Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. Approach : Lithuania launched an ambitious public procurement reform in 2021 to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and ensure every public procurement decision considers its environmental impact. For example, in October 2023, 97.5%

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

These additional blog posts look further at measuring and mitigating bias: Tune ML models for additional objectives like fairness with SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning Use SageMaker Clarify to explain and detect bias Privacy protection and security When working on a new use case, consider doing a privacy impact assessment (PIA) at the design phase.

Government 75

Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 26, 2024

Since then, the international arbitration community has evolved, and it is now undisputed that AI systems have a significant and increasing impact on international arbitration ( see e.g., Maxi Scherer, Chapter 39: Artificial Intelligence in Arbitral Decision-Making: The New Enlightenment? , 683 – 694 (2023)).

Impact Assessment 52

Impact Assessment Influencing Import Manufacturing 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In more detail, the Council of Europe has recommended using procurement to: (i) embed requirements of data governance to avoid violations of human rights norms and discrimination stemming from faulty datasets used in the design, development, or ongoing deployment of algorithmic systems; (ii) ‘ensure that algorithmic design, development and ongoing (..)

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-24-10 , Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo), updating and implementing OMB’s November 2023 proposed memorandum of the same name. race, age, sex, etc.);

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Impact Assessment Procurement Innovation 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

This was the topic of the event Racial Equity Budgeting: Lessons from the United States and Brazil , which was organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and took place in September 2023. Good availability of disaggregated data for racial equity indicators is essential for conducting impact assessments and monitoring progress. [2]

Budget 52

Budget Capacity Education Participation 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Learn more here Lawmaker to Introduce “Light Touch” AI Regulation Bill Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) is actively working to introduce The AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act of 2023, first reported on in July. VSBC-292-P (2023). [6] VSBC-297-P (2023). [8] VSBC-297-P (2023). [8] VSBC-299-P (2023).

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Supply Chain Procurement 52

FedScoop

JUNE 26, 2024

The document suggests that those looking to deploy generative artificial intelligence conduct a privacy impact assessment, as well as tailored generative AI-focused training for employees with access to protected data and the implementation of a full lifecycle stewardship of data.

Education 130

Education Impact Assessment Data Networking 130

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On 30 October 2023, President Biden adopted the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the ‘AI Executive Order’, see also its Factsheet ). The use of AI by the US Federal Government is an important focus of the AI Executive Order.

Risk Management 69

Risk Management E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 69

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

CBP has created a privacy threshold analysis an internal document used to analyze potential privacy risks associated with a new technology and whether a privacy impact assessment is necessary for Starlink internet, a step from agency officials that indicates that the SpaceX service is under serious consideration.

Thresholds 89

Thresholds Impact Assessment Telecommunication Evaluation 89

FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

The Secret Service has also disclosed a social media screening contract through a privacy impact assessment. Back in 2019, the USSS opened its first-ever “round-the-clock” open source social media analysis unit, according to the agency’s 2023 annual report. Many of the companies mentioned did not respond to requests for comment.

Media 86

Media Impact Assessment Budget Data 86