FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The professional services network’s annual report spotlights technology trends most likely to cause disruption over the next 18-24 months and evaluates the government’s readiness to adopt them. On several trends, Deloitte rated the federal government at the low end of its readiness scale, though agencies fared well on a few key technologies.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 14, 2024

SBA regulations dictate how the capabilities, past performance, and experience of a mentor-protégé joint venture will be evaluated. But at the end of the day, what matters is, whether agencies will follow those regulations in their small business set-aside solicitations and evaluations thereunder.

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Evaluation Bidding Procurement Government Contracts 89

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A letter signed by 12 senators urges DHS to investigate the TSA's use of facial recognition before it expands the technology's use to many additional airports.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic. The credential is more evidence that federal interest in purchasing AI technology continues to grow. A document related to the credential notes that it was launched in late September.

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Engineering Government Government Ethics 114

GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program evaluates the security of Cloud Service Offerings, or CSOs, prior to their deployment in U.S. government organizations.

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FedScoop

MAY 28, 2024

In February 2024, the bureau said it was in the last phase of evaluation but an award wouldn’t be made until bid protest challenges to the contract filed with the Government Accountability Office were resolved. The new agreement will serve as the primary vehicle for the agency’s IT services for the next eight years.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

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. In 2023, GAO received more than 350 protests alone over CIO-SP4.

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FedScoop

MARCH 11, 2025

NIST also released a report on all of the candidate algorithms it evaluated and why HQC was ultimately selected. NIST, which is part of the Department of Commerce, said it plans to issue a draft standard for HQC in roughly a year for public comment and expects to release a finalized standard by 2027.

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Electronics Evaluation IT 83

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The second change would use data from the federal procurement data system to determine percentage industry factors as part of the size evaluations. SBA said these changes will refine and improve its analysis of federal contracting data used in the evaluation of industry size standards. Hashmi’s last day will be December 29. State Dept.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The DoD is adding “manufacturing, test and evaluation” to the list of assistance that a Mentor may provide to a Protégé, and “manufacturing innovation institutes” to the list of assistance that a Mentor may obtain for a Protégé. Just in the past week, the DoD released the newest proposed changes to its program.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 6, 2025

” “While the agency did not know that DecisionPoint was the prime contractor at the time of its initial evaluation, the agency was aware of this fact when it conducted its post-corrective action evaluation.” DecisionPoint Corporation, known at the time of proposal submission as EmeSec Inc.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 20, 2024

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the topic of cloud application resilience and simplifying (disaster) recovery — all in the spirit of getting organizations up and running even faster after an outage or cyberattack.

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IT Participation Media Networking 105

FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

However, the FBI must complete its AFEDT process to obtain a better understanding of its AI needs and evaluate how it can use AI to improve intelligence collection and analysis. The funding issues the FBI faces manifest themselves in two primary areas: procurement, and data architecture and IT infrastructure.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 29, 2024

So it’s research and development, it’s testing and evaluation, it’s maintenance of systems, etc., So it’s research and development, it’s testing and evaluation, it’s maintenance of systems, etc., But there needs to be more acknowledgment that industry has solutions that they can offer.

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Professional Services Supply Chain Consulting Evaluation 105

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2024

Introduction Application owners are committed to developing new applications and enhancing existing ones rapidly as a top business priority. To tackle this challenge, it is imperative that you design your systems with a comprehensive understanding of how your workloads will perform in real-world scenarios.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

While evaluating generative AI’s many possibilities, agencies will likely consider a mix of cloud, edge and on-premises infrastructure. As agencies prepare to increase adoption of generative artificial intelligence, they will need to simplify how they source, deploy and manage AI infrastructure.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

While evaluating generative AI’s many possibilities, agencies will likely consider a mix of cloud, edge and on-premises infrastructure. As agencies prepare to increase adoption of generative artificial intelligence, they will need to simplify how they source, deploy and manage AI infrastructure.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This is a contrast from the GAO protest world, where the agency will often decline to produce documents on the basis of relevance, and even fight through rounds of objections to not include agency evaluation materials. Finally, the list of documents includes the proposals and evaluation record for all offerors.

