Recommendations for New Administration by Traci Walker https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu What approaches could streamline government operations while enhancing service delivery? en-us 2025-01-16 18:51:37 UTC 2025-02-11 17:09:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Committing to Open Source https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300898413 Government should be making sure that they are re-using content and avoiding vendor lock-in. Need to focus on collaboration and contributing upstream.

]]> 2025-01-22 20:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300898413 Add DITAP grad Procurement specialists to the USDS DOGE teams embedded in agencies https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300899888 2025-01-22 20:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300899888 SBA New Rules on SB Acquisition https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300899959 SBA's new rules on M&A and Recertification Requirements will negatively impact small GOVCON business

]]> 2025-01-22 20:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300899959 Standardized Procurement Templates https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300900202 Lots could be improved with how RFPs are written, but it should be easy to figure out what government wants. With a clear ask, it would also be possible to find out who may have successfully delivered this for government in the past by looking at past RFPs using AI.

]]> 2025-01-22 20:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300900202 Increase speed of commercial Item purchases for efficiency https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300901852 2025-01-22 20:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300901852 Limit the size of contracts https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300901859 It should be faster to deliver smaller RFPs more quickly. Organizations need to be able to fail-fast, learn and iterate.

]]> 2025-01-22 20:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300901859 Simplify contracts https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902306

  • reduce complexity

  • break up large contracts

  • performance based contracts (focus more vendor performance rather than simply meeting requirements

    • ]]>     2025-01-22 20:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902306     "Efficiency" isn't just a buzz word for the DSC members. https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902497 We could highlight with proof that we are indeed focused on website working correctly and efficiently.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902497     Audit https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902927 As DOGE folks go into new agencies, compare & contrast USDS driven product delivery teams (and contracts) vs more traditional teams (e.g., Deloitte) to determine who is delivering modern tech

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300902927     Make easier to extend contracts https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300903393 If a vendor is delivering for government, and the client is satisfied, it should be easier to extend the contract if the work still needs to be done.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300903393     The best way to evaluate whether a service works is to ask users. https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300904680 Build UX research into all contracts

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300904680     Investing in Data Strategies https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300904899 Creating centralized platforms for sharing data across agencies, which can decrease costs in the long-run by de-duplicating data warehouses. This also ties into building APIs and exploring other data sharing methods.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300904899     Reduce middleware systems and simplify network paths https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905042 2025-01-22 20:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905042 Vendors & Procurement Officers need a Social Score https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905285 We know that there are people in the process of delivering government services who just don't deliver. This can happen on multiple levels, but having some sort of a rating system could be useful for finding those who are under-performing.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905285     Treat Digital Service Procurements as Capacity Investment contracts https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905650 2025-01-22 20:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905650 DITAP for product owners/project managers https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905839 Teaching people how to manage technology vendors

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300905839     Often small business outperform the larges. https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300906313 Continue small-business set-asides.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300906313     Exclusive Capabilities throughout Multiple Projects https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300906496 Stop the "Sams Club - One Stop Shop" RFP for all aspects of digital modernization.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300906496     DSC project library https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300907307 Perhaps DSC could create a library of successful digital modernization projects built by DSC firms to contrast with huge/costly/failed engagements in the "traditional" way

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300907307     Look to global approaches like GovStack to simplify services https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300910524 https://www.govstack.global


    So much room to re-use components within projects.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300910524     Train Public Sector & Have Sufficient SMEs in Government https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300913809 The public sector needs more training to be able to ensure that they can manage contracts effectively. This includes having staff who understand 508 and technical projects.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300913809     Have diverse teams https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300915376 Having teams ideate who understand roles like legal, accessibility, procurement and user research. DIEA folks are also valuable, but not likely to be heard by this administration. Ultimately teams should reflect the communities they are trying to serve.

    ]]>     2025-01-22 20:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300915376     Creating a Mid-Size Business Category https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300930453 2025-01-22 20:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3300930453 We can't really satisfy the client https://padlet.com/awkwalk/t0x5ijnudo44htiu/wish/3301941266 I was listening to a podcast today and realized that the Business to Government process is broken, partly because vendors can't really delight their customers to ensure that they get future business. What is the incentive to dazzle the customer (or the customer's customer) if that isn't rewarded by procurement.

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