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On technology buys, it’s important that agency stakeholders work together throughout the process

American City & Country

Teamwork is essential when cities and counties plan to buy new systems and equipment, says Gary Mitchell , director of SLED (state, local and education) business development at Iron Mountain Government Solutions , a company that provides secure management of data and assets; it works to protect, connect and activate high-value customer data.

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Get Ready for Success! 4 Critical Workstreams for Successful Procurement Implementation

ivalua

People: Engaging Stakeholders and Nurturing Change Engaging stakeholders early in the implementation process is crucial for gaining their support and supporting the change management process. Everyone is a contributor to change management A successful implementation engages everyone in the change management effort.

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UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement: what makes it strong and what’s still missing

Open Contracting Partnership

So it was important to set the bar high and to ensure our vision of procurement as a modern, digital open data-driven public service was strongly reflected. 8) Actions not words – win Declarations are nice but actions are even better so it is good that the resolution offers a clear set of next steps.

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The Critical Importance of Understanding Legally Binding Contracts Before Signing

Redstone Government Consulting

Contract Management needs to ensure they set aside enough time and read the contract before they sign it. We understand there are deadlines to meet, but you don’t want to get caught up skimming the contract because it is too lengthy, thinking you know all the clauses by heart, or ignoring legal jargon because you don’t understand it.

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Federal chief data officers need more resources and authority to execute AI mission, survey finds

FedScoop

Our survey also finds that providing federal CDOs with more resources and authorities can help agencies maximize the use of data to improve the delivery of important government services for people and families across the country.”

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Take on Large-Scale Changes

GovLoop

“When you’re dealing with change management projects, at the beginning it feels like taking on the whole elephant at once,” acknowledged Chetrice L. Consistent communication from leadership on a regular basis is important to reach everyone in the organization.”. Communicate at every step of the way. They know when it’s fake.

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VA still has ‘significant concerns’ as Oracle works to get EHR modernization back on track

FedScoop

There are places we have significant concerns that we’re working with Oracle on: the incident-free time, not hitting standards is important, the end user responsiveness we think still has a ways to go, we think there are still functional workflow issues that still have to be resolved,” DelBene added.