GovSpend

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Whether you’re managing bids for cybersecurity services or providing physical products like t-shirts, Paige provided practical strategies for leveraging the full power of GovSpend to increase leads, boost sales, and draft compelling proposals. Customizing your bid search is key to ensuring you find the most relevant opportunities.

Quality 59

Quality Bidding Procurement Efficiency 59

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Data is a critical part of the new drug product life cycle management and journey. Data mesh to the rescue Data mesh is an architectural framework that enables organizations to redefine how they manage and utilize their data assets. By adopting a DaaP mindset, pharmaceutical companies can unlock a host of benefits.

Data 75

Data Management Quality Supply Chain 75

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The central premise of Office of Management and Budget Memo 22-09 laying out the Federal Zero Trust Strategy is that no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is trusted. Controlling access is everything.

Management 98

Management Project Management Risk Management Networking 98

FedScoop

APRIL 3, 2024

Through a partnership with the Office of Personnel Management, the latest hiring cycle featured an automated application and online pre-screen assessment. Patrick Sharpe, USA Hire program manager at OPM, said in an email to FedScoop. NASA did not respond to FedScoop’s request for comment by the time of publication.

Quality 132

Quality Evaluation Data Integration 132

FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

Most experts agree that the long-term potential of artificial intelligence (AI) depends on building a solid foundation of reliable, readily available, high-quality data. One area where data quality and readiness play a particularly crucial role for federal, state, and local government agencies is identity management.

Data 92

Data Quality Management Integration 92

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2021, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to Mi-Case , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, to replace its legacy systems managing case data across the state’s corrections facilities. Mi-Case provides live, fully integrated case management software that replaced IDOC’s legacy systems.

Management 75

Management Leadership Quality Budget 75

ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Phillip Pickens has been named vice president of quality and mission assurance at BlueHalo , an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, he announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. He joined the Arlington, Virginia company from Leidos subsidiary Dynetics, where he worked as quality manager.

Quality Management 105

Quality Management Quality Management 105

GovLoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“The integration of AI within government operations will redefine our interaction between citizens and government,” said Chris Steel, AI Practice Lead with AlphaSix, which provides data management platforms and data analysis tools. “It But the foundation of AI is data — high-quality, accessible and secure. The top 10% or 20% is AI.

Data 59

Data Management Integration Integrity 59

ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Federal agencies must first establish a data management strategy, focusing on data provenance and lineage, to ensure data quality and prevent the infiltration of "poisoned" data that threat actors may exploit to disrupt AI systems, Nayak wrote in an opinion article Federal News Network published Friday.

Quality 119

Quality Data Integration Integrity 119

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Eighty percent of health and quality-of-life outcomes as well as health risks are driven by these factors. We’ve seen participants in the Health Equity Initiative create incredible solutions that effectively address the equity gaps in accessing quality health services. Jacaranda Health is looking to help reduce these numbers.

Quality 126

Quality Participation Innovation Data 126

FedScoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

As a result, the GAO made two recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget related to improving the metrics. IGs reported various causes for the ineffective programs, including management accountability issues and gaps in standards and quality control.

Accountability 116

Accountability Budget Quality Management 116

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.

Quality 122

Quality Accountability Corruption Manufacturing 122

Public Contracting Institute

JULY 12, 2024

In the complex world of government contracting, managing risks associated with subcontractors is a critical skill that can make or break your project’s success. Understanding the Importance of Subcontractor Management Effective subcontractor management is crucial for the success of government contracts.

Management 52

Management Government Government Quality 52

FedScoop

AUGUST 14, 2024

A Naval Academy grad with a PhD in English from Maryland, Kaouk carved out that association during lengthy chief data officer stints with the Department of Agriculture and Office of Personnel Management, plus a three-and-a-half-year term as chair of the Federal CDO Council. We ingest and manage over 15 billion records per day.

Data 129

Data Quality Inventory Ethics 129

Whistleblower Network News

MAY 24, 2024

The passing of Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor fired in retaliation from Spirit AeroSystems after raising safety concerns about the 737 Max jet, on Tuesday, April 30, marks another tragic event in the ongoing Boeing saga. Whistleblower allegations and the passing of another whistleblower continue to swirl around Boeing. Dean is the.

Quality Management 102

Quality Management Quality Transportation Transportation 102

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.

Data 119

Data Purchasing Quality Inventory 119

Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we’ve discussed in the past, the company has struggled mightily with manufacturing and we’ve had over twenty production quality defects. In June of 2018, Pierson contacted the manager of the 737 program asking for a meeting and requesting that the factory be shut down for a period of time so that workers could get back on their feet.

Leadership 111

Leadership Quality Transportation Transportation 111

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

Transparency 64

Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Historically, farmers have managed multiple fields as a single unit, despite marked variations in soil quality, topography and drainage capacity that can exist in those acres. To enable more granular oversight — for example, targeting weeds of a certain size, class or species for removal — the U.S.

