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...

Federal agencies successfully using TBM know the rewards go further than just complying with another OMB mandate. While TBM supports meeting the requirements of CPIC and FITARA, it enables an agency to plan and manage its IT more effectively. TBM goes well beyond merely tracking technology costs. When adopted, it allows agencies to make more informed IT investment decisions, supporting them in delivering improved mission value. But getting the...

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...

FOR GOVERNMENT ONLY Introducing NITAAC, the federal procurement arm of the National Institutes of Health. And NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center – NITAAC – is offering free trainings that can help you get the IT you need faster and more easily than ever before. All you have to do is sign up for a free training, and we’ll introduce you to reimagined purchasing under FAR 16.505 that can stream...

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...

DESCRIPTION The COVID-19 pandemic has altered how the business of government gets done. Within acquisition, new opportunities have presented themselves to innovate and collaborate more effectively with industry. In this changing landscape with a new Administration, an increased focus on supporting the federal workforce, continuing telework, and a new urgency to address supply chain and cybersecurity challenges, it's a different world and we ma...

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...

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...