Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Anyone who spends their day working with data will tell you that data alone is never enough. It needs to. The post The Power of Visualization in Freight Optimization and Resilience appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The government both creates and runs on data. Given that agencies spend hundreds of billions of dollars on goods and services the more procurement data it has, the better it can understand trends and ‘manage’ procurement. That’s the idea behind a data source effort known as Hi-Def. GSA’s assistant commissioner for the office of strategic innovation, Charlotte Phalen, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more details.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center has awarded a contract to Mission Conversion Services Alliance for the continued management and operation of all uranium hexafluoride activities at the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, or PPPO. According to an award notice posted on SAM.gov on Friday, the contract is potentially worth $1.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Restrictive software licensing practices are impacting multiple federal agencies in the form of cost increases and limited choices of cloud service providers (CSP) or cloud architecture, according to the Government Accountability Office. The Department of Justice, NASA, Department of Transportation and Department of Veterans all told the GAO that as result of restrictive practices in software licensing, the agencies either experienced or expected cost increases in acquisition, infrastructure and
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Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
A Florida pharmaceutical company and its chief executive have agreed to pay $47 million to settle claims that their practice of paying for certain patient tests crossed the line into being an illegal kickback to increase prescriptions of an enzyme replacement therapy, Boston federal prosecutors said on Friday.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Jennifer Parlato, a human resources leader with decades of experience in the government contracting industry, has taken on the role of vice president of HR for Amentum’s Intelligence and Cyber Business Group. The executive confirmed her new position in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Who is Jennifer Parlato?
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Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Matthew Enekwe readily acknowledges that he’s still on the path to becoming a federal contractor and helping government agencies improve their financial management. But the president and CEO of Crystal Star Associates , an accounting and financial consultancy in Ellicott City, Maryland, has learned since starting his business in 2011 — while also in graduate school — that to grow requires never standing still.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Agencies preparing for a cloud migration would do well to run a cloud readiness assessment to set both their modernization strategy and security posture. The Department of Health and Human Services uses cloud assessment tools to ensure system configurations are appropriate and to identify weak security controls in need of remediation, Tamara Lilly, HHS’s assistant inspector general for cybersecurity, told Federal News Network.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Raytheon, an RTX business, has completed the 5th live-fire testing round of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, an active electronically scanned array radar designed to counter airborne threats such as manned and unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and hypersonics.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Robert Persons, former director at Sigma Defense Systems, was elevated to the role of vice president of business development at the tactical communications technology company. The executive announced his most recent move via a LinkedIn post Wednesday.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Federal agencies are increasingly focusing on digital transformation as part of their mission to provide efficient, secure and modern citizen services. Driven in part by the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) and shifting public expectations, agencies face growing pressure to adopt advanced technology platforms while safeguarding critical data, according to a recent e-book by Own Company.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
This post discusses how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help you set up a unified search platform for educational content using Amazon OpenSearch Service. Amazon OpenSearch Service is a managed service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale OpenSearch clusters in the AWS Cloud. With digital learning becoming increasingly popular, managing a vast amount of educational data can be challenging.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Changeis will provide professional services to Customs and Border Protection in support of the operations of its Office of Facilities and Asset Management.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The U.S. Navy intends to issue a solicitation for a potential eight-year, $10 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award construction contract. According to a presolicitation notice posted on SAM.
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Chuck Greene, public sector cloud advisor at World Wide Technology, and finalist in the Cloud Executive of the Year, Private Company, category. Here, he talks about [.
American City & Country
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
State and local governments employed 20.5 million as of October 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Among those workers, there was an increase in the number who quit (about 22,000) in September, the BLS reported. Job openings in September 2024 in state and local governments in the U.S. totaled 703,000, says the BLS. So, if local governments need to hire qualified workers to replace those leaving, where can they turn to when recruiting?
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
In the coming years, government agencies are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI solutions to transform all aspects of their operations and services. The challenge is that they need to develop the workforce to support that vision. The October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence emphasized the importance of training employees in the benefits, risks and limitations of AI for their job functions.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman $540.9 million in funding to support the company’s development of the Glide Phase Interceptor, a technology to detect and intercept hypersonic weapons. Work on the weapon countermeasure platform will be performed in Chandler, Arizona, until November 2029, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Alex Gross, senior vice president & chief strategist for defense and intelligence at Parsons Corp., and finalist in the Space Executive of the Year, Public Company, [.
