USDA Farm Product and Conservation (FPAC) shaped its portfolio-wide IT service requirements into multiple areas named for trees. Collectively, the new procurements shaped by each “tree area” addressed new and continuing IT service delivery needs previously covered by legacy contracts. FPAC shaped their strategic procurements based on thorough market research using innovative tactics and well thought out vendor communications to cre...

Effective budgets lead to accurate provisional billing rates that ensure total cost recovery and maximize net operating profit. In short, they provide financial guidelines, help identify and capture all costs, provide targets and goals, and plan for profitability and success. It's an important and time-consuming chore. That's why many government contractors find the task of completing a budget to be overwhelming. But it doesn't have to be. If...

Effective budgets lead to accurate provisional billing rates that ensure total cost recovery and maximize net operating profit. In short, they provide financial guidelines, help identify and capture all costs, provide targets and goals, and plan for profitability and success. It's an important and time-consuming chore. That's why many government contractors find the task of completing a budget to be overwhelming. But it doesn't have to be. If...

As an accountant presenting financial information to non-accountants, it's important to take the approach that some of the accounting jargon you typically use around your peers may not be as easily received by a non-accountant audience. Show non-accountants that you're more than a "bean counter", that you truly are a strategic partner in the business by tailoring your presentation in an easily digestible format. Present information that is rel...

Acquisition Training for the Real World Spring 2021 Why: Become an expert on the tools and digital services available on the Acquisition Gateway and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Find out the latest information on Federal Marketplace initiatives Earn CLPs to maintain your certifications Acquisition Training for the Real World Spring 2021 is...

Acquisition Training for the Real World Winter 2021 Why: Become an expert on the tools and digital services available on the Acquisition Gateway and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Find out the latest information on Federal Marketplace initiatives Earn CLPs to maintain your certifications Acquisition Training for the Real World Winter 2021 is...

The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 (GREAT Act) will require higher education actions to meet the federal government’s intent to modernize grant reporting. This will help researchers and government officials understand the topics being submitted, allow researchers to see if others are submitting the same requests, and will reward successful performances of grant recipients. Implementing data management...

Gateway U - Real World Acquisition Training Fall 2020 Why: Become an expert on the tools and digital services available on the Acquisition Gateway and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Find out the latest information on Federal Marketplace initiatives Earn CLPs to maintain your certifications Gateway U - Real World Acquisition Training Fall 202...

Auditing the Procurement Function is an important assignment for auditors and compliance departments. The seminar presents: The definition, scope, and importance of purchase to pay process, The core challenges of procurement process, The important risk areas of fraud, ethics, and external factors, Common risks, procedures, and internal controls at different stages of the purchase to pay process. Procurement tactical and strategy planning. This...

This course presents an advanced look at category management and the Acquisition Gateway. The Acquisition Gateway helps federal government buyers from all agencies act as one acquisition community. Inside the Acquisition Gateway, you can find governmentwide solution comparisons, connect with other acquisition professionals, and explore product and service category hallways. Learn how to access expert articles, templates, market research tools,...