FedScoop

AUGUST 23, 2024

The document is meant to provide a privacy review for that past activity, as well as an analysis of any privacy impacts created by the data collected during that period.

Impact Assessment 140

Impact Assessment Data Evaluation IT 140

FedScoop

APRIL 18, 2024

The guardrails are human oversight and decision-making; clear and comprehensive policies; robust testing and evaluation; transparency and disclosure; and education and upskilling. A footnote in the document discloses that “early drafts of this document were written by humans. Subsequent reviews and approvals were human.”

Transparency 124

Transparency Education Evaluation Participation 124

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This is something that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) didn’t address in its evaluation for a procurement, resulting in a successful GAO protest. The non-price factors were evaluated for prior experience, staffing plan, technical approach, management approach, and past performance. But it’s not unlimited.

Sustainability 104

Sustainability Evaluation Price Professional Services 104

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic. A document related to the credential notes that it was launched in late September.

Engineering 131

Engineering Government Government Ethics 131

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dion Turner, the supervisory contracting officer at the Interior Department, said while CPARS can be somewhat subjective based on the contracting officer, documentation is key to ensuring fair evaluations. What’s not subjective is your documentation and what you did performing under that contract. It’s how you recover.

Chief Procurement Officer 111

Chief Procurement Officer Procurement Evaluation Contract 111

FedScoop

MAY 3, 2024

The subcommittee pointed to a 2024 document from NASA that reported over 75% of the agency’s infrastructure and facilities are “beyond original life design” and the agency faces a $3 billion maintenance backlog. The challenges that the U.S.

Collaboration 135

Collaboration Leadership Evaluation Government 135

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. Taken together, these steps should help support data-driven evaluation by IRS leadership and members of Congress.” We found this as well.

Accountability 126

Accountability Price Electronics Data 126

Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Rather, the agency’s defense relied on positions that were never documented in—and sometimes inconsistent with—the contemporaneous evaluation record. But GAO determined that performing this analysis in response to a protest is no substitute for performing it (and documenting it) as part of the contemporaneous evaluation.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Import Evaluation Consulting 40

Whistleblower Network News

MAY 29, 2024

million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Demand Participation Integration 97

AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

The steps demonstrate the flow of loading data into the vector store: Initially, documents stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets are processed by AWS Lambda functions for splitting and chunking (this step is not needed for Amazon Kendra ). Text segments are fed into the embedding model to be converted into embeddings.

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Data Efficiency Integration 128

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 22, 2024

In its first published bid protest sustain decision of the new year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights agencies’ obligation to adequately document a substantive analysis of proposals against the solicitation requirements, even in FAR Part 16.5 procurements. In SierTeK-Peerless JV LLC , B-422085, B-422085.2,

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Evaluation Accountability Transportation 40

FedScoop

JANUARY 23, 2024

ODNI specifically would be able to improve its oversight of this process if it followed best practices for testing data reliability, GAO said, giving the example of “tracing a sample of data records to or from source documents” to evaluate if the information is accurate and complete.

Risk Management 124

Risk Management Data Accountability Management 124

Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In a solicitation for design-build construction services related to Fort Bragg, NC, Midnight alleged that the evaluation was improper and used unstated evaluation criteria. Midnight asserted that the Corps unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s technical approach as superior due to its inclusion of a conceptual design.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Price Government Contracts Consulting 40

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

While it aligns with Liberia’s approach, the Model Law places greater emphasis on transparency, the documentation of justification for using restricted bidding, and minimizing disruptions to competition. Solicitation tools typically take the form of standard bidding documents tailored to specific procurement needs.

Procurement 105

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 105

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

Additionally, NAVWAR also said it mislabeled the document as unclassified, again raising even more questions among observers about how a well-worn process fell apart in so many different places. The spokesperson said NAVWAR is reviewing the document sign-off and release processes.

Procurement 119

Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 119

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Public sector organizations worldwide face a common challenge: processing an ever-growing volume of document-heavy applications across various services. While we focus on naturalization as our primary example, the solution discussed can be applied to any public sector use case involving large-scale document processing.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Data Import Utilities 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

There was a three phase evaluation of proposals requiring offerors to submit a self scoring sheet that assigned points for offerors representations on experience and capabilities under various criteria identified in the solicitation. Dan Ramish So GAO evaluated the protests and sustained protests on two grounds. Dan Ramish Yes.

Contract 104

Contract Bidder Bidding Evaluation 104

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. An average document of five pages would take two weeks to adapt, and cost £500 ($750). These FMs be adapted for your particular use case.

Import 115

Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2023

An IG investigation also found members of Teixeira’s unit had wide latitude to access and print classified documents without any oversight. ( The second change would use data from the federal procurement data system to determine percentage industry factors as part of the size evaluations.

