GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Michael Biddick, a client satisfaction and technology consulting professional with over 20 years of experience, has been appointed vice president of enterprise program management, standards and quality assurance at ManTech.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Throughout the evolution of project and public procurement management, terms and expressions in the field have increasingly been used interchangeably. Additionally, the procurement management team may select the procurement method based on the nature or complexity of the requirement.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

ManTech appointed Michael Biddick as vice president of enterprise program management, standards and quality assurance. Biddick brings 20 years of experience in client satisfaction and technology consulting to the role.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

From acquiring security staff and surveillance technology to event-specific safety gear, having a well-coordinated procurement plan is essential for effective crowd and event management. With OMNIA Partners, procurement teams have access to a portfolio of suppliers who provide quality, compliance, and reliability.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

These extreme events, and water quantity and quality issues more broadly, are pressing concerns in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, further aggravated by the uncertain impacts of climate change. For example, creating digital twins of water systems promotes more effective management and simulation of various scenarios.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Cooperative purchasing , by combining the needs of many agencies, not only lowers costs but also improves access to quality products and services, simplifies procurement processes, and ensures compliance with regulations. OMNIA Partners checks suppliers to ensure high quality, providing organizations with many options in various categories.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 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.

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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.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2025

Modernizing the military move system has brought inevitable challenges, but HomeSafe is working through them diligently to ensure we deliver high-quality, timely moves to military service members and their families, the company said. GHC is here, said Andy Dawson, the director of TRANSCOMs Defense Personal Property Management Office.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Jennifer Childs was appointed vice president of quality and engineering at HII‘s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, where she has worked for in nearly two decades. HII said Childs will manage and oversee quality programs and ship design, engineering, integrated logistics support and planning yard engineering in her new role, effective Jan.

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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.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). Source: Authors’s elaboration.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2025

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), procurement specialists manage over $190 million in annual spending across diverse commodity areas, many requiring detailed work scopes. This workflow includes final review and editing of generated word documents by the procurement specialist to ensure a quality output.

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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.

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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.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Among other things, this will mean investing in public financial management (PFM) projects that increase the number of country systems for procurement including procurement for Bank-funded projects in turn reducing the workload of the Banks procurement teams.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 9, 2025

” Government employees using agentic AI for tasks like managing devices, navigating databases and drafting emails will have more time to focus on their agencies core missions. “Our focus is on developing AI solutions that enhance the efficiency and quality of operations within government agencies.”

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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.

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Redstone Government Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Amidst these challenges, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like Deltek Costpoint emerge as indispensable tools for streamlining operations, managing finances, and facilitating decision-making. Mastering efficiency, ensuring compliance, and driving growth is a constant challenge for government contractors.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

” – Vendor Manager | ONE AMERICAN BANK Use Data and Analytics to Make Informed Decisions Modern procurement relies heavily on data. By working closely with suppliers, organizations can ensure quality, on-time deliveries, and mutually beneficial partnerships. I always ask myself, ‘How do we get more savings?’

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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.

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USFCR

AUGUST 7, 2024

His certification in Google Project Management further enhances his ability to manage projects effectively and deliver high-quality documentation. With a strong educational background from Tallahassee Community College and practical experience in various customer-focused roles, Coye brings a fresh perspective to the team.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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GovSpend

JANUARY 22, 2025

Keeping our customers at the center of our decision making, we also focused on their entire journey, from prospecting, to trials, to onboarding, and proactive relationship management. Im proud that we achieved an average Customer Satisfaction score of 9.73

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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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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.

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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.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Tchibo, one of the largest coffee roasters in the world, has chosen Ivalua and its partner Capgemini to digitize Source-to-Contract (S2C) for its indirect purchasing of goods and services. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This settlement reinforces the importance of holding accountable health care providers who seek financial gain above quality patient care.” The False Claims Act prohibits knowingly submitting false statements to obtain money or property from the government or avoiding a legal obligation to pay the government.

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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.”

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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.

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