GovLoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The problem is that the surge in demand is happening when agencies are dealing with budget constraints and worker shortages. Prior to adopting Zendesk, GHVP relied on email and shared inboxes to manage these demands, making for a chaotic communication environment that was vulnerable to frequent errors and lacked transparency.

Demand 59

Demand Transparency Budget Management 59

Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2025

As of December 2024, the Office of Management and Budget has now designated 40 separate large acquisition vehicles as best-in-class representing products and services ranging from rental cars to hearing aids to identity protection services. But the missing ingredient for us, really, and for any agency, is aggregating the demand signal.

Category Management 55

Category Management Management Purchasing Budget 55

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.

Government 97

Government Government Budget Quality 97

AWS Public Sector

JULY 1, 2024

A growing list of educational organizations, including Kaplan, McGraw Hill, New York University (NYU), and Coursera, have turned to CreatorUp to meet the rising demand. CreatorUp helps the education sector meet content demand—quickly When it comes to developing digital course content, one of the biggest challenges is scalability.

Education 128

Education Demand Media Digital Media 128

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. Procurement as a Strategic Driver of Digital Transformation Public procurement wields immense influence over markets, technology adoption, and the direction of societal progress.

Procurement 59

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

In order to manage those fluctuating costs, agencies need a way to set a consistent budget for their IT team, while still meeting their organization’s needs for data storage. A pay-as-you-go solution could be the answer for your agency.

Strategic Planning 96

Strategic Planning Capacity Supply Chain Demand 96

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less. But as demand for AI talent across all industries grows, training for employees will be the best option to bridge the AI knowledge gap.

Education 126

Education Demand Innovation Capacity 126

FedScoop

MAY 22, 2024

But with this latest spate of authorizations, the company adds many services that are in demand for government customers, like AI, zero-trust security, and data and analytics tools. Google has several services — as well as its underlying commercial cloud infrastructure — that have previously received FedRAMP High authorizations.

Distribution 128

Distribution Finance Demand Data 128

GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

In September 2021, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a draft federal strategy , emphasizing the need for a zero-trust architecture to meet evolving cybersecurity demands. Recognizing its significance, the highest levels of government are actively embracing Zero Trust.

Utilities 115

Utilities Demand Budget Government 115

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Additionally, it’s important to plan for the entire product lifecycle, factoring in system maintenance, upgrades and eventual replacement when considering budget constraints.”

Purchasing 110

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

WashngtonExec

MAY 6, 2024

There are increasing demands to modernize the technology infrastructure,” even as budgets are decreasing, said Rebecca Miller, GovCIO health and civilian sector president. Government agencies need to advance their missions in the face of competing pressures.

Demand 52

Demand Budget Government Government 52

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There’s obviously some demand for a NITAAC contract offering by virtue of the fact that CIOSP3 keeps getting extended and then orders keep flowing through it. So on the one hand, it might be a little concerning, my budgets are going to get cut. Interview transcript: Larry Allen It really is. We want CIOSP4 to succeed. Absolutely.

Procurement 59

Procurement Efficiency Contract Budget 59

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation. Visibility into ‘unit costs’ (for example, the cost-per-student of a solution) helps budget and product owners demonstrate a connection between the demand for an application and how this demand influences cost.

Price 75

Price Demand Education Efficiency 75

AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. This is one way to address the challenges of tight budgets and evolving demands on government services. They can address these challenges when they collaborate and share resources to accelerate digital transformation.

Government 72

Government Government Collaboration Transparency 72

FedScoop

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A lot of internet users are on older hardware, or maybe it’s newer but it’s a budget device,” Langle said. Those budget devices or older hardware, they do not handle those types of applications the same as newer hardware does. … It really does throttle or bottleneck their experience.”

Government 103

Government Government Sustainability Budget 103

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Demand planning capabilities. Demand planning is the ability to create forecasts that predict the future need for your products. In fact, 74% of ERP implementations go Over Budget and they take longer to roll out. Point-of-use data capture. Upgrades can be disruptive to the rest of the business.

Supply Chain 88

Supply Chain Management Total Cost of Ownership Warehouse 88

GovLoop

APRIL 22, 2024

GAO, in a 2023 report about the Internal Revenue Service’s modernization efforts, describes it this way: “In an era of constrained budgets, the high costs of maintaining legacy systems could limit an agency’s ability to modernize and develop new or replacement systems.” This is called technical debt. Department of Labor.

Demand 72

Demand Finance Budget Accountability 72

GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

Many see the need to shift to an on-demand approach to buying IT resources. Commercial cloud offerings lean in this direction, but with the ever-increasing demand for data, many in government have seen their cloud expenditures skyrocket. Adapt on Demand. Proven Solutions. Customers have seen the benefits.

IT 59

IT Capacity Demand Supply Chain 59

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

An army of data analysts wouldn’t be able to keep up with the volume of logs being generated (and no agency has sufficient budget to hire them). AI for IT operations – AIOps, as it is called – is well suited to managing complex IT systems and supporting constantly changing and growing data and security demands.

