FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As the science advisor to the Homeland Security Secretary, Dr. Kusnezov heads the research, development, innovation and testing and evaluation activities in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) operational Components and first responders across the nation. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a recent protest, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that although performance risk was not specifically listed as an evaluation criterion, an agency may always consider risk that is intrinsic to the stated evaluation factors. South Dade A/C and Refrig., B-421406, April 25, 2023.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

GAO first analyzed FAR 52.204-7 and found that the text of the FAR provision requires offerors to maintain SAM registration throughout the evaluation period (i.e., GAO pointed to FAR 52.204-7’s definition of “Registered” in SAM as partially determinative. GAO sided with the protester.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

After reading full draft RFP, I get the sense they want to have something similar because of its success and they are forward thinking and asking what the technology roadmap would look like in the next five years,” said Robin Gardner, the GSA account manager for CGI, which also is a COMET BPA holder and plans to bid on COMET II.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

So some of those are things that can be mitigated, usually impaired objectivity, which means basically, that you’re evaluating your own work from another contract. Zach Prince You can’t have a situation where you’re evaluating your own work, or where somebody who’s part of your team is evaluating its own work.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing , sets forth “comprehensive guidance regarding the evaluation of pricing throughout the life of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program contract.” Emphasis added.) See Section 2. Background, of PAP 2021-05.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It is thus important to understand the shortcomings inherent to this approach and to the model AI clauses, before assuming that their use will actually ensure the ‘trustworthy, transparent, and accountable development [and deployment] of AI technologies’. Much more is needed than mere reliance on the model AI clauses.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Taking into account national climate commitments and other mitigation measures, the world is now on track for a global temperature rise of 2.7 °C It also makes it easier to monitor and evaluate climate management, providing key information used to analyze fiscal risks tied to climate impacts and the transition to net-zero economies.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

This includes a fairly broad and future-oriented definition of AI, provisions on safeguarding confidentiality and furthermore, ensuring the integrity of the arbitral proceeding. It therefore encompasses the publicly known generative AI as well as evaluative or discriminative AI.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

And I think the labor market is definitely an area of challenge that a lot of contractors are facing, not just this particular issue, but just in general. Absent that, we definitely don’t want them manufactured in places like China or North Korea or Russia. And that shows up in the way they’re evaluating the RFP, for sure.

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

Achieving this balance is not trivial, and a crucial question arises: How can the definition and quality of these escape clauses impact a country’s ability to navigate economic shocks while maintaining fiscal discipline? Countries often involve legislative power in activation and accounting. For instance, an ECCI score of 0.7

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

However, this technology has not yet registered a significant foothold when it comes to the evaluation process. The adjudicators or evaluators of a tender act as both gatekeepers on behalf of the tendering process. Any evaluation process must keep in mind issues such as market forces and supply issues, local and/or regional.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This involves a high level of responsibility and accountability, as prime contractors must manage both the resources and subcontractors effectively to fulfill their obligations. Definition of Prime Contractor A prime contractor refers to an entity that receives a government contract to oversee and carry out a project.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, security has an expanded definition. In addition to evaluating organizational cyber resiliency, My eCISO can help users broaden their knowledge of cybersecurity and NIST guidance. To learn more and engage with the Cal Poly DxHub, reach out to your local AWS account manager or visit the DxHub website.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

6] DCAA is authorized to examine contractor records related to proposals, discussions, pricing, and performance to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and currency of cost or pricing data. [7] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48]

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Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing , sets forth “comprehensive guidance regarding the evaluation of pricing throughout the life of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program contract.” Emphasis added.) See Section 2. Background, of PAP 2021-05.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Areas of Concern Privacy Transparency Discrimination Ethics Job loss Security Accuracy Governance Data repurposing Accountability AI Bill of Rights Blueprint The White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights identifies five principles that should “guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems … in the age of artificial intelligence.”

