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Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignments

An Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignments (5 CFR 334) permit the temporary assignment of skilled career employees to positions with Federal Agencies, State, local governments, Indian tribes, institutes of higher learning, and other eligible organizations. The assignment must be for specific work beneficial to both entities. The assignment should be used to achieve one of …

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5 Steps in the Marketing Research Process

Market Research (FAR Part 10) is conducted to determine the availability of commercial products and services and to identify and evaluate market practices. It’s a continuous process of finding viable sources of goods and services to meet government requirements and is mandated for all acquisition programs. It’s conducted by key members of a program’s Integrated Product …

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Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) involves the radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in productivity, cycle times, and quality. In Business Process Re-engineering, companies start with a blank sheet of paper and rethink existing processes to deliver more value to the customer. They typically adopt a new value system that places increased …

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Government-Industry Data Exchange Program

The Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) is a Department of Defense (DoD) program established to promote and facilitate the sharing of technical information between government agencies and industry partners to increase systems safety, reliability, and readiness and to reduce systems development, production, and ownership costs. GIDEP has been designated by OMB Policy Letter 91-3 as …

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SWOT Analysis

Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat (SWOT) analysis provides direction and serves as a basis for the development of marketing plans. It accomplishes this by assessing organizations: [1] Strengths: what an organization can do Weaknesses: what an organization cannot do Opportunities: potentially favorable conditions for an organization Threats: potentially unfavorable conditions for an organization. Definition: A SWOT …

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Guide to Marketing to the DoD

Step 1: Identify Your Product or Service: It is essential to know the Federal Supply Class or Service (FSC/SVC) codes and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for your products or services. Step 2: Register Your Business Obtain a DUNS Number: The Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number is a unique nine character identification. …

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Benefit Analysis and Determination

A Benefit Analysis and Determination (FAR 7.103) is primarily used in DoD acquisition to choose between utilizing small business or not and is required by DoD Instruction 5000.02. The purpose is to determine the relative benefit to the government among two or more alternative procurement strategies. The analysis provides Program Managers (PM), the Milestone Decision …

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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act (29 USC Chapter 23) offers protection to workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union); to the …

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Wage Determinations Online Program (WDOL)

The Wage Determinations Online (WDOL) Program provides a single location for federal contracting officers to use in obtaining appropriate Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations (WDs) for each official contract action. The website is available to the general public as well. Guidance in selecting WDs is provided in the WDOL.gov User’s …

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System for Award Management (SAM)

The System for Award Management (SAM) is combining eight (8) federal procurement systems and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance into one new system. SAM is being deployed in phases, beginning with the “Entity Management” capability and the Exclusions portion of the “Performance Information” capability. Website: System for Award Management (SAM) SAM …

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