Understanding and mastering the government proposal process, as well as the capture process, is one of the greatest challenges for even the most seasoned of government contractors. Therefore we will break down the capture and proposal management process into manageable pieces and explain the best practices used across the industry. Capture planning objectives are:

Data breaches are becoming one of government’s highest IT concerns. It is no longer a question of IF, but WHEN a data breach will occur. According to an April 2014 GAO report titled “Information Security - Agencies Need to Improve Cyber Incident Response Practices”, security incidents at Federal Agencies that have involved the probable exposure of citizens’ personal information have increased from 10,400 to 25,500 plus, between 2009 and 2013. This increase has Federal Agencies turning to the requirements set forth in the Privacy Act of 1974.

The IRS has announced that over 104,000 taxpayers have had their personal data stolen, including names, dates of birth, and social security numbers, as the result of a data breach last month. The repercussions of this data breach have been severe for those affected, as hackers have already been able to use the stolen past tax returns to submit fraudulent tax returns under their stolen identity and direct the tax refunds to prepaid debit cards. As a result of government data breaches, the IRS has announced that over 200,000 tax returns were received from “questionable” email domains, and it is estimated that 100,000 were able to clear the IRS’ authentication system.

One of the first things you should do when considering bidding on a request for proposal (RFP) is a bid/no-bid assessment. When responding to a request for proposal (RFP), you have to submit a compliant proposal. Below are four basic questions you should ask yourself when trying to decide if you want to bid or not. If you ask yourself these questions before you start putting pen to paper, you will be able to identify whether or not you will be able to submit a compliant response.

There has been a lot of talk the last couple of years regarding when the FedRAMP certification program for cloud computing products would officially go into effect for the federal government. A couple of weeks ago we finally started seeing signs of progress with The Department of Defense (DoD) announcing security approvals for 23 cloud providers. Additionally, the GSA has implemented a new SIN 132-40 for Cloud IT Services under the IT 70 schedule.

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