The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. Evolving Standards: Rapid technological advancements bring shifting standards, such as interoperability requirements and data privacy regulations.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. Formal guidelines have been introduced in several regions to ensure data-driven audits are conducted to a high standard. There was also a lack of data on the volume and outcome of audits. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Agencies might have a wide variety of technological innovations to choose from, but for Nick Psaki at Pure Storage, those reforms all come down to one thing: data. Digital transformation fundamentally starts with your data,” Psaki said. Speed: People need faster access to data, so agencies need systems that deliver that.

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Innovation Data Capacity Sustainability 64

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. Efficiency is key.

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less. When asked what their organization would do with 33 percent more capacity, both employees and employers identified task automation as the top productivity benefit.

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Education Demand Innovation Capacity 126

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

. – Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management. Boosted stakeholder satisfaction.

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Eprocurement E-procurement Supplier Purchasing 94

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Most of the time, international development partners make resources available under a project, or the government allocates a project implementation budget. Inefficiencies, data duplication, and reduced transparency often result.

E-procurement 82

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. The system works by collecting public procurement data and structuring it in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) format.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

GovLoop

JUNE 22, 2023

That’s why Pure Storage offers an integrated data platform with an operating system called Purity that manages that complexity, said Matthew Alexander, Field Solutions Architect at Pure Storage, which provides flash-based storage solutions. Flash also is much denser, storing the same volume of data in a smaller system.

Data 52

Data IT Budget Sustainability 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 21, 2025

These investments not only mitigate vulnerabilities but also present a unique opportunity for countries to enhance economic resilience and bolster investor confidence in their capacity to navigate the challenges of a warming planet. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep yourself updated about our latest publications, blogs and events.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Education Budget 52

GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Problem: Limited IT Budgets Slow Modernization Working with a limited IT budget typically forces an agency’s IT leaders to put up with outdated technology longer than they would. A small bureau in a massive agency, BIS does not have a robust IT budget. Not having the budget to overhaul the data center, Rao turned to the cloud.

Export 74

Export Budget Data Capacity 74

GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

With federal agencies looking to better respond to environmental concerns, data storage is an area ripe with potential in sustainability and cost-savings. It achieved the same logical capacity in a greatly reduced physical footprint, which further reduced the power and cooling draw.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Capacity Demand Budget 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Roughly nine out of ten countries publish open data sets for national and sector-specific budgets and expenditures. Governments are providing better access to public information and refining content to promote inclusiveness. Countries are expanding the range of services they provide online (see chart below).

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Government Government E-procurement Telecommunication 89

GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

Commercial cloud offerings lean in this direction, but with the ever-increasing demand for data, many in government have seen their cloud expenditures skyrocket. At the same time, unpredictable demand makes it difficult — if not impossible — to budget effectively for cloud usage. This model delivers simplified and predictable pricing.

IT 59

IT Capacity Demand Supply Chain 59

Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

The technology’s potential to enhance the precision of economic forecasts, optimize budget allocations, and streamline tax administration is immense. Total Venture Capital Investment in Artificial Intelligence from 2012 to 2022 in LAC5 (USD billions) Source: Chart elaborated by the authors using data from OECD AI Policy Observatory.

Transparency 64

Transparency Capacity Data Telecommunication 64

Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 Jason Miller is the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. That said they can’t really handle all that capacity.

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Management Quality Budget Evaluation 110

GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

Adopting the as-a-service model has major implications for budget and procurement. Where data centers require periodic investments in hardware, moving to the cloud changes the equation. Thinking Differently About Budget There’s more to budgeting for a service-based approach than flipping the switch from CapEx to OpEx.

Budget 52

Budget Strategic Planning Data Capacity 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

The second is, we want to know is the data modified? I think that’s a good point, the data available actually from the budget side of the house, and from the White House, and OMB and the agencies, as well as from the appropriations committees of what they’re doing. Is it the completeness of the data in detail?

Professional Services 98

Professional Services Bidder Procurement Bidding 98

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Upgrades to the system, set to be completed later this year, will make Rwandan procurement data available in the Open Contracting Data Standard format for the first time. The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. The number one source of data is the e-GP system, starting at the planning stage.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the past, regions that were slow to ask for assistance were left behind, and authorities lacked the capacity to understand if spending meets the needs of the most vulnerable, or whether it is helping build resilience to cope with future floods. Using the data model also promises faster and better future disaster planning.

