop

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Just three of the 23 civilian Chief Financial Officer Act agencies have met the cyber event logging standards called out in President Joe Biden’s 2021 cybersecurity executive order and a subsequent Office of Management and Budget memo, a new Government Accountability Office report found.

Accountability 114

Accountability Education Budget Management 114

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Organisations should consider enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect these highly privileged accounts. userIdentity.userName = "breakGlassUser0*") && ($.userIdentity.invokedBy

Accountability 72

Accountability Finance Networking Budget 72

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 84

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 84

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop. Managing costs – Select tools that help track and manage project resources to keep the budget on track. Example AWS Services: AWS Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Dashboards Operations Solution (CUDOS; for enterprise accounts).

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Redstone Government Consulting

APRIL 3, 2024

Unanet’s project management and general ledger budget features can be an asset when it comes time to develop provisional billing rates for the upcoming year.

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Project Management Budget Data Management 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. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has highlighted over the years issues with the dual model of monitoring.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget released a Thursday memorandum to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires agencies to offer equal access to electronic information and data for individuals with disabilities. Oversight of federal agency accessibility improvements has also remained a challenge. The GSA and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.,

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Budget Transportation Transportation Electronics 97

SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Hope you are having a good week readers, and enjoying some March Madness. While it looks like spring in our neck of the woods, in this part of the country the weather can change quickly. We joke around that we must always have every type of coat or jacket at the ready on any given day. Never a dull moment!

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Ethics Government Contracts Media Quality 84

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Each Hub was given a particular theme, such as “strategic operations and innovation,” “accountability and compliance” or “community engagement and experience,” to name a few. Members hold each other accountable, according to Earp. “I His exemplary leadership has already made a significant positive impact on Hutto.”

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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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