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3 Lessons to Learn From OPM’s Cyber Challenges
Dec 14, 2017
The Office of Personnel Management’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently completed an audit of the agency’s security programs and practices. The resulting report could also be applied to many agencies and sheds a light on cybersecurity in many other federal agencies. The OIG report...
Focus on Sustainable Public Procurement to Help Realise Goals of Paris Agreement
Dec 13, 2017
This week at the One Planet Summit in Paris, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy announced the One Planet Charter to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement in cities and local...
Transparency International Recommends Amendments to the Law On the Road Sector
Dec 13, 2017
Transparency International-Russia unveiled multibillion-dollar violations in public procurement within the road industry, in the cities where the 2018 World Cup will be held. In total, the organisation studied 1535 purchases in 12 regions of Russia and found violations in 435 purchases (28%), said...
2018 NDAA: Unsuccessful GAO Protesters May be Liable for Government Costs
Dec 13, 2017
The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act put a new twist on potential costs a contractor may incur in filing a GAO bid protest.
While many federal contractors are familiar with the costs arising from a GAO protest, including their attorneys’ fees and consultant and expert witness fees, and...
TTS Leadership Changes in GSA Shakeup
Dec 13, 2017
Alan Thomas, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner, announced two leaders of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Service (TTS) have been replaced as part of a larger agency reorganization. In an email to staff, Thomas explained that Rob Cook, deputy...
Next DoD Cloud Contract Could Be Worth Billions
Dec 13, 2017
The Department of Defense intends to award a cloud computing contract that could disrupt the entire federal market, aiming to award a possible 10-year contract to a single vendor by the fourth quarter of 2018. “We are, no kidding, right now writing the contract to get everything moved to one...
Most Slovak Citizens Unhappy With Police Efforts to Handle Corruption
Dec 13, 2017
Five foreign embassies in Slovakia – Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States – have released a joint statement to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9), acknowledging the Slovak government’s effort in the fight against corruption. But they are...
Trump Signs Modernizing Government Technology Act Into Law
Dec 13, 2017
The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act became law this week as part of the National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Trump. The move fulfills a more than year-long effort to allow federal agencies to reprogram unused budget allocation to fund future IT modernization projects....
How to improve your agency’s FITARA score? Start with software licensing and MEGABYTE compliance.
Dec 12, 2017
This is the first in a series of posts to address how agencies can improve their efficiency and effectiveness in regards to their FITARA Scorecard. This first post focuses on MEGABYTE compliance.
In 2014, Congress passed the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act – commonly referred to as FITARA –...
5 Things You Should Know: 8(a) Program Eligibility
Dec 11, 2017
In a recent post, I discussed the basics about SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program. This follow-up posts discusses 8(a) eligibility requirements in greater detail.
To qualify for the 8(a) Program, a firm must be a small business that is unconditionally owned and controlled by one or more...
The Crown Marketplace Contract – Going Amazon’s Way?
Dec 11, 2017
The Sunday Times ran a short article in the business supplement yesterday claiming that Amazon was going to win another UK government contract. This follows recent contract awards into the firm from government departments in the hosting services area. But this time, the newspaper reported that it...
Government and e-Procurement: A Look at the Public Procurement Technology Symposium Case Studies
Dec 11, 2017
Governments across the world are increasingly leveraging procurement technologies. At Public Spend Forum’s inaugural Public Procurement Technology Symposium, we had four great examples of organizations implementing solutions to improve their processes.
Commonwealth of Virginia: Shane Caudill,...
