FedTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2023

Yet, things get complicated when agencies need to onboard contractors, who by some estimates account for up to 40 percent of the federal workforce. For staff, the common Personal Identity Verification card gets the job done.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s information-sharing efforts on domestic extremist threats with social media and gaming companies lack an overarching strategy, a Government Accountability Office report found , raising questions about the effectiveness of the agencies’ communications to address violent warnings online.

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Inside Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

These data are consistent with the Board’s policy statement of providing “to the fullest extent practicable” the “informal, expeditious, and inexpensive resolution of disputes.” Of the remaining 11 cases, four were not successful, and 7 remained pending as of the close of FY 2023.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As agencies begin to score well on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard, which measures success in IT modernization efforts, some are suggesting the benchmarks should be updated to reflect changes in the modernization process and remove categories that no longer need to be monitored.

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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 law also required 23 civilian federal agencies to implement IoT cybersecurity requirements, though a waiver process was to be established by OMB.

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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. These are the latest among a host of story lines in the federal acquisition community.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The department will hold accountable contractors that knowingly overcharge the United States to enrich themselves,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. The United States deserves fair prices and accurate information from GSA contractors,” said GSA Deputy Inspector General Robert C.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office to develop a plan to test a novel idea: having companies that lose bid protests to repay DoD for legal costs. A clause in the Defense Authorization law for 2025 has procurement attorneys sitting up in their chairs. Chris Griesedieck: Right.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Ryan Triplette, executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing, told FedScoop at the time that the SAMOSA Act should be a no-brainer for passage by lawmakers given its focus on “good governance” and “best practices” for software licensing purchases.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This comes after an SBA rule and Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision created confusion as to whether the joint venture (JV) itself needed to hold an EED or whether the individual entities must. a)(1) states: “when determin[ing] whether an entity is eligible for access to classified information.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Obtain a Unique Entity ID (UEI) as part of your entity’s information. It is imperative to gather all required information about your entity for a successful entity registration, including the legal business name, physical address, and taxpayer identification number. Ensure you have the correct physical address of your organization.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 6, 2025

After a complicated procedural history, GAO said that an agency must take into account a corporate transaction and novation, even if the agency wasn’t aware of the novation at time of proposal submission. the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)–for information regarding how ISACA issues its certificates.”

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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. said in a statement.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

the FAR must update definitions related to specific types of organizational conflicts of interest, including unequal access to information, impaired objectivity, and biased ground rules. As well as add more procedures to require contractors to disclose information relevant to potential organizational conflicts of interest.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Federal government cybersecurity breaches rose by 453 percent between fiscal years 2016 and 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office. Here’s how to use Netmon: Sort Out Information That’s… In network monitoring, IP packet capture enables real-time or retrospective packet analysis to establish a baseline.

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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. Werfel left the door open in his letter for Direct File to be a one-and-done program.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 8, 2024

The ATF memo fails to explicitly inform ATF employees of their Constitutional and statutory right to make protected disclosures of wrongdoing and misconduct to Congress, inspectors general (IG), and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC),” wrote Grassley. Grassley claims that this omission violates the Whistleblower Protection Act.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Laura Stanton is the assistant commissioner in the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) in the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA. The Government Accountability Office found in January that 10 vendors, including Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce and Oracle accounted for 73% of all licenses purchased by the 24 agencies reviewed.

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Inventory Price Purchasing Negotiation 81

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

In Ecuador, the collaboration between government and civil society organizations enabled a rapid response by publishing information on emergency contracts publicly as timely open data, expanding oversight of procurement, and increasing the capacity of civil society and public officials. We really saw the power of this during the pandemic.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 76

Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The United States relies on contractors such as Lockheed Martin to provide accurate, complete, and current information, including pricing data, when negotiating contracts with the government, said Acting U.S. We will pursue contractors that knowingly misuse taxpayer funds. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr, for the Eastern District of Texas.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

Yet for decades, the residents of Villa 20, one of Buenos Airess historic informal settlements, lived without official addresses, access to basic public services, or even clean drinking water. A home is more than just shelterit is a source of dignity, stability, and connection to the community. In a way, it can become our identity.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 18, 2024

NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center ( NITAAC ) posted a notice Wednesday that it began sending out new notices to successful and unsuccessful offerors the week of Jan. In two separate decisions, GAO concluded the agency improperly eliminated proposals from the first phase of the competition.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 3, 2024

CentralSquare’s CAD service keeps first responders connected during emergencies When emergencies happen, quick access to critical information is paramount. CentralSquare’s cloud-based CAD and RMS services, powered by AWS, help dispatchers and responders quickly access and share real-time information during high-pressure situations.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business extension requests are currently being routed for approval,” Ricky Clark, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center ( NITAAC ), said in an emailed statement to FedScoop. Protests have been filed at the U.S.

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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.” Addressing the causes could improve the federal government’s cybersecurity posture,” the report said.

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Accountability Budget Quality Management 107

Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 7, 2025

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: The post Public Procurement Policy Training for Scotland appeared first on Public Procurement and Property.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The impact level is based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-60r1 , which outlines how to map information and information systems to various security categories. AWS also provides documentation within AWS Artifact , a central resource for compliance-related information available in the AWS Management Console.

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Accountability Data Management Government 123

FedScoop

MARCH 13, 2024

Additionally, Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace, R-S.C., doesn’t lose its edge to China on AI, lawmakers “must hold accountable unethical creators, criminal actors and especially those who are creating child pornography and child sexual abuse material.

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FedScoop

JUNE 7, 2024

The following year, the NRP sample was approximately 1,500, all selected with the AI-informed process, and in 2021, 4,000 returns were picked based on two different AI samples. With that in mind, the watchdog pointed to the usefulness of its AI accountability framework.

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), which released the draft Wednesday, establishes the following four goals: “promote health and wellness, enhance the delivery and experience of care, accelerate research and innovation and connect the health system with health data.”

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Data IT Strategic Planning Electronics 114

ExecutiveBiz

JULY 16, 2024

Craig McIntire currently serves as vice president of the Department of Homeland Security Account within SAIC’s Civilian Business Group. In this role, he oversees the full spectrum of the company’s DHS portfolio, which includes a wide variety of information technology and engineering services.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As of this July, all 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies completed an OMB requirement in its Cloud Smart strategy to ensure that CIOs oversee modernization efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.,

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Procurement Education Accountability Budget 112

Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 23, 2024

In his speech, Grassley highlighted different examples of how whistleblowers have provided his office with information to help increase transparency and accountability within the federal government. “The task of supporting whistleblowers doesn’t start and stop with this very day, every year, that we honor whistleblowers.

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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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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

When considering the implementation of emerging technologies, federal agencies should document changes in statutes, provide the public with information about their efforts and establish clear communication with Congress and other relevant stakeholders, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In an opinion piece published

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FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

A handful of security deficiencies in IRS information systems elevate the tax agency’s risk of inaccuracies in financial statements, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday. The post Security flaws in IRS systems pose risk to financial statements, GAO says appeared first on FedScoop.

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