REI Systems

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Grants procurement pilots demonstrate speed to modernization

Andrea Sampanis, the acting director of the Grants QSMO in HHS, said her team helped three small agencies adopt award management systems more easily.

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Labor’s Bafundo assumes new role with TMF program management office

People

Human-centered design: Lessons from IT can improve government efficiency, effectiveness and citizen satisfaction

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Making Government More Efficient Through Modernization

Federal Insights

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COVID-19 changed grants management, damaged performance of some grant programs

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With 40% of funds spent on compliance, OMB aims to give grantees some relief

Reporter's Notebook

How Augmented Reality can push the envelope of innovation in federal agencies

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Frictionless federal acquisition? It’s possible and a new online tool can help

Reporter's Notebook

The burden of grants administration needs to be reduced and here’s how

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Achieving management agility requires leaders to change

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Get out of the 5-year rut: Modernize your IT in just 1 year

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Agile acquisition: Why it makes sense to plan from future backward

Kevin White, Gissa Sateri, and Pawin Chawanasunthornpot of REI Systems explains how agencies can move toward agile development.

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Grants managers see promise in the GREAT Act, but say it could be even ‘greater’

Sponsors of the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act are waiting for a Congressional Budget Office score before bringing…

Open Data/Transparency

Grants managers say they need their own DATA Act to address compliance woes

Management

Federal grants managers see an opportunity for better data standards and fewer grants management systems to help alleviate compliance burdens.