Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. in 2020 to 96% and single-bid tenders decreased across all methods – from 62.5% in 2020 to 59.7% Open data has been available in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) since 2020.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Transparency International UK (TI-UK) just dropped a damning report on the UK’s pandemic-era procurement of PPE. Plenty of other countries let their professionals run the show with more transparent, better structured processes. An analysis from the Spend Network in June 2020 tells a similar story.

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Procurement Transparency Corruption Buyers 76

ivalua

JANUARY 21, 2020

While every locale has differences based on geography, demographics, previous technology implementations, budget and current maturity level, there are some areas of focus that we expect to see across the board in 2020. The post 5 Procurement Focus Areas for Cities & Counties in 2020 appeared first on Ivalua.

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Procurement Supplier Eprocurement Transparency 40

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs provided Congress with a “long overdue” update Tuesday on efforts to modernize its supply chain, fielding questions from lawmakers about the department’s transparency regarding the plan.

Supply Chain 123

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 123

FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those recommendations include ensuring FedRAMP usage in agencies, releasing guidance for agencies’ implementation of transparent data requirements, modernizing legacy systems to avoid higher costs for maintenance, avoiding cybersecurity pitfalls and updating procedures for electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems.

Electronics 134

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 134

Federal News Network

JULY 24, 2024

“Anytime that you have support for additional protest review, whether the court reaffirms or opens the door to a new jurisdiction, it will result in more transparency, accountability and oversight, even if it’s just affirming where we understood jurisdiction to stand already.”

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Transparency Procurement Accountability Contract 105

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Improving transparency in public procurement, that is publishing more and better-quality data, supports accountability by enabling greater scrutiny over processes and outcomes as well as helping to achieve greater competition and better value for money. GTI-R/2020:1, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Dávid-Barret, E.,

Data 52

Data Procurement E-procurement Transparency 52

Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Article 5 , and the IUCN’s Marseille Resolution 115, WCC-2020-Res-115 ). You cannot achieve a just transition without combatting corruption in the mining sector,” said Bady Baldé, Deputy Executive Director of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

Corruption 127

Corruption Whistle-blowing Finance Utilities 127

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Forming a coalition of 140 organizations called Move As One , these civic groups pushed for more than PHP one billion (~US$18 million) worth of protected bike lane infrastructure in the first Covid-19 emergency response budget passed in 2020. Around 500 kilometers of bike lanes were established in several major cities by 2021.

Budget 136

Budget Transportation Transportation Bidder 136

ivalua

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

According to 2020 data, the U.S. As of 2020, the vast majority of the world’s “advanced” chips were manufactured outside of the United States, which is a noted concern of the US military. . Summary of the Investments and value creation of the CHIPS Act (Loseby, D.L. 2022) Source. CHIPS Act Resources: [link].

Manufacturing 89

Manufacturing Supply Chain IT Collaboration 89

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Results: The number of women-led businesses registered in the official state public procurement system increased by 43% from 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses, winning a total of 47 contracts, up from a mere 7 in 2020. In comparison, only 7 women-led businesses had won contracts in 2020.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

The fund allowed us to expand LocalGov Drupal between early 2020 and late 2021. Establish transparent communication channels and shared governance to allow all voices to be heard. LocalGov Drupal’s story shows that goodwill, transparency, and the right infrastructure and collaboration across government unlock shared value.

Government 72

Government Government Collaboration Transparency 72

Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

In 2021, after reviewing the Fiscal Year 2020 evaluation results, GSA decided that the “TDR Pilot” was eligible for expansion. GSA identified additional benefits, including enhancing transparency across the federal market and increasing opportunities to leverage data towards best value acquisition strategies.

Price 59

Price Transparency Supply Chain Data 59

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Fazekas, M., Dávid-Barret, E., Basdevant, O. The Corruption Cost Tracker: Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform. Public procurement constitutes about one-third of government spending or 13 trillion USD per year.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout his years of experience, he has led the legal advice to different government institutions in administrative contracting processes and state procurement, transparency and accountability, administrative sanctioning procedure; as well as judicial processes in different matters such as Civil, Contentious Administrative, Labor and Criminal.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Export Procurement Collaboration 52

ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

2020’s global supply chain crisis has extended into 2022, compounded by the current geopolitical events,” said Alex Saric, Smart Procurement Expert of Ivalua. “As As manufacturing organizations battle today’s crisis and work to avoid the next one, modernizing procurement technology has emerged as a top priority. “As

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Management 97

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This is important indeed, but enhanced transparency risks aggravating issues, especially when complex. It had earlier failed in a constitutional challenge before the HCA contesting this legislation involving an iron ore project (see Zeph’s request for consultations on 14 October 2020 under a bilateral FTA here ).

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Transparency Government Government Integration 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Just days later, on March 5, 2024, House Chairman Comer and Ranking Member Raskin introduced the Federal AI Governance and Transparency Act. This bipartisan bill would focus government resources on increasing transparency, oversight, and responsible use of federal AI systems and centrally codifying federal governance of agency AI systems.

