Stimulus guidelines for the near future. These are all federal government agency requirements
•May 1 – agencies must submit plans for stimulus stimulus funded projects
•May 3 Plans publicly available, begin reporting allocations for entitlement programs
•May 5 Agencies provide ARRA assistance transactions (grants, loans, etc.) in usaspending.gov format
•May 8 Monthly reports due detailing financial data
•July 1 OMB issues guidance on how agencies identify wasteful contracts
•July 15 Recipients of funds begin reporting use of funds
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tom Pike
Tom Pike CIO of Department of Energy was on a panel at the AFCEA Bethesda chapter on April 23, 2009. Tom a long time DoE CIO comments:
- DoE was more concerned these days about "green" initiatives than most anything
- The department has received significant ARRA dollars to press the green initiatives
- DoE is going to be more open and transparent, i.e., "open, transparent government is today's e-Government" equating what is going on with this administration with the last
- DoE has massive amounts of research data that will be made public
Sanjeef "sonny" Bhagowalia
Sonny CIO Department of Interior was a panelist at an AFCEA Bethesda event on April 23, 2009.
Vivek Kundra was the moderator of the panel.
Sonny made several points:
Vivek Kundra was the moderator of the panel.
Sonny made several points:
- the National Park Service web site is the most visited federal site for citizens
- Interior has some funding now as part of ARRA to do some upgrades of their systems
- Interior intends to provide more data through their portals to provide more transparency
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
NASA
NASA held an industry day yesterday and today to brief industy on the 5 large procurements being issued by NASA. Most of these are consolidations of existing contracts and represents a new, centralized manner for NASA to do business.
(NASA) intends to procure services to provide agency-wide management, integration, and delivery of IT infrastructure services. NASA intends to procure these IT infrastructure services through several component contracts. These contracts will include the Agency Consolidated End User Services (ACES) Contract, the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract, the NASA Enterprise Data Center (NEDC) contract, the Web Enterprise Service Technologies (WEST) contract, and the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies (EAST) contract.
www.i3p.nasa.gov
(NASA) intends to procure services to provide agency-wide management, integration, and delivery of IT infrastructure services. NASA intends to procure these IT infrastructure services through several component contracts. These contracts will include the Agency Consolidated End User Services (ACES) Contract, the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract, the NASA Enterprise Data Center (NEDC) contract, the Web Enterprise Service Technologies (WEST) contract, and the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies (EAST) contract.
www.i3p.nasa.gov
Librato
FedResults has a new TeamCapture client in the "green" computing, IT resource management space: LIBRATO www.librato.com
Librato is a global leader in workload management software. Its flagship Load Manager product helps deliver predictable application performance and optimal resource utilization for x86 platforms running Linux and Windows on physical or virtual servers. Load Manager enables customers to reduce expenses by continuing to meet business goals with fewer data center resources.
The company’s core technology is based on innovative techniques to monitor and control system resource usage by applications without requiring any application or operating system modifications . This allows Librato products to be seamlessly deployed in existing data center infrastructures and generate a rapid return on investment.
The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with offices in Blacksburg, VA and Pune, India.
Librato is a global leader in workload management software. Its flagship Load Manager product helps deliver predictable application performance and optimal resource utilization for x86 platforms running Linux and Windows on physical or virtual servers. Load Manager enables customers to reduce expenses by continuing to meet business goals with fewer data center resources.
The company’s core technology is based on innovative techniques to monitor and control system resource usage by applications without requiring any application or operating system modifications . This allows Librato products to be seamlessly deployed in existing data center infrastructures and generate a rapid return on investment.
The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with offices in Blacksburg, VA and Pune, India.
SAI Sierra Gold
FedResults has signed new TeamInfo client: SAI www.sierragold.com
Since 1980, SAI has been an industry innovator and provider of Telecom Usage Management solutions for enterprises, with its award-winning Call Accounting software, Sierra Gold™. Serving customers worldwide across vertical industries, we've built an industry reputation for providing meaningful business intelligence from the mass of call-related data that floods large enterprises.
Along with the convergence of voice and data networks into Unified Communications, Sierra Gold by SAI has remained at the forefront of enterprise call accounting through its support of all major manufacturers of wired and IP voice products.
Since 1980, SAI has been an industry innovator and provider of Telecom Usage Management solutions for enterprises, with its award-winning Call Accounting software, Sierra Gold™. Serving customers worldwide across vertical industries, we've built an industry reputation for providing meaningful business intelligence from the mass of call-related data that floods large enterprises.
