FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

Five of the country’s leading software and tech advocacy organizations are urging Senate and House leadership to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at improving federal agency oversight and management of software purchases before this congressional term comes to a close. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,

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FedScoop

AUGUST 5, 2024

The sources sought notice , which was published last week, is part of the agency’s market research to figure out what tools are available for purchase. Specifically, the department is looking for a platform “to support a range of AI-enhanced workflows able to securely process and analyze government data of various classification levels.”

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Specifically, OIG found issues with the GSA’s Inventory of Owned and Leased Properties (IOLP) and the Federal Real Property Profile Management System (FRPP MS). GSA also asserted that its geospatial data purchases are immaterial.”

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations has awarded LMI a contract to help enhance research and development methods and improve purchase order lead time estimates for new systems. The Potomac Officers Club will host the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31 to discuss the latest developments in the defense technology sector.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 30, 2025

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration doesn't owe anything to a nonprofit that stocked up on inventory to be able to meet the terms of a blanket purchase agreement only to see the items go unordered, a Court of Federal Claims judge ruled.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to the panelists, there are some key features and functionality that make best-in-class supply chain solutions a better choice for healthcare organizations: Guided procure-to-pay compliance: The concept of compliant purchasing in healthcare encompases the front-end user experience. Efficient warehouse management.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Department of State has approved the Israeli government's request to purchase nearly 14,000 tank shells and related equipment from the U.S. Army inventory. government under a potential $106.5 million foreign military sales agreement.

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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

Parrish described the project as taking a modular approach and said that the VA is addressing subcomponents with separate technology solutions as a service instead of purchasing hardware “that otherwise would be obsolete over time.”

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

Businesses can easily identify new sources of supply and help reduce purchasing costs by improving employee choice and access. Real time pricing and inventory ensures items selected are available. For businesses, managing what employees purchase and from which supplier, is critical.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Purchase Order has been touted as the only way to manage ‘maverick’ spend (stopping off budget expenditure), but it’s also a way to automate invoice processing. Is there a budget and contract (the purchase order is a contract) for these items? Well it does, but only all little, as it creates just another exception to manage.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Result is a spend cube – an analysis, at the line-item level, of global spend, telling you: What was purchased; .

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry outline the changes that 5G already is bringing to military networks, the role of cloud-native technologies, and the challenges ahead to achieve interoperability among the U.S. and its allies and partners.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Yet in 2020, over two million people purchased goods online. While some shoppers will begin their research for products online, then visit the store to complete a purchase, others will visit the store to see and feel a product, then complete the purchase online. Attack GNFR Spend.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Unfortunately for manufacturers, there are many areas in need of improved visibility such as customer demand, inventory, total cost, and supplier risk. who touch the materials your company purchases to build your products from origin until they reach your plant floor. Visibility into supplier capacity.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. The reality is, to turn inventory, make the sale, and then collect funds takes most buyers over 30 days.

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NIH NITAAC

MARCH 1, 2021

Many agencies are still purchasing cloud services as an add-on to other contracts, something that OMB worries could lead to security challenges and a lack of awareness about cloud assets by broader staff.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

With real-time pricing and inventory information to ensure that the items selected are available. Access to the seamless, integrated search experience, with the ability to block employees from purchasing certain categories from Amazon Business. All without leaving Ivalua.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

With real-time pricing and inventory information to ensure that the items selected are available. Access to the seamless, integrated search experience, with the ability to block employees from purchasing certain categories from Amazon Business. All without leaving Ivalua.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Insurance: You can also purchase insurance to protect against disruptions in the supply chain. Perhaps 30 days of inventory isn’t enough in times of crisis, and terms should be updated. Flexibility: Another way to reduce risk is to build flexibility into your supply contracts.

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ivalua

JULY 11, 2022

Automated Bid & Buy: Empower users to conduct simple and automated spot bids from within a purchase requisition. Inventory Efficiency: Improve visibility into stock and process efficiency by defining a distribution scope for each storage location. .

