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 …
C4ISRNET (April 24, 2021) By Matthew T. Cornelius, Executive Director, Alliance for Digital Innovation The American military is entering an era of great power competition, where agility and quick adaptation matters more than ever. For too long, emerging capabilities failed to bridge the valley of death and get integrated into Department of Defense programs of …
Our citizens benefit when Federal agencies design, execute, and deliver high quality programs and services. ADI proudly supports Chairman Gerry Connolly and Ranking Member Jody Hice introduction today of the Performance Enhancement Reform Act (PERA). This legislation would require agencies to more effectively integrate IT modernization and evidence metrics into their performance plans and will …
