Art of Procurement
JULY 27, 2023
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 – July 28th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
GovLoop
JULY 26, 2023
What is productivity? What does it look like for your team, and how can you keep your agency’s employees motivated to meet its mission? Increasing productivity doesn’t have to be complicated, and moving forward doesn’t always require charts, schedules, and complex plans. Here are three quick takeaways that your agency can apply boost its productivity: 1.
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Naomi Clews Consultancy
JULY 27, 2023
Trade Act 2023 The new Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023 has resulted in changes to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 that directly impact on the public procurement process. What has changed? Failure to estimate the value of a procurement will automatically mean the a public procurement process must be followed. PINs can't be used as a call for competition Contracting authorities must not terminate a contract to avoid international obligations.
Oxford College of Procurement and Supply
JULY 28, 2023
Over the last few years, procurement has been undergoing a digital transformation. A key feature of this digital transformation is the use of artificial intelligence (AI). AI can bring many benefits to procurement teams and their companies. In this post, we take a look at the benefits of using AI in procurement departments. Information AI allows procurement teams to mine huge amounts of complex data.
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,
FedTech Magazine
JULY 28, 2023
Most federal agencies with extensive Wi-Fi networks, whether for their employees internally or for use in public areas where guests can connect, built up and configured these networks long before wireless-capable devices flooded the market. Today, even areas where Wi-Fi coverage had been adequate are starting to feel the strain. This manifests in slow connections, dropped signals, poor connectivity during busy times and even dead zones that make it impossible to work wirelessly.
GovLoop
JULY 27, 2023
When Mitch Daniels took office as Indiana’s Governor in 2005, one of the top items on his agenda was reforming the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). At the time, the average visit to a BMV office lasted 30 minutes, but Daniels knew that it often took (and felt) much longer. “I used to say that people went to an Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles office with a box lunch and a copy of ‘War and Peace’ and hoped not to finish both of them before somebody noticed they were there,” Daniels said in a 2015
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Art of Procurement
JULY 27, 2023
Talent is a huge concern for all companies. Skills requirements continue to grow even as executive leaders worry that they. The post Public Education as Corporate Social Responsibility appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 27, 2023
Notebooks are the centerpiece of many federal employees’ worlds, especially in the era of digital work, and this key piece of gear needs to be lightweight and fast. The new ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 is a sleek system that includes a powerful processor and features that surpass those on many desktop computers. The Zenbook’s solid-state drive has no moving parts, hardening it against bumps while on the road and keeping stored data safe.
Extract Systems
JULY 25, 2023
Anyone that works in a business-to-business environment is going to run into forms they have to fill out. It could be for an RFP, a security questionnaire, or a number of other types of information requests. There are a variety of ways to solicit information from vendors; we’ve seen Word documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, and online forms. For as many forms as we’ve seen, we see almost as many issues with them.
GovLoop
JULY 25, 2023
With cyberattacks on the rise, agencies need to design, implement and maintain security programs that are sophisticated enough to protect today’s networks and data management. That goal becomes trickier with organizations consistently competing for and losing out on IT staff to private sector companies. Here’s how David Allen, former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA), tackled this pervasive challenge: Once hired, Allen immediately focused on IT s
Government Contract Insights
JULY 23, 2023
The Department of Defense updated its guidance on “other transaction” agreements, or “OTs,”[1] an increasingly popular contracting authority not subject to the FAR or most procurement laws that accounted for more than $37 billion in defense spending from 2019 through 2021.[2] Although the new Other Transactions Guide, Version 2.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 26, 2023
As the end of another fiscal year approaches, federal agencies are making the final decisions on what technology is a must-have before the current budget concludes. Impulse buys in a spend-it-or-lose-it situation are unwise, however. Technology readiness is key to digital modernization — if new tech doesn’t work as promised within an existing system, program delays and unexpected costs can result.
Art of Procurement
JULY 23, 2023
“The pandemic made everything about value. I believe that all healthcare premises – along with insurance systems and the patients. The post [Pod] Procurement’s Role in Value-based Healthcare w/ Heba Farouk appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Holland & Knight: Government Contracts
JULY 24, 2023
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the federal government has committed to funding more than $1 trillion for projects involving construction, manufacturing and energy initiatives.
Discussions & Clarifications
JULY 24, 2023
The government's fiscal year ("FY") is coming to an end on September 30, which means the need for agencies to spend "use it or lose it" contracting dollars will steadily increase over the next couple of months. And, while the contracting space typically sees a concomitant uptick in bid protests in September and October due to the influx of late Q4 contract awards, this year, we may also see an uptick in something else due to a recent Small Business Administration ("SBA") regulatory update : sole
WIFCON: Government Contracts
JULY 23, 2023
Robert K. Tompkins, Leila S. George-Wheeler, Kelsey M. Hayes, Hillary J.
The Procurement School
JULY 24, 2023
Author: Liz Busch Despite how well we plan our procurement projects, your contractor’s performance may not be what you were expecting. Some government organizations have clear measures and expectations, and systematic approaches to managing contractor performance. As an example, a Google search gives you these results: The City of Toronto’s Contractor Performance Evaluation Form (construction projects only); Province of Alberta’s Contractor Performance Management Program (transportation projects
Holland & Knight: Government Contracts
JULY 23, 2023
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled on July 19, 2023, in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. that the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) use of a "rebuttable presumption" of social disadvantage for certain minority groups to qualify for inclusion in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program (the 8(a) Program) violates the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 25, 2023
The White House is developing a national artificial intelligence strategy to “chart a path for the United States to harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of AI.” Previous administrations and Congress have taken some steps toward this in the past, but those efforts did not go far enough. If the Biden administration wants to create a comprehensive strategy that competes with countries such as Canada, China, France and the U.K., there are three steps the administration should take. 1.
WIFCON: Government Contracts
JULY 24, 2023
Christian B. Nagel, David S. Black, Taite R.
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