Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

Topics include: The possible increase in both micro-purchase and simplified acquisition threshold Issues confronting the agency comptroller regarding audit-ready data Oversight and audit issues from a cost and burden perspective The post All things SmartPay first appeared on Federal News Network.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Depending on the item and the value of the acquisition, the TAA or other specific free trade agreements might apply because the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has waived the BAA for many supply acquisitions above specific thresholds, ranging from 50,000 to 174,000.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

GSA created the CPI program under a proof-of-concept moniker with awards to Amazon, Fischer and Overstock Government in 2020 under direction from Congress with a goal of capturing data on and managing products under the micro purchase threshold of $10,000. Overstock Government decided not to bid on the next generation platform, sources say.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The threshold [for review] is $250 million and over. At that dollar threshold, we’re expecting program offices to have a more formalized plan and approach for program management. reshaping acquisition organization, processes first appeared on Federal News Network. So it’s pretty high. It’s risk based.

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Federal News Network

MAY 14, 2024

We really have to retrain ourselves to think about and to acknowledge the fact that software really needs to stay in development all the time,” Boatner said in an exclusive interview with Federal News Network. The post Army changing the color of money used to modernize software first appeared on Federal News Network.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Passing the $2 billion threshold in whistleblower awards is a major milestone for the Dodd-Frank whistleblower programs and a testament to how they have revolutionized the enforcement of white-collar crime,” said whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Underlying these tools is a price analysis algorithm that assesses or compares several pricing data points to generate a “market threshold” that can then be used to determine whether a proposed price is fair and reasonable based on the market information available to GSA.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

But within three months, and following a series of questions from Federal News Network, and possible pressure from Appian, whose platform the Navy is using to build ePS, NAVWAR said the report is erroneous and has no plans to redo it. Today, more than 100 contract actions worth more than $1.5

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Federal News Network

MARCH 1, 2024

GSA, IG disagree over TAA compliance Shive further argued the purchases did not violate the TAA since even taken together the procurement didn’t meet the threshold of $183,000 required to invoke TAA compliance. The post GSA CIO, IG spar over purchase of China-made video conferencing cameras first appeared on Federal News Network.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

organizationalUnits: - name: Security - name: Infrastructure - name: Workloads - name: Workloads/Development - name: Workloads/Production - name: Sandbox Account deployment To deploy your accounts, you first need to update the accounts-config.yaml configuration to update the email address for the two shared accounts, “network” and “shared services.”

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, they have set up daily and monthly billing alerts at the organization level to inform their finance and technical teams if costs surpass set thresholds. They use cost allocation tags to detail expenses by project, course, or student; enhancing visibility and facilitating chargebacks if necessary.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The number of points needed to meet the threshold to win a spot on the contract went down. The post NITAAC seeking another 6-month extension for CIO-SP3 first appeared on Federal News Network. We rescored and revalidated the bids that we got last fall,” he said. We increased the number of potential winners from 431 to 464.”

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The FedRAMP Customer package contains documents like the customer responsibility matrix, the control implementation summary, digital identity worksheet, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 199, privacy threshold analysis and privacy impact analysis, executive briefing, and the annual assessment approval letter.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participating in the program opens avenues for securing federal contracts through sole-source awards, eliminating the need for competitive bidding up to a designated threshold. Include specifics about limited access to financial resources, networks, or opportunities. Moreover, the 8(a) program extends far beyond contract access.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source. If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

There are dollar thresholds where you can bring a protest at GAO, but the court won’t hear protests of issuance or proposed issuance of orders. first appeared on Federal News Network. This was relating to an IDIQ contract. But it should stand unless it is overturned en bonk by the full appellate court.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 12, 2024

“We have heard concerns that these changes by NASA will prevent small businesses from partnering with the space agency,” said Williams in an email to Federal News Network. A NASA spokesperson said in an email to Federal News Network that the space agency is reviewing Williams’ letter. “The

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I will say the threshold for getting the waiver is pretty high. In addition, this does apply for contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold. The post The FAR Council drops a long awaited rule proposal for conflicts of interest first appeared on Federal News Network. So for services.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

