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DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy
Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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PERFORMANCE-BASED SERVICE
CONTRACTS
D-2007-079 Performance Based Service
Contract for Environmental Services
(04/03/2007) D2005-D000CH-0123.001 –
It addresses the management of a
performance-based environmental
services contract resulting from a publicprivate competition and also discusses the
use of fixed-price, performance-based,
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity
(IDIQ) task order
http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/FY07/07
-079.pdf
DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy
Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESS
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Business Procurement Program, May 24,
2007 Memorandum from Anthoney Martoccia,
Director Office of Small Business Programs,
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE. Memo discusses actions taken
and tools available to the acquisition
workforce to help the Department of Defense
achieve the SDVOSB goal.
http://www.pubklaw.com/hi/SDVOSBProcure
ment052407.pdf
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Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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GOVERNMENT AUDITING
STANDARDS 2007 REVISION
Government Auditing Standards,
January 2007 Revision (GAO-07162G)
http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ybk01.htm
DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy
Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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FUTURE
Prepare Yourself for the Future of Financial
Management - The 2007 survey focuses on
the future of financial management and the
role education and training will play.
(American Society of Military ComptrollersGrant Thornton, May 2007)
http://www.grantthornton.com/staticfiles/GTCo
m/files/Industries/GlobalPublicSector/GlobalP
ublicSectorGeneral/ASMC2007_Survey.pdf
Civilian financial personnel must look
for opportunities for broadening
experiences, including those that
require geographic relocations.
Technical learning alone will not be
enough - those who want to advance to
the top must prepare for management
and leadership.
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OUTSOURCING
Seven Myths About Outsourcing - No. 1: 'We can have it all' - By Phanish Puranam and
Kannan Srikanth The Wall Street Journal June 16, 2007; Page R6
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB118166189129632603.html
1. We Can Have It all 2. Outsourcing Services is Like Buying Commodities 3. We Need
an Ironclad Contract 4. Contracts Don't Matter 5. Vendors Are Insurance Companies 6.
It's Not Our Headache Anymore 7. Our First Failure Should Be Our Last Attempt.
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Tips for smarter outsourcing
The outsourcer's dilemma - Many agencies need the help of contractors now more than ever, but
outsourcing can be a minefield for the ill-prepared BY John Moore Federal Computer Week
Published on June 18, 2007 http://www.fcw.com/article102983-06-18-07-Print
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Establish a cost baseline - … “clearly understand their current cost and
performance baseline. Without a realistic baseline there is no way to effectively
measure cost savings later in the process.”
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Keep politics in mind- Beware of enterprise outsourcing efforts that lack a “solid
foundation of bipartisanship and a sense of shared risk between the executive
and the legislature board, or council,”
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Don’t forget governance - Organizations should take the time to build an effective
governance structure …
DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy
Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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ETHICS
Court Affirms Employee Discharge for Non-Payment of Government Credit Card http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/fed/063059p.pdf
Although the U. S. Postal Service ("USPS') should not have combined the
charges of misuse of postal service funds with an employee's failure to pay
his government issued credit card ("GICC') balance on time, the Federal
Circuit affirmed the agency's discharge.
8.
Political Activity (Hatch Act) - http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm
DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy
Legislative Update – Corporations 6/29/07
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BEST PRACTICES
Best Practices in State and Local Government Contract Management – The Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has become a
proven leader in contract administration. By Robert F. New Jr., David Vila,
Jeanne Kinsel, and John Peterson Contract Management / January 2007 Page
40
http://www.esi- intl.com/Public/NEWS/inTheNews/CM_January07_p40.pdf
1. Training linked to Outcomes 2. Commitment to Cultural Diversity and Minority
Outreach 3. Benefits of Electronic Contract Administration 4. Quality Control
Through Peer Reviews 5. Strategic Sourcing and Public-Private Partnerships
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Best Practices for Seizing Electronic Evidence
v.3 - A working group of various law
enforcement agencies was convened to identify
common issues encountered in today's
electronic crime scenes. (DHS/U.S. Secret
Service, 2007) Federal Computer Week
www.fcw.com/
http://www.forwardedge2.com/pdf/bestPractices
.pdf
There are general principles to follow
when responding to any crime scene in
which computers and electronic
technology may be involved. Several of
those are as follows:
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Office safety,
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If the computer is involved in the crime
you are investing, take immediate steps to
preserve the evidence.
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Dialing 911 for Laptops - Government Technology Dialing 911 for Laptops.
Feb 14, 2007, By Chandler Harris.
www.govtech.com/pcio/articles/103930
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In 2005, according to an FBI computer crime survey of more
than 2,000 public and private organizations in four states, the
average financial loss for each stolen laptop amounts to $89,000.
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Recommending four actions: (1) use encryption (2) use twofactor authentication (3) ensure that users re-authenticate after
30 minutes of inactivity; and (4) verify that all sensitive data is
purged within 90 days if no longer required.
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Reducing the amount of confidential data on laptop
computers is the most effective way to avoid data loss.