Finance 52

Finance Budget Data Tender 52

FedScoop

MARCH 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence holds tremendous potential to help federal agencies augment security and workforce capacity to improve mission outcomes. Improved security for federal data Agencies like U.S. All the immigration data that has to be cataloged and identified and tagged is a monstrous task. “All

Data 61

Data Ethics Capacity Integrity 61

ivalua

MAY 7, 2019

With resources flat or declining, the only way to accomplish more is to free capacity through automation and improve the quality and accessibility of information for faster, better decision-making. It sets the foundation, reducing operating costs and freeing capacity. Beginners struggled most with lack of executive support and budget.

Supplier 58

Supplier Capacity Integrity Integration 58

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

All countries in the region have signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to increase countries’ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as stabilize global warming below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C C as possible. This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries.

Finance 52

Finance Price Sustainability Capacity 52

FedInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

As the generation of data has exploded, for many digital leaders the logical starting point is rethinking digital infrastructure. As the generation of data has exploded, for many digital leaders the logical starting point is rethinking digital infrastructure.

Participation 52

Participation Networking Distribution Media 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Fortunately, Ukraine has a world-beating open government and open data infrastructure that can be leveraged to help address that challenge: we articulated a vision for how this can be done late last year. At the same time, the state does not spend a single penny of budget funds on the creation of the system.”

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 30, 2024

On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Final Rule significantly revising the Uniform Guidance for grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistance.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Thresholds Internal Control Evaluation 52

FedInsider

AUGUST 17, 2024

In overseeing the City’s technology operations, security, data analytics and innovation teams; he leads the City’s efforts in leveraging technology to drive innovation, enhance public services and support the City’s strategic goals. Jim’s efforts extend to working with various teams across different departments.

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Integrity Integration Government Government 59

FedScoop

JUNE 6, 2024

Cuts to programs for ocean observation, weather research, and staffing for the National Weather Service were a focus for House lawmakers at a hearing this week on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget request. NOAA’s budget request seeks $6.6 billion in discretionary appropriations, an increase of $224.8

Budget 116

Budget Sustainability Capacity Data 116

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Platform has also facilitated the exchange of experiences among countries, strengthening the capacities of the region’s ministries in this area. Capital market development Leverage private capital The guide is being published by the IDB and will be useful for treasuries and public debt offices in the region.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

Tobacco tax policies in Brazil and Argentina, for instance, are complex, which if combined with a weak control and monitoring state capacity can open the door to diverse forms of manipulation and lead to lower revenue. Keep your tax simple Tax policy should adhere to the following principles: simplicity, revenue, and efficiency. Strategy #3.

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Price Retail Electronics Capacity 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 6, 2024

At the same time, courts should also be mindful of the condition of the parties, as smaller enterprises and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises who are award debtors, may face liquidity issues in depositing sums which may form a considerable portion of their operational budget. He shared his experiences with technology in his legal practice.

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Import Finance Capacity Contract 52

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

51] NBER data corroborates that low employment is a lagging indicator—showing that in the (12) recessions since 1948, (7) commenced while unemployment was less than 5%. [52] Yet, for 2023, the current data shows that receipts slipped to 16.2%—a Sooner or later, one way or the other, significant budget cuts are all but inevitable.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Recent data strongly suggests that this environment represents the new normal, with the landscape likely to get even more challenging next year. . Unless procurement has ready access to actionable insights and the capacity for more strategic analysis, poor decisions with undesired trade-offs are a near certainty.” . Pressure on People.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 40

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

But despite this advancement, many organizations still procure resources using methods suited for on-premises data centers, not cloud solutions. On-premises models over-provision to account for spikes and growth, risking underutilized capacity. We have a limited budget. Nous avons un budget limité.

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Procurement IT Price Sustainability 80

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. We discussed how racial equity budgeting works and how cities and states are applying this instrument to reduce racial inequality.

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Budget Capacity Education Participation 52