One constant in Presidential administration transitions are changes of leadership and/or direction in executive departments and independent agencies. Transition change is a fact of life in federal agencies even when the same administration remains in place. There will likely be new political appointees who have an agenda and a will to get things done quickly. [...]
It can be a challenge to comprehend how gradual or even dramatic changes in the business environment affect your delivery of services. These may include economic, regulatory, workforce, supply chain, and any number of other business environment fluctuations. Making timely decisions to effectively mitigate negative impacts is dependent upon data—data that is captured, analyzed, and [...]
A priority for BRMi during the global pandemic has been the evolving needs of employees and finding new ways to support each person’s mental and physical health. BRMi recently partnered with a local yoga studio, Flow Yoga Center, to provide a lunch time class using Zoom. BRMi employees and leadership (Dro, Mike, Anita, Helen Ann, [...]
For any of us bidding on IT services in the federal space, we’ve seen the rise of tech challenges, which are supporting and even supplanting more traditional, written technical submissions. Tech challenges represent a move by agencies to better gauge a potential vendor's proficiency in the customer’s technical environment. In the “show” rather than “tell” [...]
As the local governments relax restrictions on stay-at-home orders, companies are grappling with how we go back to work. There are some companies (Nationwide Insurance, Facebook, Twitter) who have already made the decision to shift a large portion of their workforce to permanent work-from-home status. Many others have not yet made decisions yet, but for [...]
DMS (a BRMi company) staff were identified among core, essential staff to return to on-site work supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is hard at work combating the COVID-19 pandemic. DMS’ skills and support are deemed essential to these efforts as scientists return to the lab to support critical research into COVID-19 and [...]
BRMi President, Mike Battle As everyone knows, we are dealing with some incredibly difficult times. The impact of today’s civil issues on our society are without a doubt some of the most challenging we have seen in a generation. As a black male who grew up in the South, I have personally experienced [...]
It takes expertise in multiple disciplines to overcome the often-complex challenges that federal and commercial entities face today. These include process and architectural analysis, cultural and organizational readiness and change management, applications development and infrastructure management, intelligent automation, business and scientific analytics, and many other interrelated capabilities. BRMi provides these capabilities to provide end-to-end solutions [...]
Inconsistent policies and approaches to managing sensitive, unclassified information increases the likelihood of errors in designating, marking, handling and sharing information by federal agencies. These errors ultimately result in unintended public accessibility and in transparency reductions. The Controlled But Unclassified Information (CUI) program, implemented by The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), helps address these [...]
Throughout May, BRMi celebrated Mother’s Day (and all parents/guardians) by highlighting its employees with children and supporting the Greater DC Diaper Bank with donations from its team. Our efforts raised enough money to supply diapers to over 50 infants for a month! Thank you to all who have risen to the challenge to help exceed [...]