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That’s why the issued a pre-solicitatiom notice Thursday, informing the contracting community that it will seek an informatio technology contractor to make improvements to the site by implementing and hostingthe 2.0 A solicitation is expecte to be posted to FedBizOpps.gov on June 15, and the deadlinee for proposals is expected to be about June 26. Specifically, the work will includes updates and changes tothe site’s user interface, informatiojn architecture and design engineering.
According to GSA’s the contractor needs expertise inprojectr management, and the ability to “deliver a website with interactive data-visualization, and web-application levelk functionality.” The solicitation also states that the Recoveryg and Accountability Board, RATB, which oversees stimulus rules and is open to “recommendations for technology improvements for versionn 2.0 and beyond, including the hostingf platform, database technology, CMS, programming etc.” Work on the however, is only availablw to the 59 contractors that hold a positiom on GSA’s governmentwide acquisition contract knownb as Alliant.
RATB is putting an emphasis on meeting the reporting requirements specified by the stimulus but notesthat “guidance from [the Office of Management and Budget] on reporting and transparencgy will continue to evolve.” So far preliminaryy guidance on reporting requirements has been given to agencies and although the specific procedures for providing the requirecd data to the government remains unclear. RATB has outlinedc some of the thingsthe Recovery.gov site shouldx be able to do: • Evaluatde data quality to provide optimization of large, highlyu complex, rapidly changing data sets. Automate data replication.
• Offetr standardization, normalization and cleansing capabilities necessary to supporf robust reporting solutionsovert • Be built for speed and responsiveness: This rapid response solution must be able to provid not only citizen-centric access but also the ability to respond to pres requests, legislative branch inquires and questionws from different agencies. • Focus on developing an architecture that not onlyprovidesd trusted, accurate information per the OMB but also makes the information availabls as a service to a wide rang of people, processes and • Be built to supportf business optimization: Adopt a flexible, services-baserd architecture that delivers high-quality trusted information to set the stage for true businessa process optimization and link to adjacent high-valuse business processes, such as frauf detection capabilities.