Commentary

U.S. Digital Service

Time to turn the government’s tech startup into a grown up

The $200 million in American Rescue Plan funds made the U.S. Digital Service less accountable and more dysfunctional; Congress should take back the money,…

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Ai woman face with circuit. Artificial intelligence chatbot. Big Data and Data Science. Vector illustration.

Why the federal sector must leverage more chatbots as CX remains a top priority for the administration

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It’s 2023. Why is most government software still so mediocre?

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Yellen

Economic stress calls for government agencies to engage at-risk constituents now

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkCMMC, CMMC Accreditation Body, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification,

Planning for the uncertain: What to watch and how to prepare for CMMC

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cybersecurity maturity model certification

Squeaky-clean cyber hygiene: Ready your organization now for FedRAMP and CMMC changes to come

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

‘Pathways’ to the Federal Acquisition Service’s North Star goals

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CIO Department of Homeland Security

A common imperative for agencies starting their zero trust journeys: visibility

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Bid protests Part III: Flawed past performance evaluations

Meticulous documentation of past success, leaning on conditions for special groups such as small business or minority business owners and utilizing a red…

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkGSA, federal buildings, real estate

Industrial funding fee pain relievers

Jason Lee Bakke, director of Chaedrol LLC, explains how contractors can improve their oversight and processes to pay GSA its Industrial Funding Fee off…

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

An unnecessary, counter-productive GSA schedule marketplace hurdle

Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes in his blog that GSA’s memo from March extending the economic price adjustment (EPA) highlighted unnecessary, inappropriate and counterproductive pricing language in the MAS solicitation.

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