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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

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.”

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Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril

Federal News Network

The latest bid, which followed at least two previous failures, is facing similar troubles as earlier projects: incomplete planning, a technology platform with questionable maturity and, maybe most striking, the hubris of the leadership that their current plan will be successful no matter what evidence emerges that tells a different story.

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5 best practices for accelerating research computing with AWS

AWS Public Sector

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. The researchers in my organization want quick access to a wide range of tools.