ivalua

JULY 11, 2022

New release features AI-powered contract management, more seamless messaging and communications, supplier risk and performance enhancements and procure-to-pay efficiency . AI-powered contract management. On the AI front, Ivalua enhanced its leading CLM solution with AI-Powered Contract Data Capture.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Collaboration Innovation Supplier 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Budgeting challenges as tail spend typically often not planned for . Allow users to s earch across internally hosted supplier catalogs, Amazon Business, and other supplier sites to view and compare the results on a single screen, with real-time pricing and inventory. . Extra work processing supplier invoices, creating higher costs.

Buyers 52

Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

Great Government Through Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Office of Management Budget then issued M-23-02 advising agencies how to take the threat seriously. Where to start The first step, per M-23-02, is for agencies to inventory their active cryptographic systems and re-inventory them annually through 2035.

IT 40

IT Inventory Supplier Data 40

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group discusses the most consequential changes for government contractors here. If a contractor cannot make the required certification, DoD cannot award new contracts for consulting services. DoD contracting officers may also request a waiver, but waivers require congressional notification.

Government 40

Government Government Export Data 40

FedScoop

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the VA’s use case inventory , the department cites the use of a large language model that can help predict risks that patients might have before they enter surgery and another tool to “optimize surgical outcomes.” Frankly, in my mind, it is not going to be sufficient to say, ‘we’re going to cancel a contract.’”

Inventory 123

Inventory Ethics Utilities Data 123

FedScoop

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“For the first time in history, the civilian government, we have a comprehensive inventory of our asymmetric cryptography across all the agencies and their critical systems,” Nick Polk, senior adviser to the federal CISO, said Tuesday at GDIT’s Emerge Quantum event, produced by FedScoop.

Inventory 105

Inventory Import Budget Purchasing 105

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec. In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec.

Inventory 129

Inventory Budget Management Utilities 129

FedScoop

MAY 16, 2024

State recently announced a chatbot for internal uses and revised its public AI use case inventory to remove nine items from the agency website. Education also recently announced an RFI for cloud computing capabilities for the FSA office, a follow-on contract for its Next Generation Cloud.

Education 123

Education Inventory Media Sustainability 123

GovSpend

APRIL 16, 2025

In a recent webinar hosted by GovSpend, attorney Maria Panichelli , partner at McCarter & English and an expert in federal contracting law, outlined the growing risks contractors face and, more importantly, how to survive them. Instead, they’re a result of shifting political priorities, changing missions, or budget realignments.

TCO 52

TCO Price Contract Consulting 52

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The VA is inching toward awarding contracts for its upcoming modernization of a supply chain management system, officials shared during a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee hearing.

Supply Chain 112

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 112

FedScoop

AUGUST 14, 2024

The CFTC in recent months has been especially attuned to that landscape in the age of artificial intelligence, issuing a request for comment in January on the uses and risks the technology poses to the derivatives market, which encompasses futures options or contracts for underlying assets such as commodities, bonds, stocks and currencies.

Data 118

Data Quality Inventory Ethics 118

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

If passed, the legislation would ban contract solicitations from including these requirements, unless a written justification is provided by the contracting officer explaining why they should be included in a specific solicitation. Sections F, G, and H are being revised to reflect changes made to 13 CFR § 125.6(d)

E-procurement 98

E-procurement Procurement Procurement Contracts Supply Chain 98

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Purchase Order has been touted as the only way to manage ‘maverick’ spend (stopping off budget expenditure), but it’s also a way to automate invoice processing. Is there a budget and contract (the purchase order is a contract) for these items? Is the tax and budget allocation information correct?

E-procurement 94

E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

DHS Inventory of AI Systems for Cybersecurity is ‘Not Accurate ,’ Oversight Report Says NextGov reports that the Government Accountability Office published a report Wednesday documenting issues with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public inventory of AI use cases, including one that was not AI.

