Technology innovations are applied to business processes everywhere—enabling employees to be more efficient, more productive and save time. Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be found in everything from billing and reporting to timesheet submission and credit card activations.

Today, January 20th, we celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was an inspirational and powerful civil rights activist and is celebrated for his leadership in movements to help end racial segregation in the United States. His most famous “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 in front of over 250,000 civil rights supporters at the Lincoln Memorial. This speech was a defining moment in the civil rights movement inspiring thousands of people to fight for human equality and to support love rather than hate. He was a proud advocate of non-violent protests, which helped him become the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King was later assassinated in 1968 and shortly after, a bill was introduced to honor him on his birthday. After years of protest, Martin Luther King Day was first observed in 1986 as a federal holiday that we continue to observe every year on the third Monday of January (King's birthday is January 15). So today, we say Happy Birthday, Dr. King and thank you for your leadership in helping to make our country a better place.

The DoD is implementing a contractor cybersecurity certification process in accordance with DFARS clause 252.204-7012.  Contracts leaders at our recent Executive Roundtable panel discussion, Contracts’ Challenge: Cybersecurity and DFARS 252.204-7012, outline the following implications of DoD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC):

The Unison CLM Team is excited to announce its growing list of data migration services and options for organizations with existing systems or with unstructured data. The varied data migration capabilities provide customers with comprehensive options to minimize redundant work and duplicate entry—allowing for quick maximization of Unison CLM's contracts streamlining benefits.

With the end of the fiscal year drawing to a close, the race is on for agencies to meet their yearly set-aside contracting goals. When it comes to meeting those small business goals, there is no better place to turn to than Unison Marketplace. Solicitations competed and awarded through the Marketplace far surpass federal set-aside goals each year. In FY18, Unison Marketplace awards out-performed in every federal small business utilization category.