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Controlled sandboxes and open data: A look inside GSA’s AI-themed hackathon

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Atlanta and New York City and co-sponsored by Microsoft and OpenAI, was part of the agency’s efforts to get the federal government to open up authoritative data and set it up for usability, GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan told reporters in D.C. Protecting data and privacy were top priorities, Shive said. “We

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 29-Aug. 2, 2024

SmallGovCon

From reforms in the Department of Defense’s budgeting process to new Small Business Administration (SBA) lender fees and innovative proposals for small business participation in federal contracts, these updates reflect a dynamic and responsive regulatory environment. 2, 2024 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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Bipartisan bill would require federal agencies to use AI risk framework, push OMB to issue guidance

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A new bipartisan bill would require federal agencies to use the risk management framework outlined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology when using artificial intelligence. Per the bill’s text, NIST would only have one year after the statute’s enactment to issue guidance for agencies’ AI risk management.

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New TMF investments support AI Safety Institute, upgrades to nuclear emergency response

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million to support upgrades for the agency’s radiological response data portal, which is used by the Nuclear Emergency Support Team’s operations, and Commerce will be awarded $10 million to assist the growth of its AI Safety Institute. That funding, however, came as the overall budget for NIST was slashed by nearly 12%.

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How to build awareness of flood risk and gain buy-in for flood control measures

American City & Country

annual chance (500-year) flood events based on historic data. However, extreme rainfall events, which are becoming much more prevalent, are not well depicted in the existing FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) datasets. The 1% and 0.2% Current extreme rainfall events are often beyond the 1% or 0.2%

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New guidance aims to make FedRAMP ‘a security-first program,’ OMB official says

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Laura Gerhardt, director of technology modernization and data at the Office of Management and Budget, said during an Advanced Technology Academic Research Center event last week that the prioritization of threat assessments is part of an overarching strategy to position FedRAMP and its updated guidance as “a security-first program.”

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AI effort to improve contractor performance ratings stalls

Federal News Network

She said the challenge was how to access the CPARs system where the data lives. The pilot only used “fake” or anonymized data because of security and privacy concerns. The data could help contracting officers make better buying decisions but also help companies improve their chances of winning.