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 97

Government Government Budget Quality 97

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 11, 2024

It is concerned with the “what” of public procurement—focusing on procuring goods , services , and works that meet specific requirements, delivered on time, within budget, and at the required quality. This supports not only the public sector entity and its stakeholders but also the broader community.

Public Procurement 98

Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Management 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 104

Accountability Budget Quality Management 104

GovLoop

MARCH 25, 2024

Transparency indicates that the government openly shares information, motives, and choices related to policy, budget, and program decisions in straightforward language. Capability reflects the belief that the government can create high-quality programs and services and has the ability to meet expectations effectively.

Retail 102

Retail Transparency Education Quality 102

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

SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Made Washington State Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Marketing and Selling Low-Quality Ballistic Protective Equipment Produced in China to Dozens of Law Enforcement Agencies and the U.S. Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Illegal Importation for Reselling Chinese Goods as U.S.-Made

Ethics 105

Ethics Government Contracts Media Quality 105

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 106

Government Government Budget Quality 106

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

Michael Parrish, the VA’s chief acquisition officer and principal executive director, said during the hearing that the agency does not view the SCM as a “major” IT project because the VA has not established a “firm budget” or a “firm schedule.”

Supply Chain 102

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 102

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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.”

Purchasing 110

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

The key drivers of success for IDOC were agency executive leadership commitment, subject matter experts (SMEs), and Mi-Case’s agile project methodology which resulted in an on-time and on-budget implementation. This story demonstrates that implementation can be accelerated without compromising quality.

Management 75

Management Leadership Quality Budget 75

Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

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 Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. trillion in grants and cooperative assistance agencies pay out each year.

Management 101

Management Quality Budget Evaluation 101

Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 25, 2024

However, the CVF is currently below budget. Indeed, data shows that giving whistleblowers an incentive to come forward despite the threat to personal safety is extremely effective in actuating the disclosure of original, high quality information that results in successful prosecutions.

Quality 110

Quality Budget Consulting Data 110

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. They are accountable for managing all aspects of the project, ensuring that it is completed on time and within budget. Prime contractors have a wide-ranging scope of work.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Contract Bidding Participation 52

GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

That is, how do issues like data quality, data maturity, compliance monitoring and so on actually contribute to the well-being of a community or improve service to constituents? A Better Business Case The idea of arguing from outcome rather than policy has ramifications when it comes to the budgeting and appropriations processes.

Data 105

Data Education Quality Budget 105

WashngtonExec

JANUARY 28, 2024

Protzman will also support business development and annual budgeting and will chair the Quality [.] 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.

Quality 52

Quality Bidding Budget Management 52

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. We need to take the good parts of the networks (data quality) and go back to look at AP Automation and invoice matching. When shall we pay the Supplier?

Supplier 94

Supplier E-procurement Buyers Supply Chain 94

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery. Experience with budgeting preferred. Essential Functions of the Job: Recommends, implements and maintains City purchasing systems for maximum efficiency and to achieve optimum life-cycle cost for all goods and services purchased.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

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

Contract 105

Contract Innovation Participation Utilities 105

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

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. In the third, poor quality materials had been used. I’m proud of the quality of reports done by civil society last year because they were escalated by the procurement agency to the auditing authorities.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

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). quality), requirements, and best practice (e.g. Procurement contract terms should set standards (e.g. performance evaluations).

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

Select GCR

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A Strategic Approach for Federal Contracting: Maximizing your Marketing Budget As the year draws to a close, businesses find themselves at a pivotal juncture where strategic decisions can impact their financial standing and future growth. For companies engaged in government contracting, leveraging the remaining marketing budget before Jan.

Government 52

Government Government Budget Government Contracts 52

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. Procurement Professionals evaluate Tenders based on Price v/s Quality.

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

ivalua

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

These include new Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and New Product Introduction (NPI) capabilities, as well as enhancements to its existing Bill of Materials (BOM) Lifecycle Manager. Ivalua’s new product quality capability provides customers with a proven quality management process, called APQP.

Innovation 9

Innovation Management Quality Manufacturing 9

American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The battle against germs and infections is ongoing, especially within educational institutions, which is why it is important for facilities and procurement departments to prioritize hygiene and budget-conscious choices. Thus, strategic procurement decisions that prioritize hygiene and budget-conscious choices receive high remarks.

Education 58

Education Budget Procurement Balance 58

Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Framework will appoint suppliers who are assessed as having the skills and expertise to design and deliver high quality and inclusive engagements with a wide range of people – particularly those identified as being seldom heard and furthest from decision making.

Framework Agreement 77

Framework Agreement Participation Supplier Public Procurement 77

FedScoop

JANUARY 3, 2024

Hashmi, who noted he was not speaking for FAS, said he anticipates that in coming years there will continue to be a focus on “higher fidelity, higher quality transaction level data that is going to be part of this overall ecosystem.

Supply Chain 91

Supply Chain Data Management Quality 91

GovLoop

DECEMBER 9, 2022

San Antonio launched an initiative called SASpeakUp in 2015 to gather better input on the city’s budget and its services. Reviewing and commenting on the city budget. That trust is essential to the city’s ability to achieve its most important metric for success: the quality of feedback. Building on Early Success.

Media 59

Media Quality Budget Import 59

DemandStar

MARCH 1, 2022

A procurement network also can match your project with high-quality vendors and email the RFP right to their inbox. Price check – We know working within a budget, especially a government-provided budget, can be challenging. Have you ever posted an RFP and had no bids? Did you find out how to get more bids for your project?

Bidding 52

Bidding Budget Procurement Networking 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 81

Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 81

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? Attendees will gain critical insights into: What’s next for the VA budget and healthcare investments? is less than one month away! Authored by Scott N.

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Policymakers’ Forecasts: Optimistic Biases Discourage Compliance Optimistic macroeconomic forecasts undermine compliance during the budget cycle: the probability of complying ex-post with the fiscal rule is lower when policymakers overestimate GDP growth ex-ante.

Influencing 52

Influencing Budget Quality Sustainability 52

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

GovLoop

MARCH 6, 2023

Only then will they be able to offer high-quality services on par with the private sector. To make that transformation a reality, three challenge need to be addressed: 1) not enough IT staff to skillfully make the changes needed, 2) tight budget considerations and 3) a change-resistant culture.

Quality 52

Quality Budget Efficiency IT 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Corruption in public procurement can lead to: 1) Overpriced public procurement contracts contributing to larger budget deficits. 3) Adverse impact on growth through lower efficiency of public investment, lower quality of public services and higher volatility in markets with substantial public presence.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52