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State Dept. reshaping acquisition organization, processes

Federal News Network

The executive council is led by Alaina Teplitz, State’s assistant secretary of the Bureau of Administration and chief procurement officer, and Douglas Pitkin, State’s director of the Bureau of Budget and Planning and program management improvement officer. The threshold [for review] is $250 million and over. “The

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Aligning the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS with UK National Cyber Security Centre guidance

AWS Public Sector

If you don’t have these capabilities in-house, you can get support either through AWS Professional Services, such as with the regulated landing zone offering, or with AWS Partners who have specific LZA offerings. Finance – responsible for reporting on budget utilisation and spend/cross charging across the organisation.

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Friday Flash 04/26/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FAS Executive Panels: IT, Professional Services, and Assisted Services and General Supplies and Services On the afternoon of May 8, leadership from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will join us to discuss the priorities and initiatives from their respective offices.

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Friday Flash 04/12/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Under the ACCESS Act, the Office of Management and Budget would be instructed to issue guidance for agencies to implement the bill within 180 days of its enactment. Harada currently serves as the Senior Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, for the Office of Management and Budget.

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Ascend Updates

Great Government Through Technology

Data ownership and portability: Ascend establishes the requirement that agencies own their accounts and data, and cloud service providers (CSPs) have to make the data portable in case the agency wants to move it. Ascend offers standardized reporting of this information. The contractor must also notify the eligible users.

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Roundtable roundup: Best practices for crown corporation procurement

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Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source.

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Friday Flash 06/07/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. 1 Simplified Acquisition Threshold: The bill would raise the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) from $250,000 to $500,000.