Civility & Ethics
Being unprofessional, rude, shouting, intimidating, or humiliating are all examples of this behavior.
What is incivility?
This FAR-based concept describes a spectrum of ways an agency can obtain the best deal in a negotiated acquisition, by "valuing" the relative importance of cost or price.
What is the best value continuum?
This team took home the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy after the 125th meeting in the December 2024 game.
Who is Navy?
With wife Brittany's pregnancy announcement in 2024, this NFL star is set to tie his number of kids with his number of Super Bowl rings.
Who is Patrick Mahomes?
This "Mean Girl" writer released a 2024 teen musical comedy that taught us not to negotiate with popularity because being truthful to your authentic self is the best thing you can be.
Who is Tina Fey?
This section of the FAR states that "Government business shall be conducted in a manner above reproach and, except as authorized by statute or regulation, with complete impartiality and with preferential treatment for none."
What is FAR 3.101?
These are two price evaluation concepts in a source selection where cost reasonableness asks this question and price realism asks this question.
Is the proposed price too high? Is the proposed price too low?
It's an audio clue!
There's 20 options... someone has to get this correct!
Final regulations for this Act went into effect in June 2024 and require agencies to reasonably accommodate the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of a qualified employee, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on agency operations.
What is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)?
It's when the price is overstated because the contractor’s certified cost or pricing data was not accurate, complete, or current.
What is defective pricing?
This is the technique DON CEAP taught us to help reduce stress by holding your breathe for four seconds, breathing in for a count of four seconds, holding the breath for four seconds, then breathing out for four seconds.
What is box breathing?
FAR 15.404-1(d) requires the government to conduct this process on all cost-reimbursement contracts. The government bears the risk of increased costs, but competitors may be incentivized to bid low in order to gain competitive advantage. So, this process enables the government to guard against unsupported claims of cost savings.
What is cost realism analysis?
This is the sport that Olympic athlete Rachel Gunn ("Raygun") scored an impressive 0.0 points during the 2024 summer games.
What is breakdancing?
This singer must've liked the way his wife looked so much because the couple welcomed their first baby, "Jack Blues," in August 2024.
Who is Justin Bieber?
This singer was said to be the Queen of Rock and Roll, and to paraphrase her hit song, the government doesn't need another hero, but if you're above the TINA threshold, we do need certified cost and pricing data.
Who is Tina Turner?
This acronym can be used to help you cultivate civility in the workplace before you speak that thought out loud... just do "this" by asking yourself: ...is it True? ...is it Helpful? ...is it Inspiring? ...is it Necessary? ...is it Kind?
What is T-H-I-N-K?
Protests have been sustained by GAO where an agency's solicitation only contemplated reasonableness and balance, yet the agency made this conclusion about the price.
What is too low?
This occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking all direct light and allowing some of the Sun's corona and solar prominences to be seen.
What is a total solar eclipse?
With the implementation of the PWFA, an agency may grant these to pregnant employees without having to show that the pregnancy/birth related condition meets the definition of disability and there's no need to establish evidence of disparate treatment. Examples of these are providing frequent breaks, adjusting parking, allowing sitting/standing, permitting schedule changes/telework.
What are reasonable accommodations?
Per the FAR definition, this type of data can be categorized into three distinct parts - factual data (versus judgment), prudent buyer seller standard (relevant to negotiations), and other related factual information that supports the “soundness” of the contractor’s cost estimates.
What is cost or pricing data?
Per 18 U.S.C. § 208, Government employees are prohibited from participating in "this particular way" in any particular matter in which he/she or any person whose interests are imputed to him/her has a financial interest and the particular matter will have a direct and predictable effect on that interest.
What is "personally and substantially"?
This is an innovative technique where, when the proposal is realistic and reasonable and the solicitation clearly stated that cost/price would be fully evaluated, technical becomes the determining factor because the government foregoes the tradeoffs between cost and price. The result is focusing the source selection on the technical/non-price factors.
What is Highest Rated Technical Offeror (HTRO)?
These are the names of both movies and, despite the clever combination of "Barbenheimer," only one of these titles could win the Oscar for Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards. Being the highest grossing film of the year had to be "Kenough" for the other one. (Provide the names of both films.)
What is Oppenheimer and Barbie?
Based on her pregnancy announcement, this super model now prefers jiu-jitsu over football.
Who is Gisele Bundchen?
This is an element of proving a violation of Truth in Negotiations because if the information isn't available in "this" way, existing anywhere in the organization as of the date of agreement on price, the government may not have a viable claim. There is no requirement to create data for the convenience of the Government.
What is reasonably available?