FAR Part 6 covers the policies, procedures, and methods by which contracting professionals should aspire to full and open competition (and all its variants) in their solicitation of offers from industry.

While compliance efforts are top-of-mind across the Department of Energy, the wrong approach can be costly and result in excruciating audits and a failing grade on scorecards. Innovators are leveraging their data and finding, if properly executed, the initiative can be seamless and ensure critical cyber hygiene.Is NERC CIP important to you? How about CDM? If so, please join us for a discussion on compliance and risk management frameworks, spec...

Join Google Cloud and Carahsoft for a webinar to receive a roadmap of database migration options and strategies for migrating to GCP. Moving your existing on-prem workload can be challenging when your agency doesn't have a clear understanding of how to move its databases with minimum risk. Register and attend to learn how to run a comprehensive assessment of existing on-prem environments and provide a list of criteria for decision making, a ro...

Join JSchaus & Associates (Washington DC based consulting firm) for our 2020 webinar series. Webinars are RECORDED and COMPLIMENTARY. Check our YouTube channel or website for the upcoming schedule and previous recordings. Contact us for help with your federal procurement needs including market analysis, SBA 8a Cert, GSA Schedules, pricing, proposal writing, sales & business development, contract administration and more. Thank you for r...

High-profile breaches involving "trusted" insiders showcases the fact that trust is something malicious actors can exploit to their advantage. John Kindervag, Palo Alto Networks Field CTO, created Zero Trust on the principle of "never trust, always verify," to help organizations effectively segment their networks and relieve any doubts of insider attacks. In recent years, Zero Trust has evolved to become a strategic Cybersecurity initiative th...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to unlock new frontiers, but its adoption in government has been limited. Slow-computing architectures can't deliver the resources demanded by modern AI use cases and "shadow-IT" implementations can't scale. This year, government IT managers have the opportunity to lead with an infrastructure strategy that enables their organization to realize the benefits of accelerated AI development across people, proce...

Managing hundreds of grants and collecting the proper data is not easy, which is why governments need a grant management strategy. In 2013, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, prompting them to revolutionize their approach to funding by targeting grants. In six years, Detroit went from 156 to 411 grants awarded, transforming the funding model of the city. Watch the on-demand webinar to discover how state and local governments can follow...

Too many organizations struggle with the complexity of their own data. An extensive 50-60 percent of enterprise data is "dark" and serves no valuable insight, according to IBM and Veritas research – don't let your agency be held back by that same confusion. You need to be able to tackle business challenges without worrying about the complexity of your IT environment. Join us for a live webinar on the necessity of abstracting complexity f...

FAR Part 7 outlines the policies and procedures for developing acquisition plans, determining whether to use commercial or government resources when acquiring goods or services, making lease vs. buy decisions, and determining whether functions meet the definition of inherently governmental.

Join Principal Systems Engineer Cary Bryczek for a webinar to discuss how Jama Software's modern approach to digital engineering bridges the gap between modeling tools and the siloed document world. Guidance released by the U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2018 urged government organizations to put in place new practices to modernize delivered systems with an emphasis on accelerating delivery. Is your organization prepared to undergo this digital...