FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The legislation , which is called the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats, or DETECT, Act, could eventually lead to binding rules for the federal agencies that use civilian drones, based on the NIST guidelines.

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Evaluation Utilities Manufacturing Budget 124

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). The plan heavily focuses on public sector AI adoption and formulates a series of recommendations to boost AI procurement. 41 PA23 and Sch.5

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. However, outdated evaluation criteria tailored to on-premises infrastructure still commonly shape procurement processes. We have a limited budget.

Procurement 80

Procurement IT Price Sustainability 80

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. Tom Temin In terms of detail.

Budget 52

Budget Professional Services Contract Integrity 52

GovLoop

JULY 31, 2023

In the future, as agencies continue to evaluate what they need and when they need it, we’ll see a “massive push and greater rate of adoption of consumable-as-a-service [offerings], not just technologies, but overall services in general,” he predicted. Legacy IT looks different from agency to agency.

IT 52

IT Budget Demand Procurement 52

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The new government website evaluation tool , which is called “gov metadata,” was created by Luke Fretwell and his son, Elias, as part of the Civic Hacking Agency, a project focused on technology for the public good. The stakes can be high, notes Beau Woods, the founder and CEO of the cybersecurity company Stratigos Security. “If

Government 119

Government Government Engineering Education 119

FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

The IRS said usage of Direct File surpassed expectations and “far exceeded what was necessary to provide sufficient data for the agency to evaluate.” We saw a strong response from the pilot, and Direct File’s users generally found it fast and easy to use.

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Balance Electronics Accountability Budget 108

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

6] DCAA is authorized to examine contractor records related to proposals, discussions, pricing, and performance to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and currency of cost or pricing data. [7] The Department of Defense (DoD) has designated DCAA to establish and conduct a program for performing regularly scheduled defective pricing audits. [5]

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Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? Attendees will gain critical insights into: What’s next for the VA budget and healthcare investments? is less than one month away!

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E-procurement Logistics Budget Procurement 52

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The small team is tasked with managing a wide range of responsibilities, including overseeing the purchasing budget, soliciting and evaluating bids, addressing supplier queries, finalizing purchases, and handling payments. This is a widespread issue across government procurement teams. Brought to you by:

Purchasing 58

Purchasing IT Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 58

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

These methods are the consultancy equivalent of full competition in goods and works procurement : QCBS : Employed when the terms of reference (TOR) and budget for the consultancy can be easily defined. The choice of a procurement method is often determined by the cost of the item to be procured or the nature of the requirement.

Procurement 105

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 105

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

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The tax agency, which received tens of billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to improve the taxpayer experience, budgeted $114 million for Direct File for fiscal 2024. Taken together, these steps should help support data-driven evaluation by IRS leadership and members of Congress.”

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Accountability Price Electronics Data 118

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. With strained local resources impacting educators, it is more critical than ever for the education community to adapt and evolve to meet student needs and address challenges.

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Education Demand Innovation Capacity 126

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

DoD developed a standard template for these reports earlier this year to ensure consistent evaluation criteria. GAO said IBM's claims that the solicitation's evaluation factors are unduly restrictive were not supported. That makes it hard for veterans, who served in either branch in the 1960s, to prove their service.

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FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

That prototype is still being evaluated for effectiveness and for whether it’s something that can be scaled, but it’s something CDC is looking into, Sim said. A recent Office of Management and Budget memo further directs agencies to “assess potential beneficial uses” of generative AI uses and establish safeguards.

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Efficiency Data Innovation Media 138

Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 21, 2025

This includes mechanisms for reallocating budgets and evaluating expenditures to create fiscal space for contingencies. This includes mechanisms for reallocating budgets and evaluating expenditures to create fiscal space for contingencies.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Education Budget 52

FedScoop

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Those agency analyses, which asked officials about their investments in digital accessibility, like their staffing and technical evaluations, were due to GSA back in August. At the time of publication, FedScoop hadn’t received responses to requests for comment on the report from the GSA, the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S.

Government 129

Government Government Budget Evaluation 129

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Their performance is crucial to achieving your financial, performance and quality objectives, and a poor supplier creates risks for everything from budget overruns to missed schedules and liability lawsuits. In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Department of the Navy’s third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and overall electronic procurement system is on shaky ground. That hubris reared its ugly head most recently in June when the Navy retracted a technical assessment that found shortcomings in the Navy’s electronic procurement system (ePS) program.

Procurement 119

Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 119

Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. trillion in grants and cooperative assistance agencies pay out each year. Does it add value?

