FedScoop

JUNE 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has work to do in assessing its software licenses, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that included four other new priority recommendations to the VA.

Inventory 113

Inventory Purchasing Electronics Change Management 113

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. DHS CIO Eric Hysen currently serves as the agency’s chief AI officer.

IT 118

IT Inventory Budget Engineering 118

FedScoop

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The report stated: “By not classifying, accounting for and dispositioning its sensitive and high-risk property, BNL is at risk for potential adverse impact on public health and safety, the environment, national security interests and proliferation concerns. The IG conducted the audit from January 2022 through July 2023. the report states.

Export 101

Export Inventory Transportation Transportation 101

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.

Electronics 128

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 128

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 110

Purchasing Inventory Accountability Budget 110

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.” Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

IT 97

IT Data Transparency Inventory 97

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. Two months later, the House companion — introduced by Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.,

Purchasing 130

Purchasing Inventory Utilities Transparency 130

FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

According to the Justice Department’s use case inventory for AI , that tool has been used since 2019, and is also used to “screen social media posts directed to the FBI.” We need some transparency and accountability for knowing when we’re invoking an AI capability and when we’re not,” Noyes said.

Ethics 117

Ethics Transparency Innovation Inventory 117

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

Without a doubt, the VA and the veterans it serves would benefit from a functional inventory management system, and the department could make better use of taxpayers’ dollars if the system used to order medical supplies were connected to the systems that pay for and track them,” Rosendale said in his opening remarks.

Supply Chain 111

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 111

FedScoop

APRIL 30, 2024

Those reports would be included in each agency’s AI use case inventory, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance finalized in March. Annual summary usage reports for safety- and rights-impacting AI align with an overarching goal to create more comprehensive use case inventories. “We

Inventory 76

Inventory Quality Budget Data 76

GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

A Government Accountability Office report issued in June 2021 noted that most of the federal government’s $100 billion fiscal year spending on IT went to maintaining and operating existing technology, including old, unsupported systems with known vulnerabilities. Data: Allowing agencies to inventory, categorize and label all data.

Networking 98

Networking Inventory Data Distribution 98

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. or Accounting systems (e.g.

E-procurement 94

E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

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.

Accountability 81

Accountability Management Evaluation Inventory 81

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Ensures accountability, compliance and consistent interpretation and application with all current and applicable state and federal laws, agency policies and procedures, rules and regulations. Oversees the management of warehouse and parts room operations, inventory control and surplus property.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

CSMT characterizes risks associated with mass destruction in the Philippines by developing an on-site chemical inventory by facility and uses atmospheric dispersion modeling to quantify possible plume extents and impact on nearby populations and traffic.

Risk Management 122

Risk Management Management End to End Data 122

FedScoop

MARCH 13, 2024

In 2014, a NASA OIG report found the agency did not, at the time, have an accurate inventory of mobile devices, including tablets. A Government Accountability Office review published in 2018 found major issues with NASA’s cybersecurity operations, too. There have been other cybersecurity issues at NASA beyond lost devices.

Inventory 109

Inventory Accountability Media Management 109

GovLoop

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, according to one estimate per the Government Accountability Office, the federal government made nearly $281 billion in erroneous payments in fiscal 2021 that it cannot retrieve. That’s a “remarkable amount that’s not even due to fraud,” Woestman observed. That’s how Woestman describes a data catalog.

Data 94

Data Logistics Inventory Collaboration 94

GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

When it comes to cybersecurity, you can’t protect what you don’t know exists.

Data 52

Data Inventory Accountability Government 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JULY 17, 2024

Inventory Inventory relates to stock. If a team member has some accounts queries, are they treating them all individually where they could save them up and just have one meeting? Or, it could relate to the route a vehicle takes. Think about a journey a salesperson makes to visit customers. How much stock is being held?

Inventory 59

Inventory Manufacturing Transportation Transportation 59

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Take Inventory. This concept of inventory has existed for decades from an IT perspective,” said Lester Godsey, Chief Information Security Officer for Maricopa County, Ariz. Inventory is the starting point of everything else that we do.”. Godsey said. Assess Everything. Measure how well all of that works. Add more security.

Data 52

Data Inventory Education Engineering 52

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But then the move is then transmitted to HomeSafe Connect, where then the now-reformed process really starts to move into automation — from the pre-move survey to the inventory process. “MilMove will be the initial customer interface where [base transportation offices] will build out their initial move requirement,” he said.

