Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

FedScoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a Tuesday report , the government watchdog said that while there was some improvement in agency implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act between 2021 and 2022, more than half of the 23 civilian agencies it reviewed had information security programs that were “not effective.”

Accountability 108

Accountability Budget Quality Management 108

Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we’ve discussed in the past, the company has struggled mightily with manufacturing and we’ve had over twenty production quality defects. He stated that his warnings were ignored after he formally warned Boeing leadership of the risk of sending out 737 MAXs and claimed that Boeing was prioritizing production speed over quality and safety.

Leadership 112

Leadership Quality Transportation Transportation 112

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. In 2021, ICW worked with LKPP to map out the complex process for handling public complaints and determine how it could be improved. In the third, poor quality materials had been used.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Massy, France 18 March , 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, and CKS BeNeLux today announced that Punch Powertrain has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to support the digital transformation of the strategic sourcing process.

Strategic Sourcing 98

Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

ivalua

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the past four years she has been focusing on Purchasing data (quality) management through an integrated system including Contracts, Spend, Supplier Management and Savings. The post Paris 2021 – EN – Janel Longfellow appeared first on Ivalua.

Quality Management 8

Quality Management Supplier Purchasing Manufacturing 8

ivalua

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Cyrille Chouvet Supplier Quality and Responsible Purchasing Manager. The post Paris 2021 – FR – Cyrille Chouvet appeared first on Ivalua.

Quality 40

Quality Supplier Purchasing Management 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 11, 2020

management of quality, cost, and supply. The post AMER 2021 – Jorge Pont – Google appeared first on Ivalua. Jorge and his team work with the Google data center platforms engineering teams selecting. memory and processor technology and suppliers. He manages the memory and processor. He has also spent time at. processors.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Engineering Negotiation 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Procurement team adds tremendous value in many areas, including operational performance, product quality, faster time to market and more. For information on how Ivalua’s end-to-end eProcurment solution can improve transparency and data quality in your organizagiton to support these efforts, contact us today.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Influencing Chief Procurement Officer 52

GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. Still, 50% of transactions were completed in less than 15 minutes, according to the bureau’s 2021 annual report (the most recent report available). Residents have noticed.

Retail 98

Retail Quality Price Management 98

Whistleblower Network News

JULY 17, 2024

1, 2016, and June 30, 2021. The settlement has resolved previous allegations that the Grand submitted false claims to Medicaid for services rendered at its Pawling, New York, nursing home between Jan.

Integration 115

Integration Integrity Quality Demand 115

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

Jackson Moot Court Competition 2021 with my peers. However, AFSA, in 2021, recorded an impressive number of international arbitrations (102, in fact). AFSA International Rules , amended in June 2021, reflect international best practices. I am in the final stage of obtaining my license to practice in South Africa.

Efficiency 98

Efficiency Quality Demand Collaboration 98

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The USPTO in 2021 sent its top engineers to Google to be certified in TensorFlow and develop neural network feedback loops for patent examiners to rate algorithms, as well as to apply machine learning and AI to patent classification, search and quality.

Government 116

Government Government Budget Quality 116

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

as laid out in the House-passed IT Reform Act of 2021 , which requires the agency to submit information — including cost, schedule and performance metrics — for “any major technology project” to Congress before the VA expends funds. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.,

Supply Chain 115

Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 115

Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

The purpose of this updated guidance is to support implementation of FWF, the Scottish Government’s policy for driving high quality fair work and workforce diversity across the labour market in Scotland by providing more detailed practical guidance. This replaces the previous Best Practice Guidance and Toolkit published in 2018.

Procurement 76

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Sustainability 76

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Total SBIR & STTR $4,731,141,770.47 $4,521,650,478.15 $5,705,785,758.71 $6,235,909,563.14 $2,167,075,873.80 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 SBBIR Phase I $293,139,194.97 $253,641,239.59 $248.732,362.42 $244,694,78.75 $77,335,808.27 in FY 20 to $6.3B

Contract 105

Contract Innovation Participation Utilities 105

Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 8, 2024

According to the government, “between 2017 and 2021, AHH falsely billed the Energy Program for in-home nursing and personal care when its employees were not physically present in patients’ homes.” Quality care is critical to beneficiaries participating in the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program,” said U.S.

Participation 108

Participation Quality Integration Integrity 108

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2021, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to Mi-Case , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, to replace its legacy systems managing case data across the state’s corrections facilities. The project kicked off in February 2021 and the new web and cloud-based offender management system (OMS) went live in May 2023.

Management 75

Management Leadership Quality Budget 75

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Institutional Quality Matters Another important finding of our research is that the effect of public debt on growth depends on institutional quality. In our research we calculated how the marginal impact of debt on growth changes when the quality of the institutions changes. The results are presented in Figure 2 below.

