Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

To the extent that the scope of work in an RFP is less clearly defined and the public agency is relying more heavily on the judgment of the firm selected, it becomes more important that qualification, experience, and approach have more evaluation points assigned to them. Click here for a blog that I wrote explaining this in more detail.

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Bidding IT Price Evaluation 100

Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Board had cited Altman’s “miscommunication” and “lack of transparency” in their initial decision to remove him. In a blog post on the day of his dismissal, November 17 , the company stated: “He was not consistently candid in his communications with the Board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.”

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Whistle-blowing Transparency Internal Control Education 114

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust. For LAC countries, digital technologies can be an important ally in achieving this balance.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment. The value of generative AI is inextricably linked to the technology’s reliability and traceability, as described in our earlier blog post, Generative AI: Understand the challenges to realize the opportunities. Preferably on a secure, cloud-hosted platform).

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. Manual orders increase overall costs, undermine compliance, and limit transparency. Significant challenges across the medical supply chain remain.

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Supply Chain Purchasing Transparency Price 49

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Written by Isabelle Adam and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. For years, the benefits of transparency as a policy tool to increase accountability and counter corruption have been lauded. In public procurement, this has given rise to a global movement promoting procurement data transparency, a.k.a.

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Public Procurement Transparency Procurement E-procurement 40

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While the e-procurement system doesn’t include the quasi-governmental sector and sovereign wealth fund (which aren’t governed by the public procurement law) it provides full transparency on the general procurement market which accounts for at least a third of Kazakhstan’s public spending. million (~US$24,000) being returned to the budget.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Ivalua is here to provide the Norwegian Public Sector with a cutting-edge solution to bolster maximum value from your financial resources, while promoting compliant and transparent operations. Get ready for revolutionary Public Sector spend and procurement management.

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Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog. In updating STEP, it will be important to consider which data and indicators to prioritise collecting and plan for the ambition to connect STEP directly to country procurement data systems over time. This limits its utility and efficiency for both the Bank and its clients.

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Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Procurement Team 52

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Notably, 43% of our respondents also identified visibility into their sub-tier suppliers as an important strategy. Businesses are starting to shift their principles, becoming more transparent, collaborative, and environmentally responsible to adhere to sustainability initiatives. However, obstacles to meeting such pledges remain.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In dismissing Altman, the OpenAI Board raised concerns about Altman’s transparency. In a blog post on November 17 , OpenAI claimed that Altman “was not consistently candid in his communications with the Board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities” and that “it is paramount that any C.E.O.

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Education Transparency Networking Import 64

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. To assess if an AI system operates as intended, it is important to use accurate and representative training data. Each dimension is explored in depth in our responsible use of machine learning guide.

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Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

Great Government Through Technology

MARCH 28, 2024

From reviewing offers and making awards, to monitoring the contract progress with a focus on transparency and accountability, you continue to make a difference and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. Follow ITC on LinkedIn and subscribe for blog updates.

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IT Supply Chain Transparency Procurement 64

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Yet it underlines the importance of engaging the public, patient organisations, and healthcare professionals in open discussions about the cloud and its applications in health. Transparency in the adoption of cloud is just so crucial. It’s important to explain the advantages, the value to the patient, the solutions and the risks.

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Data Sustainability Innovation Electronics 80

Extract Systems

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In an era dominated by technology, it's important that government offices keep up with the times to better serve their constituents. In this blog post we will cover the importance of these initiatives and how automated redaction software plays a pivotal role in ensuring the security and efficiency of these projects.

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Government Government Transparency Efficiency 52

Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Under the new Regulation, operators may apply for a binding BVI decision from the relevant customs authorities in the EU (which would be binding across all Member States of the EU), in order to obtain certainty about the customs value of goods imported into the EU. See our earlier blog on the announcement of the draft Regulation here.

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Transparency Import 45

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this blog post, explore several considerations associated with your decision and the total value that you can realize over a medium and long-term horizon when you migrate ERP and SIS applications to AWS. It’s important to consider the long-term value implicit value that may be harder to quantify.

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Evaluation Education Data Import 78

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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Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The following blog will provide a more detailed exploration of creating sustainable procurement strategy, their benefits and challenges during implementation. This blog looks to address the role and importance of driving long-term sustainability and supporting the development of a circular economy.