Inventory 40

Inventory E-procurement Budget Negotiation 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Join us Next Week at the MAS Basic Training and GSA and VA Schedule Contract Training for In-House Counsel Courses! Time still remains to register for the Coalition’s MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts and our GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel courses, which will take place next week on February 27 and 28!

Inventory 52

Inventory Price Supply Chain Contract 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-24-10 , Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo), updating and implementing OMB’s November 2023 proposed memorandum of the same name. View the full article

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Impact Assessment Procurement Innovation 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday publicly released its anticipated memorandum on responsible AI acquisition in government (M-24-18), charting an initial path forward for agencies to buy products that use the booming technology in a safe and responsible way and placing new criteria on those contracts.

Purchasing 141

Purchasing Inventory Budget Buyers 141

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

13] Fourth , “the PPI includes government purchases, while the CPI does not[.]” [14] Because of the differences, for Government contracts cost and pricing analysis, PPI tends to provide better benchmarks for non-commercial supply or construction contracts. 64] Compare that to the FY 2023 DoD budget of $816.7 trillion. [60]

Government Contracts 40

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The President is set to release his 2025 budget request on March 11, which usually kicks off appropriations negotiations for the next fiscal year. We also recommended that the contract provision in the proposed rule be updated to confirm that GSA intends to provide a single icon in GSA Advantage! for all SUP-free packaging.

Price 52

Price Data Contract Accountability 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

b) details a set of governance reforms to be implemented in view of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s guidance to strengthen the effective and appropriate use of AI, advance AI innovation, and manage risks from AI in the Federal Government. Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b) b) guidance.

Risk Management 69

Risk Management E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 69

FedScoop

MARCH 27, 2025

The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act would make agencies conduct comprehensive software inventories and undergo independent assessments of management practices and contracts. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who introduced the bill with Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., April McClain Delaney, D-Md.,

Purchasing 104

Purchasing Transparency Inventory Innovation 104

Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

In a nutshell, management is going to inspect, gather information, communicate with stakeholders, perform analyses, evaluate results and procedures, update documents, file reports, and ensure that efforts are documented in case of audit by a Contracting Officer or the U.S. 1) Who’s In Charge?

Export 40

Export Evaluation Contract Government Contracts 40

Government Contracts Legal Forum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The hallmark of that effort to date had been a proposed rule that would, if finalized, require thousands of federal contractors to inventory, publicly disclose, and, in some cases, seek reductions in GHG emissions (see our prior discussion here ). As explained in E.O. View the full article

Bidding 52

Bidding Evaluation Procurement Supply Chain 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The two discuss issues, like data-driven decision-making; the speed of innovation; IT modernization; and increased use of contracting flexibilities. Contracting officers will have established procedures for implementing FASCA orders in existing and new Federal contracts, as well as sharing potential supply chain risk information.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Price Procurement 52

FedInsider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Tune in on your favorite podcasting platform as we explore why organizations should maintain accurate inventories of SaaS applications, identifying and managing shadow SaaS apps, and implementing robust governance practices to secure and optimize their SaaS ecosystems. AI can play a pivotal role in systematically addressing this issue.

Engineering 98

Engineering Leadership Internal Control Inventory 98

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With nearly 35 years of government service, including 24 years at the Office of Management and Budget and over 16 years as the Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Ms. Only use cases that can be publicly disclosed are included in the inventory.

Inventory 52

Inventory Procurement Data Thresholds 52

FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

The agency is also facing questions about how its robust budget is being put to use. The Secret Service’s enterprise IT modernization budget , meanwhile, is $141.7 The USSS has also had contracts with Babel Street, a provider of open source intelligence. The Secret Service received $3.1

Media 83

Media Impact Assessment Budget Data 83

FedScoop

MARCH 29, 2024

Among the requirements, agencies must now vet their AI uses for risks, expand what they share in their annual AI use case inventories, and select a chief AI officer. The use case inventories, which were established by a Trump-era executive order and later enshrined into federal statute, have so far lacked consistency across agencies.

Inventory 93

Inventory Risk Management Data Management 93