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As the world embraces artificial intelligence, more and more federal agencies are looking at areas in which the technology could make operations more efficient and effective. The Defense Contract Management Agency, which provides contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is one such organization moving toward AI adoption. ...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet For government contracting companies, it’s advantageous to stay up to date on what other companies in your industry are doing. What processes and methodologies do they use? What trends are they noticing? How are they delivering successful project outcomes, maintaining compliance and winning new bus...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet In early 2013, during his second term in office, then-President Barack Obama signed the annual Defense Authorization Act, setting in motion a process to change the federal government’s small business contracting programs. That same year, the Defense Contract Audit Agency made small business a ...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When an executive from a government contracting firm reaches out to me, seeking ideas about how they can distinguish themselves from the crowd to win more project business, oftentimes I’ll point them to the practice of earned value management and the systems that support it. EVM...
Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...
In recent years, the U.S. government has seen a notable increase in contracting work – a shift that has caused the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s workload to grow rapidly. To keep up with the accelerated pace of today’s federal contracting activities, the DCAA has begun to reevaluate its methods and embrace change to transform into an...
by Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet As the old project management adage goes, the success of a professional services contract depends on having the right people on the right job, at the right time. As simple as that proposition may seem, firms that have actually managed a service contract know all too...
by Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet As heated as competition for government contracts is these days, being good enough is, well, no longer good enough. To win new business and grow the bottom line, GovCon firms must find creative ways to distinguish themselves from the thousands of other firms that crowd the...
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by Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When a government contracting firm’s executive team creates their to-do list for a given year, devising an annual operating plan, or AOP, is likely near the top of that list. So is updating the company’s long-range plan, or LRP. The AOP provides the necessary near-term financial...
