ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates federal grants to states and local governments in FY2019 totaled nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars. trillion, making grants roughly 17% of the total federal budget. . Federal grants often make up a large portion of any state, county or municipal budget. Reason No.

Management 52

Management Supply Chain Budget Transparency 52

The Procurement School

MAY 12, 2023

Author: Liz Busch Planning for a procurement should consider the entire procurement lifecycle, including contract management and close-out. Don’t rely solely on current files or recollections of what has been purchased in the past. done regularly in the same way) and consider budgets and staff workloads.

Contract Management 52

Contract Management Management Contract Quality 52

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 12, 2024

Cyber-resilience doesn’t have to be expensive K12 schools have a tall task: addressing rigorous security and compliance requirements while also managing tight budgets. After extensive research, I saw that Amazon’s infrastructure was miles ahead,” said KRESA’s IT infrastructure manager Michael Coats.

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Education Budget Purchasing Data 72

GovSpend

AUGUST 30, 2024

In today’s competitive landscape, managing and fueling a strong sales pipeline is crucial for success. Other market dynamics like competitor influence, budget constraints, and contractual obligations can all affect your pipeline. Utilize Data and Analytics Timing and market trends play a significant role in pipeline management.

Bidding 59

Bidding Purchasing Data Influencing 59

American City & Country

AUGUST 26, 2024

Keep reading to see what EverDriven, the industry-leading provider of student transportation, suggests about which decision makers should be involved in the purchasing process and how OMNIA Partners , a cooperative purchasing organization, can help simplify procurement for any school district.

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Transportation Transportation Procurement Education 52

FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget released a Thursday memorandum to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires agencies to offer equal access to electronic information and data for individuals with disabilities. Through the standards issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, or the U.S.

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Budget Transportation Transportation Electronics 97

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

calls on the director of the Office of Management and Budget to embrace multi-cloud technology across federal agencies, identifying barriers to adoption and best practices for implementation. Committee Chair Gary Peters, D-Mich., had offered a modified substitute amendment as the underlying bill. The legislation , co-sponsored by Sens.

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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.

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Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 84

GovSpend

JULY 30, 2024

Last month, Senior Product Manager Kathryn Sanders hosted a webinar that highlighted significant enhancements made to the GovSpend platform during the first half of 2024. Centralized Management: All alert management is now accessible from the Saved Searches page, simplifying the process. Click here to learn more!

Efficiency 59

Efficiency Export Purchasing Product Management 59

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. About Ivalua Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Eprocurement Procurement IT E-procurement 52

GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

Agencies have a lot of data to manage and that can get costly – it’s estimated that 45% or more of all enterprise IT spending will be used toward public cloud solutions by 2026. A pay-as-you-go solution could be the answer for your agency.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson said the FAR case is on pause to allow further analysis of security considerations, such as roles and responsibilities for the lifecycle management of the data. OMB says it is working with agencies to prioritize their acquisition data management needs.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

– Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management. Boosted stakeholder satisfaction.

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Eprocurement E-procurement Supplier Purchasing 94

GovLoop

JANUARY 27, 2023

– 2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report An agency’s limited budget or staff shortages doesn’t negate their need for strong cybersecurity. These benefits allow agencies to effectively manage risk to their environment and minimize costs, without hiring internally for cybersecurity professionals or having to purchase additional equipment.

Utilities 64

Utilities Budget Purchasing Engineering 64

The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. Instead, departmental staff are expected to successfully manage the process, which is unrealistic. Most institutions have been practicing some form of outsourcing for a while.

Procurement 52

Procurement Competitive Bidding Public Procurement Supplier 52

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Author : Chris Sheel Delivering major capital projects on time and on budget has always been a challenging and elusive goal. Budgets previously developed require reactive revisitation as estimates balloon. It involves honest discussions about what can happen when things go wrong and developing processes to manage those things.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Collaboration Budget 52

GovLoop

MAY 3, 2023

In many cases, for example, they manage multiple storage systems, each for a different type of storage format — e.g., block, virtual machine, file or object. Each format has benefits, but it can be a bear to manage all those individual systems and the interfaces involved. But that can be a waste of money.

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ivalua

APRIL 28, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Payment Cards FAQ: More Cash Rewards, Less Effort April 28, 2023 | | Innovation by Steve Carter Unlock your Payment Solution Organizations are rethinking their traditional payment methods as they seek to maximize savings while securely streamlining the invoicing process.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Innovation Efficiency Management 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the past, securing the IT necessary for managing government information meant purchasing tangible items, such as servers. Overcoming purchasing hurdles is one objective, but Speece said there are other ways agencies can innovate for the long term. In other words, 20% of your budget should produce 80% of the outcomes you want.