IT 122

IT Networking Evaluation Data 122

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CISA concurred with the recommendation, noting that its Cybersecurity Division has commissioned an independent evaluation of AIS that includes the consideration of alternative information-sharing systems. The agency said it will deliver recommendations from its findings and communicate changes to participants as needed by July 31, 2025.

Participation 126

Participation Quality Data Evaluation 126

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 8, 2024

This assessment can point to areas of focus as institutions rapidly build skills, policies, and best practices that will support students, tutoring assistants, multi-lingual campus navigators, and new staff with generative AI-powered tools such as onboarding assistants, intelligent document processing (IDP), and more.

Education 122

Education Capacity Evaluation Integration 122

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Expect a lengthy document The CMMC rule won’t make for light reading. Travis said he expects the rule will be in the “hundreds of pages” when you factor in supporting documents. The rule and other supporting documents could also shed more light on DoD’s plan for eventually implementing the requirements.

Supply Chain 122

Supply Chain Accountability Manufacturing Demand 122

FedTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Consensus on where agencies should start their artificial intelligence journeys is shifting as federal officials continue to evaluate how the technology can work for them. Some agencies already use AI to fight fraud. Work with AI at the Department of Defense ranges from identifying cybersecurity threats to analyzing data from drones.

Evaluation 67

Evaluation Data 67

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

GSA has their whole IT playbook and it has been developing the document over last five years. More details out for bidders GSA recently gave vendors more details about its plans for COMET II, releasing another draft of the performance work statement as well as the drafts of how they will evaluate bids.

Bidder 115

Bidder Bidding E-procurement Purchasing 115

The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the past, FAS did, in fact, post operational policy documents, essentially providing the public, including its industry partners, with a virtual library of the guidance governing and shaping contract administration and management across the organization. Currently, operational policy guidance is not posted for the public.

Transparency 100

Transparency Negotiation Price Procurement 100

FedScoop

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Regular automated testing conducted by the GSA has shown that many federal websites have at least one documented accessibility issue , like not including an image description. Critically, compliance with Section 508 remains a major challenge for federal agencies. Agencies were previously required to submit semi-annual reports.

Government 133

Government Government Budget Evaluation 133

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).

Government 128

Government Government Engineering Education 128

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The procurement agency has now established a dedicated helpdesk and increased the diversity of its planning and evaluation committees in the process and the hope is that the percentages of women-owned businesses participating will rise further as trust and training increases.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JUNE 22, 2017

This position also prepares resolutions with applicable supporting documentation for the Board of Commissioners’ review and approval.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Insurance E-procurement Bidding 100

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For example, in the past, certain guidance documents that directly impact the MAS negotiation process (and MAS contractors) has not been made available for public review. PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example.

Negotiation 105

Negotiation Price Transparency Data 105

Government Contracts

JANUARY 16, 2024

Government Accountability Office, offering perspectives on standing, document production, agency deference, System for Award Management registration requirements and mentor-protégé joint venture proposal evaluations. Attorneys at Bradley Arant discuss noteworthy 2023 bid protest decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S.

Bidding 52

Bidding Import Evaluation Accountability 52

Public Contracting Institute

JULY 31, 2024

These documents play a vital role in the procurement process, helping agencies find the right contractors for their projects. Crafting Compelling Documents Creating effective RFP and RFQ documents is crucial for attracting the right contractors. Post-Award Considerations The work doesn’t end once a contract is awarded.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation E-procurement Price Government Contracts 52

FedScoop

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To safeguard the integrity of development and evaluation of proposals in the merit review process, this memo establishes guidelines for its use by reviewers and proposers.” The new memo states: “While NSF will continue to support advances in this new technology, the agency must also consider the potential risks posed by it.

Inventory 115

Inventory Data Evaluation Integration 115

Public Contracting Institute

JULY 23, 2024

First, GAO noted that it is a fundamental principle of federal procurement law that a contracting agency must treat all offerors and evaluate their proposals even-handedly against the solicitation’s requirements and evaluation criteria. On past performance, the agency failed to address quality, and was done only in a summary manner.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Evaluation Price Consulting 52

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

That prototype is still being evaluated for effectiveness and for whether it’s something that can be scaled, but it’s something CDC is looking into, Sim said. That document “gets into some of the details” of leveraging generative AI tools responsibly, safely and equitably, Sim said. It’s also something the agency is sharing.

Efficiency 139

Efficiency Data Innovation Media 139

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

6] DCAA is authorized to examine contractor records related to proposals, discussions, pricing, and performance to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and currency of cost or pricing data. [7] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48]

Negotiation 98

Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As of September 2023, there have been approximately 250,000 veterans who either received medication orders and/or had medication allergies documented in the new EHR,” Case said. We are anxious to evaluate the deployment and get feedback from the pharmacists at Lovell,” Sicilia said. “It

Electronics 124

Electronics Integration Integrity Data 124