How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023). The book covers this gap, mainly through legal contextual analysis with comparative perspectives.

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Purchasing Framework Agreement Public Procurement Public Procurement System 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Bridging the knowledge gap with LLMs Imagine if every government employee had an assistant who had read every book, document, and memo in the world. Community engagement – Engage with citizens to gather feedback on AI-enhanced services and foster a transparent dialogue about AI’s role in public service.

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Efficiency Government Government Integration 75

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

We can achieve cost confidence by utilizing progressive project delivery models that involve design and construction project partners very early, and by engaging in transparent collaboration. Discussing, costing, and contractually sharing risk “opens the books” and explores the genuine costs associated with owning and operating a business.

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Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Budget Collaboration 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The program holds valuable lessons for others working to empower contracting monitors with different skills and backgrounds to work closely together to foster transparency and better procurement practices in their regions. Now the graduates are working on forming a coalition to ensure the transparency of public procurement.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

To reduce inefficiencies and fraud, grant activities are governed by several regulations including these two relatively recently enacted laws: The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) – This law expands on federal awards reporting reforms that began with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

Management 52

Management Supply Chain Budget Transparency 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.

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Participation Ethics Finance Leadership 52

FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

They also stressed the importance of transparency and continuous feedback and focused on the tangible benefits of eased workloads and enhanced efficiencies. The key thing to remember is to reduce friction for people using the systems that we’ve got, and we’ve been heavily into the book to do that,” said Waugh.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We saved the government $24 million over a five-year period by sitting across the table, opening up all of our books, really talking to them about the services that they need on the ground. That’s what’s possible in this program, and that’s how this program was designed to run.

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Procurement Price Thresholds Contract 91

Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

Educate on the benefits to both them and the organization if the rules are followed—such as spending budget efficiently, increased transparency, avoiding legal issues, streamlined workflows, etc. Learn how Bonfire can help—book a demo. How are new hires introduced to the procurement process? Get eProcurement with compliance built-in.

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Risk Management Procurement Management Strategic Sourcing 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Book your group rate for CGP Fall Training Conference at the Residence Inn Marriott by clicking here. Requests for transparent pricing across the AI lifecycle. However, the Coalition has secured an additional room block at the Residence Inn by Marriott Fairfax Merrifield , located 1.5 miles away from the Fairview Park Marriott.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Logistics Budget Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

This chapter frames the analysis in the rest of the book and will be fundamental in the review of the other drafts, so comments would be most welcome (a.sanchez-graells@bristol.ac.uk). In this post, I summarise the main arguments (all sources, included for quoted materials, are available in the draft chapter).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Bonfire

JUNE 21, 2022

The panelists discussed different challenges that should be identified before moving forward in your eProcurement transformation such as financial reasons, ease of access for vendors, or transparency to foster trust from vendors and the public. It doesn’t need to be an overnight change and it doesn’t need to be a scary process.

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Eprocurement Sustainability Procurement Consulting 52

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

Government contracting is governed by public procurement policy agreements that regulate procurement activities and ensure transparency and fair competition conditions in the government procurement process. A Boost to Your Reputation It looks impressive to have a public sector client on your business’s books.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Innovation Procurement Government 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

Referring to his seminal book ( Dealing in Virtue , 1994), Garth discussed the role and importance of people in developing arbitration. A solution that was consistently raised as key to making arbitration more welcoming to human subjectivities was to make it more transparent and predictable.

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Influencing Participation Efficiency Transparency 52

FedInsider

MAY 29, 2024

Before moving to private industry, Kingsberry served as chief information officer for the federal Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. In that role, he led successful efforts to provide transparency on stimulus spending and oversight of fraud, waste and abuse. He is a US patent holder for invention in cybersecurity.

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Networking Data Engineering Leadership 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Procurement service providers work closely with public sector procurement consultants to streamline processes, maintain transparency, and uphold ethical standards. Larry, who played guitar in a rock band in his early days, is also the author of several books. He presented to the World Bank on social procurement strategies.

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Procurement Competitive Bidding Public Procurement Supplier 52

The Softly Spark

MARCH 6, 2024

Book a 15-minute Intro Call Navigate regulations with confidence! Let us partner with you in navigating the complexities of sustainable transparency and compliance. The leftover toothpaste can contaminate the recycling stream, making other items unrecyclable. The request for dismissal by the company was denied, and the case is pending.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 10, 2023

I thought the time would never come, but the last piece of my book project puzzle is now more or less in place. © Mateo Mulder-Graells (2023). The draft chapter provides more details on both issues.