Participation 116

Participation Data Media Networking 116

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But the missing ingredient for us really, and for any agency, is aggregating the demand signal. Budget cycles seem to be truncated these days, for example, have been for a while,” Derrios told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. That’s really where we get the best bang for the buck, so to speak.”

Category Management 109

Category Management Management Procurement End to End 109

FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Like much of the private sector, our government services are becoming more data-driven, demanding an IT environment that will support the digital-first approach. Legacy solutions, simply put, just don’t have the scale or speed capable of handling the workloads and requirements of today’s world.

Government 93

Government Government Data Efficiency 93

How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

Coupled with the current budget and expectations of public sector productivity gains, the action plan will put AI adoption top of the agenda for public sector organisations (if it wasnt there already). Innovative AI suppliers from the UK and around the world should be engaged to support demand and encourage investment.

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Staffing can be a challenge, as can budget shortfalls and outdated technology. He believes agencies probably can’t hire enough qualified people to meet the demand. Cyber threats in recent years have become more frequent and creative, and government cybersecurity teams often struggle to keep pace. But one tool can help: automation.

Demand 98

Demand Budget Participation Collaboration 98

ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget.

Price 105

Price Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team 105

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How do we aggregate the demand?” Is there an opportunity smartly aggregate that demand?’ Michael Derrios is the senior procurement executive at the State Department. “It It helps me with category management. Derrios said at the recent ACT-IAC AI Acquisition Forum. “I I love the fact we have the best-in-class vehicles. We use those.

Thresholds 97

Thresholds Category Management Procurement Chief Procurement Officer 97

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This is unsustainable in terms of the demand on council resources. Also, as a council with budget pressures, there’s significant financial gain. It can typically cost £120 ($150) to adapt content manually for a single page with just five lines and five images. Once launched, it’ll help overcome barriers and improve people’s lives.

Import 115

Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s no secret that agencies grapple with aging systems, budget constraints or a risk-averse culture. Agencies gain clearer visibility into budget allocations and expected outcomes for each phase of the project, while providers have a precise understanding of the expected deliverables and timeframes.

Innovation 58

Innovation Demand Budget Price 58

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Student performance gaps stubbornly refuse to close while the demands placed on teaching professionals by time-consuming administrative tasks and the challenges associated with lesson preparations continue to increase. The current education ecosystem is, by majority, characterized by stretched school budgets and outdated legacy technology.

Education 130

Education Collaboration Utilities Quality 130

GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Here is a real-life example on how one civilian agency reduced its environmental footprint and budget demands: An agency was looking to reduce the power needed to heat and cool its primary data center by one-third.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Capacity Demand Budget 52

GovLoop

JULY 31, 2023

And “from a scalability perspective, [organizations must] be able to leverage resources on demand as needed, going up [and scaling] down to… control and manage costs,” he said. Months often pass between when an agency realizes it needs something and when it gets a cost estimate, budgets for the update and ultimately receives it.

IT 52

IT Budget Demand Procurement 52

Federal News Network

MARCH 22, 2024

got a tough grade in customer clarity, or the ability of the government to signal demand not just through communicating innovation priorities and issuing strategies, but also through providing stable funding and utilizing acquisition pathways available to the Defense Department to buy at speed. But the U.S.

Innovation 95

Innovation Participation Budget Logistics 95

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

Often, serverless technology plays an important role in running a cost-efficient environment with the agility to scale in response to changes in demand. Website traffic for charity platforms can vary, with sudden increases in demand. Conclusion Website traffic for nonprofit organizations can be variable with sudden increases in demand.

Demand 75

Demand Data Management Import 75

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The on-premises SQL server used by Kellogg faculty and students had reached the end of its life, and his team needed to identify a cost-effective way forward while ensuring that the datasets would remain highly available for researchers to use on demand. The new data collection needed to be budget-friendly—both to install and maintain.

Innovation 81

Innovation Management Data Demand 81

GovLoop

AUGUST 4, 2022

Address budgeting silos. We’re typically budgeted by business line, so that provides incentives for focusing on your own organization and line item, rather than thinking horizontally across the department from the [constituents’] perspective,” observed Morton. Overcome These Obstacles.

Retail 59

Retail Strategic Planning Budget Demand 59

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. The goals are to help government address complex policy issues, adapt to changing demands, and provide insights that ultimately benefit the Canadian public.

Data 75

Data Government Government Demand 75

AWS Public Sector

MAY 8, 2024

Chief financial officers (CFOs) stress the importance of measuring the value and return on investment of research conducted, but often lament that the true costs of on-premises resources are distributed across various budgets, or masked. Conclusion Researchers seek to push the envelope and see cloud as an instrument to further their research.

Total Cost of Ownership 84

Total Cost of Ownership TCO Education Cost of Ownership 84

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

​ My job was to ensure I had enough stock to fulfil demand and beat my sales targets. I needed to predict when demand would peak and how fast it would decline. No matter how good a supply chain is, sudden peaks in demand can cause disruption. T rends came and went fast! On occasion, this didn't happen.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain IT Warehouse Demand 52