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Inventory Ethics Transparency Data 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In January 2024, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published 31 bid protest decisions, two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the protesters’ challenges. Consequently, the protester first filed an agency level protest challenging the evaluation, which was denied, and then filed a protest with the GAO.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 23, 2024

Tom Temin A lot of agencies, I think, are still evaluating the possibility of TMF Funds of Technology Modernization Fund dollars. It also takes increasingly accountability at the top level for how those funds are spent, and the ability to repay at least part of them. Larry Allen It does. But it does take that top level leadership.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. 2) Definition of requirements. Women-led businesses are currently underrepresented in public procurement awards.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The previous four Cost Corner articles addressed the Cost Principles pertaining to the general criteria for determining the allowability of costs, direct and indirect costs, accounting for unallowable costs, and penalties for unallowable costs. 1] This definition is quite broad.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

But first a definition of efficiency. Compliance Including performance metrics and penalties for non-compliance promotes accountability and incentivizes suppliers to meet their obligations. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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Bonfire

MAY 17, 2022

These businesses would include entrepreneurs or businesses with fewer than 50 employees (definition varies per jurisdiction) as well as businesses owned by women or people of color. How did you approach designing your diversity initiatives and evaluating your strategy? Legislation was the centralizing factor to those efforts.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 27, 2024

Like technological developments, laws must also be evaluated in a context-sensitive manner. Bright line” rules This same emphasis on practicality can be seen in the Draft Act’s definition of “international commercial arbitration”. There are no “best practices” when it comes to legal reforms, only “appropriate practices”.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

However, to understand what is behind the definition of a target and its (non)compliance, we also gathered information about the institutional frameworks of each rule. We also delve into the changes introduced in the laws over the years to identify modifications in the targets or a definitive rule suspension.

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Balance Sustainability Budget Influencing 52

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. Since PEFA-Climate is a relatively recent tool, only two countries in the region have applied it so far: Paraguay and Costa Rica.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

Using this definition, the Court reasoned that a follow-on production OT solicitation is a procurement because it seeks to acquire property or services for the government, whether the agency accomplishes that acquisition using its OT authority or the authority under the FAR. 1] The Government Accountability Office denied the protest.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 2, 2024

The SFSC held that under these circumstances, it did not need to take the alleged facts into account (para. The SFSC noted that in its set-aside action, Venezuela presented its own version of the facts and substituted its evaluation of the evidence for that of the tribunal.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Tender execution A public buyer seeking to use procurement as a tool of digital regulation could do so through the two main decisions of tenderer selection and tender evaluation. This indicates that existing flexible mechanisms of market engagement can be a source of regulatory risk, rather than a useful set of regulatory tools.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 2, 2024

This means all DoD contractors and subcontractors must have a SPRS account and designated personnel who will be responsible for SPRS updates. Hypothetically, agencies may opt to include a CMMC certification as a solicitation requirement/evaluation criteria.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The CMMC “About” webpage provides definitions for CUI and FCI. FAS is gathering feedback from stakeholders on the following questions: FAS is interested in feedback from contractors on the following: How can FAS effectively evaluate the timely and compliant delivery of products and services to improve customer experience?

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Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

IaaS providers to (i) submit reports to the Department when a customer transacts with the provider to train an AI model that could be used for malicious cyber-enabled activities and (ii) ensure foreign resellers of IaaS products also conduct identity verification of foreign account holders. cloud computing sector.

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Accountability Supply Chain Networking Data 130

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The agent understands your APIs by examining an API specification definition you provide that meets the OpenAPI specification. Using these definitions, the agent can reason about which APIs to call and in which order to best fulfill the user’s request. To create an account, select Create a DIEM account.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

“I don’t think the whole story has been told, but I think the one thing that’s definite is that this is going forward. Compensation will always be an issue, but TRANSCOM has been a great partner and there are methods to take that into account. As the work comes in, we’re going to evaluate everything on a case-by-case basis.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 29, 2024

Currently, SBA’s regulations on joint ventures provide that a procuring activity may not require a protégé firm to individually meet the same evaluation or responsibility criteria as that required of other offerors generally. Revising Definition of an “Employee” – Increasing the Minimum Hours Requirement. United States , 165 Fed.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

He began with the Government Accountability Office before serving as Chief Counsel to the then-GSA Board of Contract Appeals. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), “[t]hese selected drugs accounted for $56.2 Tom also was Counsel to the U.S. Ultimately, the Court denied the government’s motion to dismiss.

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