Innovation 59

Innovation Data Budget Purchasing 59

GovLoop

JUNE 22, 2023

For IT staff, managing legacy storage technology is a losing proposition: It takes an increasing amount of time and energy but provides diminishing returns. For example, many agencies manage multiple storage systems, each for a different type of storage format — e.g., block, virtual machine, file or object.

Data 52

Data IT Budget Sustainability 52

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Make minor edits to solicitation documents from a previous similar purchase and issue. Meet with those directly involved to understand the current challenges and how needs have changed since the previous purchase. Do not disclose the budget in the solicitation. Adjust the budget and/or scope accordingly.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

The Procurement School

JANUARY 12, 2023

Some organizations manage procurement reactively, where each acquisition is a stand-alone procurement once a need is identified which can ultimately result in multiple separate procurements for similar commodities. Non-critical items are generally inexpensive and standardized, and can be purchased from many vendors (e.g.

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NIH NITAAC

AUGUST 2, 2022

Globally recognized, EPEAT helps purchasers, manufacturers and resellers buy and sell environmentally preferable electronic products. The Global Electronics Council, which owns and manages EPEAT, also facilitates the EPEAT Purchaser Awards.

Electronics 52

Electronics E-procurement Sustainability Purchasing 52

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2021

System will help improve efficiency and the purchasing experience for government employees and vendors. eVA is Virginia’s award-winning eProcurement portal, which provides a centralized, online purchasing hub for state and local agencies and more than 112,000 approved vendors who provide essential goods and services. About Ivalua.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement E-procurement Purchasing 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

The costs to manage the P-card program. We know that issuing a formal purchase order to buy a low-cost item and make a payment through accounts payable is not a good use of resources. per transaction for procurement to manage the P-card program. Outsourcing shifts from an efficiency focus to one of relationship management.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Balance Procurement E-procurement 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. Ivalua’s Contract Management module allows you to easily track milestones and consumption in real time across multiple agreements.

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Price Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team 105

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. to manage Invoicing, Collections and VAT/Sales Tax. Well it does, but only all little, as it creates just another exception to manage.

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Great Government Through Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As we move forward into the new fiscal year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) continues to emphasize cybersecurity priorities for civilian agencies to consider when developing FY24 and FY25 budget requests. Stay up to date We are available to agencies throughout the entire acquisition lifecycle.

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Budget Supply Chain Strategic Planning Risk Management 40

Select GCR

AUGUST 6, 2024

Prime contractors are primary entities responsible for managing and executing a contract. They oversee the entire project, ensuring that it meets all specifications, timelines, and budget constraints. What are prime contractors? A prime contractor is a business that is the primary contract holder.

Contract 52

Contract Government Contracts Collaboration Utilities 52

NIH NITAAC

APRIL 28, 2021

As a result, agencies are still purchasing cloud services as an add-on to other contracts, something that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) worries could lead to security challenges. 2. Have a cloud strategy in place before you purchase: Don’t procure cloud for the sake of procuring cloud.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Purchasing Electronics Demand 52

NIH NITAAC

MARCH 1, 2021

Many agencies are still purchasing cloud services as an add-on to other contracts, something that OMB worries could lead to security challenges and a lack of awareness about cloud assets by broader staff. It’s about using automation tools to securely audit and manage resources in the cloud.

Quality 52

Quality Inventory Purchasing Budget 52

NIH NITAAC

JUNE 1, 2021

The Act was created with one mission in mind: To speed up IT purchasing so that by the time technology got to the buyer, it wasn’t obsolete. These were to be administered by Executive Agencies that met rigorous standards set by the Office of Management and Budget. Fair opportunity explained. Meeting fair opportunity with e-GOS.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Purchasing Buyers Electronics 52

Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

The 2 purchasers were highly interested and impressed in the solicitation and contract modules we showed and discussed. By telephone, the buyer let me know that the offer seemed very reasonable and that she was going to ask for approval from her manager. As a seasoned buyer, she went to her manager with 2 other offers.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Buyers Procurement Supplier 52

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 . Redwood City, CA – 11 July, 2022 – Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions , announced the general availability of its new platform release 174.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Given budget pressures, it can be tempting to take a Band-Aid approach to technology issues, modernizing a service here, an application there. An overly complex IT environment that is difficult and costly to manage. How do you deploy technology in a way that is secure, delivers mobile functionality and improves services?

Innovation 52

Innovation Negotiation Budget Price 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 30, 2024

1 cost center, and its fluctuating nature can make managing it tricky. According to a recent benchmarking report , fuel costs made up 50 percent of fleets’ budgets on average. Do you simply need to track fuel transactions, or do you need to use fuel consumption data to help justify the purchase of a new asset to stakeholders?

Management 52

Management Fleet Optimization Purchasing Data 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 11, 2024

government manages and fosters the defense industrial base. In addition to broadening the players at the sub tier level, we’re going to be using buying activities to increase commercial off the shelf purchasing, which is going to send a signal to industry that we care about this,” Najieb-Locke said.

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