by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
What if a client demands your source code? Is it better to just walk away rather than hand your source code, a most precious commodity, over? For software developers who seek government contracts, this isn’t a simple situation. The right answer differs under...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Inefficiencies in contract management can cause substantial losses. The greater the volume of contracts processed, the greater the possibility of even bigger deficits—up to 40% in one study by accounting giant KPMG. There are also countless opportunities lost as...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Let’s say you have a problem of how to get to work from your house in the suburbs to your office in the city. You look at your situation and you buy a car. The car provides the desired outcome of transportation to the office and back. You do not have to specify the...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Federal contractors with lax cybersecurity standards may soon regret it. According to a report issued by security ratings company BitSight on February 15, sensitive US government data is being put at risk by contractors who fail to adhere to even the simplest...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Procurement
Procurement tech will be evolving rapidly over the next few years, according to a recent report. A Gartner report predicts that all spend analysis software based on “narrow” AI (artificial intelligence) will be obsolete and ready for replacement five years from now....
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots are taking over our world. If you’ve been online in the past 12 months, you’ve probably seen them: innocuous little boxes that inquire as to whether you need any help or have any questions about a product or...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Featured, Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
By now, you are likely well aware of the shocking scandal currently unraveling Oxfam. Oxfam is, among many other things, accused of being more protective of its own reputation that it was of the vulnerable people under its care. Once the allegations were uncovered,...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Sub Featured A, Uncategorized
The cutting edge in fundraising is becoming even sharper. In an environment where raising money is an increasingly data-driven process, your organization cannot afford to be dull. The most successful nonprofits now combine their privately-held donor information with...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
Few nonprofits have the good fortune of starting operations with a fully-evolved and integrated software suite that addresses all concerns from the simple needs of early start-up days to the complex demands of a fully mature nonprofit organization. Chances are your...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
Anything and everything that can be digitized is data. And there’s more and more of it every day. It does not matter if those bits of data are gathered by a smart fridge in your kitchen, a digitally connected speed trap, the online store you frequent, the Niagara...
