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The 2023 SIAC Draft Rules: Raising the Bar for Efficiency

Kluwer Arbitration

On 22 August 2023, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“ SIAC ”) published the Draft 7th Edition of the SIAC Rules (the “ Draft Rules ”) for public consultation. The public consultation period remains in effect until 21 November 2023 and comments can be submitted via email to rulesconsult2023@siac.org.sg

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VA needs bigger budget to draw better cyber talent, CIO says

FedScoop

We need to make sure that our government is functioning efficiently and we are providing the resources for them to hire the experts in cybersecurity to protect our veteran’s privacy and the taxpayers who stand to be hurt by these cyberattacks,” Kennedy said. “We Tim Kennedy, D-N.Y., Anything less is inappropriate.”

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With 2023 tax season in the rearview, IRS commissioner eyes expansion of AI capabilities

FedScoop

Werfel said AI can also assist the agency with automated efficiency to reduce mistakes and strengthen the tax system’s integrity, allowing investigators “to go where scrutiny is needed most.” The post With 2023 tax season in the rearview, IRS commissioner eyes expansion of AI capabilities appeared first on FedScoop.

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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

When the Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched its Better Contracting Initiative in November 2023, leaders promised this time would be different when it came to developing enterprisewide software licenses. Currently, prices routinely vary up to 20% for the same software across agencies, OMB wrote in its fact sheet about BCI in 2023.

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Unveiling the Truth: How Sticking to Fiscal Rules Boosts Investment in Latin America

Inter-American Development Bank

Between 2000 and 2023, average compliance stood at 68%, but history shows that during crises fiscal rules were often set aside when fiscal space became tight, according to a 2024 study by Valencia and Ulloa-Surez. The horizontal dotted line represents the weighted average compliance rate over 2000-2023.

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GSA taps IBM to support next-generation federal travel and expense platform

Federal News Network

GSA posted its request for proposals for ETSNext in October 2023. GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan said ETSNext incorporates human-centered design principles and user feedback, and “will provide a more efficient, easy-to-use shared service that will meet the government’s needs into the future.” million transactions a year.

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DoSomething’s journey with AWS brings efficiency, scalability

AWS Public Sector

Re-architecting with AWS With the support of the AWS IMAGINE Grant , in the fall of 2023 our engineering team re-architected our solution using several AWS services which provide efficiency and scalability: AWS Control Tower – Secured our service partitioning. Amazon Route 53 – Managed DNS routing, reducing costs by 90 percent.