Category Archives: contracting/procurement

Local Procurement TREND. Local WiFi Brings Telehealth Opportunity

What steps did Chattanooga TN take to expand health care accessibility?

  • Chattanooga’s utilities provider,invested heavily in fiber-optic network infrastructure, delivering 1-gigabit-per-second connections
  • The city actively explored  delivering telehealth services to residents who subscribe to EPB broadband services
  • Docity, as Hypepotamus reports, is “a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform that works by partnering with communities and internet service providers to add telehealth access to…

Local TREND. 4 Procurement Opportunities for State Election Security Grants in the Sunshine State

Florida offers local governments election security grants that:

  • Can purchase electronic poll registers to prevent double voting
  • Can purchase and install off-site server
  • Provide for hiring an IT professional to implement the new off-site server
  • Offers local governments an opportunity for backups in place to resume the continuity of operations instantaneously

Suwannee Democrat | Election security grants approved for local counties

Lege TREND. +1 State Blockchain Bill. Business Transactions. Contracting Procurement Changes. Read the Bill.

Ohio’s  SB 220 (2018 | OH), signed by the Governor, will establish these blockchain standards:

  • blockchain transactions are legitimized as enforceable electronic transactions
  • applies to electronic records using blockchain
  • applies to electornic signatures using blockchain
  • amends the definition of “electronic record” to include blockchain
  • amends the definition of “electronic signature” to include blockchain

SB 220 would apply to state contracting and state procurement.

 

Procurement Policy Changes: Cybersecurity Services. What you need to know:

General Services Administration issued a Request for information to provide a more comprehensive assortment of cybersecurity services and expedite their discovery and acquisition.

To participate in the request for information, the deadline is 6/9/2018.

What does this mean for procurement? GSA wants to increase:

  • the number of agencies that procure cybersecurity services
  • the number of contractors and specialties of cybersecurity contractors

Nextgov | GSA Wants to Modernize How the Government…

Lege Trend. State Net Neutrality Bills. 2 Reasons to Support the Bill in the Blue Columbine State

State: Colorado

The Net Neutrality Bill in Colorado: HB18-1312 

What does Colorado’s HB 18-1312  do?

  • Any entity receiving state funds to provide internet service, like rural broadband programs, must commit to net neutrality
  • Requires net-neutral service preference when state taxpayer dollars are being spent on internet services

What reasons do Colorado Legislatorsy offer to support Colorado’s HB18-1312?  

  • The Colorado Bill has nothing to do with the FCC reclassification, unlike what the…

9 Proposed Health Care Cyber Security Policies from a Health Trade Association. Medical Supplier Liability is the Key.

Healthcare Supply Chain Association recommends these contract provisions for health care contracts:

  • Suppliers should warrant their compliance with FDA premarket and post market guidance relative to cybersecurity risks throughout their product’s lifecycle.
  • Products should be assessed and warranted to be free of known malicious code or other vulnerabilities at the time of delivery and/or implementation.
  • Suppliers should comply with all reasonable security practices required by the provider…

Lege TREND. The blockchain Bill Package from the State Wanting to be THE WORLD LEADER on blockchain.

Wyoming looks to be a world leader on blockchain technology.

To achieve its goal, Wyoming Legislature passed these bills:

What is Wyoming’s state strategy? Wyoming’s…

3 TakeAways. Education Vendors + Data Security = The Bill that Set Public Education Contract Policy in the Mountain Laurel State

State: Connecticut

The Data Security for Education Contracts Bill: 2016’s  H.B. No. 5469

3 Takeaways for Education Vendors:

  • All vendors need written data privacy agreements
    • All means all from yearbook publishers to niche apps to Google
  • 2 Policy Goals the state wanted to meet:
    • Protect students from targeted advertising
    • Require notification of data breaches 
  • The unintended consequence: Each data privacy contract is required by each school district which led to a lot of legal fees for…

Lege & Contracting TREND. +1 Western State Sends Net Neutrality Bill to its Governor. 3 Points from the Bill.

State: Oregon

The legislation: OR HB 4155 (2018)

What does Oregon’s HB4155 do?

  • It does not mandate net nuetrality
  • it prohibits agencies, cities and counties from using internet service that blocks or prioritizes specific content or apps
  • it does not apply in areas where there is only 1 service provider

oregon Live | Oregon Senate sends net neutrality bill to Gov. Kate Brown

Seattle Times | Net neutrality bill passes Oregon Legislature 

 

Lege TREND. Blockchain Bills in the Goldenrod flower state. 3 Key Elements to the Bills with Local Government Preemption

State: Nebraska

The legislation: 

  • LB 987 Bitcoin as acceptable currency
  • LB 691 Virtual Currency Money Laundering Act
  • LB 694  State preemtion on blockchain technology & prohibits local taxing of blockchain
  • LB 695 Blockchain state contracting

LB 694 & 695 will require that:

  • blockchain signatures are legally valid in Nebraska
  • smart contracts are valid in all commerce in Nebraska
  • local governments cannot tax, license or regulate blockchain technology

Omaha World Herald | Nebraska…