American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because of the urgent need for decarbonization and reducing climate change, local government fleet managers are facing several major trends. But as these fleet managers begin to pivot towards electric vehicles, they face a dual challenge. “On On the other hand, a more daunting task lies in the build-out of charging infrastructure.

Management 118

Management Government Government Efficiency 118

FedScoop

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Department of Justice and Office of Personnel Management are getting funding infusions to modernize immigration case management and federal retirement systems, respectively, according to a General Services Administration announcement Tuesday. Efficiency fuels innovation.” DOJ will use $1.34 OPM is using its $18.3

IT 114

IT Efficiency Management Integration 114

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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. So I think the biggest improvement that I’m seeing as the data posture within the FAS, within GSA continues to expand and grow is efficiency.

Data 101

Data Procurement Price Efficiency 101

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Cloud technology makes IT resources more accessible and processes more efficient, but it raises new challenges, especially for backup and recovery. Federal agencies have made cloud a priority in their efforts to drive modernization. In fact, that is often not the case.

Efficiency 242

Efficiency Data Management IT 242

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The National Labor Relations Board is the latest beneficiary of the Technology Modernization Fund, receiving $23 million from the fund to modernize its case management system. The post National Labor Relations Board scores $23M TMF award to modernize case management appeared first on FedScoop.

Management 106

Management Efficiency Data IT 106

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This secure and fully managed playground allows users to create customized AI assistants (Apps) and enhance LLM interactions by incorporating their organization’s proprietary data and documentation.

Government 98

Government Government Accountability Education 98

FedScoop

JANUARY 17, 2025

In a March report following that incident , the CSRB found that Microsofts operational and strategic decisions pointed to a corporate culture that deprioritized both enterprise security investments and rigorous risk management. This alignment is a critical step toward greater efficiency and security.

IT 113

IT Vendor Management Risk Management Education 113

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Transportation Department subcomponent is hoping to track its growing fleet of uncrewed aerial systems, or UAS, which it currently uses to investigate accidents, and the NTSB now says it’s looking for a cloud-based software provider that can provide fleet management services. The NTSB’s drone program, while small, is growing.

Management 105

Management IT Transportation Transportation 105

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.

Category Management 111

Category Management Management Procurement End to End 111

American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

According to a 2024 survey by public sector HR management company, NEOGOV , which explored the effects of the ongoing hiring crisis on the public sector, 33% of agencies report impacts to service. As the population grows, so does the need to make processes more efficient to best serve the needs of the community and its employees.

Management 94

Management Evaluation Efficiency Collaboration 94

Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

Transparency 95

Transparency Data Procurement Management 95

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Earlier this year, the company brought on Felipe Millon, a former senior manager focused on federal sales at Amazon, to work on its DC-based government business. The company explored potential relationships with federal agencies in anticipation of the AI national security memo, a spokesperson told FedScoop.

IT 142

IT Government Government Purchasing 142

FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program will evolve to keep pace with technology, according to an Oct. 27 release of draft FedRAMP guidance from the Office of Management and Budget.

Government 187

Government Government Budget Efficiency 187

FedScoop

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Office of Personnel Management will lean heavily on artificial intelligence as it leverages a recent Technology Modernization award to update legacy mainframe programs for its retirement systems, according to an agency spokesperson.

IT 112

IT Transparency Quality Evaluation 112

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Plans for a next-generation governmentwide travel and expense management platform are coming into focus, following a recent contract award central to its day-to-day operations. GSA posted its request for proposals for ETSNext in October 2023.

Category Management 91

Category Management Transportation Transportation Contract 91

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

When moving from on-premises to AWS in 2017, PNNL designed the Aether framework to embrace AWS-managed services and serverless technologies wherever possible, largely bypassing a lift-and-shift migration. This capability has vastly improved collaboration efficiencies within PNNL and between the lab and external collaborators.

Risk Management 122

Risk Management Management End to End Data 122

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The HR Line of Business and Quality Service Management Office completed this year-old effort earlier this summer to update the HR business reference architecture. It is our guiding principle for human capital management that includes the employee lifecycle. These are not system requirements. These are not IT requirements.

Management 111

Management Quality Data Import 111

Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 3, 2025

Latin America Needs to Improve Compliance with Fiscal Rules Recognizing the crucial role of compliance, the Fiscal Management Division of the IDB has started tracking the adherence of LAC countries to their fiscal rules through the Compliance Hub within its FISLAC Platform.

Sustainability 64

Sustainability Balance Efficiency Budget 64

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

From acquiring security staff and surveillance technology to event-specific safety gear, having a well-coordinated procurement plan is essential for effective crowd and event management. It’s important to have a robust system in place to control access while ensuring that staff and attendees can move freely and efficiently.

