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COVID-19 made IT modernization a priority
Federal agency mission-oriented responses to COVID-19 have pushed aside lingering doubts about the need to step up IT, a Professional Services Council forecast found.
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18 state AGs call to end Trump's crackdown on diversity training
In a letter, 18 state attorneys general and the AG from the District of Columbia say that a recent executive order on diversity training is having "opposite effect" of its stated goal of preventing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.
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Immigration judges union decertified in FLRA ruling
The decision reversed decades of precedent and garnered a strong dissent from one FLRA member, who called the ruling "the antithesis of reasoned decision making."
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Nominations for the 2021 Fed 100 are now being accepted
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31.
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Making knowledge transfer work virtually
Managers taking over a contract from an incumbent may need to hire new employees, onboard employees from the incumbent company and create cohesive and tight-knit teams – and doing this work in a pandemic environment requires some adjustment.
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Virtual industry days are here to stay
Federal agency virtual industry days are probably now a permanent part of the acquisition toolkit, according to practitioners.
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Watchdog: DHS needs to keep a closer eye on acquisition qualifications
The Department of Homeland Security needs to be consistent in nominating and designating acquisition oversight officials.
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Key questions remain for contractors about diversity training regulations
Although a Department of Labor official says diversity training is still possible for federal contractors under the new policies, confusion over the guidelines has already resulted in cancelled training as agencies and contractors hit pause rather than risk violating a Trump administration executive order.
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NITAAC CIO-SP4 on track
Despite the pandemic, the next iteration of one of National Institute of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center's governmentwide contracts is steadily progressing.
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NSA warns contractors on China hacks
The National Security Agency released details on 25 existing vulnerabilities that Chinese state-sponsored threat groups are using to try to penetrate defense industrial base networks.
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Real-world CMMC
FCW asked two contract lawyers what vendors really need to know about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
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Business groups nationwide complain about diversity training crackdown
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce led a nationwide coalition of trade associations and business groups in a letter opposing the Trump administration's executive order on diversity and inclusion training.
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Congratulations to the 2020 Rising Stars
These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.
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DISA touts SETI for small business contracts
The Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract vehicle is part of DISA's effort to consolidate its IT services and has a $7.5 billion ceiling with separate tracks for large and small businesses.
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FEHRM releases interoperability strategy
The strategy from the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization program office offers a set of goals that are more about health outcomes and empowering patients that specific technological benchmarks.
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Tech groups slam Trump's diversity training executive order
The pushback comes as the Labor Department tries to explain what the memo does and does not allow with regard to diversity training.
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Eliminating acquisition friction
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is focused on eliminating barriers to faster procurement, said its leader.
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NASA's SEWP sees 40% spending increase in 2020
NASA's governmentwide acquisition contract sees substantial increase in orders for fiscal 2020; COVID impact is unclear.
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Lawsuit upends $4B DHS software buy
A push to buy a modernized DHS financial management system is being held up by another court battle, one that threatens to again upend a project that already suffers from a long history of failure.
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New small biz GWAC dubbed Polaris
A draft request for proposals for a new small business contract vehicle is expected from the General Services Administration in the coming months.
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