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Government Government Supply Chain Transparency 52

FedScoop

MAY 16, 2024

For the pilot, the department used cables from 1997 and created a review model based on human decisions from 2020 and 2021 concerning cables marked as confidential and secret in 1995 and 1996. Stein came up with the pilot idea after participating in an AI Federal Leadership Program supported by major cloud providers, including Microsoft.

Management 72

Management Efficiency Transparency Collaboration 72

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Redwood City, CA –December 8, 2020 — Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and Tealbook Inc. , Offering customers a market leading source-to-pay platform coupled with powerful supplier discovery, diversity and data enrichment from Tealbook.

Supplier 11

Supplier Eprocurement Quality Strategic Sourcing 11

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

This lack of transparency echoes FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05 , threatening the uniformity, accuracy, and fairness of GSA procedures. GSA published its EPA proposed rule, GSAR Case 2020-G510, Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment , on November 16, 2023.

Price 49

Price Negotiation Transparency Utilities 49

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 9, 2024

In 2021, after reviewing the Fiscal Year 2020 evaluation results, GSA decided that the “TDR Pilot” was eligible for expansion. GSA identified additional benefits, including enhancing transparency across the federal market and increasing opportunities to leverage data towards best value acquisition strategies.

Price 45

Price Transparency Supply Chain Evaluation 45

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Sophie Zhang , former Meta data scientist on the Facebook Site Integrity fake engagement team, detailed blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse the platform to mislead their own citizenry on multiple occasions in a leaked exit memo in 2020.

Engineering 98

Engineering Media Internal Control Integration 98

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

Responsible AI mitigating the risks Organizations that use generative AI must build responsible AI systems that are fair, explainable, robust, secure, transparent, and safeguard privacy. Since 2020, we are the largest corporate purchaser of renewable in Europe and worldwide. Good governance is fundamental for responsible systems.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Data Innovation Transparency 78

GovLoop

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

An example of data visualization from the City of Cambridge “Moving Forward” Report 2020 “There’s nothing more transparent than raw data. Our goal as a government entity is to be open and transparent in communicating information we collect, so that it’s objective and useful as a tool for community discussion and decision-making.”

Data 59

Data Transparency Import Transportation 59

ivalua

JUNE 3, 2020

Digitisation is essential to enabling payment efficiency, transparency and control. The study results were shared by our guest speaker Duncan Jones, Vice President & Principal Analyst at Forrester, in a recorded webcast hosted by Ivalua on May 27 2020.

Supplier 10

Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain Finance 10

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. Create speed and transparency. Making processes transparent enables everyone along the supply chain to react quickly. They see the value proposition,” Kunnummal said.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Supplier Procurement Team 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) In 2020, the EU introduced the CEAP, which is a key instrument in the European Green Deal. Ineffective supply chain transparency : Some buyers may have vast and complex global supply chains, leading to a lack of transparency and understanding of supply chains.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

GovLoop

JULY 11, 2023

This all plays out against the state’s rapid population growth, enough for the 2020 Census results to earn Montana a new congressional seat. But Montana is home to both urban centers and rural areas; the sparsely populated east versus the more populous west; and longtime residents of modest means versus more affluent new arrivals.

Distribution 75

Distribution Transparency Accountability Government 75

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Prior to adopting Zendesk, GHVP relied on email and shared inboxes to manage these demands, making for a chaotic communication environment that was vulnerable to frequent errors and lacked transparency. Program officials needed a solution that was cost-effective, easily deployable and adaptable for future uses.

Demand 59

Demand Transparency Budget Management 59

ivalua

JUNE 3, 2020

Digitisation is essential to enabling payment efficiency, transparency and control. The study results were shared by our guest speaker Duncan Jones, Vice President & Principal Analyst at Forrester, in a recorded webcast hosted by Ivalua on May 27 2020.

Supplier 52

Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain Finance 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

Mr. Anwar hopes that the NACS and whistleblower awards will aid the country in its goal of ranking within the top 25 of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by 2034. However, this unprecedented win was short-lived, with Malaysia regressing in the subsequent two years, falling to 57th in 2020 and 62nd in 2021.

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Corruption Accountability Finance Education 79

Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

These models, powered by machine learning, exceled in predicting complex economic trends, such as the significant GDP declines two IDB member countries faced in 2020: El Salvador and Belize. AI can introduce data-driven insights for more evidence-based and transparent budgeting. The model foresaw a 19.4% drop, and a 23.0%

Transparency 64

Transparency Data Capacity Efficiency 64

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Figure 1 below shows the evolution of the implementation of fiscal rules, the number of compliant rules in each period, and the number of rules whose target was modified during the year between 2000 and 2020. shows the evolution of the numerical compliance rate and the adjusted compliance index between 2000 and 2020.

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Balance Budget Sustainability Influencing 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Malmö, Sweden 9 September, 2020 – Stretch Procurement, a leading Scandinavian consulting company, today announced a partnership with Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions. Under the partnership, Stretch will provide implementation and transformation services leveraging Ivalua’s platform. .

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Procurement Eprocurement Consulting Risk Management 40

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2020, Ivalua was named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites ” and by Forrester Research Inc. in “ The Forrester Wave : Supplier Risk And Performance Management (SRPM) Platforms, Q3 2020.” Specific release highlights include: Supplier Management Innovations: .

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Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40