Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Public-service providers are expected to supply accessible, easy-to-understand information to the public so they can make informed decisions about their lives and for their households. Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with and evaluate high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies via a single API.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Moving from Data Insight to Data Action “, and ” #10.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The World Bank assesses road infrastructure faster and at less cost by using Alteia data analytics powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), geospatial imagery, and satellite imagery available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS. The Aether platform rapidly aggregates, contextualizes, and analyzes data streams from multiple data sources.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate We all now live in a data-driven world. And the federal government may be the single largest generator – and user – of data in the world. Without a comprehensive data strategy, the legal and ethical challenges limit the potential of this emerging technology.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

The scope of EVe’s responsibilities extends beyond this initial deployment, as EVe is also looking at evaluating and expanding the EV charging infrastructure as part of its business growth. EVe’s transformation journey Since its inception, EVe recognized the pivotal role of data and has become a data-driven organization.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

This blog post is provided for information purposes only and is not part of, and does not modify, any agreement between AWS or any customer. Supporting FFIEC, NCUA compliance with AWS services Credit unions can utilize the following AWS services to evaluate their compliance with FFIEC and NCUA cyber requirements.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

They enable rapid document classification and information extraction, which means easier application filing for the applicant and more efficient application reviewing for the immigration officer. Proof of residency for three years, evaluated using a scoring system. Missing some information, as shown in the following screenshot.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The growth in volume of data being generated every year is staggering. One company has estimated that an organization’s amount of data will triple within five years, between on-premises, cloud and software-as-a-service locations.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Collect and analyse beneficial ownership data at the award stage, to ensure the Bank knows who it is doing business with, and that a true diversity of suppliers are participating. Data is currently input manually, when countries with existing digital systems could automate this process with a modern, interoperable system.

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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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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 22, 2024

LMI won a $43 million contract to develop the Supply Chain Risk Evaluation Environment for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. This work will integrate government data with commercially and publicly available information to enhance SCRM capabilities.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CISA partially attributed that drop to an “incoming federal partner” that stopped sharing information due to “unspecified security concerns with transferring information from its current system to AIS.” CISA, which launched AIS in 2016, finished updates to the 2.0 version of the system in March 2022.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Additionally, in a somewhat unique situation, the court in Myriddian not only had to inform the awardee, Cloud Harbor, that it was noncompliant and, therefore, ineligible, but also had to inform the contracting agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). United States , No. 23-443 (Fed. May 23, 2023). FAR 52.204-7.

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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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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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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

That opposition stems partly from the steep costs of compiling greenhouse gas emissions data, and from the uncertain impact that barring “non-compliant” contractors would have on the U.S. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 8, 2024

Healthcare organizations invest heavily in technology and data. Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with top FMs, and fine-tune and privately customize them with your own data. LLMs are also typically trained on general domain information, which can make them less effective for domain-specific tasks.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data can improve traffic congestion, enhance delivery of critical government services, and save millions of dollars, according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting. The study examines the return-on-investment public sector organizations may realize from data integration initiatives.

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.,

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This pilot program could provide an opportunity for the DIB to become more directly involved in CMF operations and evaluations. Independent Evaluation of Requirement for a United States Cyber Force. Of particular importance, the bill would require a three-year pilot program under which U.S. CMF Occupational Resiliency.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that provides individuals with the right to access information held by the government. Under the FOIA, individuals can request a wide range of documents and information from federal agencies, such as reports, emails, memos, and other records. Check for Pre-existing Information.

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FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

government, the private sector, and academia to make sure that we understand how we try to approach these highly sensitive, high-risk areas of information.” The fact that AI work is spread across agencies can also create different information-sharing and regulatory hurdles.

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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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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Federal customers are often challenged by integrating data across multiple systems and providing federated access to authenticated users operating across multiple organizations. This will facilitate agile and secure data sharing with their providers. Department of Defense (DoD). “By

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FedScoop

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence do not have adequate data for assessing government security clearances and other vetting processes, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Monday. ODNI did not provide formal comments on the recommendations, according to GAO.

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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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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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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

These processes rely heavily on domain-specific data ingestion and processing for batch and continuous data sources. PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders. Web applications in Aether are served up through API Gateway using Amazon S3 static hosting.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is likely due to a spike in cases from the the Department of Health and Human Services’ award of Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (referred to as “CIO-SP4”) government-wide acquisition contract. Hearings are not common at GAO, and the rate for 2024 stayed about at the same level.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Now the lab that began in 2019 has transformed into the GAO component responsible for projects including a prototype generative artificial intelligence solution, which is getting close to its user testing phase, and a recent data-science-driven report that found quality issues with audits of non-federal entities that receive federal awards. “We

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

A review by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS had no documentation to support the underlying data, analysis, or assumptions used for Direct File cost estimates. Information collected during the pilot, Werfel added, “will allow us to develop an accurate baseline for this novel government service.”

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Court of Federal Claims examining the use of unstated evaluation criteria, an agency's investigation of its own data rights and unequal access to information about an organizational conflict of interest. Liam Bowers at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 23, 2023

At the crux of every cybersecurity strategy is an identity data management challenge: How much information does an agency need to verify the identity of an individual requesting access to network resources? To understand the risks posed by an individual, you need to assess a wide array of identity data: not just their credentials (i.e.,

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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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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

In response to the information communicated to the market via the bidding documents , the market submits offers or bids which will be the actual basis of contracts when accepted. Qualification and Evaluation Criteria : They outline the minimum qualifications needed and the criteria for bid evaluation and recommendation.

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