So in a bid protest, one of the key sort of thresholds that you have to get over is to be able to establish if you have standing to protest, meaning that you have the right to even bring your allegations into court. Stephen Bacon On standing grounds with respect to the second category of allegations. And so that’s a two part test.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Privacy and Public Order Data privacy does not exist in a vacuum; it operates within a dense network of broader societal interests. Despite being hailed as a significant advancement in data protection, the consent-based model brings its own challenges.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Policymakers also are keen to build an evidence base that can inform future policy design, using the tool to compare competitive and non-competitive processes, assessing the impact of a change in thresholds, and to tracking efficiency in areas such as framework agreements.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 22, 2023

She also highlighted the high threshold in Denmark to set aside an award based on an arbitral tribunal’s action, especially if such action is covered by the national law, institutional rules and/or procedural orders. 2016.1558/2H), which sets a high threshold for any setting aside arguments. The Supreme Court decision (U.2022.1117)

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

On the face of it, it’s obviously a big deal for small businesses because now if you’re on one of these multiple award IQ contracts, the onus is going to be on the buying agency to come up with justifications to not give you task orders up to the simplified acquisition threshold, currently $250,000.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They have their own NOCs, network operations centers and security operations centers because they’re that big. And this applies below the simplified acquisition threshold, too. And I think you’re going to be looking at a rule probably later part of next year, if not 2025. And so they can easily adapt, probably.

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ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2021

In order that sourcing and procurement teams fully optimize their supplier network, there needs to be a change in the way organizations view all suppliers. Supplier risk criteria, tolerance thresholds, and monitoring requirements. Suppliers are no longer just transactional in nature to be kept at arm’s length.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

We’re also encouraged to see that many are collecting below-threshold procedures, for example, through a simplified eForm. We will continue documenting case studies and insights from across the region, create a permanent sharing group on one of the social media networks and follow up with community-building activities. Stay tuned.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 20, 2024

Other courts don’t, and unlike negligence where the manufacturer or seller may be exculpated if it did not intend and could not reasonably foresee a use that caused harm, the threshold instead is what the end user or consumer reasonably expected.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

The platform offers a variety of smart tools to improve the design and implementation of macro-fiscal policies, including the use of machine learning to identify risk thresholds, enabling early detection of potential macro-fiscal challenges.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 2, 2024

The dialogical network methodology is a theory that explains legal decision-making responding to the need to take into consideration all the interpretive tasks of the arbitrator, the way in which they interact in the resolution of a specific dispute, and how they are pictured in the award’s reasoning.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

As social network platforms and other tech companies grow, so will the risks of new restrictions. Criteria for Treaty Protection Investors must ensure they meet the threshold conditions contained in the relevant treaties, including: (i) the definitions of a qualifying investor and qualifying investment; and (ii) other requirements (e.g.,

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Assemble your team of friends and colleagues and save the date to compete for prizes, network with colleague, and contribute to some worthy causes. 1 Simplified Acquisition Threshold: The bill would raise the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) from $250,000 to $500,000.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

House Committee Approves IT Acquisition Bills with Increases to the MPT and SAT The House Oversight Committee advanced 13 bills last Wednesday, reports Federal News Network. There will also be time to network with leadership of these contracting programs. Tentative Schedule: Provide Industry Answers to Current Questions (i.e.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

I think we recently saw an article that we crossed $100 billion a year market share threshold, which was somewhat unheard of just even a few years ago, but it’s all due to an unknown. We’ve made significant strides over the last year.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These requirements are expected to be included in all DoD solicitations valued above the micro-purchase threshold, except for procurements that are exclusively for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items. FCI or CUI) exists on its network and where the data traverses.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The first phase realigns the former 20 direct reporting medical markets into nine Defense Health Networks. Most DoD assessments were found to take place above a threshold of $111.4 Really, given the severity of this vulnerability, the time to act is now,” she added. VSBC-297-P (2023). [8] 8] 13 CFR 125.18(b)(2)(ii)(B) 9] 13 CFR 125.14(k)

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 18, 2024

The interim rule applies to all contracts, including those for commercial products and services and below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. Engage with subject matter experts and your peers during roundtables, exhibits, and networking breaks. You won’t want to miss it! And, be sure to stop by our table on the exhibit floor!

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 11, 2024

These requirements are expected to be included in all DoD solicitations valued above the micro-purchase threshold, except for procurements that are exclusively for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items. FCI or CUI) exists on its network and where the data traverses.

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