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Bidding Evaluation Procurement Government Contracts 63

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to the DOJ, UCHealth “violated the False Claims Act in seeking and receiving payment from federal health care programs for visits to its emergency departments, by falsely coding certain Evaluation & Management (E&M) claims submitted to the Medicare and TRICARE programs.”

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Demand Evaluation Accountability Government Contracts 105

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Learning Objectives We’ll Discuss: Outline the steps to educate and empower the federal workforce on using AI safely—and the importance of keeping a “human in the loop.” Neal gold medals for excellence in business journalism as well as numerous national awards for journalism by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

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IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For details and why this is so risky, the Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with Jeffrey Brown, VA’s deputy assistant IG for audits and evaluations. By law and regulation, the Veterans Affairs department is supposed to check out the employees used by its contractors. Tom Temin Right. Jeffrey Brown That’s correct. Tom Temin Yes.

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IT Whistle-blowing Contract Evaluation 97

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

DelBene, who agreed that the department’s current budget is not “adequate,” said the VA currently has 360 Information Security Officers (ISO) to evaluate all of the VA’s systems. Legislators on both sides of the aisle voiced concerns about a meager 1% budget allocation designated to the VA cybersecurity operations. After the hearing, Rep.

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Budget Evaluation Efficiency Government 97

GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By: Richard Arnholt On November 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest that asserted the Veteran Administration’s (VA) evaluation of Texas Waste Company’s past performance was unreasonable and reflected the Contracting Officer’s (CO) bias.

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Bidding Contract Evaluation Price 147

GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297. The intervenor’s proposed price was $24,848,774, and its total evaluated price was $25,116,561. million, which was the awarded amount, and not the evaluated price of $25.1 it does not have jurisdiction to consider the protest.”

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Bidding Thresholds Price Evaluation 147

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security will use a “cybersecurity readiness” assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards. DHS published the details of the new “cybersecurity readiness evaluation factor” in a Nov. But DHS is seeking feedback on its plans by Nov.

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Evaluation Utilities Bidding Contract 132

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Expanding the use of life-cycle assessments Life cycle assessments are a comprehensive evaluation tool used to measure a product’s long-term environmental impact on society, from the raw materials involved in the production process through to the product’s disposal.

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Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 78

The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Bidding 95

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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Bidding Evaluation Consulting Import 147

VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How has the evaluation criteria changed? Under the new regulations, evaluations will now be assessed on the basis of 'Most Advantageous Tender' instead of the 'Most Economically Advantageous Tender'. Here’s how assessment summaries work: Successful suppliers will receive a summary of its own scores and evaluation summary notes.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

A clause in the Defense Authorization law for 2025 has procurement attorneys sitting up in their chairs. It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office to develop a plan to test a novel idea: having companies that lose bid protests to repay DoD for legal costs. Chris Griesedieck: No, it’s not. Tom Temin: Wow.

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Contract Procurement Bidding Accountability 105

FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., as its co-sponsor.

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Evaluation Accountability Innovation Data 129

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Many procurement teams lack the technical expertise to draft precise specifications or rigorously evaluate proposals. Bid Evaluation : AI-powered tools can assess vendor proposals objectively and efficiently, ensuring fair and consistent decisions. It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Five years into its existence, the federal organization charged with helping agencies establish best practices for the use, protection and dissemination of data is a year away from sunsetting and still waiting on the release of White House guidance critical to its advisory mission. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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IT Data Transparency Inventory 92

GovCon Wire

MAY 8, 2024

To choose its winners, Wash100 meticulously evaluates each nominee’s past success as well as their potential to carry this momentum Amentum CEO John Heller accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the recognition.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to NASA, the SSA was appointed after the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) was selected, and all participants in the procurement process were reminded of their obligations under the FAR, NFS, and Procurement Integrity Act. Generally, agencies are afforded broad discretion when evaluating whether an OCI exists. L-3 Services Inc.,

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Bidding Procurement Evaluation Influencing 147

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

million for construction contracts). While the specific goal will vary with each contract (or in some cases may be on a company-wide basis), it is rare for a contracting officer to find a large business hasn’t met the given goal. Let’s take a deeper look at these findings. This report has proven to be quite eye-opening. It was as low as 35.9%

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IT Contract Government Contracts Data 103