USFCR

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Joshua Schnoop joined USFCR as a Case Manager in May 2024, bringing nearly a decade of experience in management and contact centers. Prior to joining USFCR, he served as a Workforce Management Analyst and Interim Operations Manager at a medical call center.

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Management 85

SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In Precise Management, Inc., VSBC-402-A (October 9, 2024), SBA OHA reviewed a decision to deny SDVOSB certification for Precise Management, Inc. SBA denied the VetCert application based on insufficient proof that the SDV controlled and managed daily business operations, as required by 13 C.F.R. 128.203(a). 128.302(d).

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Management Electronics Accountability Government Contracts 99

ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Businesses should build up a comprehensive artificial intelligence intellectual property portfolio as part of a strategic IP management approach that aims to maximize exit valuations or funding opportunities, according to Keegan Caldwell, global managing partner at global law firm Caldwell.

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Management 104

FedTech Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

Before the advent of cloud computing and self-service tech, IT professionals often drowned customers in tech jargon. But the industry’s evolution has brought a new way to interface with technology. Today, tech is intuitive and a lot more user-friendly. A toddler can master a tablet in minutes without any instruction.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Secure collaboration platform developer Mattermost has named Bill Anderson as principal product manager who will lead the company’s innovations in advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and quantum cryptography.

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Product Management Management Collaboration Innovation 104

GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

million for business management support services in support of the U.S. According to the solicitation posted on SAM.gov, the required business management services include manpower and performance assessment, financial program management, quantitative analysis, Navy‘s personnel, manpower and training objectives.

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Management Contract Procurement 98

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

million contract to provide a next-generation travel and expense management service for the federal government. He continued: “ETSNext will further category management objectives by consolidating more than 30 data models used across the ETS2 systems into one centralized model.”

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Management Contract Category Management Transportation 102

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Social Security Administration, NASA and DOJ each identified issues that involve their choice of CSP or architecture as a result of the practice, the watchdog noted, while the Office of Personnel Management has not encountered these restrictive practices in managing cloud computing efforts and maintains a single provider for services.

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Management Transportation Transportation Accountability 90

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Separately, Thukral in July 2022 received roughly $2,800 in cash from a manager at a key contractor with the tax agency. The manager paid Thukral, according to the DOJ, because he had ensured that two underqualified individuals on the contract connected to the manager were able to maintain their employment.

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Management IT Contract Influencing 98

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Air Force for enterprise-scale cloud service provider reseller and software management support services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts received two offers for the firm-fixed-price task order billion task order from the U.S.

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Management Price Contract 98

GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

American Rheinmetall has named Rob Selle, a nearly three-decade product development executive, as vice president of program management and product support. Selle announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. Rob Selle’s Industry Background According to his LinkedIn profile, he joined American Rheinmetall from U.S.

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Management Manufacturing 52

ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Charles Beard will transition from his role as Guidehouses chief operating officer to join the companys board, effective Jan.

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Management IT 78

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This secure and fully managed playground allows users to create customized AI assistants (Apps) and enhance LLM interactions by incorporating their organization’s proprietary data and documentation.

Government 98

Government Government Accountability Education 98

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. The third bucket OMB is asking agencies to focus on is managing their business and acquisition processes. Miller said this means creating a “tight loop” between leaders inside the agency and across the government.

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Inventory Budget Management Utilities 131

Inside Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Army Corps of Engineers and the Army had the most appeals pending, followed by the Navy and the Defense Contract Management Agency (“DCMA”), which handles appeals of cost disallowances and Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) noncompliance determinations. Separately, the Board provided a breakdown of appeal figures by agency.

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Data Accountability Sustainability Contract Management 287

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 This action was overdue

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Consulting Management 130

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A key component is the federal identity credential and access management program created in 2009. FICAM supports modernized security policies and solutions, allowing risk-based decision-making, automating identity and access management processes and moving access protections closer to the data.

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IT Management Data Government 115

FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

In March, the agency announced several initiatives that aim to use the technology, including a pilot project that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will deploy to address hazard mitigation planning, and a training project involving U.S. Zhou also pointed to record management and data storage as a potential issue.

