Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

LLMs also promote consistency in application evaluation, removing potential bias, and provide scalability to handle large volumes of applications, even with surges in numbers like those seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proof of residency for three years, evaluated using a scoring system. The process follows these steps: 1.The

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Data is key to a higher education institution’s ability to expose insights and improve student performance and outcomes. Helping institutions understand how data can be used and how it can propel institutions toward a brighter future is a priority for Amazon Web Services (AWS). What does a data journey entail?

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This common SaaS landscape can lead to data silos where data becomes isolated in disparate systems and difficult to centralize for business insights. Pairing operational metrics from project management systems with human resource (HR) data to streamline internal workforce reporting. Jump to Orchestration section ).

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Data Integration Integrity Management 81

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Many procurement teams lack the technical expertise to draft precise specifications or rigorously evaluate proposals. Evolving Standards: Rapid technological advancements bring shifting standards, such as interoperability requirements and data privacy regulations.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Accordingly, COFC issued the preliminary injunction, and ordered the parties to continue with the protest to achieve a final resolution, demonstrating the vital importance of accurate and continual SAM registration to the federal government contracting process. Questions about this post? Need legal assistance? Call us at 785-200-8919.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s important to have a robust system in place to control access while ensuring that staff and attendees can move freely and efficiently. Procurement must ensure the availability of high-quality systems that allow for real-time monitoring and data analysis to respond to any incidents that may arise.

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Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 58

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment. Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security will use a “cybersecurity readiness” assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards. DHS published the details of the new “cybersecurity readiness evaluation factor” in a Nov. But DHS is seeking feedback on its plans by Nov.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It contains some important insights for how GAO bid protest numbers have changed from prior years. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. This report is GAO’s summary of bid protests for the previous fiscal year.

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Bidding Sustainability Evaluation Price 59

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

KPIs are key performance indicators and are a way in which procurement professionals can understand and evaluate a supplier’s ability to meet their contractual obligations. If a KPI meets all these five elements it provides valuable data to the organisation. The post Why are KPIs Important in Procurement?

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Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 11, 2024

Louis University ‘s (SLU) Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research (SCAER) required vast quantities of anonymized cell phone data in order to study the impacts of large-scale social problems like homelessness and access to healthcare. Finding a reliable data supplier was relatively simple. Cleaning the data.

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Data Education Quantity Warehouse 81

GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Governments collect and analyze a lot of data. Whoever makes decisions, having them see the value of using information is super important,” said Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, Director of Evaluation and Impact at the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management. We all use data in our personal lives. Leventhal-Weiner said.

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Data Evaluation Collaboration Import 52

Whistleblower Network News

JULY 16, 2024

Examining 14 years of data around the whistleblower provisions of the United States’ Dodd-Frank Act, Kohn, a founding partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto , shows that widely-cited arguments against whistleblower awards do not align with empirical evidence. “As In the midst of a renewed debate in the U.K.

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Internal Analysis Data Transparency Evaluation 111

Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For the past three years, the NDAA has dedicated a separate Title to cyber and cybersecurity, reflecting the increased importance of these issues in Department of Defense (“DoD”) operations. Of particular importance, the bill would require a three-year pilot program under which U.S. CMF Occupational Resiliency.

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Networking Data Evaluation Government Contracts 173

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Importance of maintaining compliance with DCAA for government contracts. While the term " DCAA-approved accounting system " is commonly used, it’s important to clarify that, according to the DCAA, there is no officially "approved" accounting system. Why is a DCAA Approved Accounting System Important?

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Accountability Import Internal Control Government Contracts 52

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Report is notable for several reasons, but most striking is its sharp criticism of DOE’s apparent reluctance to fully accede to the OIG’s request for vast quantities of agency and contractor data in connection with preventative fraud detection efforts. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

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Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Login.gov Director Hanna Kim said in a statement that her team “heard from our agency partners with higher-risk use cases that it was important that we offer a version of our strong identity verification service that is IAL2 certified.

Transparency 122

Transparency Evaluation Import IT 122

Capital Edge Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Importance of maintaining compliance with DCAA for government contracts. While the term " DCAA-approved accounting system " is commonly used, its important to clarify that, according to the DCAA, there is no officially "approved" accounting system. Why is a DCAA Approved Accounting System Important?