Along with the convergence of voice and data networks into Unified Communications, Sierra Gold by SAI has remained at the forefront of enterprise call accounting through its support of all major manufacturers of wired and IP voice products.
Juice Analytics
FedResults has a new TeamInfo client; Juice Analytics www.juiceanalytics.com
Juice Analytics was founded in February 2005 with the goal of bringing better tools and approaches to the analysis and presentation of business information. Through first-hand experience, they have seen how frustrated executive and analysts were with extracting real value from the mountains of business data, despite steep investments in data warehouses and standard BI tools. Plus Juice really enjoys working with data and finding creative ways to communicate the results.
Over the last few years, Juice has worked with clients large and small across many different industries, providing consulting and software to improve how people use and interact with information. In the process, Juice tries to share perspective and insights through their popular analytics blog, free tools and open source code.
Juice Analytics was founded in February 2005 with the goal of bringing better tools and approaches to the analysis and presentation of business information. Through first-hand experience, they have seen how frustrated executive and analysts were with extracting real value from the mountains of business data, despite steep investments in data warehouses and standard BI tools. Plus Juice really enjoys working with data and finding creative ways to communicate the results.
Over the last few years, Juice has worked with clients large and small across many different industries, providing consulting and software to improve how people use and interact with information. In the process, Juice tries to share perspective and insights through their popular analytics blog, free tools and open source code.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Aneesh Chopra - CTO / Jeff Zients - CPO
President Obama announced this morning (4/18/09) that Virginia Tech Sec Aneesh Chopra will become the nation’s first CTO. He’ll be part of a new triumvirate of top Obama techies who are locals, joining Vivek Kundra (the former DC CIO named a month ago as Federal CIO—the old Karen Evans job, to put it in the vernacular) and Jeff Zients, named this morning as the nation’s first Chief Performance Officer (technically, Deputy Director of OMB for management—the old Clay Johnson job).
Dan Mintz- former Dept of Transporation CIO
Dan Mintz, a former chief information officer for the Transportation Department, has joined Computer Sciences Corp. as the chief technology officer for CSC’s civil and health services group. Mintz served as Transportation CIO from 2006 to 2009 as a political appointee and worked at Sun Microsystems from 1995 to 2006. At CSC, Mintz will report to Tom Anderson, president of the civil and health services group.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Stimulus Guidelines
April 3rd, 2009 OMB has released a must read for those companies hoping to do business under the ARRA. This 172 page readers digest is titled:
Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
It is for heads of departments and agencies.
In a couple of days we will attempt to boil this down to a summary for the readers of this blog.
If you want to read yourself:
http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/m09-15.pdf
Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
It is for heads of departments and agencies.
In a couple of days we will attempt to boil this down to a summary for the readers of this blog.
If you want to read yourself:
http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/m09-15.pdf
IPRO
FedResults has a new client in the health care services area.
www.ipro.org
Over the past twenty years, IPRO has grown from a fledgling physicians' organization working in a couple of counties in downstate New York, to a nationally recognized firm of nearly 400 employees, operating in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
While retaining our core Medicare improvement and Medicaid evaluation contracts in New York - where it all began - IPRO now offers a range of services nationwide that include independent review of managed care appeals on behalf of state governments, auditing health plan performance for public and private payers, encounter data validation work, as well as support for Medicaid quality improvement oversight in New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. We are on the front lines of innovation; we evaluate the performance of hospital-based AIDS treatment centers, we monitor New York's burgeoning Early Intervention program for children in need of services and we conduct the nation's first systematic, state-based review of hospital compliance with resident work hour requirements for physicians-in-training.
We are proud of our corporate commitment to improving what we do for our customers. This commitment is more than a collection of high-sounding words and phrases; the collaborator and customer surveys we conduct each year demonstrate high levels of satisfaction, while the surveys our employees fill out anonymously each year position us as industry leaders, when measured against our peers. We worked hard to achieve and then renew our ISO 9001:2000 certification, a customer-centered approach to demonstrating continuous improvement that only a relative handful of health organizations has yet achieved. Our external appeals review program was among the first to be accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission and our award-winning family of corporate Web sites now attracts upwards of 750,000 visitors a year.
