Business Roundtable

ctovision | March 04, 2020

Every large enterprise faces decisions on whether to code something using internal talent, code something using contractors, or buy a commercial product. For complex and sometimes hard to understand or explain reasons, the government has always had a hard time optimizing on these decisions. As we have been writing on extensively over the last several years, the federal government has a long history and a large compilation of lessons learned in this type of make vs buy decision....

GM | April 14, 2020

General Motors Co said on Tuesday it had started producing ventilators in the volume needed to treat severely ill coronavirus patients and would deliver the first batch of the medical equipment to the U.S. government this month. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nine contracts totaling nearly $2.6 billion to produce 137,000 ventilators by the end of 2020 for the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile, including a contract to GM worth $489.4 million for 30,000 ventilat...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

American Society for Quality | March 07, 2022

The ASQ Government Division conferred its Silver Level Award to the Clerk's Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C., for the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. The award certifies that the Clerk's Office was assessed under the ASQ/ANSI G1:2021 Guidelines for Evaluating the Quality of Government Operations and Services. This certification reflects the systematic use of the standard's system and process maturity models to improve the ...

Amazon | April 29, 2020

In the “Notorious Markets” report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on marketplaces known for issues with privacy and illegitimate goods, multiple international websites of Amazon.com were named. The office pointed out claims of counterfeit merchandise sold on the eCommerce retailer’s sites in the United Kingdom, Canada, India, France and Germany, Reuters reported. Amazon did not reply immediately to a Reuters request for comment. The eCommerce retailer has ...