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Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Scalability Scalability is another important consideration when choosing a procurement software solution. At Ivalua, we understand the importance of having a single source of truth for your data. Transparency Finally, transparency is critical in public sector procurement.

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Public Procurement Procurement Transparency Supplier 52

Extract Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore how government agencies can harness the power of advanced technology to enhance their operations and ultimately provide better services to their constituents. This is especially important during peak demand periods, such as tax season or during emergency responses.

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Government Government Transparency Efficiency 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

There are now many thousands of cloud-based services that Federal agencies could use to serve the American people, including tools for enterprise collaboration, product development, and improving an enterprise’s own cybersecurity,” reads a blog post from OMB on the draft guidance. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.,

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Budget Collaboration Management Risk Management 78

Extract Systems

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One of the things we often highlight in this blog is when governments make their records accessible online. The improvements aren’t just for developers though, as the increased transparency and upcoming implementation of a national land parcel ID number should bring security and stability to landowners as well.

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Transparency Import Data Integration 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 25, 2024

In this blog, we will discuss some of the main conclusions. The latter has made it possible to process large amounts of data on economic transactions, which can now be used to provide more transparency about the prices of goods and services, and even a more precise measurement of economic activity. Boosting market transparency.

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Data Transparency Price Collusion 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This blog post highlights project management tools, references, and AWS Management Console tips that give public sector customers better project visibility, automate task management, and help accelerate project outcomes. What is the solution and most important customer benefit?

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. Importantly, this process should be transparent, providing all stakeholders, including the public, the opportunity to provide feedback on any proposed revisions.

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Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 76

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

But why is this so important for business, and what does it mean for prospects and customers? This blog will answer these questions plus a few more. How important is this partnership to both Ivalua & TransferMate? All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier.

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This post was first published on Water Integrity Network’s blog. They must be powered by open, transparent, comprehensive real-time data on public contracts – from the spending all the way to the implementation. It’s time to dive into open contracting to improve integrity and transparency in water and sanitation sector finance !

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Sustainability Contract Finance Public Procurement 57

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

AUGUST 19, 2024

Whilst understanding that a supplier has the capacity, cash flow or competence is very important to allow us to ensure continuity of supply, the ESG factors will contribute to understanding whether a supplier is going to be sustainable. This will feature in next month’s blog. How do you ensure Human Rights are adhered to?

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Supply Chain Ethics Buyers Supplier 59

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s important to note that GWLB operates as a bump-in-the-wire solution, meaning it transparently intercepts and forwards traffic without acting as a proxy. For more details on one-arm versus two-arm firewall deployments, please refer to the “ Best practices for deploying Gateway Load Balancer ” blog post.

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Balance Distribution Utilities Networking 72

Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

1 Increase the transparency and openness of the preliminary ruling procedure. The post Customs cases no longer ruled upon by the European Court of Justice – Changes to the jurisdiction of the General Court appeared first on Import and Trade Remedies Blog.

Insurance 45

Insurance Transparency Efficiency Import 45

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization. Source-to-Pay technology can help procurement teams establish and organize campaigns to collect & update supplier information and receive real-time supplier risk management updates on important risk factors (e.g. Blog originally published on Procurious.

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Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Procurement Team 69

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Accordingly, COFC issued the preliminary injunction, and ordered the parties to continue with the protest to achieve a final resolution, demonstrating the vital importance of accurate and continual SAM registration to the federal government contracting process. Questions about this post? Need legal assistance? Call us at 785-200-8919.

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Evaluation Bidding Negotiation Government Contracts 78

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They are important carbon sinks, are home to around 80 percent of the animal species living on land, and form the basis of life for around 1.6 Architectural diagram of the solution described in this blog. Forests are crucial for climate protection. billion people. SeloVerde 2.1 post-2008 deforestation). Currently, SeloVerde 2.1

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Supply Chain Data Sustainability Transparency 75

Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 22, 2024

Some have emphasized the importance of empathy and human interaction in dispute resolution , something that AI is not capable of, even if it can be programmed to replicate human emotional responses. While all these risks are worthy of further exploration, this blog post will address one particular risk – that of the “black box” problem.

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Transparency Data Import IT 64