Redstone Government Consulting
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
As a government contractor, ensuring compliance with employment law regulations is not only a legal requirement but also a crucial element in protecting your business from significant financial and legal risks. While employment law compliance might seem straightforward, the complexities of frequent updates and variations across jurisdictions make it a challenging task to manage.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
At Socure, we’re committed to leading the way in identity verification and fraud prevention. We’ve developed a FedRAMP-compliant environment from the ground up using our Socure ID+ for Government (“SocureGov”) solution. In this blog post, we’ll delve into Socure’s journey of building a FedRAMP-compliant cloud infrastructure from the ground up that uses a comprehensive suite of AWS services, enhanced by key third-party tools such as Sumo Logic, Istio, Terraform, and Trend Micro, to create a moder
Select GCR
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A prime contractor is a company or entity hired directly by the federal government to oversee and execute large-scale projects. They are responsible for managing the entire project, including hiring subcontractors, coordinating tasks, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations and contractual obligations. This article will explore what is prime contractor roles, responsibilities, and the importance of prime contractors in government projects.
American City & Country
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
In the face of climate change, cities around the world are experiencing unprecedented weather patterns that have profound impacts on urban life. City planners and policymakers must leverage weather data to design resilient urban environments capable of withstanding these changes. One of the most pressing issues is the increasing focus on heat, driven by alarming trends in annual weather data by city.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
As we’ve written about on the blog, protests have been decided because the offeror was not registered in SAM for the entirety of the proposal review process period. For instance, in this post , we discussed a GAO decision where GAO held that the FAR requires offerors to maintain SAM registration throughout the evaluation period, meaning from proposal submission to award of the contract.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has added Delta Resources, General Dynamics Information Technology and Modern Technology Solutions to the Pool 1 awardees on the potential $33.16 billion Information Analysis Center, or IAC, multiple-award contract to support research and development across the Department of Defense.
Open Contracting Partnership
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Kigali is the center of Africa’s public procurement community this week. In time for this year’s Africa Public Procurement Network conference, hosted by Rwanda’s Public Procurement Authority (RPPA), the agency has developed a new open contracting portal that allows anyone to access data on government contracts dating back to 2016. Supported by OCP, the platform is part of a larger data-driven reform that aims to improve the integrity of Rwanda’s procurement system while attracting more small- an
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Precise Systems, a defense services company, sponsored the publication of the new editorial book on the Modular Open Systems Approach, or MOSA. OpenSystems Media published and distributed the MOSA Ebook to more than 15,000 subscribers and featured articles from leaders and influencers in open architecture, Precise Systems announced on Nov. 6.
Public Contracting Institute
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Readers know that to provide a complete claim, one of the elements is that the contractor provide a “sum certain” for the dollar damages that are sought. You cannot qualify the sum by stating that it is “approximate” or “about” since that is not a certain sum. But what if you explain in your claim that the sum stated could be changed if there are other payments made, i.e., there may be some double counting.
USFCR
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Federal contractors know that staying compliant is a top priority. One such compliance requirement from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is Transactional Data Reporting (TDR). TDR may initially sound intimidating, but it’s an essential aspect of doing business with the federal government—and can even work to your advantage once you understand it.
American City & Country
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2 PM EDT Are you concerned about the costs and reliability of your copper POTS lines? As phone carriers are decommissioning these lines, raising rates, and providing less support, this creates a problem for devices that still rely on POTS lines and puts your governmental entity at risk of non-compliance or worse. Critical devices that are affected include: Fire alarms Elevator phones Building entry systems Public safety phones And more Ooma AirDial is the award-win
VWV
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The procurement regime is changing on 24 February 2025. Here are some key facts and figures you need to know about the Procurement Act 2023. Consilidation The Procurement Act 2023 will be a consolidation of: Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 but will need to be read alongside the The Procurement Regulations 2024 and the National Procurement Policy Statement 1.
Import and Trade Remedies
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Companies engaged in continuous production processes may face challenges when using the EU inward processing procedure. For background, inward processing allows an EU company to import materials without having to pay import duties and other charges like anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, if the product made with these imported materials is exported.
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
LMI has won a $16.4 million contract to continue supporting Defense Department Innovative Readiness Training and other elements of the Civil-Military Programs portfolio. Under the contract, LMI will provide support services to the Innovative Readiness Training program for training, operations, financial management, governance, strategic engagement and communications, asset management, and digital services, the company said. [.
Redstone Government Consulting
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The Government wants to pay a fair and reasonable price for products and services that they purchase and expects you to pay your suppliers a fair and reasonable price. FAR 52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting includes the requirement to select subcontractors and suppliers on a competitive basis to the maximum extent possible. What happens when you receive only one bid or there is only one source that can perform the effort?
American City & Country
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Earlier this year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint advisory , warning government agencies of potential disruptions to U.S. critical infrastructure by cyber actors. Since then, reports have surfaced highlighting state and local governments as increasing targets for these attacks, particularly from foreign adversaries.
Government Contracts & Global Trade
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The most important section in your federal proposal and contract will always be pricing – just ask any CEO or federal buyer. But in today’s government market, there are a lot of areas that can confuse a contractor’s pricing strategy. And when you win the bid, the questions remain: “will we make a profit?” and “did we leave money on the table?
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