FedScoop

APRIL 4, 2025

The Federal Risk Management and Authorization Program isnt well known beyond technology-focused government spaces. But approval through FedRAMP might be the biggest hurdle to the worlds most lucrative public-sector client: the U.S. government. Created in 2011, FedRAMP provides a pathway for cloud service providers, like Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, to earn authorization to work with the federal government, typically through a review facilitated by an agency that wants to work with that parti

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Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 3, 2025

There is a widespread belief that fiscal rules hinder public investment. The reasoning is straightforward: to adhere to these rules, governments often must reduce spending, particularly on infrastructure projects, which are not deemed essential in the short term. But is that really the case? New evidence from Europe, emerging markets and Latin America shows otherwise.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog. As aid budgets shrink and the pressure to end aid dependency grows, governments are under growing pressure to maximize domestic resources and value for money. Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2025

The Trump administration is attempting to reshape the federal acquisition process in a way that hasnt been seen since the 1990s. Not since Congress and the Clinton administration passed two seminal bills, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA), into law has there been an effort to modernize and improve how agencies buy products and services.

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Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Government Contracts Navigator

APRIL 16, 2025

The Supreme Court recently issued a ruling with significant impacts for federal contractors and grantees looking to challenge terminations of their contracts and grants in U.S. district courts. Terminated contractors and grantees may strongly prefer to challenge terminations in the district courts rather than in the Court of Federal Claims, because the Court of Federal Claims does not have authority to grant equitable relief to do things like restore funding or enjoin terminations, and the avail

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

The General Services Administrations move to FedRAMP 20x should make it easier for agencies to monitor the compliance of cloud-based artificial intelligence systems in real time. FedRAMP 20x is envisioned as a more agile cloud access management framework than the original Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which relies on a single snapshot in time when approving cloud services for agency use.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 10, 2025

On April 9, Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Global Public Policy at Facebook, now Meta, testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing that she saw Meta repeatedly undermine US national security and betray American values to win favor with Beijing and build an $18 billion dollar business in China.

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FedScoop

APRIL 24, 2025

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are pushing for the reauthorization of the law that launched the Technology Modernization Fund. Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Thursday reintroduced the Modernizing Government Technology Act , which largely mimics legislation introduced during the last Congress, just with an updated sunset date of 2032 instead of 2031.

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USFCR

APRIL 28, 2025

How Federal Buyers Use DSBS for Market Research and Why Your Profile Matters Why Contracting Officers Use DSBS When agencies consider setting aside a federal contract for small businesses, they are required to use DSBS. This is not optional. According to FAR 19.203(d) and SBA regulations at 13 CFR 125.2, contracting officers must search both SAM and DSBS to find eligible vendors.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 2, 2025

A recent dispute between the Air Force and a simulation software subcontractor proved an important point. The government has rights to certain intellectual property by challenging so-called markings such as notes on who can do what with images, drawings and technical data. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this case.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 28, 2025

The Department of Energy is spearheading an artificial intelligence initiative that aims to ramp up the technologys use across government. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security and Technology will rely on DOEs 17 National Laboratories to build potentially the most powerful integrated scientific AI systems in the world.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 28, 2025

Astrotech Space Operations, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, has won a $77.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Space Systems Command to expand commercial space vehicle processing for National Security Space Launch missions. In a statement Thursday, Dan Highlander, director of operations integration for the SSCs Assured Access to Space Program Executive Office, commented, This $77.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 18, 2025

On April 18, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office released its first-ever multi-year operating plan. Whistleblower advocates claim that this plan is an important step to improve the IRS Whistleblower Program, which has been plagued by massive delays in recent years. According to IRS Whistleblower Office Director John Hinman , the plan outlines our guiding principles, strategic priorities, recent achievements, and the efforts currently underway to drive progress and includes bo

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FedScoop

APRIL 3, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency lacks a complete and accurate inventory of its information systems and software asset management data, according to the agencys Office of Inspector General. In an audit released Tuesday on the EPAs 2024 compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), the OIG found that the agency is unable to ensure the completeness and accuracy of its systems inventory without having validation of IT systems inventory data.

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USFCR

APRIL 18, 2025

If you're applying for a federal grant, you may come across a requirement to share in the cost of your project. This is called matching or cost sharing. In short, it means that part of the total cost needs to be covered by non-federal sources. Matching amounts are usually shown as a percentage of the total project cost. These percentages, along with rules about which funds can be used, vary depending on the program.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 13, 2025

This week’s Off the Shelf focuses on the mission of the Department of Justices Procurement Collusion Strike Force (the PCSF). The PCSF is charged with coordinating the national response to antitrust and related crimes in procurement and grant programs at the federal, state, and local levels. Daniel Glad & Sandra Talbot, Procurement Collusion Task Force It was created to fight procurement collusion which undermines the integrity of the procurement system, diminishes faith in government,

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2025

Self-healing networks may ultimately deliver more value to agencies than generative artificial intelligence because theyre capable of delivering automated operational and security improvements. GenAI use cases such as DHSChat garner much of the attention, while those involving self-healing networks often fly under the radar. Agencies saw a major uptick in AI use cases in 2024, with 2,133 publicly reported for that year in the Federal Agency AI Use Case Inventory as of Jan. 23, 2025.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2025

In todays complex procurement landscape, creating comprehensive and accurate statements of work scopes can present a challenge for university procurement teams. At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), procurement specialists manage over $190 million in annual spending across diverse commodity areas, many requiring detailed work scopes.

