Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2023

One key feature that makes Deltek Costpoint the top solution for government contractors is its ability to manage the segregation of direct and indirect costs , especially through its Project Account Groups.

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Federal News Network

MAY 15, 2024

Sikorsky Aircraft and the Defense Department have been arguing in court for the past 17 years, over the company’s compliance with cost-accounting standards. For more on the importance of this case, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince. Zach Prince Yes.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

And the oversight and accountability of subcontracting efforts by prime contractors is getting more scrutiny. The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 5, 2024

According to the Government Accountability Office, three agencies said they wouldn’t be able to finish their IoT inventories by Sept. The frequency with which the technologies are used makes proper cybersecurity protocols all the more important — especially given the target on IoT’s metaphorical back.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its important for us to be accountable to them and understand they are the end user and beneficiary of our procurement. What we thought about when I came into MOCS was transparency by default, and understanding that we are accountable to taxpayers. This is an enormous amount of spending, more than most U.S.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The intent of this program is to redefine the moving experience of our military personnel and their families, and to deploy an IT backbone with intelligence to retain data and knowledge that allows for optimization and importantly, accountability. So in short, a delay of one year. So I expect more noise in that sense. No, I’m not.

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FedScoop

APRIL 25, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security is by most accounts the largest federal civilian agency, the largest federal law enforcement agency, and the federal agency with [the] most daily interactions with the public,” said Boyce in a LinkedIn post Thursday. “As Citizenship and Immigration Services, and as a product and strategy lead at the U.S.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether it’s a missed deadline, unprofessional behavior or maybe even a commitment issue, there are certain behaviors that supervisors have to hold their employees accountable for. Here are a few top takeaways from the session: Accountability Begins with You: “You have to think ‘me’ first,” said Smith.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

So it was important to set the bar high and to ensure our vision of procurement as a modern, digital open data-driven public service was strongly reflected. The US-led Atlanta Declaration focused squarely on accountability and the role of non-state actors in the fight against corruption.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Passing the legislation is important “given the amount of dollars that are at stake, but also … [the] security implications and just pure efficiencies and resiliency of operations,” Triplette said. The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act ( H.R.1695 1695 ) was introduced by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.,

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 26, 2025

Im proud to reintroduce this legislation to increase government accountability by safeguarding the SECs Whistleblower Program, Senator Grassley said. I hope Congress will act quickly to pass this important legislation. TheSEC Whistleblower Reform Actis urgently needed legislation to protect innocent investors from frauds.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For background, a study highlighted that over EUR 200 billion (EUR 72 billion in imports and EUR 148 billion in exports) in 2021 benefited from EU inward and outward processing operations. Specifically for inward processing, EU and non-EU goods subject to anti-dumping measures may need to be physically segregated and accounted for.

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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. However, it is important to recognize that solicitation tools are distinct from procurement methods.

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Federal News Network

JULY 11, 2024

Just as important as obtaining contracts with companies to help fulfill an agency’s mission, is the ability to end them properly. Interview transcript: Eric White Just as important as obtaining contracts with companies to help fulfill an agency’s mission is the ability to end them properly. Eric White Gotcha, okay.

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FedScoop

JUNE 7, 2024

With that in mind, the watchdog pointed to the usefulness of its AI accountability framework. The AI Framework emphasizes the importance of documentation to help ensure that the AI system’s objectives are met,” the GAO wrote. “It The IRS first piloted AI techniques for sampling tax returns in NRP audits during the 2019 filing season.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to the Government Accountability Office , it is still struggling to meet that mission because of longstanding challenges in at least three major areas. The Coast Guard is one of the smallest military services — but it has a big mission. The new vessels are not coming online as quickly as they hoped that they would.

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Redstone Government Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2024

QuickBooks Online is one of the most used accounting software for small to medium-sized businesses. However, some people fail to realize the importance of each report and do not really understand how to utilize them to their full potential. The same is true for small businesses in the government contracting sector.