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 11, 2024

Manitou said that in reliance upon those things, it commenced taking reservations, hiring staff and purchasing inventory, repairing its facilities, and incurring great expenses. Previously, the court held that a claim for detrimental reliance is a claim for promissory estoppel (i.e. “a

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The 140 year-old company has a strong market position; large volume provides necessary scale and competitive advantages in purchasing, sales, logistics, and business support. Improve cash positions by optimizing the gross margin return on inventory. billion in annual sales. Reduce cycle time with PO automation and collaboration.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation. The use of Auto Scaling in AWS enables customers to maximize their return on investment (ROI) after migrating to AWS.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Customers typically purchase satellite bandwidth, measured in MHz, and have some degree of flexibility in the distribution of bandwidth across each of the beams. Figure 1 shows various ships equipped with antennas, crossing the ocean and passing through spot beams S1 to S15 of a geostationary (GEO) high throughput satellite (HTS).

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If I didn't, I could be left with additional inventory, nobody wanted to buy. ​I'd conduct all my analysis and purchasing work in the morning and in the afternoon, I would get out of the office to perform random physical stock checks in the warehouse and discuss any issues with the warehouse manager.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

A reliable supply chain can decrease purchasing and production costs for manufacturers and sellers. From inventory management to customer shipping, leave nothing to chance when it comes to supply chain risks. After all, customer demand impacts your purchasing requirements. . Neglect this at your own risk. .

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ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

Reaching those key suppliers, accurately assessing inventory, and making that data visible to stakeholders via a high level of integration is imperative for successful supply chain forecasting. When you’re looking at the actual purchases and analyzing top-tier information on suppliers, how are you capturing that data?

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“For the first time in history, the civilian government, we have a comprehensive inventory of our asymmetric cryptography across all the agencies and their critical systems,” Nick Polk, senior adviser to the federal CISO, said Tuesday at GDIT’s Emerge Quantum event, produced by FedScoop.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec. The 2023 inventory showed there were more than 700 AI use cases, but the expectation is that number could easily double or triple given the excitement around generative AI and expanded use of predictive AI.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

The prohibitions do not extend to purchases of goods, services, or technology that connect goods or services to third party services (e.g., The Act also requires agencies to account for any existing inventory of unmanned aircraft manufactured or assembled by covered foreign entities.

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FedScoop

APRIL 24, 2024

With a dozen AI use cases listed in CISA’s inventory and more on the way, one especially conspicuous data-related realization has set in. As CISA acquires more data to train AI models, that will have to be “tracked properly” in the agency’s inventory so IT officials “know which models have been trained by which data assets.”

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The AI used by federal agencies will likely either be built by a contractor on behalf of an agency or purchased by a federal agency for use,” Jason Miller, deputy director for OMB and COO of the federal government, said during a press call.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

There are more than 100 use cases listed on the VA’s 2023 AI inventory , with more than 40 in an operation phase. The VA has already begun adopting AI-based tools to improve clinical experiences and ease VA staff burdens. SIZ-6208 (2023 ); Size Appeal of Odyssey System Consulting Group , Ltd. , SIZ-6135 (2021).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

GSA noted the following three updates to the portal: Added a field to allow an Offeror to input the period of performance for Single Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, or Basic Ordering Agreements to validate whether a Collection of Task Orders was completed within five years before June 15, 2023.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Behind the scenes, real-time inventory management integrates with ordering and supply systems to enable dynamically tailored product availability across micro-markets. In retail, frictionless shopping by Amazon reports a 40-50 percent increase in average purchase values from heightened convenience.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million in Federal awards in the prior fiscal year to represent whether or not they publicly disclose a greenhouse gas inventory and/or a greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal. SAM currently requires contractors with over $7.5

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

According to the government, ASD provided inventory management systems to retina practices at no cost to induce them to purchase drugs from Besse, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Offering improper incentives to health care customers can increase health care costs and disadvantage competitors who are playing by the rules.

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