FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

million request for AI-related funding in its fiscal year 2025 budget, a $3.7 In its congressional budget justification for FY 2025 , the NRC said it is looking to develop an AI regulatory framework for the nuclear industry, in addition to facilitating the responsible adoption of AI, which includes generative AI. “We

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No longer trying to define what it is, focus is now on the affordability within already challenged budgets. Close Moderator & Contributing Editor , FedInsider The post Budgeting Priorities for Federal Deployment of Zero Trust (E130) first appeared on FedInsider. Agencies have matured in their understanding of zero trust.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 12, 2024

And a lot of the contractors with non-disabled employees are noting the fact that federal wages go up in the budget, payment to service members’ salaries go up in the federal budget, but there’s nothing to adjust for inflation of contractor personnel under service contracts in the budgets, and nothing that seems to be emerging for 24.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The budget includes funds for nine barracks construction projects, an increased focus on fitness facilities and routine upticks in pay for soldiers. Army wants $186 billion in spending power for fiscal year 2025, a figure which has not yet been approved. It has also been assembled with an eye toward responding to “aggression in

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USFCR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Agencies start implementing new budgets, directly influencing contracting opportunities. The federal government's fiscal year kicks off on October 1st , marking the beginning of Q1 (October to December). This period is crucial for businesses aiming to secure government contracts.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the face of new and growing threats many federal, state and local IT budgets stay the same, however. The challenge becomes how to plan and implement a zero trust environment within budgets that are slow to increase. Creating a zero trust environment holds a lot of promise to provide significantly improved cybersecurity.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

billion budget. According to a Deltek report, DHS agencies invested over $1 billion into contract awards in 2023, and by the end of fiscal year 2024, the department’s contract obligations are expected to hit up to $12 billion — over 11 percent of its $103.2

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FedScoop

JANUARY 19, 2024

Obviously, the applied for budget in [2024] is larger than our existing budget and that’s what’s necessary to add more headcount. We’re OK for now, but for long-term needs, we just need to get a budget.” The post VA struggles to bring on AI talent without a long-term budget from Congress appeared first on FedScoop.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 21, 2024

Aeyon, a digital transformation and robotic process automation company, has secured a prime contract to provide budget operations support to the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s Budget Division.

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Government Contracts

MAY 16, 2024

Former Connecticut lawmaker and deputy budget director Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis has been arrested on federal criminal charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut told Law360 on Thursday morning.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

This was the topic of the event Racial Equity Budgeting: Lessons from the United States and Brazil , which was organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and took place in September 2023. We discussed how racial equity budgeting works and how cities and states are applying this instrument to reduce racial inequality.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

A McAleese & Associates report on President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion budget for the Department of Defense offers a look at how much funding will go to service branches and programs in fiscal year 2025. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that the Department of the Air

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 10, 2024

Supreme Court decision affirming that the federal government is liable for the reimbursement of millions in administrative healthcare costs for two Native American tribes, is urging Congress to shift its budget appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to protect the agency's overall health.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A holistic approach to cybersecurity Zero Trust also prioritizes some of the basic cyber hygiene practices that agencies can start now without needing to invest in people or budgets.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Budget showdown may cause a massive impact as it can lead to a government shutdown. Understanding what happens during a budget showdown is vital to prepare for its possible results. Learn more about how a budget showdown can affect the country, businesses, and individuals here. What is a Budget Showdown?

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

The Defense Innovation Unit has begun the strategic allocation of its fiscal year 2024 budget worth approximately $983 million to advance its DIU 3.0 DIU said Thursday it will allocate its FY 2024 budget across four categories designed to accelerate vital

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Government Contracts

MARCH 25, 2024

Supreme Court on Monday that Indian Health Services might be forced to cut its budget by 40%, should two Native American tribes prevail in their bids to uphold rulings that ordered they be reimbursed millions in administrative healthcare costs. Federal government attorneys told the U.S.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 5, 2024

Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration’s 2025 wish list. With all the votes in the president’s budget. So, there’s really a lot of interest in what’s in this FY 25 budget.

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Section 881, small businesses would be required to submit applications for a designation as an Entrepreneurial Innovation Project, and a newly established advisory panel in each military department would recommend eligible programs based on the potential of the project to: advance U.S.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 6, 2024

Department of Defense on Wednesday to make a "transformational change" to its budgeting and resource allocation processes, saying the DOD's current processes limit effective and timely responses to changing needs and technologies. An expert panel urged the U.S.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 11, 2024

billion discretionary budget for the U.S. The White House on Monday proposed an $849.8 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025, focusing heavily on supporting readiness programs over other priorities.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 1, 2024

According to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Viasat , the commercial satellite communications industry views the inclusion of a $134 million line item for commercial satcom integration within the proposed fiscal year 2025 Pentagon budget as a positive development. "We're

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Massive-scale operations and support require hefty budgets to be deployed successfully. The United States military is one of the largest forces with the most sophisticated capabilities in the world.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But NASA’s initiative to build such a spacecraft, which is called On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 or OSAM-1 , is running late and is way over budget, according to an Oct. The post Contractor issues put NASA behind schedule and over budget on robotic spacecraft, OIG finds appeared first on FedScoop.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The White House recently released a memo directing agencies to align part of their fiscal 2026 budgets with the five pillars of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, as part of its response to escalating…

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In an era characterized by workforce shortages, limited budgets and escalating demands for rapid service delivery, government agencies are frequently hampered by antiquated technology infrastructures that AI-driven technologies are tactfully modernizing. where funding was realigned to support shifting priorities effectively.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In order to try and organize and set up parameters for its use, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo requiring agencies to put governance plans in place

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FedScoop

AUGUST 29, 2024

Coming off the release of long-awaited FedRAMP modernization guidance last month, the White House is now considering how to navigate its technology budgeting needs in a “rigorous and thoughtful way,” the federal government’s top IT official said Thursday.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW.

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GovTribe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget allocations bring modest increases in defense and technology spending, but overall, growth is limited — just a 1% rise in discretionary spending caps from last year ( Committee for a Responsible Budget ).

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Agencies can struggle to stick to recommended three- to five-year IT refresh cycles due to their large install bases, tight budgets and legacy technologies that are not interoperable with newer ones.

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FedScoop

JUNE 6, 2024

Cuts to programs for ocean observation, weather research, and staffing for the National Weather Service were a focus for House lawmakers at a hearing this week on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget request. NOAA’s budget request seeks $6.6 billion in discretionary appropriations, an increase of $224.8

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USFCR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

reduction in interest rates has brought renewed attention to how these changes affect the federal budget, government borrowing, and, ultimately, federal contractors. When the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates , it can have a broad ripple effect across the entire economy, and federal spending is no exception. The recent 0.5%

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Bauer said 25% of his team’s budget goes towards cybersecurity — primarily remediation — but they have faced a 28% cut in modernization funds. For folks who are not seeing that budget line item increase for their own shop, again, the TMF is still an option around that.” The squeeze is on, but there’s no relief in sight,” Bauer said.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the rise in SDA’s budget seeks to show that the agency is a real market for space industry leaders and investors, SpaceNews reported Saturday.

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