Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less. Strengthen rated criteria , and ensure these are clearly communicated and used in procurement, to account for factors beyond lowest cost alone.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And then, of course, go through their entire website and probably have to create an account and do the contact form just to get some kind of recognition within 48-72 hours. Improved Efficiency: The OPUS QuickConnect function improved the process of obtaining quotes from suppliers and making purchases, reducing time-consuming manual searches.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

These safeguards are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and ensure fairness and accountability. Understanding these factors and applying them appropriately ensures effective and efficient procurement that aligns with organizational policies and objectives. What is Solicitation in Procurement?

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. Integrity Provides an immutable record, reducing fraud and corruption. Efficiency Streamlines processes with smart contracts, reducing bureaucracy and paperwork.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JULY 29, 2024

Now is the perfect time to begin reviewing your complete source to pay process to increase efficiency, productivity, integration, and revenue. Looking to streamline your procurement process?

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency. But first a definition of efficiency. Efficiency involves achieving intended results while minimizing time, resources and effort. It is about doing things optimally or maximizing time and resource use.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 30, 2025

Whether you are a healthcare organization, technology provider, or systems integrator, this post aims to equip you with the technical knowledge to build a secure data platform for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the EHDS Regulation. It maintains similar infrastructure components but operates in a separate account.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 26, 2025

Linger will lead initiatives to improve federal agencies efficiency with automation and artificial intelligence-driven insights to turn complex data into actionable information. Since joining Leidos, he has collaborated closely with account teams and government customers.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 31, 2025

One powerful tool for accomplishing this is the RACI matrix, which defines who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed by activity. Legacy systems : Many public sector organizations have long-standing legacy systems and infrastructure that need to be accounted for and integrated with any new technology solutions.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 17, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework is designed to help build resilient, secure, and efficient solutions. It is structured around six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2025

Outposts already provides robust capabilities for resource sharing in multi-account environments. Organizations can share Outposts and their associated resources across multiple AWS accounts in the same organization in AWS Organization s using AWS Resource Access Manager ( AWS RAM ).

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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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American City & Country

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Convenient, efficient and concealable P-cards offer a quick and efficient alternative to the typically tedious and lengthy purchase order process for certain purchases. If p-card audits are performed timely, consistently and independently, they are an efficient control to implement.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Previous projections for how IRA funding would impact the IRS’s revenue only took into account revenues that were directly connected to increased enforcement staffing. Accounting for IT modernization, the report noted, reveals “a wide array of potential revenue benefits.”

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 11, 2024

This post provides a walkthrough of how UNSW achieved this milestone, through enhancing the Automated Forensics Orchestrator for Amazon EC2 to meet their requirements and ensuring an efficient and effective incident response and investigation plan in the event of a cyberattack.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By instituting a clear legal framework and stringent enforcement mechanisms, the nation can chart a path toward a more equitable and efficient governance system. Instances of favoritism, corruption, and misallocation of resources have raised alarming questions about the integrity of the procurement process.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This transition not only streamlines operations but also facilitates seamless integration with a range of robust AWS services. This service is particularly appealing for its simplicity, scalability, and integration with other AWS Services. For a streamlined and effective approach, consider running container workloads on Amazon ECS.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2024

Consistent application of chaos engineering tests reveals vulnerabilities in your workloads, allowing teams to address weaknesses crucial for maintaining system availability, performance, and overall operational integrity. When the experiment finishes, the built-in integration sends email notifications with a report of the findings.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In another report scrutinizing the VA’s management of IT systems, VA OIG found a weakness in controls including configuration management, assessment, authorization and monitoring, which collectively accounted for 23 incidents and a total of 80 hours and 20 minutes of disruption for the system.

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FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

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.” But in the meantime, we will continue to have human interaction and expert account managers to help.”

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 24, 2024

MAG has created a technology and data strategy in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to integrate the elements of its complex ecosystems and deliver efficiencies. It takes complex business rules into account. Technology is a big enabler of efficiency and sustainability, particularly when used for automation.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Using SAM.gov SAM.gov is the official website for federal contract opportunities and integrates information from various federal procurement systems. These contracts offer streamlined ordering procedures, saving time and money, and making procurement planning more efficient for federal agencies.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Created by first responders, for first responders, the platform provides a cost-effective, modern solution for efficient dispatch, mobile CAD, records management, and more. The company’s Mobile Edge Compute Platform includes over 4,000 integrated technologies and is powered by AWS Direct Connect.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In international arbitration, parties or arbitrators could consider using emotion AI to enhance efficiency and due process (or to gain a strategic and tactical advantage). Although applications are varied, we will focus on two uses: (1) efficiency through facilitating settlement; and (2) due process through ensuring arbitrator attentiveness.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers. High-level technical solution AWS recommends using AWS Control Tower as a foundational landing zone for managing multi-account environments with prescriptive controls.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

Practices such as inflexible licensing agreements and limited integration capabilities prevent federal agencies from accessing or utilizing the most cost-effective options available,” the letter continues. This dynamic undermines digital transformation. Two months later, the House companion — introduced by Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.,

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Unfortunately ,they often have not been adequately integrated into the design of e-GP systems.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

– Process efficiency with reduced cycle times and considerably decreased errors or fraud opportunities. – Cost optimization which comes from two sources: first, the savings that are captured from purchasing through preferred suppliers and compliant channels, and second the lower cost of a more efficient purchasing process.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

These powerful tools enable organizations to efficiently monitor applications, detect issues in real-time, ensure smooth workflows, simulate complex user interactions, and promptly respond to potential disruptions, ultimately minimizing downtime and enhancing overall performance. Emptying the Amazon S3 buckets.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

To achieve this, agencies must prioritize data integration and standardization efforts and invest in AI-supported technologies that can help ensure data quality and consistency across the enterprise. However, they must also ensure that the AI applications used to augment decisions comport with responsible AI practices.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

Comprehensive knowledge of critical infrastructure and real-time updates to assets and critical end-use loads drives the need for an agile data model capable of integrating disparate data types and maintaining an evergreen information baseline. Simplified Aether architecture diagram.

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FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

These tools enhance efficiency and change how governmental bodies collaborate, access information and serve the public. They also stressed the importance of transparency and continuous feedback and focused on the tangible benefits of eased workloads and enhanced efficiencies.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 27, 2024

Log aggregation strategies You can send logs to CLAW from each individual AWS account or a central log aggregation point. If you are currently using a solution like AWS Control Tower , your log data for services like AWS CloudTrail or Amazon GuardDuty are already being sent to the log archive account, as shown in Figure 1.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 24, 2024

This post highlights how Amazon Web Services (AWS) secure communication service AWS Wickr integrates with the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) to enhance the efficiency of emergency response with a user-friendly, map-based solution that expands the common operating picture and strengthens cross-team collaboration.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 22, 2024

Cloud computing is pivotal to allow the federal government to gain operational efficiencies and drive innovation securely and cost efficiently. Access to AWS GovCloud (US) is restricted to US entities and root account holders who have successfully passed a thorough screening process. Deploy edge solutions using AWS MDC Figure 1.

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FedScoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Small businesses account for 43.5% The platform not only offered the scalability and customization the SBA needed but also allowed the SBA to implement a wide range of integrated features, including email automation, auto-routing, metrics recognition, storage optimization, spam prevention, app integration, and auditing capabilities.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Empowering individuals with ownership of their own data Starting in July 2023, hundreds of staff at the Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System ( HOPICS ) began using Kiip to store documents, complete forms and applications, and streamline communications with incoming customers.

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