ADI congratulates Kiran Ahuja to be the next Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM has been on the front lines of building and refining the culture, skills, capabilities, and opportunities for the government’s human infrastructure. Director Ahuja has the right background and vision to help ensure the Biden Administration can build the …
ADI is thrilled to see the Senate confirm Robin Carnahan to be the next Administrator of the General Services Administration. Robin is an outstanding leader who will ensure GSA is best positioned to help President Biden deliver on his Build Back Better agenda by providing world-class technology solutions and digital services to their Federal customers. …
ADI delivered a white paper titled “OPENING THE GWAC APERTURE: How to Make GWACs Better for Innovation – and for Agencies” to the White House and Office of Management and Budget with recommendations on how to update the GWAC procurement protocol. This white paper outlines practical, and promising, recommendations for GWAC reform that will help …
The Washington Post (June 10, 2021) The Biden administration on Thursday told federal agencies that more employees can return to their offices as the threat of the coronavirus pandemic ebbs, but it also laid out a permanent work-from-home expansion that will drastically alter the federal government’s workplace culture. Federal agencies no longer have to limit …
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On Monday ADI and over four dozen colleagues delivered a letter to the White House and Office of Management and Budget urging the Biden Administration to rethink the procurement process. Too often, the federal government builds technological and software solutions from scratch and ignores cheaper and better commercially available products. This letter explains the importance …
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FCW (May 25, 2021) It can be hard to breathe in the federal IT space these days, with the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) taking up so much of the oxygen. Flush with $1 billion, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the opportunity for agency digital transformation efforts has rarely been greater. Such a substantial …
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Government Matters (May 9, 2021) New guidance from the Office of Management and Budget gives agencies opportunities to pay back the loans over time or, in some cases, not at all. Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, said the minimal repayment option is beneficial because some very important, timely projects, such …
Protocol Braintrust (April 29, 2021) President Biden’s American Jobs plan has numerous explicit opportunities for the tech industry — such as broadband expansion, massive investments in R&D and securing supply chains. However, some of the most interesting, and potentially powerful, investments are more implicit. At the most fundamental level, Biden’s plan does not distinguish between …
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 ADI member organization Salesforce participated in a hearing for the U.S. Senate’s Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Casey Coleman, Senior Vice President for Global Public Sector at Salesforce, was invited to testify to share her insights …
