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Innovations in Data: Put Digital Twins to Work

GovLoop

Government Accountability Office defines a digital twin as a virtual representation of a physical object, process or system. The concept of digital twins, which has been around for years, is gaining traction as agencies gather better data and vendors develop better tools.

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CrowdStrike outage briefly impacted national transplant matching system

FedScoop

USCIS did not confirm that account and directed FedScoop back to a general statement issued by DHS on Friday. The Government Accountability Office said that it still has not received a request to analyze the CrowdStrike outage from Congress.

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Modernizing Public Infrastructure: The Power of Strategic Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

By leveraging public-private partnerships and adopting forward-thinking procurement practices, Estonia created scalable systems that meet both current and future needs. Supply Chain Optimization : AI can enhance supply chain performance by analyzing vendor reliability, delivery timelines, and cost trends.  

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Fear and loathing in Defense IT: Time to enforce FAR conflict of interest rules and revolving door abuses

Federal News Network

DoD’s failure to embrace commercial innovations critical to war fighting has become the deputy secretary of Defense’s top priority, as seen with the elevation of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the growing embrace of public-private partnerships that are free of rice bowls. Snitches get stiches,” as the saying goes.

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) Governments collaborate with private sector companies, industry associations, and academic institutions to develop joint initiatives and projects to advance digital transformation. This helps leaders to make adjustments to keep activity on track.

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False Claims Act allegations leave two contractors with millions of dollars in fines

Federal News Network

The 4,000-acre project is also DoD’s biggest public-private partnership to date. ( An examination of DOD’s struggling background check system - House Oversight and Accountability Committee ) For the first time in a decade, the Government Accountability Office is out with a proposed revision of federal internal controls.

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COMET recompete, Polaris protests keep acquisition exciting in early fiscal 2024

Federal News Network

We learned how to do that very well under COMET, and then the next iteration, you’ll see some reflection in our requirements about that maturity, which I think is going to be great to continue that public, private partnership,” Shive said. At issue this time is GSA’s handling of mentor-protégé and joint ventures.