Procurement 58

Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 58

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Enter Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs)—the dynamic duo powering the next wave of efficient state and local government services. Previously, this process took weeks, but with RAG, it now takes less than 15 minutes per inquiry, significantly improving efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Efficiency 75

Efficiency Government Government Integration 75

FedInsider

JULY 31, 2024

Blending all these solutions is done for the benefits they offer, individually or collectively, including cost efficiency, flexibility, scalability, improved security (by matching workloads to their compute/storage requirements), and strengthened disaster recovery and operational continuity. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

Management 87

Management Engineering Participation Networking 87

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The scope and size of these programs have, in turn, attracted scrutiny from the DOE’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), as evidenced most recently by an OIG Special Report (“Report”) detailing what the OIG characterized as “Management Challenges” at DOE.

Management 130

Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

GSA says its IT Vendor Management Office is close to finalizing a governmentwide deal with Microsoft. The Government Accountability Office found last January that out of the 24 agencies they reviewed for software licenses management, Microsoft was the most common, with agencies reporting it 36 times for a total of about $2.4

Inventory 91

Inventory Price Purchasing Negotiation 91

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Different agencies have different hypervisor needs as they work to manage IT resources more efficiently by using virtual representations of physical machines such as storage, networks and services.

Efficiency 146

Efficiency Networking Data Management 146

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Kurt DelBene, the VA’s assistant for information and technology and chief information officer, called during a House Veterans Affairs (HVAC) subcommittee hearing for the entire federal government to “take steps to increase the salaries” of tech workers who are classified as GS-2210 under the Office of Personnel Management. Tim Kennedy, D-N.Y.,

Budget 109

Budget Evaluation Efficiency Government 109

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2025

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), procurement specialists manage over $190 million in annual spending across diverse commodity areas, many requiring detailed work scopes. The scale of this challenge is substantial.

Procurement 64

Procurement Education Procurement Team Chief Procurement Officer 64

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This post discusses the management of AWS in higher education institutions, emphasizing governance to securely foster innovation without compromising security and detailing policies and responsibilities for managing AWS accounts across projects and research. These OUs help apply management controls like service control policies (SCPs).

Innovation 78

Innovation Management Government Government 78

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2025

Alexandra GOETZ-CHARLIER, Alternative Dispute Settlement in the UN and the EU Internal Justice Systems: A Comparative Case Study This article investigates whether informal dispute settlement may promote a faster and more efficient resolution of employment disputes in the United Nations (UN) reformed administration of justice.

Management 52

Management Efficiency Evaluation Balance 52

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bureaucratic hurdles Federal agencies, under increasing pressure to modernize and improve operational efficiency, often find themselves constrained by the very procurement systems meant to streamline the process.

Purchasing 89

Purchasing Thresholds Buyers Procurement 89

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Leverage Group Purchasing and Cooperative Contracts for Cost Efficiency One of the most effective ways to streamline procurement is by using group/cooperative purchasing contracts. ” – Vendor Manager | ONE AMERICAN BANK Use Data and Analytics to Make Informed Decisions Modern procurement relies heavily on data.

Purchasing 58

Purchasing Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 58

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

AISI is a landmark step, providing model builders an efficient way to vet the technology before reaching the real world. Scale AI is a San Francisco-based company that primarily provides training data for AI and helps other companies manage their models. This agreement with the U.S.

Evaluation 99

Evaluation Demand Participation Collaboration 99

ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

ECS will deliver SAS artificial intelligence-based offerings to federal agencies to help address health system needs including public safety and health monitoring, risk and resource management, operational efficiency and policy and compliance oversight.

Supply Chain 59

Supply Chain Government Government Collaboration 59

FedScoop

MARCH 14, 2025

Graber comes to government after a long career in the private sector, where his experience includes managing Googles security and privacy technical program for four years and joining Twitter before it became X as an information security manager and then a risk and data analytics senior manager, according to his LinkedIn.

Risk Management 92

Risk Management Engineering Management Networking 92

Federal News Network

APRIL 10, 2025

AI will drive workforce enhancements and operational efficiencies and Wilson highlights the key management practices and considerations that drive effective AI implementations. She discusses how to implement AI successfully at scale, and shares key insights regarding data integrity and portability, interoperability, and security.

Engineering 59

Engineering Efficiency Accountability Integration 59

WashngtonExec

APRIL 15, 2025

The 10-year IDIQ contract covers system integration, hardware procurement, engineering, logistics, operations and program management. ” QinetiQ US operates aerostats and payloads at altitudes up to 15,000 feet with 30-day continuous deployment, delivering high efficiency and low cost per flight hour. . and allied forces.

Logistics 52

Logistics Integration Integrity Sustainability 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. Mexico City is proving that big plans lead to better results when citizens and businesses are part of the process.

Collaboration 57

Collaboration E-procurement Tender Bidding 57