New U.S. CISO Greg Touhill discussed the skills he believes the cybersecurity workforce should have and offered advice for the next administration.
Source: Touhill outlines skills he wants from IT workforce — FCW
The Obama administration continues to push government toward enhancing CX, and the White House pressure has many agencies trying to get it together.
Source: Join GovExec & Nextgov for the Federal Customer Experience Summit – Nextgov.com
Steve Kelman has ideas for helping innovative firms clear the hurdles to doing business with the government.
Source: A sobering take on government contractors: What can be done? — FCW
SBA size protests should be thorough, because the SBA has no obligation to investigate issues beyond the size protest allegations.
Source: SBA Size Protests: Investigation Not Required Outside Protest Allegations – SmallGovCon
Think back just a few years — social, mobile, cloud, and big data ruled the emerging technology landscape. Business and technology management executives wondered what big data meant, when the cloud would disrupt their companies, and how to engage effectively on social channels.
Source: Forrester’s Top Emerging Technologies To Watch: 2017-2021 | Forrester Blogs
Public procurement veteran Jean Clark explains how technology has removed information silos in public procurement. She says public procurement professionals are more empowered now than ever before.
Source: Periscope Holdings: Is private sector procurement still better?
GSA’s FedRAMP is a good starting point for cloud security, but experts say agencies must fine-tune their arrangements with vendors by using service-level agreements.
Agencies can start buying the new services starting in October.
Source: GSA Makes It Easier To Buy ‘Highly Adaptive’ Cyber Services – Nextgov.com
Back in 2012, the authority for determining a contractor’s eligibility for direct billing – submitting vouchers without having them first approved by a contract auditor – was taken away from DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) and correspondingly, all defense contractors were automatically eligible to bill their costs without DCAA pre-approval. This greatly streamlined the billing process, allowed contractors to be paid more quickly, thus ensuring improved cash flows.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Auditor Testing of Paid Vouchers
Brenda Crist suggests making updating resumes a win-win proposition by teaching staff how to prepare professional accomplishment-based resumes and rewarding them with awards or small bonuses for a job well done.
Source: Insights Blog | Proposal & Capture Management Consulting & Training from Lohfeld Consulting Group
