FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

The ever-increasing backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests for federal agencies is due in part to technological issues facing the workers charged with fulfilling them, a new Government Accountability Office report found. said in a statement.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

to take action on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act by the end of this session, referring to the bill to bolster transparency and communication in IT spending across federal agencies as “must-pass legislation.” cleared the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in May 2023.

Purchasing 124

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

As the IRS’s Direct File pilot approaches the end of its 2024 runway, a new watchdog report finds that the tax agency’s cost estimates for the program were incomplete and would need “a comprehensive accounting” ahead of a potential takeoff in 2025. We found this as well.

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Accountability Price Electronics Data 99

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. Transparency and explainability AWS AI Service Cards provide transparency on the intended use cases, limitations, and responsible AI design choices for AWS AI services.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

Currently, the department has hired 14 people in BCDO roles, accounting for roughly 25% of its bureaus, Khan said. The goal of this is really to harness the power of data to advance diplomatic efforts, improve operational efficiency, and ensure transparency and accountability in the Department of State’s activities,” Khan said.

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Data Collaboration Efficiency Accountability 96

Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 22, 2024

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) kicked off Sunshine Week on March 11 with remarks on the Senate floor about the importance of whistleblowers in promoting transparency and accountability. He further noted that “whistleblowers are patriots and our most powerful tool in rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct.”

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FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act of 2023 , introduced Wednesday by Sens. It will put in place commonsense safeguards for the highest-risk applications of AI — like in our critical infrastructure — and improve transparency for policymakers and consumers.” John Thune, R-S.D., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

The 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO 14110) aims to promote the responsible use of AI while mitigating potential risks and ensuring the protection of civil rights and liberties.

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Government Government Ethics Transparency 71

AWS Public Sector

MAY 17, 2024

The challenge Throughout 2023, NHS England delivery teams, supported by AWS, undertook 10 Well-Architected reviews on critical services. This initiates an automated process where AWS Lambda functions and Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics facilitate the sharing of these templates with AWS accounts owned by delivery teams.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 12, 2024

In 2023, CNN reported that an internal Coast Guard investigation, dubbed “Operation Fouled Anchor,” had “uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials” but that the findings of this report were kept secret. “And

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Transparency Accountability Government Government 96

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

They create an enabling culture for innovation and promote transparency and trust in digitized services. Ukraine’s open government procurement site Prozorro (which means transparency in Ukrainian) is an example of a successful PPP investment in DPI. This helps leaders to make adjustments to keep activity on track.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2023 so far, at least 27 states and territories have pursued more than 80 bills related to AI, including legislation to study, restrict or prohibit its use. New York Takes on Bias in Hiring AI New York City is being recognized as a “ modest pioneer in AI regulation ” thanks to a city law that took effect in July 2023.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 23, 2024

Despite facing threats and targeted violence, South African whistleblowers remain determined to bring accountability and transparency to powerful institutions. The film closes with a tribute to the South African whistleblowers from 2010-2023 who have lost their lives in their pursuit of stopping corruption in South Africa.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. The country enjoyed comparatively marginal improvements, rising to 61st in 2022 and 57 in 2023. billion) between 2018 and 2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023. “We want to hold government accountable. These SOPs will not only serve as guidance for the auditors on how to carry out their work effectively but also for citizens on how to hold government accountable,” said Wana Alamsyah from ICW.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It is thus important to understand the shortcomings inherent to this approach and to the model AI clauses, before assuming that their use will actually ensure the ‘trustworthy, transparent, and accountable development [and deployment] of AI technologies’. Much more is needed than mere reliance on the model AI clauses.

Buyers 88

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

Between 2019 and 2023, there was a 40% increase in the number of job openings for police officers. The goal: to bring accountability and consistency to the performance management process, boosting morale and improving retention over the long term. At the same time, the number of applications per job decreased by 39%.

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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.

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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. The post Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade appeared first on FedScoop.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 1, 2024

Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2023 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2024’s burgeoning issues. As of May 13, 2024, all commercial goods will be accounted for and reported through CARM. The CBSA FAQs on CARM are available here.

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Extract Systems

MARCH 26, 2024

Balancing transparency and privacy is always a tricky challenge, particularly with records that are made available to the general public. Louis’ NPR affiliate looked into the redaction processes of Missouri courts , which have been called the, “least transparent in the nation.”

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Before moving to private industry, Kingsberry served as chief information officer for the federal Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. In that role, he led successful efforts to provide transparency on stimulus spending and oversight of fraud, waste and abuse.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, on September 1, 2023, the court unsealed a qui tam lawsuit against Penn State University relating to allegations of non-compliance with Department of Defense (“DoD”) cybersecurity obligations. Whistleblower Allegations Relating to DFARS Cybersecurity Compliance On September 1, 2023, the U.S.

Education 52

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GovLoop

JANUARY 9, 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 No one knows the court user in Arkansas better than we do,” added Sullivan.

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Innovation Management Transparency Demand 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. Now the graduates are working on forming a coalition to ensure the transparency of public procurement.

Procurement 52

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

AI can introduce data-driven insights for more evidence-based and transparent budgeting. AI-driven procurement processes can also improve fair competition, transparency, and cost-effectiveness for government acquisition programs. 5] Reyes-Tagle et-al 2023. 2] PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study: Sizing the prize.

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Transparency Data Efficiency Capacity 64

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The UK Government hosted an AI Safety Summit on 1-2 November 2023. This includes, alongside increased transparency by private actors developing frontier AI capabilities, appropriate evaluation metrics, tools for safety testing, and developing relevant public sector capability and scientific research’ (emphases added).

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Robust data protection measures, transparency, adherence to local, national, and international laws, and a mechanism for challenging outcomes are needed (see e.g., the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act ). On balance, emotion AI should be embraced, albeit within responsible and ethical boundaries.

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How to Crack a Nut

MAY 3, 2023

The analysis stresses the risks stemming from ‘inaccurate, biased, or nonsensical’ GenAI outputs and, in particular, that ‘the key principles of public administration such as accountability, transparency, impartiality, or reliability need to be considered thoroughly in the [GenAI] integration process’.

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IT Transparency Data Accountability 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 10, 2023

© Mateo Mulder-Graells (2023). Especially as I will now turn my attention to seeing how the different pieces of the puzzle fit together, while I edit the manuscript for submission before end of July 2023. I thought the time would never come, but the last piece of my book project puzzle is now more or less in place.

Procurement 52

Procurement Influencing Buyers Import 52

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

May 23, 2023). The type of failure to comply may vary, but a common form of non-compliance, and the one subject to this protest, is the failure to register in SAM. Myriddian, LLC v. United States , No. 23-443 (Fed.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

They work with agency partners to assess AI tools regarding bias mitigation, fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy. Her team also manages AI platforms, monitoring who uses them and what data flows through them. Let’s Put Humans First People face AI with both excitement and fear. “I

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Data Education 52

VWV

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, the big announcement in 2021 was that the introduction of a new procurement regime is unlikely to come into effect until 2023. This year, as well as a review of the thresholds to take into account currency fluctuations, there has been a change to the method of calculation so that the thresholds now include VAT.

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Procurement Thresholds Framework Agreement Procurement Team 40

SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

650 (2023) , that FAR 52.204-7 “requires offerors to maintain their SAM registrations without lapses during the solicitation period” (which we blogged about here ). GAO first analyzed FAR 52.204-7 and found that the text of the FAR provision requires offerors to maintain SAM registration throughout the evaluation period (i.e.,

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