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27 Aug

  It is not  news that the State of Maryland has fired its prime contractor for the health registry that it was building instead of using the federal registry (healthcare.gov).  What is news is how much this has cost the taxpayers of Maryland. According to the board of the Maryland Heal...
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15 Aug

Do you want to make your critical business decisions based on someone's 'gut' feeling or do you want to make your critical decisions based on objective evidence. If you want objective evidence then you want The IV&V Group's Critical Process Assessment Services©.  These services are designed...
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06 Aug

Are you one of those people who believe that you have to have a large development budget in order to retain a provider of independent verification (IV&V) services? Or are you one of those who believes that you have to execute an IV&V methodology throughout the entire development life cycle -...
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16 Jul

It has been more than 10 years since The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Circular A-119 (Revised) directing federal agencies to use voluntary consensus standards, both domestic and international, in its regulatory and procurement activities. This circular defined voluntary consensus sta...
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06 Jul

  I have lost count of the number of solicitations in this year alone where the title of the solicitation does not match the work in form, fit or function.  Here is an example of what I have found. The title of the solicitation whether it be a Request For Information (RFI), a Request for...
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28 Jun

This is the fifth and final installment of a series that will help you articulate what you want when you order IV&V Services. To help organizations ask for the services they want The IV&V Group® has developed a taxonomy of IV&V services. It contains only five categoeries of IV&V ...
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04 Jun

My name is Eva Freund.  As President and CEO, of  The IV&V Group® I pride myself on knowing the IEEE Standards that are relative to system and software engineering.  I have gained my knowledge by participating in multiple IEEE Standards Working Groups.  These are the groups responsible for ...
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