GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

According to an award notice published Friday in the Federal Procurement Data System, DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs received 14 offers for the IT Support Services indefinite-quality/indefinite-quantity contract. Work on the multiple-award

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. In the third, poor quality materials had been used. I’m proud of the quality of reports done by civil society last year because they were escalated by the procurement agency to the auditing authorities.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Rogers and his team knew they needed a more efficient approach to meet the town’s procurement needs without compromising compliance or quality. The Town of Epping, nestled in the scenic heart of New Hampshire, is home to a vibrant community of 7,100 residents. This is a widespread issue across government procurement teams.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Federal agencies have increasingly looked to RPA “bots” to offload basic but cumbersome processes to free humans up to focus on higher-quality work. The IRS is looking to shore up the staffing of its robotic processing automation arm, as the program aims to develop and deploy 35 to 50 automations annually for the tax agency.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Agencies are actively seeking ways to improve the quality of services they provide to both employees and constituents. Unfortunately, they’re facing several roadblocks to achieving higher levels of flexibility, modernization and cost savings. Enter containerization, one of the latest developments in the evolution of cloud computing.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

EHR was later suspended in 2023 as part of a reset, and the department noted that it was working toward holding Oracle Cerner accountable for delivering high-quality services. The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking comments on a draft federal health IT strategic plan.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Agencies today are faced with the challenge of modernizing legacy IT solutions to streamline workflows and increase the speed and quality of their services.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For example, the Government Accountability Office recently flagged that the agency’s air quality tracking systems require major updates. A federal government-focused subsidiary of CGI Inc. The contract is a reminder that software and other technology play a major role in assisting environmental regulators.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Additionally, a crucial part of the selection process was finding partners who shared values of customer centricity and quality, which are central to the company’s identity, to be able to build a long-standing relationship. Tchibo is one of Germany’s largest international consumer goods and retail companies. About Ivalua. ivalua.com.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 29, 2024

This choice has not taken into account the fact that the currency may fluctuate and become unfavourable, that the lead time may be far too long, and the machine may not arrive when needed. It is possible that the supplier cannot speak the language of the procurement organisation, making queries and conversations challenging.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is to deliver high-quality information technologies and services to CBP, other government agencies, the traveling public and the international trade community in support of the agency’s day-to-day activities to secure the border and facilitate trade and travel.”

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Great Government Through Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Our Veterans exemplify the qualities that enable our country to overcome the greatest obstacles. GSA partnering with Veterans GSA is dedicated to supporting Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) in the federal IT market. I’m happy to say that the VETS 2 option was exercised earlier this year in February 2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

And third, because this exposes them to regulatory and commercial capture by industry and key players, which can easily step in to provide standards and quality assurance methods tilted towards their business interests and over which they retain control via self-assessment and/or reporting. So maybe this is nothing new.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

federal agencies and deliver high-quality customer experiences, the company said Granicus has appointed Courtney Bromley, former CEO of Voyager Labs, as its new senior vice president for U.S. federal and strategic partnerships.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In the context of government IT, poorly considered modernization is like low-quality paint. In the context of government IT, poorly considered modernization is like low-quality paint. But a high-quality approach (such as open source software) prepares agencies for new opportunities and technology that hasn’t been invented.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 31, 2024

The technology firm said Tuesday it is developing an Amazon Web Services cloud-based service for CMS' End Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System to expedite the collection, analysis and synthesis of patient data to efficiently pair patients with health providers. Department of Health and Human Services.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua’s eProcurement solution will empower us through greater visibility and better control over our indirect spend”, said Erwan Le Belléguy, Corporate Purchasing Quality and Digital Manager at Hutchinson. Redwood City, CA, 20 April 2023. In 2022, it generated a revenue of €4.400 billion. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us at @Ivalua.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In a report released Monday , the GSA’s Office of Inspector General flagged unreliable geospatial datasets that contain “inaccurate latitude and longitude coordinates” and data quality deficiencies, undercutting the agency’s compliance with the Geospatial Data Act of 2018. GSA also asserted that its geospatial data purchases are immaterial.”