As we celebrate two decades of growth and innovation, it's worth remembering that organizations rise and fall on the basis of the commitment of their employees. At IPRO we are blessed with a workforce of physicians, nurses, improvement coordinators, analysts, programmers, policy experts and support professionals that is second to none. And that has made (and continues to make) all the difference in the world.
www.ipro.org
Over the past twenty years, IPRO has grown from a fledgling physicians' organization working in a couple of counties in downstate New York, to a nationally recognized firm of nearly 400 employees, operating in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
While retaining our core Medicare improvement and Medicaid evaluation contracts in New York - where it all began - IPRO now offers a range of services nationwide that include independent review of managed care appeals on behalf of state governments, auditing health plan performance for public and private payers, encounter data validation work, as well as support for Medicaid quality improvement oversight in New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. We are on the front lines of innovation; we evaluate the performance of hospital-based AIDS treatment centers, we monitor New York's burgeoning Early Intervention program for children in need of services and we conduct the nation's first systematic, state-based review of hospital compliance with resident work hour requirements for physicians-in-training.
We are proud of our corporate commitment to improving what we do for our customers. This commitment is more than a collection of high-sounding words and phrases; the collaborator and customer surveys we conduct each year demonstrate high levels of satisfaction, while the surveys our employees fill out anonymously each year position us as industry leaders, when measured against our peers. We worked hard to achieve and then renew our ISO 9001:2000 certification, a customer-centered approach to demonstrating continuous improvement that only a relative handful of health organizations has yet achieved. Our external appeals review program was among the first to be accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission and our award-winning family of corporate Web sites now attracts upwards of 750,000 visitors a year.
As we celebrate two decades of growth and innovation, it's worth remembering that organizations rise and fall on the basis of the commitment of their employees. At IPRO we are blessed with a workforce of physicians, nurses, improvement coordinators, analysts, programmers, policy experts and support professionals that is second to none. And that has made (and continues to make) all the difference in the world.
Martha Johnson GSA
President Obama has named Martha Johnson as the new administrator of GSA. Martha has a history with the Clinton Administration and was the head of the transition committee of the Obama administration. She will need to be confirmed by the Senate before the postion becomes permenant.
John Johnson
Did you know that John Johnson, Director of network services (NETWORX) last day with the government is April 30th, 2009?
Glen Perry
Did you know: Glen Perry, CFO of Department of Education suddenly retired? His last day at education was April 3
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Stimulus Information
The Obama administration has named a CIO of the Government for the first time. Vivek Kundra, is a 34 year old former CTO of the Washington, DC government well versed in Web 2.0 lingo and a determined direction to improve the business of government through the use of IT. His first speech was aimed at the five pillars of his direction for IT in government:
Five Pillars
As Stated by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO
1. (Radical) Transparency
§ What does transparency in an open government look like?
§ Allows citizens to participate in the public civic process.
§ It allows citizens to hold the government accountable (Recovery.gov is an example of this).
§ Publicizing data (through www.data.gov) also encourages citizens to use this data in new innovative ways. In some cases it can create a whole new market. An example of this is the explosion of GPS devices due to access to defense satellites.
§ Allowing access to federal government data and information changes the citizen engagement model.
2. Increase Citizen Engagement
Will open government and encourage public debate at an agency level.
Will encourage citizen engagement on day-to-day operation of government.
3. Lowering the cost of Government operations
Why can’t government embrace more affordable consumer technologies?
Is government so special that it can’t it can’t use the consumer market to fundamentally innovate and lower the cost of technologies?
Explore the use of cloud computing and the model around cloud computing and leverage some of these innovations in order to apply them to government.
Explore the use of free services provided to consumers and see if they can be utilized by government. Why should government continue to build its infrastructure when many of these same services are available for free.
Must increase the velocity of the IT procurement process.
4. Innovation
§ Need to explore innovations not only in technology but also in processes.
§ The technology that government uses needs to enable a core mission.
§ Government often needs to adapt and change its processes and policies in order to make sure it is well positioned to take advantage of emerging technologies like the use of Web 2.0.
§ Federal employees need to be encourage to take risks, test their ideas, and embrace innovation daily.
§ Vendors will also be encouraged to be innovative and to call out initiatives that aren’t working.
§ Use the ingenuity of the American people to help move the government forward.
5. Safeguarding the computing Environment
Five Pillars
As Stated by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO
1. (Radical) Transparency
§ What does transparency in an open government look like?
§ Allows citizens to participate in the public civic process.
§ It allows citizens to hold the government accountable (Recovery.gov is an example of this).
§ Publicizing data (through www.data.gov) also encourages citizens to use this data in new innovative ways. In some cases it can create a whole new market. An example of this is the explosion of GPS devices due to access to defense satellites.
§ Allowing access to federal government data and information changes the citizen engagement model.
2. Increase Citizen Engagement
Will open government and encourage public debate at an agency level.
Will encourage citizen engagement on day-to-day operation of government.