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Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Two Quick Ways to Fail DCAA T imekeeping Requirements The federal government is the biggest purchaser of goods and services, so it's important that you have a good grip on your accounting practices. DCAA’s position, as in other cost accounting practices, is that “if it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 2, 2024

The disproportionate rate of retaliation faced by internal whistleblowers underscores the importance of offering protections to internal whistleblowers,” said Kohn. Barnett had internally raised claims concerning quality and safety in Boeing’s manufacturing process. Whistleblowers like Mr. Barnett deserve to live and to be celebrated.”

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

you’ll also need to provide bank routing and account numbers for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). How to Create a SAM.gov Account The initial step in the registration journey is creating a SAM.gov account. Setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds an extra layer of security to your account.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Government Accountability Office estimates that federal agencies lose up to $521 billion annually due to fraud. TransUnion’s Vice President of Public Sector Identity, Stuart Levy, stresses the importance of efficient identity verification. Download the full report. The report also emphasizes that digital fraud threats are intensifying.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

Dan Ramish Well, Tom, nontraditional defense contractors are defined to include all contractors that do not have a subcontract or contract subject to full cost accounting standards coverage and have not had one in the preceding year. Dan Ramish Yes, it’s a real deterrent, all the rules that apply in federal procurement.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2025

Outposts already provides robust capabilities for resource sharing in multi-account environments. Organizations can share Outposts and their associated resources across multiple AWS accounts in the same organization in AWS Organization s using AWS Resource Access Manager ( AWS RAM ).

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 26, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent its annual bid protest report to Congress, which reflected a dramatic increase in protests filed following four straight years of decline. The report provides important insights into the current state of GAO bid protests. An increase in overall protests.

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Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Two Quick Ways to Fail DCAA T imekeeping Requirements The federal government is the biggest purchaser of goods and services, so it's important that you have a good grip on your accounting practices. DCAA’s position, as in other cost accounting practices, is that “if it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

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. It takes a lot of time.”

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FedScoop

APRIL 12, 2024

The Government Accountability Office has modernization on its mind for fiscal 2025, with a report on its budget request released this week aimed in part at fueling the congressional watchdog’s embrace of cloud technology. In requesting from Congress $916 million in appropriated funds — up 6.5% from its FY2024 ask — and another $59.8

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 9, 2024

The federal government needs more sunshine to bring accountability—but ATF’s original memo was shady.” The federal government needs more sunshine to bring accountability—but ATF’s original memo was shady.” This importance of whistleblowers knowing their rights cannot be overstated”.

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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).

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Great Government Through Technology

MARCH 28, 2024

From reviewing offers and making awards, to monitoring the contract progress with a focus on transparency and accountability, you continue to make a difference and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. Each group is instrumental to the success of our mission. Thank you for your unwavering dedication.

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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.”

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 11, 2024

Kohn , the most important step the DOJ can take is to administer its whistleblower awards in a manner consistent with the United States’ other highly successful whistleblower award programs, such as the SEC Whistleblower Program. According to leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

But he added that it can’t spend “weeks reviewing a model or reviewing one use case” and has to look at how it can “enable the organization to innovate” while still taking inequities and constraints into account. Officials also noted that important criteria for the agency’s own use of the technology are transparency and consistency.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 3, 2024

CentralSquare is onboarding thousands of public safety agencies to the cloud, and Landing Zone serves as the single governance platform for all these customers,” says AJ Jhala, principal account executive at AWS. This data is then accessible immediately, anytime and anywhere, by authorized staff.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 22, 2024

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) kicked off Sunshine Week on March 11 with remarks on the Senate floor about the importance of whistleblowers in promoting transparency and accountability. He further noted that “whistleblowers are patriots and our most powerful tool in rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct.”

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

Here are some initial thoughts on some of the important changes proposed in this rule, as well as a recap of the original statute and my earlier predictions. While its hard to know exactly what Congress is referring to, it could mean professional standards such as those established by industry groups including public accounting rules.

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