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DHS’ Soraya Correa Discusses Benefits of Agile Development
Nov 16, 2017
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa wants acquisition officials in on the agile discussion. With agile development emerging as a key to efficient federal business, Correa sees the benefit. Acquisition officials can aid in creating a better strategy for the...
Agencies Fail to Improve in Latest FITARA Scorecard
Nov 16, 2017
The recent Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard has been bad news for many agencies. Six of the 24 agencies evaluated dropped below their June 2017 grade and only three improved their scores. While agencies struggled with software licensing, a relatively recent...
Can Drones Fulfill a Public Safety Role?
Nov 16, 2017
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set up no-fly zones for drones in various parts of the country for assorted reasons. However, drones have successfully joined in searches and just last week in North Carolina, one located an elderly woman after just 25 minutes of searching. The hope is...
GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2017
Nov 14, 2017
On November 13, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2017. The report is required under CICA, wherein GAO must provide Congress a summary of every instance where an agency did not fully implement a recommendation by GAO in...
An Important New Guide to Agile
Nov 13, 2017
Think about it for a bit, and it should become clear why a waterfall style of software development—where one develops requirements and a work plan in advance, and only then sets the contractor about the job of producing the system—became so entrenched in government for so long.
This approach...
More EU Trade Mark Changes
Nov 10, 2017
Various changes to the EU Trade Mark regulation have been taking place since March 2016, but some were established to start from October 2017. The changes that came into force last month from the European Union Intellectual Property Office are outlined on the Lexology website, namely these include...
Will CCS Tech Services 2 Framework Open Up Public Procurement to SMEs?
Nov 10, 2017
Government Computing asks whether the UK Crown Commercial Service Tech Services 2 framework changes will be more beneficial to smaller businesses in “Will Technology Services 2 changes open up public sector procurement to SMEs?” Five major central government frameworks are scheduled between...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: November 6-10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017
Happy Veterans Day to all our SmallGovCon readers. We hope that you will take some time today and tomorrow to honor the strength, loyalty and commitment that our brave veterans dedicated to this country. Veterans, we are deeply grateful for your service.
This edition of SmallGovCon Week In...
IT Funding, Amazon Amendment Survive Defense Authorization Bill Conference
Nov 10, 2017
The Senate Armed Services Committee released summary details of the $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act following conference negotiations to merge House and Senate versions. Highlights in the summary include the creation of a $500 million modernization fund through the Modernizing...
Recorded Webinar: How to Buy Drones
Nov 8, 2017
If you are curious about how drones are used in the public sector and want to learn how to buy them, then this pre-recorded webinar will get you on the right track.
Drones are doing amazing work in the public sector, from creating 3D models of large mountains to helping in disaster recovery and...
NAO on Commercial & Contract Management – “Work Towards Business-As-Usual Requirements”
Nov 8, 2017
At the end of last year, the UK’s National Audit Office issued a very useful document titled “Commercial and contract management: insights and emerging best practice”. We did provide an initial overview of it here, and now we are into a more detailed review of its content and findings. For...
How Can Government Deliver an Amazon-Like Service Experience to Constituents?
Nov 8, 2017
States at the forefront of developing a unified, customer-centric digital government experience share some of their top insights. Others can learn from Georgia, Utah, and Ohio. Georgia’s work has been fostering buy-in across agencies, data-driven decision-making and creating one source of...