Integration 104

Integration Integrity IT Transportation 104

FedInsider

JANUARY 9, 2024

Mr. Jones is a Solution Architect and Account / Project Lead by background and has a demonstrated portfolio of delivering value to his Clients. Complexity and risk reduction were important in taking the manual, cumbersome and human-laden processes out of storing inventory gear,” Jones said.

Innovation 103

Innovation Warehouse Supply Chain Networking 103

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation. Additionally, customers can utilize AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store to utilize a parameter stored in your AWS account that references and AMI ID.

Utilities 78

Utilities Networking Demand Management 78

FedInsider

AUGUST 7, 2024

But you must have an extremely good asset inventory, threat detection and log correlation,” Edwards said. If you are accountable and responsible for the security of the whole organization, you need to rack and stack all the risks no matter what network or what domain they are in,” Edwards said.

Collaboration 75

Collaboration Inventory Networking Data 75

GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

31, 2023, the state’s Department of Administrative Services will conduct an annual inventory of all AI-based systems used by state entities, and each year the department must confirm that none of those systems leads to unfair discrimination or disparate impacts. A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence.

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Transparency Data 52

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

Continuously assess through AWS Security Hub AWS Security Hub is a cloud security posture management service that performs automated, continuous security best practice checks against your AWS resources across Regions and accounts. AWS Config offers a collection of rules and remediation actions to enable security and governance best practices.

Evaluation 80

Evaluation Management Inventory Accountability 80

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It uses Amazon Forecast to build a time series predictor model for each satellite beam in the ship(s) path, accounting for the impact of weather conditions in a given location. Demand spikes also need to be accounted for; holiday traffic, major sporting events, or peak shipping seasons all impact satellite capacity planning.

Capacity 81

Capacity Demand Distribution Data 81

Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

So for contractors, I think it becomes a challenge of making sure they understand the inventory of the customers that they’re working with and how the economic and funding environment is affecting those particular agencies so they can operate smarter, be more strategic about where they’re competing.

Government 126

Government Government Supply Chain Manufacturing 126

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Analytics : Understand the scenarios in which users are conducting tail spend.

Buyers 52

Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Historically, Procurement for retail has been largely centralized: Stores request and receive inventory from corporate as needed. According to KPMG’s 2018 Retail Trends Report, the costs of GNFR goods and services accounts for 8-14% of the total cost base for retailers. Decentralize Procurement. Attack GNFR Spend.

Retail 52

Retail Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Standards promulgated by the CAS [Cost Accounting Standards] Board, if applicable, generally accepted accounting principles and practices appropriate to the circumstances. The September 2023 Cost Corner concluded a three-part series on TINA. 10] A cost is allowable only if it meets all of the following requirements: Reasonableness.

Price 52

Price Government Contracts Government Government 52

Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 10, 2023

Know your existing inventory and requirements It is foundational that a transition is properly scoped in regards to physical locations and required telecom services. This step will ensure full accountability on what needs to be transitioned, what will not be transitioned and account for new requirements.

Telecommunication 52

Telecommunication Inventory Accountability Project Management 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

During the past three years, Kinnard has developed an AI use case inventory, highlighting 18 ways AI is used in the department. They work with agency partners to assess AI tools regarding bias mitigation, fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy. Let’s Put Humans First People face AI with both excitement and fear.

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Data Transparency 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If I didn't, I could be left with additional inventory, nobody wanted to buy. ​I was responsible for my individual budget that included a Profit and Loss (P&L) account. Two incidences where this happened: Wet Wet Wet - Love is all around and Brian Adams - Everything I do, I do it for you.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain IT Warehouse Demand 52

ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

From inventory management to customer shipping, leave nothing to chance when it comes to supply chain risks. With accounts-payable processes that ensure each supplier’s invoice relates to the goods and services provided. . As with the previous accounts-payable scenario, you need the right employees by your side.

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Supplier Supply Chain Management 59

FedInsider

JUNE 19, 2024

for state government, local government, and educational (SLED) accounts. Be sure to inventory all digital identities within the organization, and close inactive ones as quickly as possible. Today, he serves as a Solutions Engineer for Okta in the southeastern U.S.

Consulting 52

Consulting Engineering Data Networking 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The law’s requirements that OMB issue guidance to agencies on developing and maintaining their comprehensive data inventories and guidance on making data open by default are both currently on the Government Accountability Office’s priority recommendations for the office. The wait on corresponding OMB guidance, however, has lingered.

Data 112

Data Inventory Budget Transparency 112