Reading Time: 4 minutesExperts gathered for an insightful discussion around leveraging industry best practices to drive innovation and achieve meaningful workforce improvements. Here are some of the insights that panelists offered about the current state of the federal workforce and what is expected to happen over the next few years due to the pandemic-driven training and mentoring needs of the American workforce.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn effective and popular frictionless tool used to cut time and expenses related to IT acquisitions that is gaining momentum is the Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovation (PTAI). The PTAI, managed by the Federal Acquisition Institute, provides contracting departments a better understanding of “the art of the possible” in helping them reduce friction when procuring technology solutions. In this blog post, we’ll explain what PTAI is, why it’s important and how to use it. We also provide an example of its use at the IRS and, lastly, the cultural mindset needed to gain greater adoption and expansion of the PTAI.
Reading Time: 2 minutesREI Systems has completed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to team with Norfolk State University (NSU) to strategically supplement REI’s capabilities and offerings. REI will collaborate with this leading Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to better serve current and future REI customers and to strengthen the diversity of our company’s staff.
Reading Time: 4 minutesREI helped OTIP-ACF agency developed an innovative solution that would provide long-term benefits with a new Case Management System (CMS). OTIP-ACF's mission is to provide leadership, partnership, and support services to victims. In 2018, the agency received three times as many requests than any previous years. This surge in demand, combined with a cumbersome process model across several federal agencies, led ACF to the decision to modernize its IT—specifically the case management system it uses to manage information and services for victims of trafficking.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf the Federal Acquisition Regulations are a Frankenstein monster of cobbled together rules and requirements, why not just start over?
A question many federal acquisition and program managers probably have asked themselves at least a dozen times a year.
