Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs).

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Government Contract Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a policy memorandum with a goal of promoting small business participation under multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts (MACs).

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Quantity Budget Participation Contract 91

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This method is typically used to encourage participation from domestic suppliers and contractors. In cases where the procurement entity lacks a comprehensive database of potential suppliers or aims to ensure broader market participation, advertising may also be necessary.

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FedScoop

APRIL 18, 2024

Martorana said in an interview with FedScoop after the Tuesday event that she believes that as the Office of Management and Budget and GSA disclose when tech projects across the federal government are in operation, Congress will recognize that the TMF “is a wonderful funding vehicle.” We haven’t identified this whole ecosystem yet.”

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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. This recruitment helps diversify the pool of government contractors and provides opportunities for smaller businesses to participate in large government projects.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

will follow Simicos example and advance its transparency by detailing budget allocations, spending criteria, and fundraising progress too. Photo: Carlotta Bartolucci Beyond infrastructure, we are also advocating that the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation (responsible for organizing the Games in terms of the event, ticketing, etc.)

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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.

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Budget Professional Services Contract Integrity 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation. Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. Foster sustainability by prioritizing green and energy-efficient technologies.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

FedScoop

MAY 1, 2024

Established in 2019 by the Office of Management and Budget, QSMOs are intended to serve as “governmentwide storefronts” for technology solutions and services in various areas, according to GSA. The rollout of the website aligns with OPM’s pre-designation as the QSMO for civilian human resources services across the federal government.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And these organizations are likely to face tight budgets and limited manpower to deal with a cyber threat. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. The participating EdTech startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for PK-12, higher education, and workforce education customers.

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Education Participation Retail Data 140

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Participating Agencies It’s worth noting that participating agencies are mandated to allocate 3.2% 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.

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Contract Innovation Participation Utilities 105

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). CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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Participation Data Media Networking 116

FedInsider

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget recently released policy guidance to remove unnecessary barriers that hinder agencies’ responsible implementation of AI-centric solutions. CPE credit in Business Management & Organization.* * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time and participate in the surveys throughout the webinar.

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Innovation Participation Media Transparency 98

FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget to invest in sophisticated software that would help us to review the volume of records that we receive. Another focus group participant called out requests related to email records or internal communications, such as chat and text, as their agency’s “most complex and time-intensive responses.”

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Accountability Transparency Participation Efficiency 140

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs).

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Participation Contract Price Procurement 45

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This would result in large monetary and transactional savings for governments because, for example, approximately 25% of public contracts in the region require time extensions averaging nearly double their original terms, while around 13% experience budget increases of up to 50%. of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations. 4] Bandiera, O.,

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Data Government Government Participation 119

FedInsider

MARCH 25, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone. After opening CART link, resize and move the text box anywhere on the screen.

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Participation Media Transparency Data 93

Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This person can advocate for your solution, help uncover budget sources, and guide you through the procurement process. Each level has its specific needs, procurement processes, and budget constraints. Similarly, the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) also promotes small business participation.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape.

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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. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

JUNE 24, 2024

At the federal level, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo in March providing guidance for agencies to establish AI governance and risk management techniques while implementing innovative uses for their own organizations, including steps to enable sharing and reuse of AI models, code, and data.

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Government Government Participation Leadership 86

Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

The CBSA also initiated their first-ever anti-circumvention investigation in respect of container chassis from China and acted on the 2024 federal budget’s promise of a new “Market Watch Unit”, whose monitoring was responsible for the CBSA initiating an anti-dumping investigation.

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Export Import Price Participation 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Complimentary Registration Accreditation: Participants can earn a Training Certificate in Business Management & Organization.* Program Level: Beginner/Intermediate Delivery Method: Group Online Training * To receive a Training Certificate you must arrive on time and participate in the surveys throughout the webinar.

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Participation Telecommunication Networking Management 98

GovLoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We aligned our outcomes back up to…organizational success and ensured that we had the fiscal budgeting to support the bottom line,” Benjamin said. Sanchez likened it to getting into a rideshare car. “I I trusted…that Uber ride to do two things: to pick me up on time and to deliver me safely to my destination.

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Strategic Planning Influencing Transparency Import 119

GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2024

Join us online Monday, April 15 at 4 p.m. PT to hear from a government CX expert about how to ramp up the effectiveness of your public surveys.

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Innovation Budget Media Participation 80

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. Experience with budgeting preferred.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

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). This would significantly raise participation costs and be prone to litigation and other problems.

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Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

Select GCR

APRIL 26, 2024

Participation is Required Each client must participate for SGCR to stay on the defined schedule. Active Engagement is Essential Participation is key to maximizing the benefits of the CSGMP program. Each Step will be documented via email and in the SGCRP Dashboard for client records.

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Government Government Government Contracts Media 102

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone.

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Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142

FedInsider

OCTOBER 31, 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). CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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Management Participation Data Media 81

FedScoop

JULY 30, 2024

The release last week of long-awaited FedRAMP modernization guidance for federal agencies began with “a novel approach” from a pair of Office of Management and Budget colleagues that included room to test out some of their ideas.

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Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration Capacity 114

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. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Management Project Management Risk Management Networking 98

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Health care and care for dependents take more out of some household budgets than shelter. For federal employees in participating agencies, the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program ( FSAFEDS ) is already an available benefit. One area that can have a major impact is the cost of care. And both have seen steadily rising prices.

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Accountability Participation Utilities Budget 59

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introductory course The School of Applied Research in Public Procurement sought to develop participants’ skills in monitoring, research, policy analysis, and promoting public procurement reforms and open contracting in Central Asia, with a vision to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The findings are based on a combination of factors, including online government services, telecommunications infrastructure, adult literacy and digital participation. Roughly nine out of ten countries publish open data sets for national and sector-specific budgets and expenditures.

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