FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

Back in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had stopped using commercial telemetry data that government agencies buy from private companies. The move comes as civil rights advocates have raised repeated concerns about the use of commercial telemetry data. Within DHS, the use of this data has raised alarm bells.

Data 145

Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 145

American City & Country

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In January, Local 10 news in Miami reported that a former Miami-Dade School Board member used district-issued credit cards to rack up more than $100,000 in personal purchases that included everything from refrigerators to a trip to Disney World.

Purchasing 105

Purchasing Procurement Internal Control Efficiency 105

FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The General Services Administration is not fully compliant with a key piece of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that governs processes related to geospatial data, a new watchdog report found. Notwithstanding these corrective actions, we identified deficiencies in GSA’s compliance with the” Geospatial Data Act.

Data 112

Data Purchasing Quality Inventory 112

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When terrestrial network connectivity between an Outpost and its parent AWS Region is unavailable, this solution routes traffic back to the parent Region over a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connection, supporting business continuity and data residency requirements. Organizations want to enhance service resiliency to address this challenge.

Networking 132

Networking Data Manufacturing Government 132

FedScoop

JULY 11, 2024

Federal government agencies would be prohibited from using certain products if they were purchased from an entity other than the original manufacturer or an authorized reseller under a new bipartisan Senate bill. agency purchases of counterfeit electronics appeared first on FedScoop. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Gary Peters, D-Mich.,

Electronics 106

Electronics Purchasing Supply Chain Manufacturing 106

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.”

Purchasing 110

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The 85 percent: FEBs’ future is open-ended, but not uncertain - Federal News Network) The General Services Administration is facing new scrutiny about its purchase of prohibited telecommunications technology from China. Mace probes GSA about purchases of prohibit technology - Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) Nancy Mace (R-S.C.))

Purchasing 113

Purchasing Electronics Networking Collaboration 113

GovCon Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

billion Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Defense Manpower Data Center. Peraton has won a position on the potential $1.4

Data 109

Data Sustainability Purchasing Management 109

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies. As environmental issues have become more important to governments and administrations within the last few decades, it has gotten easier to identify ways to leverage purchasing to support these goals.

Sustainability 97

Sustainability Purchasing E-procurement Procurement 97

Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 26, 2025

There is no definition of split purchases in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). However, the Defense Contract Management Agency reviews purchase order files for split purchases during a Contractor Purchasing System Review.

Purchasing 59

Purchasing Government Contracts Thresholds Government 59

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption. million), with plans for more purchases underway.

Corruption 113

Corruption Data Procurement Public Procurement 113

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Enter Data Club This is where our work at the Mongolian Data Club comes in. We designed a data analysis project to show how public open datasets can be used to uncover important issues and bring public attention to who is supplying what, for how much and whether there are any links between suppliers and high-ranking public officials.

Data 123

Data Corruption Supplier Public Procurement 123

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Protests of contracts went down last fiscal year. million from $4.5

Thresholds 93

Thresholds E-procurement Accountability Procurement 93

GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

As soon as agencies started thinking in terms of enterprise-level data initiatives, their existing data solutions became legacy systems. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment.

Data 97

Data Efficiency Purchasing Engineering 97

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The effectiveness of efforts to combat non-competitive practices in the general government procurement market can be assessed because of machine-readable data provided by the government and public analytics tools built by third parties. The total value of purchases during this period increased by 160%, reaching 12.37

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Tender E-procurement 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Scottish Procurement has extended the duration of the Internet of Things (IoT) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) until 18 September 2025. The DPS offers the Scottish public sector a route to market for IoT technologies and services. 

Purchasing 57

Purchasing Supplier Public Procurement Procurement 57

Utrecht University

APRIL 19, 2024

Meeting organized by IOS platform The Transactional State and UUCePP, about data purchasing by governments in the context of societal challenges

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Data Government Government 52

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Houston-based KBR (NYSE: KBR) has finalized its acquisition of LinQuest in a transaction that expands its engineering, data analytics and digital integration capabilities in support of national security space missions.

Purchasing 59

Purchasing Integration Integrity Engineering 59

GovLoop

MAY 3, 2023

Flash also is much denser, storing the same volume of data in a smaller system. That’s why Pure Storage offers an integrated data platform with an operating system called Purity that manages that complexity. And unlike when buying a whole new system, there’s no need to spend money on data migrations.

Data 93

Data IT Capacity Integrity 93

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 ).

