Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement.

Collaboration 57

Collaboration E-procurement Tender Bidding 57

Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 26, 2024

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.

Distribution 112

Distribution Quantity Transparency Budget 112

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2022, a new unity government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim coalition’s leadership. But at the heart of this transformation lies the principle of transparency. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated public procurement law and revamp existing procurement practices.

Public Procurement 123

Public Procurement Procurement Corruption Transparency 123

ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Leader Forrester Supplier Value Management Platforms, Q1 2022. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice 2022 . Chief Product Officer, Pascal Bensoussan , shared the best way forward for 2022 with the most innovative trends that are shaping the future. The post 2022 Ivalua NOW Paris Recap! Ivalua + Booking.com.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Procurement 52

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. Transparency was MIA In a crisis, transparency and trust are key.

Procurement 116

Procurement Transparency Buyers Corruption 116

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.” In fiscal 2022, the department took about 4,400 actions worth $10.7

Transparency 105

Transparency Procurement Accountability Contract 105

ivalua

MARCH 24, 2022

Redwood City, CA – March 24th, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave : Supplier Value Management Platforms, Q1 2022. The post Ivalua Recognized as A Leader in Supplier Value Management Platforms, Q1 2022 report appeared first on Ivalua.

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Media 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust. This continuous data flow strengthens public trust by minimizing corruption risks and reaffirming a commitment to transparency.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ivalua platform selected to improve efficiency, transparency, and the employee purchasing experience. Redwood City, CA, December 15, 2022. About Ivalua. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

Procurement 98

Procurement IT Automotive Supply Chain 98

FedScoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

The IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service in 2022 estimated that 50%-60% of the individual income tax returns submitted on paper and processed in 2021 and 2022 were prepared with tax return software and would not have required manual transcription if the 2D barcodes had been included.

Electronics 116

Electronics Efficiency Finance Transparency 116

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In May 2022, Ivalua commissioned Forrester to survey over 400 procurement leaders across the globe to ask how they plan to minimize the frequency and impact of supply disruptions. The success of any transparency strategy relies heavily on building a solid data foundation, particularly when it comes to suppliers.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration Data 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Dubai, UAE, 15 November 2022. Thanks to the automation, transparency and seamless collaboration tools offered by Ivalua’s unified, cloud-based spend management platform, customers can improve profitability, drive innovation, improve ESG performance, and reduce risk. About Raqmiyat.

Procurement 98

Procurement Eprocurement Supplier Media 98

FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

TIGTA also gave the IRS kudos for its transparency in how it uses the sign-on tool, posting a Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment for the Secure Access Digital Identity system to its website.

Impact Assessment 117

Impact Assessment Data Transparency Quality 117

American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Technologies once relied on to manage this process and reduce knowledge loss are no longer able to do so in an efficient, transparent way—skyrocketing costs, zapping institutional knowledge and worse. Adopting AI is no longer an option but a necessity for developing efficient, transparent and responsive government operations.

Government 114

Government Government Budget Integration 114

FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

The congressional watchdog, tasked by a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers to investigate FOIA response delays, found that the backlog jumped from 14% in 2013 to 22% in 2022, with the growing complexity of requests, staffing shortages and increasing threats of litigation also cited as impediments to the work.

Accountability 141

Accountability Transparency Participation Efficiency 141

ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

Redwood City, CA, July 12, 2022 – Manufacturers are working to accelerate digitization initiatives to manage supply chain disruptions in 2022 and beyond, according to an original survey commissioned by Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider. The margin of error for this study is +/- 6.4% at the 95% confidence level.

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Management 97

Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 25, 2024

She served as an SEC Commissioner from 2019 until her term expired in July 2022, during which she also served as the Acting Chair of the Commission. In addition to transparent and reliable mandatory minimum awards , Lee outlines other key elements of the SEC Whistleblower Program which the DOJ Whistleblower Program should follow.

Transparency 108

Transparency Demand Networking IT 108

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Between 2021 and 2022, the rejection rate of complaints submitted by citizens has halved from 78% in 2021 to 39% in 2022, cases resolved by auditing authorities have increased from 53% to 63%, and response times are faster, taking 262 days down from 338 days in 2021. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

And although the funding for those efforts stopped in December 2022, Sim said, there’s “a recognition that it’s still important from a public health perspective to keep track of school closure information.”

