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Announcing the Day 1 Agenda for the Fall Training Conference: What is Fair and Reasonable? November 15-16

The CGP

As mentioned in last week’s FAR & Beyond blog, communication is the “connective tissue” of federal procurement, bringing government and industry together. The Fall Training Conference provides an excellent opportunity to strengthen this connective tissue through thought-provoking panels and collaborative dialogue. To this end, we are pleased to announce that the agenda for the first day of the Fall Training Conference: “ What is Fair and Reasonable?

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Agencies Need Security Strategies Before Establishing Hybrid Data Centers

FedTech Magazine

Agencies looking to establish hybrid data centers need comprehensive security strategies that set realistic time frames and are mapped to their respective budgets. These strategies should identify desired security tools and practices such as cloud environments and ways to continuously monitor them. A hybrid data center relies on cloud, software-defined networking and virtualization technologies to distribute applications across physical and multicloud environments.

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How You Might Benefit From Returning to the Office

GovLoop

A survey of employees in 2021 provides some fuel for the current push to get employees back into the office, according to a recent article by the Society for Human Resource Management. The survey, conducted by Seyfarth at Work at the height of the pandemic, asked more than 500 employees what they missed most about being in the office. Here were the top results: 61 percent of respondents said they miss in-person workplace conversations. 42 percent said they miss the daily structure of showing up

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Workflows in QuickBooks Online – New Feature for Government Contractors

Redstone Government Consulting

The accounting function for a government contractor can be a tedious job at times. Be sure to utilize QuickBooks Online Workflows to its full potential to help simplify the process.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: September 11-15, 2023

SmallGovCon

Happy Friday, Readers. We hope you had a great week. We are starting to get a little fall weather around these parts, which is exciting. Fall has also brought the prospect of a potential government shutdown and what the impact will be, as reflected in some of these articles. The budget process is complicated, so we are all waiting to see how it shakes out.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

Author: Graham Allen There are many similarities and differences between public and private procurement. However, the greatest overlap is the procurement life cycle or as some refer to it as the Procurement Journey. This two-part series discusses the five steps of the procurement journey beginning with concept and development and continuing with posting, evaluation and award.

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The UK’s border ambitions reach the next stage with recommendations for the Ecosystem of Trust

Import and Trade Remedies

The UK government published an evaluation report for the six pilot initiatives on an ‘Ecosystem of Trust’ (“ EoT ”) on 29 August 2023, which was first set out in the government’s 2025 UK Border strategy. Aimed at using technology to create the so called EoT around the border, the UK proposed an automated assurance and reliability model that could allow a simplification of the current customs and border processes.

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Nowelizacja prawa energetycznego podpisana przez Prezydenta

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

14 sierpnia 2023 r. Prezydent podpisał ustawę nowelizującą prawo energetyczne, przewidującą m.in. możliwość tworzenia obywatelskich społeczności energetycznych. Ustawa implementuje do polskiego porządku prawnego dyrektywę Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2019/944 z dnia 5 czerwca 2019 r. w sprawie wspólnych zasad rynku wewnętrznego energii elektrycznej oraz zmieniającą dyrektywę 2012/27/UE.

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Season 10: Episode 19 “FAR Facts”

Public Contracting Institute

Hello and thank you for joining us for our Episode 19 FAR Facts of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Part 33 (Protests, Disputes, and Appeals) As we prepare for our nineteenth episode of Season 10, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think about: For purposes of FAR Part 33 , the word “day” means “calendar day.” FAR 33.101.

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Fastest 5 Minutes: Claims and False Claims Act

Government Contracts Legal Forum

This week’s episode covers a Federal Circuit decision about jurisdiction under the Contract Disputes Act, a claim for additional costs relating to COVID related delays, and a False Claims Act settlement touching on cybersecurity and self-disclosure, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or exe