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Strategies for Procuring Alternative Student Transportation Services

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Alternative forms of student transportation provide options for districts that need to supplement their current bus transportation to best serve their students’ needs. There are multiple ways to procure alternative transportation. How many students are we expecting to transport under this contract?

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Agencies have work to do on OMB cloud procurement requirements, GAO finds

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Meeting procurement requirements laid out in 2019 Office of Management and Budget guidance on cloud strategy has been a mixed bag for federal agencies, a new congressional watchdog report found. The EPA and the Department of Transportation have partially fulfilled these obligations, while 13 haven’t addressed the requirement at all.

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U.S. agencies publish plans to comply with White House AI memo

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Federal agencies across the government have posted their plans to comply with an Office of Management and Budget memo on artificial intelligence governance, providing a window into what risk management and reporting practices will look like in the executive branch.

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Several agencies haven’t met IoT cybersecurity requirements, GAO says

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The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 required the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Management and Budget to develop guidance for securely procuring IoT — networked technology and devices typically connected to physical objects like buildings, vehicles and other infrastructure.

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GAO finds spotty agency compliance with IDEA Act requirements

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There were several positives in the GAO’s report, including the singling out of seven agencies that met all eight requirements in 2023: USAID, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the departments of Commerce, Education, Homeland Security and Interior.

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Klobuchar and Thune introduce foundational AI legislation

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and other members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, aims to provide clear distinctions on AI-generated content and other identification for AI systems, including those deemed “high impact” and “critical impact.” The AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act of 2023 , introduced Wednesday by Sens.

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On some basic metadata practices, US government gets an ‘F,’ per new online tracker

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government appears to be on par with other organizations, like academic institutions and nonprofits, that have limited budgets for IT and competing priorities, Woods added. The Education Department plans to launch a new Ed.gov this coming summer, an agency spokesperson added.