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House Lawmakers Want VA's $20 Billion-Plus Electronic Health Record Program to Improve or Else
Senior Republicans on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee are backing legislation to end the troubled program to replace the Veterans Affairs Department's homegrown electronic health record system with commercial software from Oracle-Cerner -- unless the program can hit performance targets and satisfy top hospital officials.
The Federal Government Can Use Its Buying Power to Help the Environment and Save Taxpayers Money
Even small shifts in procurement rules that encourage reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will have a ripple effect.
FAA Attributes Ground-Stop Glitch To Contractor Error
The agency said there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent behind last week's system outage.
OMB Streamlines Contracting Officer Training with Certification Update
The update marks the first change to the certification process since 2014
The White House Will Require Agency Labor Advisors to Oversee Federal Contractors
Following through on a recommendation from a White House task force on empowering workers, administration officials said the 24 largest agencies must designate labor advisors, and strongly encouraged smaller agencies to do the same.
5 States Challenged the Federal Contractor Wage Increase and Lost
But this may not be the end of the dispute, which stems from an April 2021 executive order.
Inflation Costs Present Both Barrier, Opportunity For Contractors In 2023
With a fiscal 2023 federal budget in-hand, contractors face both the prospect of a robust year and countervailing cost trends, Deltek says.
Omnibus Funding Bill Includes $50M for the Technology Modernization Fund, $90M for the Citizen Services Fund
Funding levels for the tech modernization vehicles fell short of Biden administration requests.
Pentagon Awards $9B Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle
The Pentagon has awarded its JEDI cloud contract replacement.
4 Things for Contractors to Watch on Capitol Hill Now and into 2023
Professional Services Council president and CEO David Berteau rates the chances of Congress passing a fiscal 2023 appropriations package and looks at and the possible fallout of the midterm elections on contract spending.
Contractors’ Reluctance to Work With the Pentagon on Cybersecurity Is Leaving Vulnerabilities, DOD Official Says
Just 1% of defense firms use DOD’s free network-security services, acting principal deputy CIO says.
Here’s What the Contracting Community Thinks of the New Proposed Rule on Climate Reporting
The proposed rule is part of the Biden administration’s larger environmental agenda, but it comes with costs for contractors.
Biden to Federal Contractors: Make Plans to Cut Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Companies supplying the largest buyer of goods on the planet could soon have to get in line with the Paris Agreement.
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