Capacity 105

Capacity Quality Data Management 105

FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

For a federal agency charged with administering health insurance programs, upholding quality standards at facilities and enforcing a seemingly countless number of arcane rules , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is especially reliant on institutional knowledge.

Insurance 115

Insurance Management Finance Utilities 115

FedScoop

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Office of Personnel Management will lean heavily on artificial intelligence as it leverages a recent Technology Modernization award to update legacy mainframe programs for its retirement systems, according to an agency spokesperson. So this is not just AI running on its own writing code; we will validate everything.

IT 121

IT Transparency Quality Evaluation 121

FedScoop

MAY 2, 2024

The General Services Administration would be charged with managing a website that lists the various competitions. The goal of this challenge, the bill states, is to produce innovations with AI that “increase the total quality-adjusted life years of those affected or likely to be affected by cancer.” “The The sky is the limit.”

Quality 119

Quality Innovation Public Goods Transportation 119

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Instead of managing more than 400 individual connections with laboratories and other clinical entities, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) partnered with Manifest MedEx to integrate that data from 20 million-plus total messages, as of June 2023, into SaPHIRE.

Data 132

Data Quality Electronics Innovation 132

Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

The long-awaited and much-anticipated update to the basic management standards for the federal grants community is out. The Office of Management and Budget’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 Labor is getting away from a 30-year-old custom built system.

Management 110

Management Quality Budget Evaluation 110

GovLoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

2023 Award Winners: Eli Homes, Research Fish Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Michael Berkholtz, Manager of Business Relations, Federal Acquisition Service, Office of Information Technology Category, U.S. 2023 Award Winners: Wendy Bowerman, Quality Assurance Specialist, U.S.

Innovation 115

Innovation Quality Management Leadership 115

FedScoop

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Those competitions are aimed at using AI to target breakthroughs in the “most lethal forms of cancer and related comorbidities,” with an emphasis on “detection, diagnostics, treatments, therapeutics” or other AI innovations to increase “the total quality-adjusted life years of those affected or likely to be affected by cancer,” the bill states.

Supply Chain 138

Supply Chain Innovation Transportation Transportation 138

FedScoop

JANUARY 16, 2024

What we aim to do is to develop a mobile health vehicle unit platform that essentially acts as a unit of a hospital,” Bon Ku , PARADIGM’s program manager, said during a call with reporters Tuesday. The program expects multiple awards and said resources “will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds.”

Electronics 119

Electronics Distribution Quality Integration 119

FedScoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It will address topics such as documentation, improving metadata, licensing, usage, quality and integrity, Houed told reporters following a panel discussion about AI and data policy at the Data Foundation’s govDATAx event. She also noted that Patrick McGarry, general manager for U.S. McGarry moderated the discussion.

Data 128

Data Quality Integration Integrity 128

FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Department of Labor is spelling out how artificial intelligence can boost job quality without harming the rights of workers, releasing a roadmap this week that aims to empower workforces in underserved communities as use of the emerging technology proliferates.

Impact Assessment 128

Impact Assessment Transparency Quality Ethics 128

FedScoop

MAY 1, 2024

But the agency is working on a strategy to also onboard commercial services and looking to ensure that information it provides is fresh so people will want to regularly return, Steve Krauss, a senior advisor for OPM’s HR Quality Services Management Office, or QSMO, told FedScoop.

Budget 122

Budget Management Finance Quality 122

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The OIG found that CISA planned to “establish the Quality Service Management Office to create an online marketplace so CISA could advertise AIS to potential data producers,” but never made it to launch. The OIG also flagged a decision by CISA management to stop drafting an external affairs guide meant to bolster outreach for AIS.

Participation 126

Participation Quality Data Evaluation 126

ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 12, 2024

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. Department of Health and Human Services’ Grants Quality Service Management Office for its grant management platform.

Quality 59

Quality Management IT 59

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The VA is inching toward awarding contracts for its upcoming modernization of a supply chain management system, officials shared during a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee hearing. The post Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade appeared first on FedScoop.

Supply Chain 123

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 123

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. School chairman Mechai Viravaidya.

Quality 81

Quality Education Data Public Goods 81

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. Close Mac Program Manager, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).

IT 139

IT Participation E-procurement Procurement Strategies 139

FedScoop

JANUARY 24, 2024

million in funds that will go toward updated review platforms, an improved internal IT service management, improving the case management system capabilities and simplifying the public complaints process. DOJ received $45.5

Electronics 122

Electronics Insurance Quality Efficiency 122

GovLoop

MAY 8, 2024

Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH) which manages the tribe’s gaming facilities, wanting to diversify into commercial gaming and social gaming platforms, realized it needed to evolve its technology capabilities to deliver richer customer experiences. Embrace infrastructure as code. ” Favorite

Quality 94

Quality Data IT Management 94