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

FOO Fighter intends to showcase advanced missile defense capability by integrating fire control-quality sensors into a prototype constellation, the company said Monday.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

A minor deviation would be declared on a requirement if it does not result in a disadvantage against the procurement entity such as reducing the quality of the required goods , works or service, or violate the rights of other bidders. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

AUGUST 23, 2023

Where traditional sourcing focuses on high volumes and bulk buying to secure discounts, strategic sourcing focuses on securing the best quality for the lowest cost. Strategic sourcing is a contemporary approach to supply chain management. In this post, we explain what strategic sourcing is, why it is important and how it can be implemented.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

To help tackle the issue, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting AirGradient , a manufacturer of affordable and accurate air quality monitors, to launch an air quality tracking program with Mechai Bamboo School. Students from the Mechai Bamboo School pose with one of the air quality monitors.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 15, 2024

government, has promoted Pamela Schoppert, formerly the company’s vice president of human experience and quality, to chief people officer. Citizant, a business and IT products and services provider to the U.S.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 26, 2024

In today’s world, ensuring clean and healthy indoor air quality has become more crucial than ever, especially with the increasing prevalence of wildfires. However, this creates a unique dilemma: how can we balance the need for ventilation with the dangers of poor outdoor air quality?

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Digital Service engineer, the intent is to eliminate any distinction of quality between authorizations and bring the “same high watermark that says, ‘This meets the expectation for reuse across the government.’” For Waterman, a former Technology Modernization Fund adviser and U.S. I might have to say something that people don’t want to hear.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As one of only two Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) in the US, the company helps more than 140 million Medicare beneficiaries access and protect their Medicare rights to improve quality of care. And the benefits don’t stop there.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 11, 2024

It is concerned with the “what” of public procurement—focusing on procuring goods , services , and works that meet specific requirements, delivered on time, within budget, and at the required quality. This supports not only the public sector entity and its stakeholders but also the broader community.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 12, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services’ Grants Quality Service Management Office for its grant management platform. REI Systems has achieved compliance with the moderate impact level standards of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and has received a recommendation from the U.S.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

While this is not surprising, the ‘normality’ with which this finding is reported evidences the simple fact that, at least in the UK, it is accepted that the AI field is dominated by technology providers, that all institutional buyers are ‘AI consumers’, and that regulators do not seem to see a need to intervene to rebalance the situation.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 22, 2024

The production process breakdowns and quality control errors involving the installation of ET302’s Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) are particularly concerning.” I just got this document recently and I realized that it matched up perfectly with the production records,” Pierson said. “So I mean think about that.”

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GovLoop

MAY 8, 2024

Treat data as code and use infrastructure as code in development environments and quality assurances phases, in addition to production. During WCH’s transition over to new technology, including adopting a modernized data platform, it discovered three ways to make the overall path to change go more smoothly: 1. Thorough assessments.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 2, 2024

John Barnett, a former quality inspector manager for Boeing, was found dead on March 9 in South Carolina. Barnett had internally raised claims concerning quality and safety in Boeing’s manufacturing process. He reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

The challenge for Commerce, as an authoritative provider of data, is to ensure that these new AI intermediaries can appropriately access its data without losing the integrity, including quality, of said data,” the notice states. The safety institute is housed within Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The company said Friday it will assist the Execution Analysis Branch of the Budget Execution Division within the USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources in addressing audit issues through data quality improvement efforts.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

While the merger greatly improved the speed and quality of the software development life cycle, DevOps is not without its challenges. The advent of DevOps processes created an entirely new paradigm for application development by integrating the work of software developers and IT operations professionals.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A lack of available water quality data makes it difficult to provide decision support in water-related sectors such as food production, energy security, health, economic development, and climate change resilience. “Our The complexities of water data Water quality data is a complex data type.

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