FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Government Accountability Office has shown particular interest in the issue of redundancy in software purchases throughout the federal government, releasing a report in September 2023 that called out the Defense Department’s “duplicative” IT buying. Two months later, the House companion — introduced by Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.,

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

That law requires the Office of Management and Budget to release “Phase II guidance” for agencies to implement its open data and comprehensive data inventories requirements. Greater transparency will help bring more accountability, as well as efficiency, to government operations.” Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

My journey in Accounts Payable started back in 1998, when I worked on my first Accounts Payable automation solution combining scanning, OCR and workflow. The perfect vision was that by merging e-Invoicing with a hammer called ‘No-PO No Pay’ the earth would move under Accounts Payable. or Accounting systems (e.g.

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FedScoop

APRIL 30, 2024

Those reports would be included in each agency’s AI use case inventory, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance finalized in March. Annual summary usage reports for safety- and rights-impacting AI align with an overarching goal to create more comprehensive use case inventories. “We

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Ensures accountability, compliance and consistent interpretation and application with all current and applicable state and federal laws, agency policies and procedures, rules and regulations. Oversees the management of warehouse and parts room operations, inventory control and surplus property. Experience with budgeting preferred.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

It has gotten a little bit tighter this year and is expected to do the same next year with the bipartisan budget agreement that came out of the debt ceiling crisis that we had back — I guess it was around last summer. We’ve had years of record appropriations in the last couple of years.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Budgeting challenges as tail spend typically often not planned for . Extra work processing supplier invoices, creating higher costs.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If I didn't, I could be left with additional inventory, nobody wanted to buy. ​I was responsible for my individual budget that included a Profit and Loss (P&L) account. Two incidences where this happened: Wet Wet Wet - Love is all around and Brian Adams - Everything I do, I do it for you.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget is getting close to finalizing long-awaited data guidance required by a 2019 law that mandates the machine-readability of federal information, two White House officials with direct knowledge of that work confirmed to FedScoop. The wait on corresponding OMB guidance, however, has lingered.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec. In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

DHS Inventory of AI Systems for Cybersecurity is ‘Not Accurate ,’ Oversight Report Says NextGov reports that the Government Accountability Office published a report Wednesday documenting issues with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public inventory of AI use cases, including one that was not AI.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Under the ACCESS Act, the Office of Management and Budget would be instructed to issue guidance for agencies to implement the bill within 180 days of its enactment. Harada currently serves as the Senior Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, for the Office of Management and Budget.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The office will also be trusted with assessing agencies’ Zero Trust maturity and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop metrics and benchmarks for tracking progress. For a copy of the slides, click here. cloud computing sector. IaaS products and any of their U.S. If the U.S.

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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.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Cost Accounting Section 802 amends 10 U.S.C. Although consolidation of the DIB has been an area of increased regulatory focus in recent years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report in October 2023 finding that DoD lacked sufficient resources and insight to perform its M&A monitoring and assessment function.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday publicly released its anticipated memorandum on responsible AI acquisition in government (M-24-18), charting an initial path forward for agencies to buy products that use the booming technology in a safe and responsible way and placing new criteria on those contracts.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Biden administration on Thursday launched the Federal Program Inventory , a searchable tool that aims to enhance government transparency and accessibility for federal programs that offer funds to individuals, organizations or governments. The post OMB launches searchable tool covering federal programs appeared first on FedScoop.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The President is set to release his 2025 budget request on March 11, which usually kicks off appropriations negotiations for the next fiscal year. million in Federal awards in the prior fiscal year to represent whether or not they publicly disclose a greenhouse gas inventory and/or a greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released the latest version of its artificial intelligence use case inventory, reporting 158 active applications for the technology a major jump from the 67 it made public last year. More details about these use cases are available on the inventory.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 21, 2025

Setup App Studio in the same AWS account. Prerequisites Before getting started, make sure you have: Deployed the solution from the IDP post in the same AWS account. A standalone AWS account not under any AWS organization. Implementation instructions We recommend using the same AWS account that you used for the IDP post.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

OFCCP regulations state that “[t]he contractor must provide for the implementation of equal employment opportunity and the affirmative action program by assigning responsibility and accountability to an official of the organization.” [1] 1] Hence, someone must be identified as the head of the EEO program (e.g., such opportunities.” [103]

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security recently updated its artificial intelligence use case inventory to reflect several uses of the technology that have already been made public elsewhere, including facial comparison and machine learning tools used within the department. AI use case inventories are only as valuable as compliance with them is.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The push comes amid ongoing concerns, including tech policy researchers and digital rights advocates, that the Biden administration’s approach to artificial intelligence has lacked real measures for accountability and instead relied on non-binding and voluntary commitments from companies. “By

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Federal agencies’ artificial intelligence use case inventories are intended to become a more expansive resource for the government and public under new draft guidance from the Office of Management and Budget.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Government Accountability Office is getting ready to publish a report on certain federal agencies’ progress with artificial intelligence use case inventories. A list published on AI.gov ahead of that executive order consolidated the public inventories into one file, totaling more than 700 uses across the government.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Tune in on your favorite podcasting platform as we explore why organizations should maintain accurate inventories of SaaS applications, identifying and managing shadow SaaS apps, and implementing robust governance practices to secure and optimize their SaaS ecosystems. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

31] Generally speaking, the PCE is based on the national income and product accounts (“NIPA”) data which BEA uses to determine GDP. [32] 36] Specifically, unlike the CPI, the PCE does not merely account for goods and services purchased by a consumer, but also purchased on the consumer’s behalf (e.g., households. [38] households. [38]

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A detailed government watchdog review of federal agencies’ artificial intelligence use case inventories found that most of the disclosures weren’t “fully comprehensive and accurate,” echoing similar findings in Stanford research and subsequent FedScoop reporting. That obligation stems from a Trump-era executive order (EO 13960) focused on AI.

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FedScoop

MARCH 29, 2024

Among the requirements, agencies must now vet their AI uses for risks, expand what they share in their annual AI use case inventories, and select a chief AI officer. The use case inventories, which were established by a Trump-era executive order and later enshrined into federal statute, have so far lacked consistency across agencies.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 15, 2025

Under the Office of Management and Budget memo ( M-25-05 ), commonly known as Phase II guidance, agencies have long-awaited marching orders on how to create and maintain comprehensive data inventories and make their data open by default. 15 with the same membership and leadership.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With nearly 35 years of government service, including 24 years at the Office of Management and Budget and over 16 years as the Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Ms. Only use cases that can be publicly disclosed are included in the inventory. GAO denied the protest.

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FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

The law enforcement agency is currently facing several investigations into what happened and USSS Director Kim Cheatle was subpoenaed to testify at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing Monday about the incident. The agency is also facing questions about how its robust budget is being put to use.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This consolidated database, which is a compilation of individual postings from agencies, comes as the Biden administration promises to beef up regulation of AI, including through an upcoming executive order and new Office of Management and Budget guidance for the federal government.

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FedScoop

MARCH 7, 2025

More than a dozen civil society organizations are urging the Trump administration to keep in place guidance requiring federal agencies to maintain and update their artificial intelligence use case inventories. The Government Accountability Office found that most AI use case inventories were not fully comprehensive and accurate.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Parker, who led the interagency committee that drafted that executive order, told FedScoop in September 2023 that Bidens Office of Management and Budget would benefit from improving the quality of the use case inventories, as the accounting could help the office create guidance for the government.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Conversations with State Department officials and documents obtained by Scoop News Group through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal a body that is attempting to track disinformation across a daunting geographic and threat landscape, while operating with limited budget and technological resources. “It

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