Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Importance of maintaining compliance with DCAA for government contracts. While the term " DCAA-approved accounting system " is commonly used, it’s important to clarify that, according to the DCAA, there is no officially "approved" accounting system. Why is a DCAA Approved Accounting System Important?

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GovCon Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Accelerated IT implementations are evaluated on their impact on the Air Force’s digital infrastructure, and officials spoke on some of these findings during a panel discussion at the

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community. They include the Price Point Plus Portal (4P) tool, the Standardized Pricing Evaluation Logic (SPEL) tool, and, more recently, the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP).

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Transparency Data Procurement Management 98

GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. Following the Navy’s evaluation, HSV’s quotation was found to be technically unacceptable, and Seasmoke was subsequently awarded the contract.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

The ambiguity of the RFP resulted in 6,700 questions, most of which are not being answered so vendors do not know what to expect or how they will be evaluated.” ” Evaluation criteria remains unclear Nusbaum said the pause is a positive development for the program overall.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This is something that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) didn’t address in its evaluation for a procurement, resulting in a successful GAO protest. The non-price factors were evaluated for prior experience, staffing plan, technical approach, management approach, and past performance. But it’s not unlimited.

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Redstone Government Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

About four years ago, DCAA was looking around and evaluating its workload and saw a problem: it was going away. With a previously perennial favorite of the incurred cost backlog finally going away and few incurred cost audits due to sampling , DCAA had to look for how it can still be important to the acquisition community.

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Government Government Evaluation Import 79

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment. In other words, you’ll need to do important groundwork before you produce results. This makes it important to monitor reliability and detect when data may be drifting, which triggers the need for retraining.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

The RFP, in this case, provided for a two phase evaluation process with the agency evaluating the most important non price evaluation factor in the first phase, which was past performance, experience and team structure. Tom Temin And the GAO then, in evaluating the protest, sided with the agency. Dan Ramish Yes.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The legislation , which is called the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats, or DETECT, Act, could eventually lead to binding rules for the federal agencies that use civilian drones, based on the NIST guidelines. Mark Warner, D-Va., and John Thune, R-S.D.,

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 30, 2024

Within the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Division of Medication Error Prevention and Analysis (DMEPA) plays a critical role. DMEPA reviews premarket and postmarket drug labeling to minimize the risk of medication errors.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The importance of inclusion There are 1.5 Not all citizens have the same ability to identify and digest the information that’s important to them, so councils have to invest in alternative versions of documents in a format known as Easy Read. This was as important to us as the technology collaboration.

Import 115

Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Additionally, it’s important to plan for the entire product lifecycle, factoring in system maintenance, upgrades and eventual replacement when considering budget constraints.”

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 5, 2024

This important anti-retaliation mechanism ensures the whistleblowers are able to continue working as their case is being evaluated and argued,” Nelson continued. ” The case stems from the whistleblowing of Dr.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

“The regulations are an important step forward. ” However, in regards to Kohns arguments against discretionary awards, the NHSTA wrote that it believes that it is important to retain discretion. Kohn , founding partner KKC and Chairman of the Board of NWC. .”

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Qualification and Evaluation Criteria : They outline the minimum qualifications needed and the criteria for bid evaluation and recommendation. Importance of Accuracy and Clarity The accuracy and clarity of bidding documents are crucial. These outline the terms and conditions of the contract.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

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Data Evaluation Import IT 72

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

One of the most important factors for local governments to consider before purchasing any new technology is how quickly and effectively it can be integrated into an organization’s existing tech stack without disrupting day-to-day operations. “The The human aspect of deploying and adopting new technology is important.

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Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership Buyers Buying Process 110

GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

When asked how leaders could create a team culture that’s ready for change, Kerestesy explained that first, you must decide what culture is. “My go-to definition is a ‘shared rationale for how employees do what they do,’” he said. Favorite

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Consulting Evaluation Import Management 94

FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Login.gov Director Hanna Kim said in a statement that her team “heard from our agency partners with higher-risk use cases that it was important that we offer a version of our strong identity verification service that is IAL2 certified. The move follows GSA’s announcement in April that it was piloting biometric verification.

