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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

The Japanese Earthquake of 2011 and resulting tsunami are not exactly top of mind these days. On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. You may remember the death and destruction from 2011 and draw a connection to the toll of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor. phocadownload/Determination/pdf.

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CyberSmart 2024: Cybersecurity Faces a Rapidly Changing Landscape – Washington DC

FedInsider

For more information regarding concern and/or program cancellation policies please contact: Certs@FedInsiderNews.com * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time, fill out and submit your evaluation to registration as you leave. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

As these common “green procurement” strategies are adopted by governments around the world, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on public procurement , last revised in 2011, could be updated to facilitate implementation. the environmental characteristics of the subject matter.”

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Streamlining naturalization applications with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector

LLMs also promote consistency in application evaluation, removing potential bias, and provide scalability to handle large volumes of applications, even with surges in numbers like those seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proof of residency for three years, evaluated using a scoring system. import json import os import boto3 from boto3.dynamodb.conditions

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The New Modernization Mindset: Focus on Innovation

GovLoop

FedRAMP Prioritizes Emerging Tech Since 2011, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has served as a standardized approach to ensuring that cloud technologies meet government requirements for security. In February 2024, the fund called for faster evaluation of project proposals that support government adoption of AI.

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New OCI Rule Contains Big Changes

SmallGovCon

The New Proposed OCI Rule Revamping of the FAR and General Policy Interestingly, there was a proposed OCI issued back in 2011, but it was withdrawn ten years later due to “the amount of time that had passed since publication of the proposed rule.” to a new subpart in FAR part 3. .”