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Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/14/2017

Feb 15, 2017
GAO Calls for Big Changes to Cybersecurity The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has prepared testimony on how the federal government can better defend itself from cyber attacks, including through acquisition. The report specifically identifies the need for the Department of Homeland Security...

Taser Allegedly Zaps Body-Camera Competition in Phoenix

Feb 15, 2017
Generally speaking—and presidential tweets notwithstanding—battles over government contracts tend not to play out in public. Generally you have to read through court documents to catch the drama, but not so with the case of Taser and the City of Phoenix. The city had put out for bid a contract...

Building Post-Award Trust Between Industry and Government

Feb 14, 2017
Note: This post is co-authored by Tim Cooke, CEO of ASI Government, and Dan Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government. Recently, the Professional Services Council’s Outcomes-Oriented Acquisition Working Group Chair Tim Cooke joined with me, IBM Center for the...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/13/2017

Feb 13, 2017
New York Congresswoman Introduces the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) has introduced H.R.971, the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act. The bill would amend the U.S. Code “to treat small businesses, owned by surviving spouses of members of the Armed...

European Public Procurement Newswire — 2/10/17

Feb 13, 2017
This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.  New Report says fake pesticides losing EU €1.3 billion a year 13.8% of legitimate revenues are said to be lost each year due to counterfeiting of pesticides...

Meeting the Demands of the Digital Citizen

Feb 13, 2017
There’s still time to register for the Citizen Engagement Summit on February 22nd in Washington, D.C. Don’t miss leaders from FCC, DOL, CBP, DHS Digital Service, GSA, NIH, USFS, Census, SBA, and Defense Digital Service, Pentagon as they provide strategies and solutions for multi-channel citizen...

Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/10/2017

Feb 13, 2017
Waldron: Still a Lot of Work to Be Done on Transactional Data Rule Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes about the roundtable hosted by the General Services Administration (GSA) to discuss its transactional data rule. Waldron questions a number of the...

The Importance of Transparency in Government Procurement

Feb 13, 2017
NIGP describes the importance of transparency in public procurement with perspectives on federal, as well as state and local, organizations. NIGP reinforces the criticality of technology to enable transparency in a cost effective way and also provides general guidance on identifying technology...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/10/2017

Feb 13, 2017
Waldron: Still a Lot of Work to Be Done on Transactional Data Rule Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes about the roundtable hosted by the General Services Administration (GSA) to discuss its transactional data rule. Waldron questions a number of the...

Public Procurement News Round-Up | 2/13/2017

Feb 13, 2017
New York Congresswoman Introduces the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) has introduced H.R.971, the Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act. The bill would amend the U.S. Code “to treat small businesses, owned by surviving spouses of members of the Armed...

Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/9/2017

Feb 10, 2017
Rep. Connolly Promises to Bring Back IT Modernization Bill Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said he plans to reintroduce a bill to create working capital funds for federal agencies to modernize their legacy information technology (IT) systems. The Modernizing Government Technology Act, with bipartisan...