Efficiency 138

Efficiency Data Innovation Media 138

SmallGovCon

MAY 2, 2024

Specifically, the scorecard is used to assess “how well federal agencies reach their small business and socio-economic prime contracting and subcontracting goals,” to “provide accurate and transparent contracting data,” and “report agency-specific progress.” It went from 62,670 in 2022 down to 61,298 in 2023.

Contract 105

Contract Negotiation Government Contracts Transparency 105

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Results: Since the Contract Monitoring System’s launch in April 2022, around 560 civil society monitors have examined 345 projects. As Einer Fogh of GIZ Uganda highlights, “there is a vibrant civil society in Uganda, with many organizations working on transparency and anticorruption. We needed to find a new way to work together.”

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Rwanda’s debarment regime was also revised in 2022.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

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. The country enjoyed comparatively marginal improvements, rising to 61st in 2022 and 57 in 2023. billion) between 2018 and 2023.

Corruption 100

Corruption Accountability Finance Transparency 100

FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The bureau CDO, or BCDO, program officially began in September 2022 as a way to improve its use, governance, and management of data throughout the department. So far, Khan said, it’s led to better knowledge sharing and collaboration among bureaus, and advanced its efforts on artificial intelligence.

Data 116

Data Collaboration Efficiency Accountability 116

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. The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Create speed and transparency. Making processes transparent enables everyone along the supply chain to react quickly.

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Consumers are demanding more transparency and accountability from businesses when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. The final session of the day, ‘Driving Sustainable Procurement’ was presented by Stephen Carter.

Procurement 97

Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

Federal News Network

APRIL 19, 2024

Additionally, sound procurement management, consistent with the Senior Procurement Executive’s memorandum on the appropriate role of management in the GSA acquisition process ( See SPE Memo SPE-2022-03 ), is vital to consistent, balanced application of the rules. This step towards greater transparency is in the public interest.

Procurement 87

Procurement Negotiation Price Transparency 87

GovLoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Building our own case management system will provide more transparency, more accountability, and more access and a cheaper cost,” said Holthoff, who has worked in court IT for 30 years. “No In Arkansas district courts, the “failure to appear” rate can be high — more than 45,000 people no-showed in 2022.

Innovation 96

Innovation Transparency Demand Management 96

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Feedback from municipal hearings suggests that information on procurement and public sector staff recruitment is already open, leading to questions about the need for further transparency. Another issue is the lack of insight into the process leading up to public procurement.

Contract 67

Contract Transparency Public Procurement Procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pimentel joined the agency after making a name for himself as a transparency and anti-corruption campaigner, having been Executive Director at Transparency International’s local chapter Participación Ciudadana. By 2022, DGCP launched its data and monitoring system “Sistema Integral de Monitoreo y Análisis de Datos” publicly.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

between 2021 and 2022.” Additionally, the transparency and visibility provided by this approach has fostered a more collaborative environment. The goal: to bring accountability and consistency to the performance management process, boosting morale and improving retention over the long term. Recognizing the need According to the U.S.

Management 94

Management Evaluation Efficiency Collaboration 94

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Originally published in the 2022 ProcureCon Report “Transforming Procurement: Embracing Digital Innovation and Driving Sustainability” Ethical business practices and sustainability initiatives are forcing organizations to not only stand up, but to also set themselves apart from the competition by implementing ESG and CSR commitments.

Procurement Strategies 96

Procurement Strategies Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain 96

Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

Total Venture Capital Investment in Artificial Intelligence from 2012 to 2022 in LAC5 (USD billions) Source: Chart elaborated by the authors using data from OECD AI Policy Observatory. AI can introduce data-driven insights for more evidence-based and transparent budgeting. trillion) by 2030 [2]. 4] Barrios, et.

Transparency 64

Transparency Data Capacity Telecommunication 64

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The program holds valuable lessons for others working to empower contracting monitors with different skills and backgrounds to work closely together to foster transparency and better procurement practices in their regions.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Transparency Finally, transparency is critical in public sector procurement. Taxpayers and legislators demand transparency, and suppliers appreciate it. Choosing a procurement software solution that provides transparency through a public portal can help you minimize the risks that are inherent in public procurement.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Transparency Supplier 52

Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 6, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a new Climate Risk Disclosure Rule , which substantially waters down emissions reporting requirements for public companies compared to the version of the rule that was initially proposed in March 2022. There is now more new investment pouring into alternative energy than fossil fuels.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Transparency Import Demand 57