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Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 28, 2025

Over the past two decades, electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) has transformed tax administrations worldwide. This innovative solution was created in Latin America and first launched in 2003 in Chile, and then in Brazil and Mexico. Since then, this digital transformation has significantly increased transparency and tax collection and reduced economic informality in many countries.

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FedScoop

APRIL 4, 2025

The storm had passed, but the chaos lingered. Hurricane winds had ripped through a swath of coastal towns, leaving behind downed power lines, flooded streets, and shattered communications. First responders from FEMA, the National Guard, and a patchwork of volunteer organizations converged on the scene, each needing access to critical information situational maps, available resources, and the location of vulnerable populations.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% in 2024. New suppliers are entering the market and bidding more actively too.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

The Department of State has approved Kuwait’s request to purchase equipment and support services for the upgrade and recertification of the Middle Eastern nation’s Patriot missiles. The possible foreign military sale is estimated to be valued at $400 million, with RTX to serve as principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

The National Science Foundation leads the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot, a two-year effort to better understand researchers' computing, data, modeling, software and user support needs in order to accelerate AI innovation. A total of 12 agency and 26 industry partners contribute resources to the NAIRR, infrastructure the could prove the key to solidifying U.S. dominance in the AI space.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 30, 2025

The Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance launches in the UK to address the growing need for AI skills and tech job readiness Amazon is launching the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance in the UK in collaboration with education institutions, government leaders, and enterprises, with a goal to provide 100,000 people with emerging technology skills by 2030. According to research conducted by Strand Partners and commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS), UK businesses expect that AI literacy will be required i

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USFCR

APRIL 3, 2025

US Federal Contractor Registration (USFCR) is proud to announce its role in assisting Pualei Farm in securing a $30,000 grant from the Maui Department of Agriculture. The funding will enable Pualei Farm to transform its operations into a fully sustainable backyard farm powered by solar energy to benefit the Molokai community. This shift to renewable energy will also support the farms mission of providing free educational programs on backyard farming and sustainability practices to the local comm

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 4, 2025

On January 17 th the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement (the Coalition) launched the Government Procurement Efficiency List (GPEL) seeking recommendations from our members and stakeholders across the procurement community on opportunities to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal procurement system. Here is an update on the GPEL.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 3, 2025

A top official at Booz Allen Hamilton emphasized the critical threat cyber adversaries pose on American critical infrastructures and national security and predicted a future where artificial intelligence will play a major role in cyber offense and defense.

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FedInsider

APRIL 8, 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 2:00PM EDT | 60 Minutes | 1 CPE Cybersecurity has evolved from an afterthought to a fundamental component of modern IT systems. The rise of workflow automation and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) applications have significantly enhanced the power, reach, and effectiveness of cybersecurity measures particularly in breach detection and incident response speed.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

The Department of Defenses Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) Toolkit is informing increased adoption of AI governmentwide. Developed by the DOD Chief Digital and AI Office in 2023, the toolkit compiles resources for processes such as identifying useful data sets and flagging bias intuitively to help developers prove to leadership their capabilities are responsible.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 29, 2025

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has immense potential to deliver inclusive, secure, and foundational digital capabilities for entire nations efficiently and fast. In other words, DPI can deploy national-scale digital services that meet citizens needs. A hyperscale cloud provides the cost-effectiveness, scale, and flexibility needed to meet the erratic and unpredictable demands that successful and widely adopted DPI usage can generate.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 10, 2025

Nelly Wilson, Googles global head of AI Services for Weather and Climate joins Off the Shelf for a fascinating discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how to implement it. Wilson discusses the impact of AI as the biggest technology shift since the creation of the internet. She explains how AI will transform business operations and how it can be applied to all aspects of a business, including production, analysis, HR, accounting, sales, and engineering.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 16, 2025

Serco Inc. has appointed Giao Phan and Teresa Shea to its board of directors, adding deep expertise in defense, intelligence and technology to the companys leadership. “We are honored to welcome Giao Phan and Teresa Shea to our Board of Directors,” said Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Inc. “Their exceptional expertise in defense, intelligence, and technology will provide invaluable insights as we continue to enhance our services, grow our business and deliver innovative solutions to o

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Patrick Markus shared on LinkedIn two weeks ago that he has been appointed vice president and general manager of the defense and government systems division at Hughes, an EchoStar subsidiary. The executive oversees the profit and loss division, driving the adoption of the company’s commercial communication technologies, including 5G, satellite communications and managed network services.

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GovLoop

APRIL 30, 2025

To get feedback from constituents, agencies often ask them to complete a short survey when they visit a website or conduct a transaction. But while a survey can provide useful information, its value is limited because you only know what constituents tell you. And to paraphrase the anthropologist Margaret Mead, what people say they experience and what they actually experience can be two entirely different things.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2025

Many government organizations are grappling with how to use artificial intelligence securely. There are major concerns regarding sensitive information being fed inadvertently into AI environments, unauthorized access to AI environments enabling data breaches, and tampering with AI environments to alter outputs, among other risks. AI security is even more challenging for organizations, including agencies, that are subject to additional cybersecurity and privacy laws or regulations.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 28, 2025

I need to submit documents to support my application, but I cant take time off work to visit an office. A common scenario highlights a critical challenge facing state agencies today: how to make government services more accessible while reducing administrative burden. Citizens commonly need to submit documents to a state or local agency, but they cant take time off to visit an office in person.

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