Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The STJ decision ruled not only on the possibility – and necessity – of a regulatory agency participating in arbitration proceedings between a concessionary and the relevant state entity but also on the limits of extending the effects of an arbitral award over a non-participating third party. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

Participation 52

Participation Evaluation Bidding Public Bidding 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This stakeholder only became aware of the information-sharing capability by conducting its own research and contacting CISA directly to become a participant.” That choice was due at least in part to the fact that the agency was working with inaccurate contract information for AIS participants, the watchdog noted.

Participation 106

Participation Quality Data Evaluation 106

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. It can also have benefits for governments.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Participation Procurement Import 52

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By participating in cooperative purchasing, organizations can save time and resources. This reduces the need for bid preparation and evaluation. Let’s explore what cooperative purchasing entails and delve into the myriad ways it can revolutionize public sector procurement. What is Cooperative Purchasing?

Purchasing 58

Purchasing Procurement IT Quality 58

FedInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

Participants can earn up to 3 CPE credits in Information Technology.* For more information regarding concern and/or program cancellation policies please contact: Certs@FedInsiderNews.com * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time, fill out and submit your evaluation to registration as you leave.

Media 145

Media Leadership Evaluation Management 145

FedScoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In order to be awarded the project, offerors would have to participate in a source selection procedure comprising two phases. CBP’s acquisition strategy, listed on the RFI, contains two phases for “offerors” to participate in, earning ratings from the agency to determine their progression through the award determination process.

IT 55

IT Participation Evaluation Quality 55

FedScoop

MAY 20, 2024

The goal of the upcoming pilot, which will run through the fall, is to evaluate overall user experience throughout the new workflow and to find where individuals become stuck or confused throughout the process so the “team can iteratively make improvements,” the agency spokesperson said.

Evaluation 91

Evaluation Accountability Integrity Integration 91

FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Select taxpayers in 13 states will have the option to participate next year in the IRS’s electronic Direct File pilot program, the agency announced Wednesday, marking the latest step in its efforts to simplify filing season. Taxpayers with “relatively simple returns” in the 13 states will be eligible to participate.

Electronics 98

Electronics Participation Evaluation IT 98

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 that’s the phase at which this particular mentor-protégé team didn’t make it.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Procurement Contract Price 97

LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Contract Participation Import 40

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. An army of data analysts wouldn’t be able to keep up with the volume of logs being generated (and no agency has sufficient budget to hire them). Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Participation 116

Participation Data Media Networking 116

FedInsider

JULY 23, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Participation 105

Participation Networking Media Transportation 105

FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

The agency is also recommending that the federal government create evaluation standards for LLMs “consisting of questions or lines of questioning and thresholds for unacceptably dangerous responses to improve the models.” It was not immediately clear from the report what this recommendation would entail.

Evaluation 104

Evaluation Thresholds Participation Collaboration 104

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.

Evaluation 103

Evaluation Bidding E-procurement Consulting 103

SmallGovCon

APRIL 26, 2024

One type of OCI is an impaired objectivity OCI, typically resulting from a contractor evaluating its own offer or its own performance. As part of the evaluation process, the VA began to investigate potential OCIs. An OCI can result in a contractor being kicked off a federal procurement. Reingold & Associates (Reingold).

Contract 86

Contract Evaluation Procurement Purchasing 86

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract. To be successful, participants in a co-op will need to resolve issues around joint oversight and cost sharing. The post Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks appeared first on ProcureWare.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

Instead of looking for ways to ensure the program continues to flourish, it’s now proposing rules that could actually make it harder for MPP participants to win government work moving forward. SBA is also contemplating eliminating the HUBZone price evaluation preference to HUBZone joint ventures formed under the Mentor-Protégé Program.

Price 89

Price Evaluation Bidding Innovation 89

FedInsider

JUNE 13, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program is a dozen years old.

IT 52

IT Leadership Participation Management 52

FedInsider

AUGUST 26, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Risk Management 95

Risk Management Management Participation Media 95

FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. The responsibilities of federal IT practitioners have never been so broad or urgent. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Participation 104

Participation Engineering Inventory Networking 104

Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This pilot program could provide an opportunity for the DIB to become more directly involved in CMF operations and evaluations. Independent Evaluation of Requirement for a United States Cyber Force. These provisions include: Enhancing the Readiness and Effectiveness of the Cyber Mission Force. The CMF is the U.S.

Networking 173

Networking Data Evaluation Government Contracts 173

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.

Thresholds 82

Thresholds E-procurement Accountability Procurement 82

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. We just really want to make sure that through this effort, we’re supporting opportunities for small business owners to participate. Gary Peters (D-Mich.),

Contract 119

Contract Price Evaluation Bidding 119

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

DoD developed a standard template for these reports earlier this year to ensure consistent evaluation criteria. GAO said IBM's claims that the solicitation's evaluation factors are unduly restrictive were not supported. That makes it hard for veterans, who served in either branch in the 1960s, to prove their service.

Contract 107

Contract Supply Chain Evaluation Warehouse 107

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

million for construction contracts). 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. It was as low as 35.9% 637(d)(7) ).

IT 77

IT Contract Government Contracts Data 77

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I like to remind those that may not be participating this time around or found out about the opportunity late, that it’s not a one and done. One is there is still, even for us, a lot of confusion around how we evaluate joint ventures and small business teams who are coming together as primes as part of the source selection process.

Professional Services 111

Professional Services Bidding Accountability Bidder 111

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Participants expressed a range of views as to which risks should be prioritised, noting that addressing frontier risks is not mutually exclusive from addressing existing AI risks and harms.’ Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

Procurement 80

Procurement Evaluation Participation Collaboration 80

FedInsider

DECEMBER 22, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Zero trust revolutionizes network security architecture because it is data-centric and designed to stop data breaches.

Networking 119

Networking Participation Leadership Telecommunication 119

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Imagine a world where projects are monitored in real-time, complaints are reduced, and citizens actively participate in shaping their communities. Citizen participation is on the rise, and projects now feel better owned by the community. In the heart of Uganda, a digital revolution is quietly reshaping the way public procurement works.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

FedScoop

APRIL 18, 2024

The guardrails are human oversight and decision-making; clear and comprehensive policies; robust testing and evaluation; transparency and disclosure; and education and upskilling.

Transparency 96

Transparency Education Participation Evaluation 96

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Capturing these insights requires working across organizational data silos and systems, often with a shortage of data analytics skills within the federal workforce.

Data 98

Data Leadership Participation Networking 98

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Department of the Navy’s third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and overall electronic procurement system is on shaky ground. That hubris reared its ugly head most recently in June when the Navy retracted a technical assessment that found shortcomings in the Navy’s electronic procurement system (ePS) program.

Procurement 118

Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 118

FedInsider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone.

Leadership 143

Leadership Networking Participation Data 143

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Indeed, the Report noted that the OIG’s own lack of adequate resources impacted their ability to fully evaluate DOE’s cybersecurity posture and infrastructure, stating that OIG has only received a fraction of the funding they need to conduct the necessary oversight. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

Management 130

Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

Whistleblower Network News

MAY 29, 2024

million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3

Evaluation 77

Evaluation Demand Participation Integrity 77

FedInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Evaluate the types of metrics that can be used to measure improvement in customer satisfaction. Complimentary Registration Accreditation: Participants can earn a Training Certificate in Business Management & Organization.* Additional Information Prerequisites & Advance Preparation: None required.

Participation 98

Participation Telecommunication Networking Management 98