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CivMetrics believes in measuring and presenting critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. Our data covers selected critical types of community development, construction and programs. CivMetrics also seeks to provide macro context along with the micro details. See our actionable data and information regarding local economics, demographics, and market conditions. This includes data, RFPs, financing documents and other information on housing, labor, business conditions and demographics. Select any of the CivMetrics targeted topics for updated data, developments and directories.
CivMetrics Data, Documents and News
CivMetrics collects critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. See our actional data and documents, including RFPs, financing documents and the latest stats on local metrics such as housing, labor, demographics and business conditions. Select a CivMetrics topic below for target data and documents.
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Development & Housing
Local development, housing and construction projects, including large public construction projects.
Economics
Data on employment, inflation, labor markets, local GDP, housing, and other critical measures of local economic and business conditions.
Infrastructure
Large infrastructure, such as airports, transit, ports, stadiums and other large scale projects.
Incentives
Credits and incentives in connection with new local development, expansion or company relocations.
Civic Services
Non-profit and government services, including large private service organizations, cultural institutions, and units of local government.
People & Livability
Demographics and livability information, such as crime, weather, pollution, health, and other quality-of-life measures.
Latest News
Oracle Claims Amazon Had Inside Help Securing DoD Cloud Contract
Oracle, recently disqualified from bidding for the Defense Department’s $10 billion cloud contract, is alleging that Amazon had some inside help during the bidding process. Oracle has filed suit claiming that a former high-level Defense Department employee named Deap...
Amazon Seeks Public Procurement Dominance
Amazon already has a deal to supply US local governments with everything from computers to toilet paper. Now, the tech giant is moving to capture federal procurement as well. Amazon’s potential dominance over government procurement has provoked consternation among...
Pentagon Wants Shift To Performance-Based Payments For Fixed Price Contracts
Seeking to reduce oversight and compliance costs, the Defense Department is considering a shift to performance-based payments for all fixed-price contracts. The change should also help contractors manage cashflow and permit better focus on technical and schedule...
HUD Mulls Five-Year Dive Into Data Analytics
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering the issuance of a five-year, multiple award IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract that would establish an enterprise approach to data analytics in the cloud and application development....
Vendor Claims That GSA’s 2GIT Contract Will Kill Small Businesses
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) 2nd Generation IT (2GIT) contact will wipe out small businesses alleges Rick Vogel, the federal government sales manager for Coast to Coast Computer Products. Vogel claims that the strategic sourcing initiative for IT will...
CIA’s New Commercial Cloud Contract May Be Worth Billions
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to expand its use of the commercial cloud and the contract to provide those services may hit the 11-figure range. Contracting documents have already been presented to selected tech companies last March. Amazon Web Services...
Senators Propose Bill To Help Small Companies Win Defense Contracts
Small businesses may soon receive a fairer shake from the Pentagon if bipartisan efforts by a couple of senators succeeds. Democratic Senator Martin Henrich of New Mexico and his Republican counterpart Joni Ernst of Iowa have filed a bill to reauthorize and improve...
GSA Plans Cloud Services Expansion
The United States General Services Administration (GSA) wants to install a civilian version of the $8-billion dollar cloud services contract called DEOS (Defense Enterprise Office Solution) approved by the Department of Defense (DoD) that combines email, content...
Public Procurement Is Changing in 2019, And Data is the Catalyst
The tech revolution has been slow to catch on with the government procurement process but the transformation of public sector procurement is about to accelerate tremendously in 2019. Vishal Patel wrote about the coming changes in government procurement in this report...
The Right Data Can Deliver Savings For Government Agencies
A recent study by The Hackett Group indicates that government agencies might be forgoing up to 20% of targeted savings when employees makes purchases outside of defined buying channels. The study further indicated that most government agencies do not realize the...
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