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Rapid Disinfection Robots available for UK public sector
Apr 9, 2021
Public sector organizations in the UK, including hospitals, police forces, fire and rescue services, educational establishments, hospices, housing associations and other public entities, can acquire LightStrike disinfection robots via the Countess of Chester CPS Framework (Countess of Chester is a...
EU Commission proposes new regulation for sustainable batteries
Apr 9, 2021
In December 2020, the European Commission published its proposal for a new Sustainable Batteries Regulation (“Regulation“), as part of its wider strategy for a climate-neutral, resource-efficient EU economy. The draft legislative proposal aims to ensure that all batteries placed on the EU...
Cybersecurity Experts Discuss ‘Smart City’ Tech
Apr 8, 2021
As ‘smart city’ technologies like street video surveillance, emergency alert systems, automatic tolling, and gunshot detection systems continue to expand through state and local government, so does the threat of damaging consequences due to the hacking of these systems.
When state and local...
How to Calculate FTE Work Hours in a Year
Apr 4, 2021
Some tips for how to use time in a person year for contracts
Not all government contracting work is able to be initially measured by the number of products a company will supply — for those offering services to the government, it becomes a bit more sticky. Because the contract must be drawn up...
What You Need to Know About StateRAMP
Apr 1, 2021
With the threat of cyber crime increasing in recent decades, government agencies have become one of the most common targets for malware attacks. Even outside of state and local government, cyber criminals often exploit the unprotected third party solutions provided by vendors who sell to the...
Public Schools Saw a ‘Record-Breaking’ Increase in Cyber Threats in 2020
Mar 29, 2021
As remote learning and remote working have become the norm during the coronavirus pandemic, new security challenges have been presented in businesses and school districts alike in the form of cyber threats. School districts have been particularly targeted in the past year, seeing increases in data...
UK MPs raise concerns over PFI contracts expiration
Mar 26, 2021
A report published by a prominent UK parliamentary committee warned that the failure to prepare for private finance initiative (PFI) contracts expiry could cause serious disruption to “vital public services such as schools and hospitals” and that the mismanagement of the expiry process “could...
European Commission presents actions to boost organic production
Mar 26, 2021
The European Commission has presented an Action Plan for the development of organic production which is designed to provide the fast-growing organic sector with the tools it needs to achieve a target of 25% of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. The plan puts forward 23 actions...
The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Procurement
Mar 18, 2021
Sergii Dovgalenko is CPO of JSC (joint stock company) Ukrainian Railways. He is an experienced procurement strategist with proven transformation expertise and was previously head of procurement for Etihad Airways in the UAE, where he headed up indirect procurement and P2P operations. In his...
Veterans in Residence Program by Bunker Labs Opens Applications
Mar 17, 2021
GovShop partner Bunker Labs has opened applications for the next cohort of their Veterans in Residence program, an early-stage business incubator designed for and by the military-connected family.
Veterans in Residence is a six-month, early-stage business incubator that provides veteran and...
CISA’s Plan to Spend $650M on Cyber Protections
Mar 15, 2021
After seeing a boom in technological advancement following the start of quarantine last March, cyber threats faced by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) continue to grow. According to one article by the Federal News Network, CISA plans to utilize approximately $650 million...
Whitehall will retrieve money from PPE suppliers that provided faulty goods
Mar 12, 2021
Supply Management writes this week that the UK government is undertaking an audit of personal protective equipment (PPE) and will be pursuing suppliers to recoup money where they did not meet requirements, ie., were not fit for purpose, not delivered, or not fully fulfilled.
Last November the...