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Government Contracts Consulting 52

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

An artificial intelligence service deployed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being put to the test for things like modernizing its websites and capturing information on school closures, the agency’s top data official said. That process tends to be “tedious” and “manual,” Sim said.

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Efficiency Data Innovation Media 132

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this post, we explain what strategic sourcing is, why it is important and how it can be implemented. The process of strategic sourcing requires continuous market analysis, goal recognition and an ongoing re-evaluation of sourcing activities. Why is strategic sourcing important? What is strategic sourcing?

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Strategic Sourcing Import Total Cost of Ownership IT 52

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

“Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.”

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Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Qualification and Evaluation Criteria : They outline the minimum qualifications needed and the criteria for bid evaluation and recommendation. Importance of Accuracy and Clarity The accuracy and clarity of bidding documents are crucial. These outline the terms and conditions of the contract.

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Public Procurement Bidding Procurement Bidder 91

Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a recent protest, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that although performance risk was not specifically listed as an evaluation criterion, an agency may always consider risk that is intrinsic to the stated evaluation factors. South Dade A/C and Refrig., B-421406, April 25, 2023.

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Evaluation Quality E-procurement Government Contracts 40

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 1, 2024

For fine-tuning the FM, an LLM is trained on a specific task or dataset, using data and computational resources. It also serves to standardize evaluation of specific task performances such as retrieval or text generation. The raw data should represent a collection of knowledge that you wish the LLM to gain domain proficiency in.

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Evaluation Data Efficiency Integration 84

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They are important carbon sinks, are home to around 80 percent of the animal species living on land, and form the basis of life for around 1.6 SeloVerde integrates governmental databases, innovative map services, and land-use data from high spatial resolution satellite imagery. Forests are crucial for climate protection. SeloVerde 2.1

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Supply Chain Data Sustainability Transparency 75

How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

The plan sets out the following: Pilot - rapidly developing prototypes or fast light-touch procurement to spin up pilots in high-impact areas, robust evaluation and publishing results. performance evaluations). This will require: 34. includes more recommendations), or, notoriously, a large digital skills gap in the public sector.

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Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

AWS Public Sector

MAY 30, 2024

Within the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Division of Medication Error Prevention and Analysis (DMEPA) plays a critical role. DMEPA reviews premarket and postmarket drug labeling to minimize the risk of medication errors.

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Efficiency Evaluation Collaboration Innovation 128

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Federal human resources employees now have a standard set of data and business elements, and performance measures to lean on as they modernize their hiring and other processes. Pollack said the business reference model includes data standards, taxonomies and process directions.

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Management Quality Data Import 110

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example. This PAP fundamentally alters the MAS negotiation process, establishing evaluation standards, requirements, and procedures not found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR). How old is the data?

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Negotiation Price Transparency Data 96

Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On September 11, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office announced that the Initial Claim Evaluation (ICE) team from the Small Business/Self-Employed Division (SB/SE) had joined the Whistleblower Office as part of its new organizational structure. This restructuring is none too soon,” says whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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Evaluation Networking Import Data 107

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The importance of inclusion There are 1.5 Not all citizens have the same ability to identify and digest the information that’s important to them, so councils have to invest in alternative versions of documents in a format known as Easy Read. We are also confident that data is secure.

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Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

The IRS said usage of Direct File surpassed expectations and “far exceeded what was necessary to provide sufficient data for the agency to evaluate.” We saw a strong response from the pilot, and Direct File’s users generally found it fast and easy to use.

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Balance Electronics Accountability Budget 102

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The new government website evaluation tool , which is called “gov metadata,” was created by Luke Fretwell and his son, Elias, as part of the Civic Hacking Agency, a project focused on technology for the public good. The GSA explains in its GitHub documentation that it focuses on collecting data that is helpful to specific stakeholders).

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Government Government Engineering Education 107

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As the science advisor to the Homeland Security Secretary, Dr. Kusnezov heads the research, development, innovation and testing and evaluation activities in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) operational Components and first responders across the nation. Close Director, National AI Institute, U.S. In addition to a B.S.

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Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Per the SEC , information is material “to which there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would attach importance in determining whether to purchase the security registered.” Investors should now be able to understand material cybersecurity risks and how companies manage and mitigate them.

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