Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Government contractors on the whole are optimistic about future business. They expect more growth as the government adopts artificial intelligence. Generally, the government contracting markets have been relatively insulated from the economic conditions. And the government spending itself never actually goes down.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Local governments have been a unique entity in the cyber-security landscape because of their lack of ability to pay ransomware,” Mahna explains. What’s more, local governments remain vulnerable.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 9, 2025

But until recently, like many governments, New York City relied on antiquated systems and lacked the tools to take full advantage of its procurement data. It offers the opportunity for good government groups and others to mine our data in new ways, and provide us with feedback that hopefully helps the procurement system.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information to determine possible artificial intelligence programs and governance support to enhance services for veterans.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A Gartner study predicts that by 2026, more than 70% of government agencies will employ AI to augment human decision-making, marking a significant turn towards automation from 35% in 2022 to more than 70% by 2026. Adopting AI is no longer an option but a necessity for developing efficient, transparent and responsive government operations.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Shuttering of the government (or parts of the government) following appropriations lapses has become an increasingly common phenomenon in recent times. Funding lapses interrupt the usual predictability of government operations, which harms both agencies and federal contractors that are left in limbo with stop work orders.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

The US Federal Government has endless opportunity to lead the way as well as adopt best practices for how the latest technologies, including generative artificial intelligence (AI) , can be leveraged to fulfill its various missions. Learn more about How Government Tech Leaders Can Prepare for Quantum. Want to learn skills your way?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The White House released Executive Order 14110 in October 2023 on the “safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use” of AI, followed in March of this year with an Office of Management and Budget memo providing guidance on improving governance and managing the risks of AI.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because of the urgent need for decarbonization and reducing climate change, local government fleet managers are facing several major trends. Many local governments across the country have set ambitious climate targets, recognizing the substantial contribution of their vehicle fleets to their overall carbon footprint.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 14, 2025

federal government is urging the U.S. Florida Medical Associates , the government states that other than the district court here, every court to have addressed the constitutionality of the False Claims Acts qui tam provisions has upheld them. government. Government Claims in Brief appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The firm offers solutions for cities , other governments and corrections. Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. In 2024, governments face challenges when they buy technology, Cunningham tells Co-op Solutions.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic. The federal government is continuing to focus on making investments in the AI capabilities with the government workforce.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

AUGUST 5, 2024

The HHS Vendor Supplier Portal HHS awards approximately $30B to government contractors but there are 12 Operating Divisions in HHS and e ach procures their own goods and services independently. Register in the HHS Vendor Supplier Portal to rise above your competition.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Jack Wise, a contracting professional with more than 35 years of extensive experience in acquisition services, was named senior vice president of business development lifecycle at Koniag Government Services.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The company provides web-hosting solutions to governments. The first step is to assess the current state of security: the surface area, the technical situation and the practices and processes that govern the human elements of security.

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Redstone Government Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Prepare for a possible government shutdown: insights, contractor advice, and Redstone GCI's support to navigate this recurring challenge.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We do a whole host of activities and we manufacture products from scratch or we kit products, meaning put products together in packages for sale to the government. They’re not really subcontractors because they’ll actually have contracts direct with the government. But it’s also about that government mission.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Government agencies can enhance their efficiency through hybrid work but only if they adopt cloud-based voice communications platforms such as unified-communications-as-a-service and contact-center-as-a-service, according to Doug Buffkin, regional vice president of public sector business development at RingCentral.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 10, 2025

The post Govology Webinar: An Introduction to Government Small Business Certifications (2025 Update), January 21, 2025, 1:00 pm EST first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Steven Koprince, Govology legal analyst and retired founder of Koprince McCall Pottroff will be presenting this webinar. Register here.

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Public Procurement Intl

JUNE 24, 2024

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Bryon Kroger, Rise8 founder and CEO, is a U.S. Air Force veteran turned bureaucracy hacker who is relentless in his pursuit of making the world work better—a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 enables large enterprises with critical missions to continuously deliver valuable software that users love.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This comes after an SBA rule and Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision created confusion as to whether the joint venture (JV) itself needed to hold an EED or whether the individual entities must. The Joint Notice clarifies that this includes JVs and any partners to the JVs.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Organizations with high resiliency needs or regulatory requirements, such as government agencies and financial institutions, need to be able to rely on local data processing and machine learning (ML) in remote edge environments. Outposts allows them to do this by connecting them to the power of the Regions. “We

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During her visit to Armenia on July 10, 2024, Samantha Power, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, announced $5 million in funding for a new public-private collaboration between USAID, the Government of Armenia, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Section 1533 of the House bill would require a comprehensive review by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) of DoD’s readiness to conduct cyberspace operations. This proposed rule would make compliance with these requirements material to eligibility for and payment under a government contract.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The FAR rule represents yet another step by the Government to mitigate the security risks that the Government perceives with the use of information technology that may be produced or provided by countries considered to be foreign adversaries. Government to mitigate risks.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2023

TPLF has no longstanding historical precedent, and its potential to shift control of a qui tam action even further away from the Executive Branch has become a concern for the government in recent years. At least one court has entertained arguments about the intersection of TPLF and constitutional issues raised by the qui tam provisions.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2024

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers. West Virginia’s partnership with the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance represents a strategic investment in our future.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Therefore, confusion grew as to whether COs could add other DFARS clauses they believed were necessary, creating a patchwork of contracts with varying DFARS requirements, adding to a commercial perception that doing business with the government can be costly. However, questions do remain.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Two recent opinions released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) serve as a reminder that even under the strictly enforced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), payments to government officials are permissible in certain situations. law prohibiting bribery of foreign government officials. government.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A decade after releasing its landmark national cybersecurity framework, the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Monday released version 2.0 , an updated document that emphasizes governance and supply chain issues for both public and private sector entities.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. Access to technical expertise Problem: Lack of specific technical expertise for informed choices within government.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 7, 2025

Jeff Harman has an affinity for every step and aspect of the government contracting process, especially the competitive capture pursuit and the accountability enforced by government clients. Harman is a U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 11, 2024

Protecting government employees’ ability to disclose important information without interference or fear of retaliation should be a no-brainer for any member of Congress.” Senator Blumenthal stated, “this measure will strengthen safeguards for anyone reporting government misconduct and empower them to seek relief if they face retaliation.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office to develop a plan to test a novel idea: having companies that lose bid protests to repay DoD for legal costs. What are the differences in the conditions under which the government could recover? Tom Temin: OK, so what is the gambit now? Chris Griesedieck: Yeah.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On December 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by ELS, an unsuccessful bidder on a Department of Defense (DOD) task order opportunity, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to consider it. GAO reasoned that because “the value of the task order [was] below $25,000,000.

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