Data 81

Data Integrity Integration Management 81

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Enlightenment Capital-backed Aeyon provides data management, artificial intelligence, analytics and intelligent automation capabilities for the U.S. CGI Federal has finalized its acquisition of Aeyon in a transaction that broadens its portfolio of digital transformation offerings and support services for U.S.

Purchasing 84

Purchasing Data Management IT 84

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. Formal guidelines have been introduced in several regions to ensure data-driven audits are conducted to a high standard. There was also a lack of data on the volume and outcome of audits. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When it comes to data on bid protests, the data is lacking to say the least. So instead of being able to manage on a proactive basis using the data, which by the way they already collect, they just don’t put it in a place where they can use it. The protest process is important to manage the procurement process.

Data 88

Data Bidding Procurement Innovation 88

ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Danish government requested to purchase up to 5,832 M1156 Precision Guidance Kits manufactured by Northrop Grumman and related elements of logistics and program support, including ancillary items, compatibility testing, firing tables, technical assistance, technical data and […]

Purchasing 59

Purchasing Logistics Government Government 59

ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Excella has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $110 million blanket purchase agreement to provide data science and analytics support services in support of the Office of Personnel Management's talent acquisition and management initiatives.

Data 64

Data Purchasing Management IT 64

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Cherokee Federal has purchased a majority stake in Advanced Technology Applications through the newly established growth capital firm Sovereign Capital as part of efforts to expand its presence in the federal contracting space.

Purchasing 104

Purchasing Engineering Data Contract 104

GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Language and intelligence service provider Acclaim Technical Services has purchased network engineering and data management company Alder Technology. ATS said Monday the move is part of its strategy to expand and strengthen its mission-critical technology business.

Purchasing 59

Purchasing IT Engineering Networking 59

ExecutiveBiz

JULY 16, 2024

KBR has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase LinQuest Corporation – a company focused on engineering, data analytics and digital integration – for $737 million.

Purchasing 111

Purchasing Engineering Integration Integrity 111

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The challenge of becoming a data-driven organization Organizations deal with ever-growing data volumes. This means that growth-minded businesses must put data at the heart of every application, process, and decision. percent of companies describe themselves as data-driven , and a mere 20.6

Data 75

Data Warehouse Networking Education 75

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

On February 5, 2025, the Council of the District of Columbia discussed their recent purchase of Salesforce and the hope to transfer data and start using the new software in August of 2025. On January 7, 2025, the City of San Francisco (CA) discussed moving to ServiceNow and needing to transfer data from their current software.

Budget 59

Budget Competitive Bidding Purchasing Accountability 59

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 6, 2024

Unifying data sources to gain a more complete picture of football fans Pitt knew they wanted to start with a project focused on enhancing fan engagement. Richard Turnquist, assistant athletic director of data and analytics, was interested in how the department could use analytics to drive the department’s budget and financial goals.

Data 75

Data Education Innovation Warehouse 75

GovLoop

APRIL 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on vast quantities of data to generate accurate outcomes — and that’s an obstacle for many public-sector agencies interested in AI technology. And poor data management can undermine AI innovations. In an AI world, you keep all of your data,” he explained. How will you keep data private?

Data 65

Data Ethics Quantity Management 65

GovLoop

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Governments at all levels store and consume enormous amounts of data, and they use the information to affect the way we live, the things we do and enjoy, and the challenges we face. And that’s a massive, massive problem — to [sort] through that data and figure out what you can and cannot do with it,” he said. Get Everyone Involved.

Innovation 59

Innovation Data Budget Purchasing 59

ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 10, 2024

VTG looks to strengthen its digital transformation capabilities with its recent acquisition of Clear Cloud, a provider of software, cloud and data engineering products and services for intelligence community customers. “The acquisition […]

Purchasing 105

Purchasing Engineering Data IT 105

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By combining historical spending data with agency contact info in your B2G market research, you can create a stronger pipeline of leads, find the right contacts to call, then quickly demonstrate expertise in your outreach. The post Using Historical Spending Data to Boost Your Public Sector Sales appeared first on GovSpend.

Data 59

Data Purchasing Buyers Bidding 59

Redstone Government Consulting

JUNE 13, 2024

Submitting data to the government, certified or not, carries significant risks, making compliance with FAR/DFARS essential.

Price 81

Price Data Government Government 81

GovCon Wire

JULY 12, 2024

The FBI has awarded NTT DATA a spot on the $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2 blanket purchase agreement. The contract vehicle is meant to be used by all Department of Justice components, including the FBI, to acquire critical IT services, NTT DATA said Thursday.

Data 59

Data IT Contract Purchasing 59