Thresholds 105

Thresholds Quality Influencing Finance 105

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

From late 2019 through 2022, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued twenty-one whistleblower awards to individuals who provided high-quality information about wildlife crime. They were not made public until WNN reported on them in 2021 following a FOIA request. Fish and Wildlife Service to wildlife whistleblowers.

Utilities 127

Utilities Accountability Quality Networking 127

GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

That is, how do issues like data quality, data maturity, compliance monitoring and so on actually contribute to the well-being of a community or improve service to constituents? That alignment is one of the objectives of the State Department’s 2021 enterprise data strategy, titled “ Empowering Data Informed Diplomacy.”

Data 105

Data Education Quality Budget 105

FedScoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It has faced multiple challenges from companies seeking to be included in it since the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center ( NITAAC ) first requested proposals in May 2021. Earlier this year, NITAAC said it would again take corrective action after the GAO sustained dozens of bid protests related to the solicitation.

Bidding 96

Bidding Accountability Thresholds Quality 96

The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Cambridge English Dictionary defines transparency as “the quality of being in an open way without secrets” and is defined in the Cambridge Business English Dictionary as a “situation in which business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets, so that people can trust that they are fair and honest.”

Transparency 100

Transparency Negotiation Price Procurement 100

ivalua

JUNE 6, 2022

Every year, the International Association for Data Quality Governance and Analytics (or IADQGA) runs their Data Quality and Governance study. The 2021 report marked the fifth time they have completed this study and released the results. Supply chains are in a battle for data supremacy.

Data 52

Data Procurement Quality Supply Chain 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The findings, released in 2021, detailed challenges ranging from inapplicable building codes to logistical nightmares in transporting equipment and materials to far-flung regions. There is such a need for quality housing, and I do believe that this project, this type of construction, could fulfill that need,” Steckman said.

Logistics 123

Logistics Transportation Transportation Quality 123

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

A successful example of the market consultation process was the RFI conducted for the Magento Cloud implementation for the public marketplace of framework agreements in 2021. Colombia Compra Eficiente also introduced a process for pre-market engagement.

Procurement 138

Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Around 500 kilometers of bike lanes were established in several major cities by 2021. They check the availability and quality of constructed bike lanes, particularly in major metropolitan areas using OpenStreetMaps regularly updated via crowdsourcing.

Budget 136

Budget Transportation Transportation Bidder 136

Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Framework will appoint suppliers who are assessed as having the skills and expertise to design and deliver high quality and inclusive engagements with a wide range of people – particularly those identified as being seldom heard and furthest from decision making.

Framework Agreement 76

Framework Agreement Participation Supplier Public Procurement 76

GovLoop

JUNE 27, 2023

As part of that program, 80 volunteer scientists measured temperatures, humidity and air quality levels along the Mystic River Watershed, which covers 76 square miles in 21 municipalities around Boston, in a project dubbed “ Wicked Hot Mystic.” Officials began recruiting volunteers in January 2021 for the August collection.

Education 52

Education Quality Data Media 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2023

ChargeX is a product of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which was established by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to oversee the legislation’s $7.5 The consortium seeks to measure and substantially improve public charging by June 2025, and comes as part of a national push to grow EV infrastructure.

Participation 101

Participation Transportation Transportation Networking 101

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He served as founding host of Scoop News Group’s “Daily Scoop Podcast,” and as SNG’s Vice President of Multimedia Content, from August 2021 through December 2022. Before joining SNG, he hosted “Government Matters” on Washington, DC’s ABC 7 from 2016 to 2021.

Accountability 142

Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142

Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

​The UK Government procured 72% of its large contracts through framework agreements in 2021-22 compared to 43% in 2018-19. Of the 235 large contracts recorded on the public contracts database ' Find a Tender ' between January 2021 and January 2023, 20% of contracts that used open competition only received one bid.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Public Procurement Supplier Bidding 52

Oles Morrison

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

WHEN: October 12-13 8:30AM – 11:45AM (PT, each day) WHERE: Online COST: $25 The Federal Contracting Seminar is brought to you by a partnership with Oles Morrison Rinker Baker LLP , Pacific NW Defense Coalition , AGC , and Washington PTAC with the goal of providing high quality training to businesses throughout the region.

Government Contracts 40

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 40

ivalua

APRIL 9, 2021

According to the study, inflexible procurement tools and poor data quality have created inventory challenges, as companies struggled to record stock levels and identify problems in their supply chains. Smart procurement technology helps free capacity, improves quality of and access to insights, and enables scalable supplier collaboration.

Procurement Strategies 52

Procurement Strategies Supply Chain Procurement Inventory 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

Supplier 52

Supplier Retail Integration Integrity 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In fact, 44% of respondents noted supply risk as a top priority, while 27% cited ESG as a priority–and the percentage of CPOs that have prioritized savings has nearly doubled year over year since 2021. Savings from Sourcing: In 2021, competitive sourcing projects generated an average of 7.7% The average enterprises loses about 7.1%

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration Transparency 52