Federal IT Reforms are Freeing Up Funds in an Otherwise Flat Budget Forecast – Nextgov.com

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Obama-era federal IT reforms are starting to have an effect, but there’s a long way to go, analysts say.

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What HHS modernization could mean for tech companies — Washington Technology

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Around 40 percent of the systems of record at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are “legacy IT,” meaning they are no longer supported by their manufacturers and are increasingly expensive to maintain. But that may soon change, according to Chris Wlaschin, chief information security officer for HHS.

Source: What HHS modernization could mean for tech companies — Washington Technology

Infrastructure Reform and Rebuilding Will Require Private Sector Investment | Onvia

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Economic experts and financial forecasters for years have warned that something must be done to address the nation’s critical infrastructure needs. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2017 Infrastructure Report Card echoed that grim warning again as it assigned an overall grade of D+ to the country’s infrastructure very recently.

Source: Infrastructure Reform and Rebuilding Will Require Private Sector Investment | Onvia

At Last, Some Relief for DOE Contractors | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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For the past few years, the Department of Energy (DOE) has taken an extremely literal approach to contractors claiming overtime for employee training purposes. FAR 31.205-44(a) , Training and Education Costs, states that overtime compensation for training and education is unallowable. DOE has taken the position that there can be no exceptions to this rule. It didn’t matter whether a contractor could show that it was more cost effective to pay overtime for training than to hire additional staff to cover contract-required services. It didn’t matter that certain training was specifically mandated by contract and not discretionary. It didn’t matter that the training contributed significantly to contractor employee health and safety. Contractors had to find a way to do all of this without incurring overtime.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: At Last, Some Relief for DOE Contractors

Dave Mader: MGT Act poised to become law via NDAA – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The Modernizing Government Technology Act, by most reckoning, will become law by way of the National Defense Authorization Act. The MGT will give federal chief information officers something they’ve long wanted —a central fund of $3 billion from which they can draw to update obsolete IT systems. Each agency would have its own, smaller modernizing fund. Dave Mader, the former controller of the Office of Management and Budget and now the chief strategy officer for the civilian sector at Deloitte, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio to discuss the implications.

Source: Dave Mader: MGT Act poised to become law via NDAA – FederalNewsRadio.com

Analyst: Large vendors dominate HHS IT landscape — Washington Technology

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Look no further than the Health and Human Services Department for evidence of the benefits of scale and reach on the customer and macro levels in the federal government IT market.

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Larry Allen: Work continues under continuing resolution – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Continuing resolutions don’t mean contractors or their agency customers should sit on their hands. There’s work to be done. Contractors want to get paid. Plus you can still lay the groundwork for the future. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more advice for contractors on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Source: Larry Allen: Work continues under continuing resolution – FederalNewsRadio.com

8(a) Program: Participant Terminated For Missing Annual Review – SmallGovCon

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An 8(a) Program participant was terminated from the 8(a) Program for failing to timely provide its SBA 8(a) annual review forms, and the termination was upheld

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Will GAO’s decision to charge $350 per filing stop frivolous protests?

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Call it the “Latvian Connection effect” or blame it on Congress, but either way filing a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office is no longer going to be free starting in 2018.

And if Senate lawmakers get their way, the cost of filing a complaint with GAO could cost some large companies tens of thousands of dollars or more.

Ralph White, the managing associate general counsel for procurement law for GAO, said the agency is developing a new electronic protest docket system and will move forward with its plan to charge $350 for each filing to help offset the cost of development, operations and maintenance of the system.

SOURCE: Will GAO’s decision to charge $350 per filing stop frivolous protests?

Presumptive Awardee Ineligible to Challenge Solicitation Terms, Says GAO – SmallGovCon

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A company’s pre-award protest of a government solicitation effectively became moot when the agency announced that it intended to award the protester a contract.

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