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Electronics Impact Assessment Transparency Thresholds 121

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Announced at AWS re:Invent 2024, Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts offers a comprehensive, Partner-managed solution for resilient cloud-connected edge computing that extends the reach of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to the most remote and geographically dispersed environments on earth.

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Networking Data Manufacturing Government 132

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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Inventory Risk Management Export Budget 108

FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security wants to transition its massive biometric identity management system to more cloud-focused technology. Now, it’s seeking more information from vendors about their biometric capabilities as it tries to pursue that goal.

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IT Data Management Engineering 104

FedInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

Event Location Carahsoft Technology Corporation 11493 Sunset Hills Road Suite 100 Reston, VA 20190 Featured Speakers: Claudia Hosky × Claudia Hosky Publisher Claudia Hosky manages the company’s media property, FedInsider.com and sets the tone for its editorial and business focus.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center has awarded a contract to Mission Conversion Services Alliance for the continued management and operation of all uranium hexafluoride activities at the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, or PPPO. billion, if

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Contract Management 105

ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 6, 2024

The management consulting company said Thursday generative AI foundation models from AWS’ fully managed services, such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMake, will be added to Deloitte’s Digital Service Delivery Platform to help state and local […]

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Collaboration Utilities Consulting Management 109

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hyperconverged infrastructure offers agencies a chance to bolster their edge computing capabilities by enhancing security, reducing costs and improving management — even in the most unconventional locations.

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Demand Data Management IT 109

ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Department of Energy has selected Enterprise Technical Assistance Services to provide technical and administrative support to the Office of Environmental Management responsible for overseeing and managing Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office cleanup projects.

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Contract Management 105

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What’s missing from current methods of managing flood risk? To understand how local governments can better manage flood risk, it is important to understand how this work is done at present. Solutions lie in community involvement The solutions to managing flooding effectively come in two aspects—human and technical.

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Insurance Risk Management Data Management 110

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In order to try and organize and set up parameters for its use, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo requiring agencies to put governance plans in place

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Budget Management Government Government 122

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2024

A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management. Such discussions, in fact, are now mandatory: Last October, the White House issued an executive order on the federal government’s role in the development and use of AI.

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Risk Management Budget Innovation Management 105

FedTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

While 88 percent of global IT and security leaders feel confident in their organizations’ ability to manage cyber risk, 51 percent report that more than half of their cyber incidents were due to poor cyber hygiene, according to an April study from ExtraHop.

Networking 127

Networking Data Management IT 127

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. Fortunately, the [Chief Data Officer] Council does exist right now,” Sager said.

Electronics 107

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 107

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2024

The solution involved using eVai in conjunction with AWS Cloud services for secure data storage and management. Smart Irrigation Management for Parks and Cool Towns (SIMPaCT) is an innovative new approach to using and conserving water to cool our urban environments.

Innovation 119

Innovation Electronics Data Interpretation Utilities 119

Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Drabkin and Yukins discussed the congressionally mandated reports they did on bid protests and mandatory debarment for labor violations , through Stevens Institute of Technology’s Acquisition Innovation Research Center ; those studies, they explained, are examples of how, as the OECD has noted , public procurement can be seen more broadly as (..)

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Public Procurement Procurement Bidding Risk Management 130

GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

According to the notice published on Sam.gov Thursday, the department is seeking industry input on how to utilize AI to manage, operationalize and implement a safe governance process without overstepping the rights of

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Government Government Utilities Management 115

ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Changeis will provide professional services to Customs and Border Protection in support of the operations of its Office of Facilities and Asset Management.

Professional Services 96

Professional Services Contract Consulting Management 96

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

From healthcare management and social safety net technology to managing vaccine sign-ups during the pandemic , governments simply need to buy IT better. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 137

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 11, 2024

During that time, DoD program managers would have the discretion to include CMMC in contracts. Cloud plans With companies and small business advocates raising concerns about the cost and complexities of CMMC, the Pentagon is also pointing businesses to cloud offerings and other managed services that could be used to meet the requirements.

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