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State Dept. reshaping acquisition organization, processes

Federal News Network

It helps me with category management. But that is not the panacea for category management. Michael Derrios is the senior procurement executive at the State Department. “It How do we aggregate the demand?” Derrios said at the recent ACT-IAC AI Acquisition Forum. “I I love the fact we have the best-in-class vehicles.

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Friday Flash 06/07/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. If you have any questions or topics for future reports, please contact Michael Hanafin at mhanafin@thecgp.org.

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Friday Flash 04/26/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FAS Executive Panels: IT, Professional Services, and Assisted Services and General Supplies and Services On the afternoon of May 8, leadership from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will join us to discuss the priorities and initiatives from their respective offices.

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OFPP’s acquisition workforce modernization effort to kick into gear in 2024

Federal News Network

Small business, category management Harada said a key piece to the Better Contracting Initiative is continuing the evolution of category management. Part of that effort means improving the management of software purchasing.

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New data strategy, OMB Circular to set foundation for OFPP’s Better Contracting Initiative

Federal News Network

And to that end, we’re launching a new centralized data management strategy supported by a new draft Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular to facilitate a more robust sharing and analyzing of acquisition data across the federal enterprise. “One of the areas of focus that we’re launching [Nov.

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Where federal contract spending is headed in 2025

Federal News Network

Whether there’s a fiscal year budget or a continuing resolution the government never stops spending. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got some startling facts now from Deltek senior research manager Ashley Sanderson. So now we have this giant behemoth C5ISR, IT services requirement that’s coming out. Tom Temin Sure.

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