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Management Quality Budget Evaluation 109

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? Attendees will gain critical insights into: What’s next for the VA budget and healthcare investments? is less than one month away!

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The bill would also require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop recommendations for agencies regarding “high-impact” AI systems, which the Office of Management and Budget would then implement. This bipartisan legislation is one important step of many necessary towards addressing potential harms.

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Transportation Transportation Innovation Risk Management 106

Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They are tasked with hiring subcontractors, coordinating their workflows, and ensuring that all aspects of the project are completed on time and within budget. They are accountable for managing all aspects of the project, ensuring that it is completed on time and within budget. Prime contractors have a wide-ranging scope of work.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Contract Bidding Participation 52

FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

billion of the Department of Defense’s annual budget is spent on cancer as part of a broader effort to improve military health care for more than 9 million eligible beneficiaries. That’s becoming increasingly critical as the number of experienced healthcare specialists qualified to perform diagnostic evaluations is declining in the U.S.

Public Private Partnership 113

Public Private Partnership Collaboration Efficiency Innovation 113

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

The key drivers of success for IDOC were agency executive leadership commitment, subject matter experts (SMEs), and Mi-Case’s agile project methodology which resulted in an on-time and on-budget implementation. Due to immediate visualization, IDOC was able to evaluate the product, test it continually, and offer feedback along the way.

Management 75

Management Leadership Quality Budget 75

FedScoop

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In an interview with FedScoop last week, NRC CIO Scott Flanders said that even though the agency has turned the page on systems defined by the Government Accountability Office as “ outdated or obsolete ,” there is still work to be done for modernization and evaluation of the agency’s technology stack.

Budget 62

Budget Accountability Evaluation IT 62

FedScoop

AUGUST 16, 2024

The FDA’s active postmarket surveillance system relies on data pulled from electronic health records, wearable devices, mobile health applications and more to evaluate the safety of a medical device. As the agency establishes the system to better evaluate authorized tools in the U.S

Electronics 65

Electronics Evaluation Accountability Budget 65

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). Agencies usually have multiple servers, private or hybrid clouds, and thousands of end points, from desktop computers to smart phones, tablets to sensors, generating millions of bits of data.

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Participation Data Media Networking 116

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether Congress passes a 2024 budget or not, federal agencies will continue to engage in contracting. There was a three phase evaluation of proposals requiring offerors to submit a self scoring sheet that assigned points for offerors representations on experience and capabilities under various criteria identified in the solicitation.

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Contract Bidder Bidding Evaluation 102

Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

It has gotten a little bit tighter this year and is expected to do the same next year with the bipartisan budget agreement that came out of the debt ceiling crisis that we had back — I guess it was around last summer. That does tend to depress agencies’ fervor for pressing ahead with new spending late in a fiscal year. Tom Temin Right.

Government 138

Government Government Supply Chain Manufacturing 138

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 7, 2023

The solution relies on intensifying monitoring by the ministry of finance through a General Directorate of Public Enterprises that can play the role of owner and has the legal tools to monitor and evaluate the performance of SOEs and their managers.

Finance 52

Finance IT Evaluation Budget 52

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with and evaluate high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies via a single API. Also, as a council with budget pressures, there’s significant financial gain. The importance of inclusion There are 1.5 These FMs be adapted for your particular use case.

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Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

Tendersinfo

MARCH 24, 2021

The Procurement Team involves divisions like Procurement Manager, Budget Holder, Management of the contract, and representatives of different sectors. Procurement Formalization- It determines the sources, budget, and approach to formalize the requirements. Procurement Professionals evaluate Tenders based on Price v/s Quality.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Bidding 52

Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Then, actually drafting a proposal that responds not only to the SOW but also follows all of the (sometimes) cryptic instructions, the formatting, and is competitive pursuant to the evaluation criteria may seem nearly impossible. For example, someone with a budget or finance background could assess the Cost portion of the proposal.

IT 40

IT Evaluation Finance Quality 40

FedInsider

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It has been almost two years since the Office of Management and Budget issued its federal zero trust architecture strategy, which set out specific goals for agencies to achieve by the end of fiscal year 2024. Prior to his work at DHS, La Monte served as a consultant and spent over 20 years in the U.S.

Networking 119

Networking Participation Telecommunication Leadership 119

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This will require developing funding mechanisms and information systems to identify, prioritize, and evaluate countries’ climate finance efforts, which hinges on first identifying and evaluating public spending on climate change in national budgets.

Finance 52

Finance Budget Evaluation Accountability 52