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A major USAID contractor said it was hacked in 2021. It’s still not sharing details

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Chemonics, an international development firm that has received billions in government contracts and has described USAID as its “primary client ,” suffered a hack that impacted its employees back in 2021. The post A major USAID contractor said it was hacked in 2021. It’s still not sharing details appeared first on FedScoop.

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Senator Grassley Calls for More Information on SEC Whistleblower Program

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On April 4, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Budget, wrote a letter to Gary Gensler , the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressing concerns about delays and lack of transparency in the agency’s whistleblower compensation. from FY 2021, organized by month.

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Balancing Transparency and Privacy

Extract Systems

Striking a balance between transparency and protecting sensitive information is a challenging task for government entities. In June 2021, Hamilton County engaged Extract Systems to implement their ID Shield redaction software. Consequently, the records were taken offline for more than a decade.

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IRS dinged by GAO for subpar documentation of AI audit models

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The following year, the NRP sample was approximately 1,500, all selected with the AI-informed process, and in 2021, 4,000 returns were picked based on two different AI samples. The IRS first piloted AI techniques for sampling tax returns in NRP audits during the 2019 filing season.

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European Court of Auditors publishes report on public procurement

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The European Court of Auditors published yesterday its report on EU public procurement between 2011 and 2021 , looking into the competition for public contracts covered by EU rules. We also note that some of the objectives of the 2014 reform may at times go against the overarching objective of ensuring competition in public procurement.”

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IRS should bring back Technology Retirement Office, watchdog says

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In January 2023, the tax agency sunsetted its Technology Retirement Office, which was established in August 2021 to “strategically reduce the information technology footprint across the enterprise,” according to the report. Many of the IRS’s plans to improve transparency rely on updating the agency’s technology,” Collins wrote. “As

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Looking into Antonio Costa legacy as PM from a procurement perspective

Telles.eu

In 2017 I voiced significant concerns about the creation of a new non-transparent procedure to partially replace direct awards. From then on, we've seen the government(s) adopting a progressive - or strategic - deviation from EU rules and particularly, transparency. About 2021, however is a different story.