FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Americans and others trying to get assistance from the Department of Homeland Security and its subagencies spend about 190 million hours every year on paperwork, says DHS CIO Eric Hysen, who wants that time to be cut dramatically. DHS is hiring hundreds of new employees tasked with improving customer experience, an issue that’s gaining traction across government thanks to an executive order issued last December.

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Art of Procurement

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Procurement 6 is a new short podcast from Art of Procurement that will be published in the Art of Procurement. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – November 4th, 2022 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An interview with Nick Psaki, Principal Technologist, Pure Storage. Agencies might have a wide variety of technological innovations to choose from, but for Nick Psaki at Pure Storage, those reforms all come down to one thing: data. “Digital transformation fundamentally starts with your data,” Psaki said. “What do you want to do with it? How do you want to leverage it?

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Watch our latest Procurement on Demand webinar that provides insight into sustainable procurement and how it is not just about being green! Sustainable Procurement is changing how businesses acquire the resources they need and how they make careful choices in ‘greening’ their supply chains. But is it just about environmental credentials? It is also about tackling the challenges of implementing Environmental, Social and Governance into Procurement, Commercial & Contracting practices, includin

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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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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs oversees a diverse array of operations, including healthcare services, insurance and benefits systems, and cemeteries. As recently as four years ago, its video teleconferencing technology was equally diverse; each service area used its own equipment for its own purposes. The various video platforms weren’t necessarily compatible with each other, let alone easy to upgrade all at once.

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Art of Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

AOP Live events are designed to give you an opportunity to shape the conversation we have with our guests. You. The post VOTE in Our Pulse Poll: What does procurement need to mature? appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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NIH NITAAC

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since NITAAC was founded in 1996 as part of the Clinger-Cohen Act, our federal acquisition program has been focused on reimagining information technology procurements with outstanding customer service. In that time, NITAAC has proudly served nearly every federal agency and department in the United States through multiple iterations of our popular technology contracts.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Visitors entering the partially reopened National Air and Space Museum will be greeted by new high-resolution digital signs to guide them to the refurbished exhibits. They will also find signature artifacts augmented by technology designed to better show off the museum’s collection. The popular Washington, D.C.-based museum, in the midst of a seven-year, $1 billion face-lift, completed the first phase of its modernization effort in early October.

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Art of Procurement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The AOP Buyer Power Score is a content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of power. The post Buyer Power Score – Intermodal Container Rental appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The government workforce tends to get a bad rap, which makes it hard for agencies to recruit and retain employees. Case in point: As of June 2022, 100% of the private sector had recovered jobs lost during the pandemic, but only 55% of the public sector had. One of the problems is that government workers have for too long let people who are not civil servants define what it means to be one, said Traci DiMartini, Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) at the General Services Administration (GSA).

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The Contractor's Perspective

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Department of Energy through the Office of Science has announced that beginning in FY 2023, all DOE funding solicitations, including the Office of Science Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) and DOE National Lab Announcements, will require applicants to submit as an appendix to proposal narratives, a “Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research (PIER) Plan.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Once upon a time, there was a popular TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man, about a former astronaut given superhuman strength through technology. According to the opening credits, he became “better … stronger … faster.” In current dollars, he’d be The Forty Million Dollar Man — a solid chunk of the $65 billion requested for civilian IT spending in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget — but he’d still be a federal employee who was able to do his job better and faster with the help of m

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the first of an eight-part series addressing cutting-edge strategies for Certified Claims under the Contract Disputes Act. Certified Claims are the primary avenue available to government contractors to recover damages due to changes, delays, inefficiencies, and other government-caused issues. Whether a recession is here now or merely waiting in the wings, proactive government contractors can make strategic moves to be in the best possible position to weather the storm.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

An interview with Dan Kent, Chief Technology Officer, Red River. The public experiences government innovation in different ways. At times, it simply makes routine tasks, such as renewing your driver’s license, less arduous. Sometimes it makes internal government systems better — by moving operations to the cloud and away from outdated IT, for instance.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Collaboration is at the heart of agile methodology for good reason: It engages all the talents on the team and generates comprehensive solutions. An organization doesn’t need to go full agile to benefit from cross-functional teamwork. Now that many — but not all — employees have returned to the office, organizations need to adapt techniques and tools for hybrid teamwork.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Here’s what you may get wrong about being customer-centric: You won’t get to the right solution by being solution-centered. In fact, being customer-centric looks more like centering the pain points and challenges of customers over the solution. In other words, you have to “fall in love with the problem,” said Sanjay Koyani, Chief Technology Officer at the Labor Department (DOL) and former Executive Director of the Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) Chief Technology Office.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Learning, networking and new ideas are all on the agenda for the free 2022 Google Government Summit in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 15. Aimed at creating inspiration for innovation, the all-day seminar lets attendees gather fresh concepts to bring back and try at their agency. You’ll have the opportunity to dive into a variety of topics like cybersecurity, addressing workplace burnout, developing an agile agency, encouraging collaboration via the cloud, and more.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Another new month means more fresh online training opportunities for public servants. From hiring to innovation to what makes an effective team dynamic, we’re covering pressing topics in public service all month long. As usual, all these online trainings are free , and all registrants receive the recordings one day after the live presentation.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 31, 2022

An interview with Nicholas Speece, Chief Federal Technologist, Snowflake. 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. “Nobody generates more data than our government,” said Nicholas Speece with Snowflake, a firm that allows agencies to store and access data in the cloud and provides cutting-edge services and applications.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An interview with John Curalli, Director, State & Local Government and Matt Borkowski, Enterprise ERP Solutions Architect, Arctic IT. If you are responsible for your agency’s technology, your job isn’t an easy one. How do you deploy technology in a way that is secure, delivers mobile functionality and improves services? Given budget pressures, it can be tempting to take a Band-Aid approach to technology issues, modernizing a service here, an application there.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The New Year is right around the corner, and there’s no better time to start planning the next steps for your agency. Innovation is a long-term process, and it requires forward-thinking to plot out your priorities and incorporate them into your mission. Your organization not only has to set its goals and objectives but also plan how to execute them with the right staff, budget and technology in place.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Navigating the world of health insurance can be tricky. From comparing costs, to making sure your children are covered, to even determining your deductible, there’s a lot to decode. You want to make sure you understand what you’re getting and that the plan you choose won’t end up costing you in the end. How can you feel confident that you’re choosing the right fit for you and your family?

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Creating a sense of belonging in a new workplace is the theme of the latest installment of Management Minutes with Mika. Government workforce expert Mika Cross sat down with friend and United States Digital Service Technology Workforce Strategist, Amy Bontrager, to discuss “The Value of Building Trust and Community for New Hires in Any Workplace.”. Bontrager has had her share of fresh starts and spoke from experience when she advised public servants to remember that onboarding doesn’t stop at or

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