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 72

Government Government Budget Quality 72

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The central premise of Office of Management and Budget Memo 22-09 laying out the Federal Zero Trust Strategy is that no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is trusted. Controlling access is everything.

Management 98

Management Project Management Risk Management Networking 98

FedScoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

As a result, the GAO made two recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget related to improving the metrics. IGs reported various causes for the ineffective programs, including management accountability issues and gaps in standards and quality control.

Accountability 102

Accountability Budget Quality Management 102

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. Contractors need to understand the quality measures that the owner will apply to the services and deliverables. Have a workable quality measurement process.

Contract Management 52

Contract Management Management Contract Quality 52

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Federal News Network

JUNE 10, 2024

The Grants Quality Service Management Office over the last year helped several micro agencies buy award management services. Andrea Sampanis is the acting director of the Grants Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) in HHS. “We They are live, on target and on budget, which is not an easy thing to do.

Procurement 59

Procurement Budget Quality Management 59

WashngtonExec

JANUARY 28, 2024

Protzman will oversee the execution of customer initiatives, while tasked with financial management, making profit-oriented bid decisions, and driving strategic growth through sector and department targets. Protzman will also support business development and annual budgeting and will chair the Quality [.]

Quality 52

Quality Bidding Budget Management 52

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

When they buy technology, cities and counties will often face multiple issues, says Dean Cunningham , segment development manager, Public Safety at Axis Communications , a company that produces network cameras, access control systems, network audio devices and other IP networking solutions for physical security and video surveillance applications.

Purchasing 111

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 111

FedScoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It will address topics such as documentation, improving metadata, licensing, usage, quality and integrity, Houed told reporters following a panel discussion about AI and data policy at the Data Foundation’s govDATAx event. She also noted that Patrick McGarry, general manager for U.S. McGarry moderated the discussion.

Data 105

Data Quality Integration Integrity 105

FedScoop

MAY 1, 2024

But the agency is working on a strategy to also onboard commercial services and looking to ensure that information it provides is fresh so people will want to regularly return, Steve Krauss, a senior advisor for OPM’s HR Quality Services Management Office, or QSMO, told FedScoop.

Budget 108

Budget Management Finance Quality 108

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

American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By Kimberly-Clark Professional As stewards of school environments, facility managers and procurement professionals play a crucial role in ensuring the well-being of students, staff, and faculty. Thus, strategic procurement decisions that prioritize hygiene and budget-conscious choices receive high remarks.

Education 59

Education Budget Procurement Balance 59

Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

The long-awaited and much-anticipated update to the basic management standards for the federal grants community is out. 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

Management 110

Management Quality Budget Evaluation 110

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). Source: Authors’s elaboration.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 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. The post Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade appeared first on FedScoop.

Supply Chain 100

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 100

FedScoop

AUGUST 14, 2024

A Naval Academy grad with a PhD in English from Maryland, Kaouk carved out that association during lengthy chief data officer stints with the Department of Agriculture and Office of Personnel Management, plus a three-and-a-half-year term as chair of the Federal CDO Council. We ingest and manage over 15 billion records per day.

Data 107

Data Quality Inventory Ethics 107

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Throughout the evolution of project and public procurement management, terms and expressions in the field have increasingly been used interchangeably. Additionally, the procurement management team may select the procurement method based on the nature or complexity of the requirement.

Procurement 89

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 89

Select GCR

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Including key elements like an executive summary, company profile, customer testimonials, scope of work, project methodology, timeline, budget overview, and terms and conditions ensure that bid proposals are thorough, professional, and persuasive. Budget Overview Transparency about pricing is a key decision-making factor for clients.

Bidding 52

Bidding Price Quality Budget 52

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.

Evaluation 105

Evaluation Bidding Contract Data 105

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Known for its quaint charm and strong sense of community, the town is managed under the dedicated leadership of Town Administrator Jake Rogers. Rogers and his team knew they needed a more efficient approach to meet the town’s procurement needs without compromising compliance or quality.

Purchasing 59

Purchasing IT Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 59

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The USPTO in 2021 sent its top engineers to Google to be certified in TensorFlow and develop neural network feedback loops for patent examiners to rate algorithms, as well as to apply machine learning and AI to patent classification, search and quality. Our budgeting process is stupid. Our procurement is stupid. Holcombe said.

Government 105

Government Government Budget Quality 105

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.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Bidding 52

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Solicitation Processes Once a government buyer has issued a solicitation, they must balance meeting the government’s needs with maintaining the interest of quality vendors. To have sufficient budget for the successful submission Assume that the costs for past similar procurements have not significantly changed.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The subcommittee’s first recommendation was simply for the Office of Management and Budget to push federal law enforcement agencies to follow a checklist when testing AI tools in the field. It’s a win-win … if we can really get the best information, high-quality information, [on] what’s working and what’s not.”

Impact Assessment 107

Impact Assessment Inventory Transparency Quality 107

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. This provided transparency for all involved in managing the process in a way that wasn’t possible previously when complaints were transferred manually between agencies by email. In the third, poor quality materials had been used.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They are responsible for managing the entire project, including hiring subcontractors, coordinating tasks, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations and contractual obligations. They are tasked with hiring subcontractors, coordinating their workflows, and ensuring that all aspects of the project are completed on time and within budget.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Contract Bidding Government 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Developed by the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO), the 2023 Strategy describes the approach to improving the organizational environment within which DoD leaders and warfighters will be able to make rapid, well-informed decisions by expertly leveraging high-quality data, advanced analytics, and AI for enduring decision advantage.

Quality 52

Quality Data Government Contracts Budget 52

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

In March 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo that provides more specific directions to agencies for compliance with the guidance outlined in the executive order.

Government 78

Government Government Ethics Transparency 78

FedScoop

JANUARY 3, 2024

Unqork describes itself as a “codeless platform” that’s designed to help organizations manage enterprise software. The company last year achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) sign-off, allowing federal government agencies to use the company’s tool. His role at Unqork, he said, will “be that pursuit.”

Supply Chain 89

Supply Chain Data Management Quality 89

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.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement IT E-procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation. Successful EdTechs balance innovation (for example, new features or technology, like generative artificial intelligence (AI) ) with managing costs – both of product development and of operating costs for customer environments.

Price 73

Price Demand Education Efficiency 73

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A contractor’s ability to deliver quality work on time and within the budget is often the most important factor considered throughout the tender process. The tender review stage also entails assessing the tenders submitted for compliance, quality and their overall value.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Negotiation Price 52

Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

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. Why would the ‘free-for-buyers’ solution care about increasing the efficiency and raising the quality of the work of buyers?

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Buyers Procurement Supplier 52

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

to the SBIR program if their extramural research and development budgets exceed $100M. Moreover, agencies with an extramural R&D budget surpassing $1 billion must reserve 0.45% for the STTR program. Each agency independently manages its program, contributing to a diverse landscape of R&D and innovation initiatives.

Contract 105

Contract Innovation Participation Utilities 105

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Customers may select the best offer from submitted tenders based on quality, price, and terms thanks to its transparency, equity, and efficiency of the tender process. This method decreases the number of bids to control and evaluate, concentrating on the quality rather than quantity.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Bidder Competitive Bidding 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

Sustainability 80

Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 80

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Your proposal should demonstrate your company’s expertise, experience, and ability to deliver the project on time and within budget. Financial Management and Cost Control Effective financial management and cost control are critical to the success of government construction projects.

Bidding 52

Bidding Government Government Negotiation 52