FedInsider

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No longer trying to define what it is, focus is now on the affordability within already challenged budgets. Close Moderator & Contributing Editor , FedInsider The post Budgeting Priorities for Federal Deployment of Zero Trust (E130) first appeared on FedInsider. Agencies have matured in their understanding of zero trust.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the face of new and growing threats many federal, state and local IT budgets stay the same, however. The challenge becomes how to plan and implement a zero trust environment within budgets that are slow to increase. Creating a zero trust environment holds a lot of promise to provide significantly improved cybersecurity.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

This was the topic of the event Racial Equity Budgeting: Lessons from the United States and Brazil , which was organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and took place in September 2023. We discussed how racial equity budgeting works and how cities and states are applying this instrument to reduce racial inequality.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 19, 2024

Obviously, the applied for budget in [2024] is larger than our existing budget and that’s what’s necessary to add more headcount. We’re OK for now, but for long-term needs, we just need to get a budget.” The post VA struggles to bring on AI talent without a long-term budget from Congress appeared first on FedScoop.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

A McAleese & Associates report on President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion budget for the Department of Defense offers a look at how much funding will go to service branches and programs in fiscal year 2025. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that the Department of the Air

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Government Contracts

MARCH 25, 2024

Supreme Court on Monday that Indian Health Services might be forced to cut its budget by 40%, should two Native American tribes prevail in their bids to uphold rulings that ordered they be reimbursed millions in administrative healthcare costs. Federal government attorneys told the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Budget showdown may cause a massive impact as it can lead to a government shutdown. Understanding what happens during a budget showdown is vital to prepare for its possible results. Learn more about how a budget showdown can affect the country, businesses, and individuals here. What is a Budget Showdown?

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 5, 2024

Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration’s 2025 wish list. With all the votes in the president’s budget. So, there’s really a lot of interest in what’s in this FY 25 budget.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 6, 2024

Department of Defense on Wednesday to make a "transformational change" to its budgeting and resource allocation processes, saying the DOD's current processes limit effective and timely responses to changing needs and technologies. An expert panel urged the U.S.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 11, 2024

billion discretionary budget for the U.S. The White House on Monday proposed an $849.8 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025, focusing heavily on supporting readiness programs over other priorities.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 1, 2024

According to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Viasat , the commercial satellite communications industry views the inclusion of a $134 million line item for commercial satcom integration within the proposed fiscal year 2025 Pentagon budget as a positive development. "We're

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Section 881, small businesses would be required to submit applications for a designation as an Entrepreneurial Innovation Project, and a newly established advisory panel in each military department would recommend eligible programs based on the potential of the project to: advance U.S.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Massive-scale operations and support require hefty budgets to be deployed successfully. The United States military is one of the largest forces with the most sophisticated capabilities in the world.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But NASA’s initiative to build such a spacecraft, which is called On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 or OSAM-1 , is running late and is way over budget, according to an Oct. The post Contractor issues put NASA behind schedule and over budget on robotic spacecraft, OIG finds appeared first on FedScoop.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Army Contracting Command-Redstone received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract modification via the internet and will determine work locations and budget upon issuance of each Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured an $861.3

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Management and Budget, 49 of the 55 requirements in President Joe Biden’s order aimed at safeguarding federal IT systems from cyberattacks have been fully completed.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 7, 2024

These tools demonstrate a contractor’s competence and reliability in meeting project deadlines on budget and on schedule. Choosing the right government contracting tools can help government contractors make bids, keep track of contract progress, and ensure compliance. What are Government Contracting Tools?

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 10, 2024

And now in federal government contracting news this week, some of the interesting updates included GAO’s look at waste in federal programs (they found some) as well as a push to lift budget caps on the DoD. Acquisition Innovation: From Other Transactions to Fast-Pitch Proposals For contractors, the next few months are all about numbers.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the rise in SDA’s budget seeks to show that the agency is a real market for space industry leaders and investors, SpaceNews reported Saturday.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Jon Rosenwasser, former budget and policy director at the Senate Select Committee for Intelligence, has joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to serve as chief financial officer.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 29, 2024

Navy's budgeting system led it to overspend nearly $400 million in funds intended to help Ukraine following Russia's 2022 invasion, which has also increased the risk of triggering a possible Antideficiency Act violation in the future. Department of Defense said that lax financial controls in the U.S.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Those agencies also manage vast amounts of sensitive data while faced with challenges related to legacy systems, bureaucratic processes and budget constraints, so it can be difficult for them to maintain adequate cybersecurity defenses against identity-based attacks such as Kerberoasting.

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Redstone Government Consulting

APRIL 3, 2024

Unanet’s project management and general ledger budget features can be an asset when it comes time to develop provisional billing rates for the upcoming year.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Army Contracting Command received two bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via the internet and will determine work locations and budget with individual orders, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army under a five-year, $818.9 million contract. The IDIQ has an ordering

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 12, 2024

The proposed budget cuts threaten to diminish […] As the support pillar of those who served the nation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) brings forth crucial services, including medical care, mental health resources, housing, and employment.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget replaced the Joint Authorization Board for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program with the establishment of the FedRAMP Board as part of a push to reform the cloud security program, Federal News Network reported Wednesday.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 25, 2023

federal agencies with “research and development (R&D) budgets that exceed $100 million are required to allocate 3.2%. of this extramural R&D budget to fund small businesses through the SBIR program.” Small Business Administration (SBA). Each year, SBA notes, U.S. ” The U.S.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2024

Our friendly DCAA auditors have taken up the government requirement to calculate and publish annually the new compensation cap as provided for in Section 702 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (BBA; Pub. 113-67), dated December 26, 2013. The 2024 cap amount is $646,000. Below, we have provided the compensation caps going back to 2016.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 requires them to meet zero-trust objectives by the end of fiscal year 2024. “Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.” And for federal civilian agencies, the clock is ticking. That includes…

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Government Contract Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a policy memorandum with a goal of promoting small business participation under multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts (MACs).

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USFCR

MARCH 28, 2024

In the national security arena, the defense and aerospace sector stands as a pillar of strength, commanding a budget of over $700 billion each year from the Department of Defense (DoD). This investment is dedicated to not only maintaining but advancing military capabilities.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Army Contracting Command received 18 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will determine work locations and budget upon the issuance of each order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The awardees are:

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Both the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, and the Office of Management and Budget released guidance in recent weeks on steps the government can take, or has already taken, to accelerate adoption of these capabilities. FedRAMP issued draft guidance on Jan. 26 establishing a framework for prioritizing…

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Microsoft has worked with the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the National Cyber Director and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide federal agencies using Purview Audit access to expanded logging capabilities.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 8, 2023

An Illinois federal jury said Springfield, Illinois, should pay a white former budget employee $100,000 for promoting a Black worker over her and then disciplining her when she complained, just over a year after the Seventh Circuit revived the suit because of the city's conflicting explanations.

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