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Procurement Buyers Influencing Import 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 22, 2024

The majority adopted a broad interpretation: “transparency, stability and the protection of the investor’s legitimate expectations play a central role in defining the FET standard” (para. 762, 806).

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Thresholds Influencing Corruption Transparency 52

FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

And both the state and the city have open data portals to provide accessibility, transparency, and accountability. He has worked tirelessly towards establishing standards for various technology systems used in elections, including voter registration systems, electronic poll books, voting systems, and online voter portals.

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IT E-procurement Participation Innovation 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It was submitted to the ‘a book for a blog’ competition and has won Giuseppe a copy that will soon be on the post. transparency for image manipulation), or substantial requirements (e.g. Catherine Breslin & Rens Dimmendaal / Better Images of AI / Strawberries and milk / CC-BY 4.0 facial recognition via CCTV footage scraping).

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

New features of the proposal It is important to acknowledge that is a very innovative proposal. Most notable in Pillar 1 is the generation of an income transfer mechanism which meets the progressive criteria outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Thresholds 52

Thresholds Distribution Electronics Accountability 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Book your room at the Fairview Park Marriott for the Fall Conference here. Spaces are filling up fast, so we encourage you to book your room today! GSA Seeks Input on Ways to Increase Federal Transparency GSA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on how to improve transparency through the sixth U.S.

Price 52

Price E-procurement Logistics Procurement 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Book your group rate for CGP Fall Training Conference at the Residence Inn Marriott by clicking here. Requests for transparent pricing across the AI lifecycle. However, the Coalition has secured an additional room block at the Residence Inn by Marriott Fairfax Merrifield , located 1.5 miles away from the Fairview Park Marriott.

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

SmallGovCon

JANUARY 2, 2024

Size protests, and their resulting size determinations, serve the crucial policies of transparency and fairness and further the nation’s small business contracting goals. And a size protest–filed for any reason–is an important part of the government contracting world and process. Questions about this post?

Government Contracts 59

Government Contracts Contract Sustainability Management 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Book your room at the Fairview Park Marriott for the Fall Conference here. Spaces are filling up fast, so we encourage you to book your room today! The notice states that to ensure customer satisfaction, GSA would like to increase transparency on facets of contractor performance such as on-time delivery and cancellation rates.

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Price Logistics E-procurement Procurement 52

FedScoop

MARCH 7, 2024

The National Immigration Project and the immigrant rights group Together & Free have also documented the difficulties faced by those who are unable to book an appointment through the app. At that point, there were numerous reports that racial minorities had trouble accessing certain functions of the app.”

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 4, 2024

In her book, The RTI Story, co-founder of MKSS Aruna Roy says that the RTI’s unique characteristic is “that of empowering people to regulate the government,” which has caused a “fundamental shift in power equations.” The Act mandates a timely response to citizen requests for government information.

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Corruption Transparency Participation Government 106

Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In that case, your options are limited. I think the need for whistleblower protections goes hand in hand with the lack of other rules.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

His resume is long and distinguished: veteran of the Army Special Forces, roughly five years in private sector leadership roles and author of books on health care value management, among other achievements. We asked him about the lessons he’s learned during his nearly nine years at the VA. How do you keep up with evolving technology?

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Leadership Transparency Evaluation Management 59

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 20, 2024

While the latter group has indeed contributed to an orderly improvement of the ISDS processes with focus on ethics, transparency and efficiency, the former group has forced terminations of several treaties and the triggering of sunset clauses with rather little tangible outcomes.

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Ethics Balance Corruption Transparency 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

63] In that case, the Army awarded a supply contract for transparent armor pieces, and afterwards the Army found the contractor’s recipe for transparent armor to be non-conforming. [64] Circuit”) has stated that “a broad original competition may validate a broader range of later modifications without further bid procedures.” [62]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Second, the realignment provides an opportunity to increase transparency for customer agencies and industry partners seeking to do business with FAS. The new structure also can enhance transparency with regard to guidance impacting the MAS program. Book our room block for the Coalition Fall Training Conference here.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Supply Chain Procurement 52

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The federal government supports the use of AI for streamlining operations, increasing productivity, improving program output quality, and containing costs by integrating interactive dashboards and visualizations for program transparency and efficiency.

Efficiency 59

Efficiency Participation Risk Management Integration 59

FedInsider

AUGUST 20, 2024

During his term as EAC Chairman, Mr. Palmer and the Commission instituted a process to establish security testing standards for electronic poll books as part of an EAC testing pilot of election supporting technology. Still, security is top of mind — for staff and systems — as is the spread of disinformation.

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