3. Lowering the cost of Government operations
Why can’t government embrace more affordable consumer technologies?
Is government so special that it can’t it can’t use the consumer market to fundamentally innovate and lower the cost of technologies?
Explore the use of cloud computing and the model around cloud computing and leverage some of these innovations in order to apply them to government.
Explore the use of free services provided to consumers and see if they can be utilized by government. Why should government continue to build its infrastructure when many of these same services are available for free.
Must increase the velocity of the IT procurement process.
4. Innovation
§ Need to explore innovations not only in technology but also in processes.
§ The technology that government uses needs to enable a core mission.
§ Government often needs to adapt and change its processes and policies in order to make sure it is well positioned to take advantage of emerging technologies like the use of Web 2.0.
§ Federal employees need to be encourage to take risks, test their ideas, and embrace innovation daily.
§ Vendors will also be encouraged to be innovative and to call out initiatives that aren’t working.
§ Use the ingenuity of the American people to help move the government forward.
5. Safeguarding the computing Environment
FedResults Solutions
Contract Services provides professional federal contracting expertise necessary to support winning sales efforts. With decades of contract experience, the FedResults team provides companies the advice and guidance needed to be successful.
Whether it is preparing proposals, presenting client’s offering to contracting officers, negotiating terms, conditions, prices and providing the documentation necessary to assure award, FedResults is with you through the entire process.
TeamGSA
· Government contract capture
· GSA Schedule maintenance
· GSA Advantage Reporting
· Research opportunities
· Subscription to “Federal Compass”
· Contract Audit support
· Federal pricing analysis
· Training and education
· Contract renewal support
· Contract needs analysis
· Prime/Sub teaming analysis
· Contract bid support
· GWAC/IDIQ product additions
· Channel contracting support
· Federal Acquisition Regulation knowledge and understanding
· Faster time-to-market
· Flexible terms
Whether it is preparing proposals, presenting client’s offering to contracting officers, negotiating terms, conditions, prices and providing the documentation necessary to assure award, FedResults is with you through the entire process.
TeamGSA
· Government contract capture
· GSA Schedule maintenance
· GSA Advantage Reporting
· Research opportunities
· Subscription to “Federal Compass”
· Contract Audit support
· Federal pricing analysis
· Training and education
· Contract renewal support
· Contract needs analysis
· Prime/Sub teaming analysis
· Contract bid support
· GWAC/IDIQ product additions
· Channel contracting support
· Federal Acquisition Regulation knowledge and understanding
· Faster time-to-market
· Flexible terms
FedResults Solutions
TeamINFO, delivers tailored research and information on federal opportunities and current news of federal procurement activities to you electronically. Information obtained from attendance at agency briefings, public databases and “heard on the street” sources are utilized to provide our clients a competitive advantage.
In addition the latest government and procurement related briefings, regulatory updates, policy statements, public congressional oversight statements and general budget trends within the federal government are made available for your use. Working diligently, our TeamINFO staff,
compiles, as obtained, information to ensure your time to market forecasts are accurate without surprises.
For a sample INFO report contact a FedResults representative.
Research & Resource Services
· Opportunity identification
· Private client blog database
· Opportunity registration via NAICS codes with up to 15 identified agencies
· Contact info assistance
· Phone & Email support assistance
· Competitive analysis support
· Public database scans (fedbizops, etc.)
· Government events briefing documents
· Policy issuances updates
· Budget insight
· Contract advisory assistance
· Industry related news
and information
· Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidance & updates
· Customized for the client
· Newsletter subscription Assistance
In addition the latest government and procurement related briefings, regulatory updates, policy statements, public congressional oversight statements and general budget trends within the federal government are made available for your use. Working diligently, our TeamINFO staff,
compiles, as obtained, information to ensure your time to market forecasts are accurate without surprises.
For a sample INFO report contact a FedResults representative.
Research & Resource Services
· Opportunity identification
· Private client blog database
· Opportunity registration via NAICS codes with up to 15 identified agencies
· Contact info assistance
· Phone & Email support assistance
· Competitive analysis support
· Public database scans (fedbizops, etc.)
· Government events briefing documents
· Policy issuances updates
· Budget insight
· Contract advisory assistance
· Industry related news
and information
· Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidance & updates
· Customized for the client
· Newsletter subscription Assistance
FedResults Solutions
TeamCapture is a results oriented solution providing a company with an experienced FedResults sales team supporting business success in the federal market. With
decades of sales management and marketing experience to government agencies, OEMs and integrator organizations, FedResults provides guidance, tactical efforts, marketing support and customer contacts to increase marketing effectiveness.