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Transparency Evaluation Import IT 109

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dion Turner, the supervisory contracting officer at the Interior Department, said while CPARS can be somewhat subjective based on the contracting officer, documentation is key to ensuring fair evaluations. What’s not subjective is your documentation and what you did performing under that contract.

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GovLoop

JUNE 19, 2023

EJI and similar resources can help agencies with disaster response and guide them during normal operations when they’re designing future projects, evaluating risks or speaking with a community. 4 Tips for Using Open Data Evaluate your repository. Data is useful only if it’s accessible and well-maintained.

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Data Evaluation Education Quality 104

GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 1, 2023

Finally, similarly to NSD’s position, BIS considers the adequacy of a company’s compliance program, including its ability to identify and rectify gaps, in evaluating settlement guidelines and warned that companies cannot “self-blind” by avoiding internal investigation of potential violations.

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Export Evaluation Import Management 130

FedScoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

“Failing or choosing not to adopt policies and regulations on the development and use of facial recognition technology would effectively cede decisionmaking and rulemaking on these important questions of great public concern entirely to the private sector and the marketplace.”

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Risk Management Accountability Evaluation Sustainability 109

Whistleblower Network News

JULY 16, 2024

As the United Kingdom and other countries around the world are looking for effective models to incentivize and protect whistleblowers it is important to rely on empirical data to understand what laws work, and what laws do not work,” Kohn writes. “[The

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Internal Analysis Data Transparency Evaluation 109

Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For the past three years, the NDAA has dedicated a separate Title to cyber and cybersecurity, reflecting the increased importance of these issues in Department of Defense (“DoD”) operations. Of particular importance, the bill would require a three-year pilot program under which U.S. CMF Occupational Resiliency.

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Networking Data Evaluation Government Contracts 173

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Local governments should keep in mind that digital transformation does not mean simply replacing manual processes with digital technologies, but also evaluating existing strategies and workflows—and, more likely than not, redesigning business processes for maximum efficiency and productivity to get the most benefits from the new technologies.”

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Purchasing Procurement Evaluation Efficiency 108

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Students can quickly read the summaries of the classes and study the important concepts taught throughout the course. Then, these evaluation and study materials can then be indexed and made searchable in Amazon Kendra. Architectural diagram of student answer evaluation. Architectural diagram of generating questions.

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Education Evaluation Management Integrity 128

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Its important to re-evaluate what exactly an application must do. How Will Customizations Affect Modernization? Its common for a legacy application to have several customizations, but whether these are still relevant can be difficult to determine.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

The BAA, however, is a price evaluation preference, which means if the price of a Chinese product is low enough, the federal government will buy that product. The differences between the BAA and TAA are important considerations as government and industry work together to address supply chain security and resiliency.

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Supply Chain Price Telecommunication Purchasing 104

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The court’s ruling forced GSA to rethink the solicitation for OASIS+ and bring price back as an evaluation factor at the main contract level. Hearings are always very important. This led both Ernst and Peters to seek a permanent technical fix for the 876 authority. That is something that Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing , sets forth “comprehensive guidance regarding the evaluation of pricing throughout the life of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program contract.” To its credit, FAS is working to update/revise PAP 2021-05.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

The results of the pilot will be helpful as we evaluate security considerations regarding access and as we consider ways to leverage AI with appropriate risk-management safeguards as envisioned by Executive Order 14110, OMB Memorandum M-24-10, the AI in Government Act and the Advancing American AI Act.”

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Evaluation Bidding Contract Data 105

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example. This PAP fundamentally alters the MAS negotiation process, establishing evaluation standards, requirements, and procedures not found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR).

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Negotiation Price Transparency Data 105

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The new government website evaluation tool , which is called “gov metadata,” was created by Luke Fretwell and his son, Elias, as part of the Civic Hacking Agency, a project focused on technology for the public good. Importantly, the project wasn’t able to grade websites that its systems couldn’t properly scan.

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Government Government Engineering Education 91

Select GCR

JANUARY 16, 2024

Select GCR, a seasoned government consulting company, recognizes the importance of a strategic approach to government-targeted marketing during this period. Building relationships ensures that your business is top-of-mind when agencies are evaluating potential contractors.

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