Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Although Congress averted a Government shutdown on October 1 by passing a temporary spending bill, we may be headed toward a shutdown next month. Professional services contractors are particularly at risk, as many of their employees may be working on cost-reimbursable government contracts but may be compensated on a salaried basis.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Over the course of several months, the ITVMO, the Office of Management and Budget and Microsofts federal division discussed the governments requests and proposed additional ways to establish a strategic partnership, Stanton wrote in the blog obtained by Federal News Network. billion in spending.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking expertise from the public regarding the implementation of a framework for artificial intelligence governance and mitigating the technology’s risks. Additionally, the contractor would be responsible for supporting the VA’s current AI use case intake, inventory and review processes. “AI

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Tools with undisclosed AI embedded in them could result in FBI personnel utilizing AI capabilities unknowingly and without such tools having been subjected to the FBIs AI governance, the OIG wrote.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Federal agencies across the government have posted their plans to comply with an Office of Management and Budget memo on artificial intelligence governance, providing a window into what risk management and reporting practices will look like in the executive branch. 1 deadline. 16, per finalized guidance released by the White House.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Follow along below to see how Lawson Products , a leading distributor of fleet and facility maintenance solutions, can transform the way facilities and procurement departments procure and manage supplies through Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services and dedicated support. What is Lawson Vendor Managed Inventory?

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s release of encryption standards to protect against future attacks from quantum computers set in motion new work for government and industry to implement those algorithms. The process of inventorying is part of that work. Stupak said the inventory last year was the first in the world.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Government contractors on the whole are optimistic about future business. They expect more growth as the government adopts artificial intelligence. Generally, the government contracting markets have been relatively insulated from the economic conditions. And the government spending itself never actually goes down.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

MARCH 4, 2025

General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking to dispose of a portion of its owned inventory, including the Forrestal Building and Agriculture South Building.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Identity is key to securing government systems. During a recent GovLoop online training titled “ Building an Identity-centric Security Foundation ,” three government and industry experts discussed challenges around identity and described important first steps for agencies looking to elevate their approach to identity.

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FedScoop

JUNE 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has work to do in assessing its software licenses, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that included four other new priority recommendations to the VA.

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FedInsider

JUNE 24, 2024

CPE As all levels of government seek ways to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence ( AI ) and mitigate its potential risks, the need for an overall national strategy to foster innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth becomes clearer. Thursday, August 1, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

The statement comes after FedScoop reported Thursday that the DOJ disclosed in its public inventory of AI use cases that the FBI was initiating use of Rekognition as part of something called “Project Tyr.” That statement did not specifically call out the “face comparison feature” or use of the tool related to criminal investigations.

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Material costs can either be charged direct to a contract or assigned to contracts through inventory accounts. Material that is charged direct should be identified on the purchase order and material assigned through an inventory account should be consistently applied by category of material.

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Accountability Inventory Purchasing Contract 101

ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence governance platform developer Credo AI and partner Booz Allen Hamilton are launching new AI governance capabilities under the Jumpstart family of offerings to benefit federal agencies.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

MARCH 24, 2025

General Services Administration is seeking to dispose of a substantial portion of its owned inventory and released a new list of eight office properties that are slated for accelerated disposition.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape. GAO said that this does not require agencies to identify all legacy systems in need of modernization.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The results indicate that despite the government’s longstanding commitment to improving citizens’ experiences online , there’s still progress to be made. The point of the project, Fretwell told FedScoop, was to show how well the government was performing on certain important aspects of web page operations. Because it’s so varied.”

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FedScoop

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Department of State is looking into off-the-shelf large language models that could be customized for its use cases and be used with an array of government data, according to a recent disclosure from the agency. In remarks in June, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said AI has freed up the department to focus on what employees can add.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 10, 2024

Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources. Businesses face tough challenges in achieving data governance, like compliance, security, scalability and management overhead.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Those documents also show the involvement of MITRE, a nonprofit organization that develops technologies and operates R&D centers for the government, and references mistakes that the system can make. At one point, at least one person from “OGA,” which possibly references “other government agency,” was also involved.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

The SAMOSA Act, she said, should be a no-brainer for passage given its focus on “good governance” and “best practices” for software licensing purchases. The federal government spends more than $100 billion annually on IT and cyber purchases, the watchdog noted, with agencies buying thousands of software licenses every year.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As the legislative and oversight agendas of the 119th Congress come into sharper focus, corporate counsel should assess and plan for areas of potential oversight risk — from tax policy changes to supply chain integrity — even as much uncertainty remains, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 29, 2024

Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. There should be more concerted efforts to compare prices, the GAO stated.

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2024

In terms of practical steps, it makes sense to begin with a thorough inventory. Doing a very thorough crypto inventory is extremely important. Government leaders should keep certain things in mind when evaluating possible solutions.

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FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

For cybersecurity specialists working in the federal government, the flood of artificial intelligence tools in recent years has had a transformative effect on agencies’ work. Working with AI in federal agencies is just one piece of the current technological evolution that the government and society more broadly are undergoing.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The tools are included in the agency’s most recent AI use case inventory for 2024 but do not appear to be public yet on the VA’s website. . … For the [smaller] tool, I think there’s a little bit more feedback about how they wish that it had a bit more features and we are working toward building some of those features.”

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

The Chief Data Officers Council was created in compliance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to promote data-sharing across the federal landscape and assist agencies with the implementation of transparent data practices called for in the OPEN Government Data Act. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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FedScoop

JULY 19, 2024

After USAID revealed a democracy, human rights, and governance policy Thursday, Administrator Samantha Power highlighted the need to use technology to strengthen democracy, while also remaining vigilant about the ways the same kinds of tools could be used to harm people.

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FedScoop

MAY 10, 2024

The pilot comes as agencies across the government are experimenting with AI. Already the government has disclosed at least 700 use cases, and chatbots appear to be a popular use of the technology, with agencies like the Department of State and Centers and Disease Control and Prevention recently noting they’re using such tools.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Legacy systems, operational technology systems, and lack of guidance are among the barriers to agency implementation of post-quantum cryptography standards, according to a survey of government cyber professionals by General Dynamics Information Technology. What were the pitfalls? What were the lessons learned in implementing?” Gilday said.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 6, 2023

Government needs to provide both employees and the public with a modernized experience, one that allows on-demand access to data and services. Agencies that haven’t yet started on the cloud journey can begin now to pinpoint specific use cases and establish a governance model.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 11, 2024

Where a contract imposes an obligation on the government, and that obligation is a condition that ensures the contractor can perform its duties, but the government breaches that obligation, an exculpatory clause in the contract does not relieve the government of liability. Manitou Island Transit, LLC v. United States, No.

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GovLoop

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, according to one estimate per the Government Accountability Office, the federal government made nearly $281 billion in erroneous payments in fiscal 2021 that it cannot retrieve. Government employees, just like a lot of corporate employees, are overworked,” he said. More often than not, it’s due to bad data.”

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The General Services Administration is not fully compliant with a key piece of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that governs processes related to geospatial data, a new watchdog report found. Notwithstanding these corrective actions, we identified deficiencies in GSA’s compliance with the” Geospatial Data Act.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Intellectual property (IP) is a big deal in government subcontracts. Learn more about intellectual property in government contracts Best Practice 1: Prepare Well Before Negotiations Before you start negotiating, it’s smart to do an IP audit. It’s like taking inventory of your ideas and creations.

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FedScoop

APRIL 30, 2024

Those reports would be included in each agency’s AI use case inventory, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance finalized in March. Because there’s just so many layers to state and local and federal government and how they share their data.

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