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Agencies Moving to Digital Recordkeeping Shouldn’t Neglect Backup and Recovery

FedTech Magazine

Agencies transitioning from paper to digital record keeping should take a holistic approach that considers Backup as a Service (BaaS) solutions in case of system failure or a cyberattack. Some agencies digitalize the front end of the record keeping process without adopting backup and recovery technologies, the digital equivalent of paper archives for documents.

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How to Scale up Your Data Initiatives

GovLoop

As soon as agencies started thinking in terms of enterprise-level data initiatives, their existing data solutions became legacy systems. Let’s say an agency’s security operations center wants to use analytics to improve its ability to detect and respond to threats throughout its environment. 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.

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Follow These 4 Best Practices for Cloud-Based Backup and Recovery

FedTech Magazine

Federal agencies are increasingly moving their mission-critical systems and solutions to the the cloud: More than 65 percent report that some or all of their data is in the cloud, and the percentage is rising every year. While the cloud can provide cost-effectiveness, scalability and agility, agencies must take steps to ensure their data and applications will be readily available in the event of a disaster.

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Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Badge – Stand Out from the Competition

The Softly Spark

Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly (CPF) program presents an opportunity to showcase sustainable products to conscious consumers, increasing the chances that they will be viewed by customers. If your product already holds one of the certifications included in the program, it should proudly display the Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly badge on their platform.

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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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NHS Procurement Consultant

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NHS Procurement Consultants Do you want to sell to the NHS? Do you have a great NHS product or NHS service, NHS customers will benefit from? ​Have you applied to NHS England, NHS buyers, but had no success? Do you wish there was an NHS procurement expert you could talk to about how to do business with the NHS? ​Naomi Clews ​MBA MCIPS PRINCE2 NHS Procurement Consultant ​ Naomi Clews NHS Procurement Consulting Hi there, I'm Naomi Clews , ​management consultant and own

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Meet Central Asia’s master procurement monitors

Open Contracting Partnership

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. An active community of procurement monitors is emerging in Central Asia, following a year-long course that trained leaders from various fields to examine government contracting in the region.

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A Cloud-Driven Business Model

GovLoop

Adopting the as-a-service model has major implications for budget and procurement. Where data centers require periodic investments in hardware, moving to the cloud changes the equation. You’re replacing heavy upfront capital expenditures (CapEx) with ongoing operating expenses (OpEx). In place of maintenance and depreciation, you face continuing vendor relationships and planning adequately for the services you’ll use.

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[Pod] Procurement 6 – August 4th, 2023

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – August 4th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Top Supervisor Mistakes Not to Make

GovLoop

No leader is perfect, but there are ways to be a better one. Jason Coleman (Deputy Chief Budget Director, Bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs and South Central Asia for the U.S. Department of State) and Carolyn Mooney (Business Therapist at Enough, LLC) recently joined GovLoop and NextGen to discuss top mistakes that that supervisors should avoid. Poor communication was one mistake that Coleman mentioned seeing new supervisors make, explaining how a lack of good feedback can negatively affect the wo

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Tesla Takes the Socialist Pledge

Art of Procurement

China is one of the most influential consumer, industrial, and raw materials markets in the world. Unfortunately, they are also. The post Tesla Takes the Socialist Pledge appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Fastest 5 Minutes: False Claims Act, Cybersecurity

Government Contracts Legal Forum

This week’s episode covers two notable False Claims Act settlements and the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan, 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 executive should be without.