FedResults fills “marketing gaps” and improves capability to meet sales revenue goals, short-term or critical time-sensitive business opportunities, strategic planning objectives and mobilization of resources for special corporate needs. The FedResults sales team becomes a multi-faceted extension of a company's business development organization and federal capture strategy. FedResults provides tactical sales, marketing, contractual and technical support focused on increasing the sales revenue of customer accounts. TeamCapture is a replicate process that increases sales opportunities and shortens business acquisition closure time.
decades of sales management and marketing experience to government agencies, OEMs and integrator organizations, FedResults provides guidance, tactical efforts, marketing support and customer contacts to increase marketing effectiveness.
FedResults fills “marketing gaps” and improves capability to meet sales revenue goals, short-term or critical time-sensitive business opportunities, strategic planning objectives and mobilization of resources for special corporate needs. The FedResults sales team becomes a multi-faceted extension of a company's business development organization and federal capture strategy. FedResults provides tactical sales, marketing, contractual and technical support focused on increasing the sales revenue of customer accounts. TeamCapture is a replicate process that increases sales opportunities and shortens business acquisition closure time.
FedResults Solutions
From GSA schedule contract support to complete virtualization of the federal business
capture process, FedResults has a program that will unlock the puzzle of federal
Business capture.
For any company preparing to implement their decision to penetrate this customer, a key
component of success in this highly complex market is working with an experienced
partner who will develop and execute a swift and profitable business and sales strategy.
FedResults alternatives provide flexible and scalable approaches to address all aspects of a federal sales process. FedResults provides the strategic planning and tactical
services providing success in the federal market. By assembling a team of experts to
address a client’s market needs the Results team will work in tandem with a company’s
internal resources to successfully generate revenue from the federal market. FedResults many partnerships provide access to the resources necessary for client success. Whether it is ex-government executives, industry expertise, contracting knowledge, FedResults will bring to bear the right resources needed for success.
FedResults has developed an extensive reputation in the federal government by
successfully introducing solutions and services to solve mission critical needs. Many
companies, without the knowledge and experience of the federal market, find the federal
market difficult to enter even with excellent products and solutions. FedResults has helped such companies in launching their business development efforts in this lucrative space.
Contract services
· TeamGSA
· GSA CONTACT CAPTURE
· GSA contract maintenance
· Negotiations
· audit SUPPORT
· Advisory services
CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT
· resources
· Clearances
· Strategy development
· GSA schedule
· Program implementation
· nside sales personnel
CONSULTING SERVICES
(Business Development)
· Proven processes—TeamCapture, TeamINFO, TeamAssess
· agency RESEARCH
· Strategy development
· Representative sales resources
· team approach
· SOLUTION SELLING
· pricing strategies
· Contract vehicles
· Bid preparation
· Pipeline building
· networking
· DC Area Office facility
· sales management
capture process, FedResults has a program that will unlock the puzzle of federal
Business capture.
For any company preparing to implement their decision to penetrate this customer, a key
component of success in this highly complex market is working with an experienced
partner who will develop and execute a swift and profitable business and sales strategy.
FedResults alternatives provide flexible and scalable approaches to address all aspects of a federal sales process. FedResults provides the strategic planning and tactical
services providing success in the federal market. By assembling a team of experts to
address a client’s market needs the Results team will work in tandem with a company’s
internal resources to successfully generate revenue from the federal market. FedResults many partnerships provide access to the resources necessary for client success. Whether it is ex-government executives, industry expertise, contracting knowledge, FedResults will bring to bear the right resources needed for success.
FedResults has developed an extensive reputation in the federal government by
successfully introducing solutions and services to solve mission critical needs. Many
companies, without the knowledge and experience of the federal market, find the federal
market difficult to enter even with excellent products and solutions. FedResults has helped such companies in launching their business development efforts in this lucrative space.
Contract services
· TeamGSA
· GSA CONTACT CAPTURE
· GSA contract maintenance
· Negotiations
· audit SUPPORT
· Advisory services
CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT
· resources
· Clearances
· Strategy development
· GSA schedule
· Program implementation
· nside sales personnel
CONSULTING SERVICES
(Business Development)
· Proven processes—TeamCapture, TeamINFO, TeamAssess
· agency RESEARCH
· Strategy development
· Representative sales resources
· team approach
· SOLUTION SELLING
· pricing strategies
· Contract vehicles
· Bid preparation
· Pipeline building
· networking
· DC Area Office facility
· sales management
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