Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Most procurement software projects are focused on efficiency; however, transparency needs to have equal attention. Trust is the cornerstone of procurement and transparency builds trust. Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list.

Transparency 40

Transparency Bidding Bidder Tender 40

FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

to take action on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act by the end of this session, referring to the bill to bolster transparency and communication in IT spending across federal agencies as “must-pass legislation.” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,

Purchasing 111

Purchasing Inventory Utilities Transparency 111

Extract Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, government agencies face the formidable challenge of staying current with technological advancements while fulfilling their primary mission: serving the public effectively and efficiently. This is where automated data extraction technology comes into play.

Government 52

Government Government Transparency Efficiency 52

DemandStar

MAY 9, 2023

These best-in-class solutions and services are proven to complement government ERP systems to increase productivity, efficiency, transparency, collaboration and compliance. “We These solutions enable data-driven budgeting and decision-making while increasing data accuracy, saving time and improving stakeholder trust. and Canada.

Budget 52

Budget Efficiency Transparency Leadership 52

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Author : Chris Sheel Delivering major capital projects on time and on budget has always been a challenging and elusive goal. Budgets previously developed require reactive revisitation as estimates balloon. To adapt, our relationships and project delivery models must become more effective, efficient, and strategic.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Collaboration Budget 52

FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget to invest in sophisticated software that would help us to review the volume of records that we receive. While standardized tech upgrades to support FOIA requests haven’t materialized yet, agency officials who have leveraged new technologies have seen a marked difference in their efficiencies. “We

Accountability 114

Accountability Transparency Participation Efficiency 114

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2021, Rhode Island’s Department of Labor and Training collaborated with AWS on a Working Backwards process that improved transparency for unemployment insurance claims. Standardizing the tools can also help improve project efficiency. Example AWS Services: AWS Budgets and Amazon SageMaker.

Project Management 72

Project Management Management Budget Thresholds 72

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

The Chief Data Officers Council was created in compliance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to promote data-sharing across the federal landscape and assist agencies with the implementation of transparent data practices called for in the OPEN Government Data Act. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

IT 83

IT Data Transparency Inventory 83

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

So far, there’s been positive feedback from the pilots that generative AI has “significantly enhanced data analysis, efficiency, and productivity,” Sim said. A recent Office of Management and Budget memo further directs agencies to “assess potential beneficial uses” of generative AI uses and establish safeguards.

Efficiency 111

Efficiency Data Innovation Media 111

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. AI Can Improve Efficiency of Tax Administrations AI also promises to revolutionize tax administration. The model foresaw a 19.4% GDP drop for El Salvador, closely matching the actual 19.7%

Transparency 64

Transparency Data Efficiency Telecommunication 64

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. The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s no secret that agencies grapple with aging systems, budget constraints or a risk-averse culture. This change encourages greater accountability and efficiency from IT service providers. It’s time to think big, innovate fast and create a more efficient and responsive government.

Innovation 57

Innovation Demand Budget Price 57

GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

Adopting the as-a-service model has major implications for budget and procurement. Moving to a cloud ecosystem of products and services calls for a new way of thinking about everything from storage and compute to budget and acquisition. You’re replacing heavy upfront capital expenditures (CapEx) with ongoing operating expenses (OpEx).

Budget 52

Budget Strategic Planning Data Capacity 52

FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

These tools enhance efficiency and change how governmental bodies collaborate, access information and serve the public. They also stressed the importance of transparency and continuous feedback and focused on the tangible benefits of eased workloads and enhanced efficiencies.

Collaboration 66

Collaboration Innovation Efficiency Integration 66

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The AWS framework helps EdTechs improve cost efficiency, assess functionality expansion, and grow market share, by aligning pricing with solution value to students and institutions. At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation.

Price 67

Price Demand Education Efficiency 67

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

First, they need to enhance the citizen experience (CX) and live up to people’s expectations regarding user-friendliness, transparency and security. And third, organizations with budget pressures need to improve capabilities while lowering costs. Second, agencies are grappling with cybersecurity. Create a Cadence and Methodology.

Innovation 64

Innovation Budget Education Transparency 64

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

In March 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo that provides more specific directions to agencies for compliance with the guidance outlined in the executive order.

Government 72

Government Government Ethics Transparency 72

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. It starts from the time you are planning for the budget.

Public Procurement 73

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 73

ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates federal grants to states and local governments in FY2019 totaled nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars. trillion, making grants roughly 17% of the total federal budget. . Federal grants often make up a large portion of any state, county or municipal budget.

Management 52

Management Supply Chain Budget Transparency 52

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

With an intuitive e-commerce experience, Ivalua’s eProcurement platform will help Hutchinson globalize and streamline purchase requisitions, digitalize and automate large volumes of purchase orders, simplify receiving processes, and improve budget tracking.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement IT E-procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Corruption in public procurement can lead to: 1) Overpriced public procurement contracts contributing to larger budget deficits. Corruption in public procurement can lead to: 1) Overpriced public procurement contracts contributing to larger budget deficits.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Besides symbolizing a bygone era, Public Auditorium is one of many underused assets draining the city’s budget. Cleveland’s purpose statement is: To inspire confidence by delivering reliable, efficient city services and creating conditions for all members of our community to thrive.

Strategic Planning 72

Strategic Planning Government Government Professional Services 72

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In this way, AI-based flood modeling becomes a transparent, verifiable, data-driven method to perform readiness and preparedness actions, mitigation and resilience planning, capital spending, and real-time emergency response to protect lives, property, and infrastructure.

Insurance 64

Insurance Risk Management Data Management 64

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

For the public sector, a transparent and stakeholder-focused sustainability strategy leads to an increased likelihood of citizen behavioural change, with resulting societal benefits. Graviton 4 delivers the best price performance and energy efficiency for a broad range of workloads running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

Sustainability 74

Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 74

Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) proposed a new “ Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting ” rule for government contractors. The proposed rule’s potential impact and implications for contractors — as well as opportunities to submit comments on the issue — are discussed below.

Transparency 130

Transparency Contract Supply Chain Government Contracts 130

GovSpend

APRIL 29, 2024

Pay attention to how the agency purchases, including the utilization of NAICS & PSC codes, whether awards are on IDIQs/GSA, the set-aside status, and who your competitors are within that specific agency. Understand Your Competitor: Competitive intel is a key input into a smart and efficient strategy.

Data 52

Data Contract Price Procurement 52

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2021

System will help improve efficiency and the purchasing experience for government employees and vendors. The system will provide a consumer-like shopping experience for state and local government users and the businesses that supply goods and services to the Commonwealth, and improve transparency into the public purchasing process.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement E-procurement Purchasing 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Fresh budgets make the best time to give your purchases a security refresh. Simply this: A culture that values innovation seeks solutions for smarter ways to work, and along with that are tools that can accelerate collaboration, communication and transparency. By Hayden Smith. What’s the spending strategy here? Spend on: 1.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Efficiency Collaboration Utilities 52

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. They need to understand what they’re complying with, why, and how to stay compliant, or else they’ll do what they feel is best.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Procurement Strategic Sourcing 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. Outsourcing could potentially save the cost of two staffing positions at a minimal cost of $200,000 per year, realizing a budget reduction of $1,000,000 in that same 5-year period.

Procurement 52

Procurement Competitive Bidding Public Procurement Supplier 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

Opportunity #4: Green Procurement Public procurement accounts for about 20 percent of total government spending in the region, so the contribution of green procurement policies and management to commitments under the Paris Agreement is potentially high. Learn more about the IDB’s work on fiscal policy and climate change.

Finance 52

Finance Price Sustainability Capacity 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

This provided transparency for all involved in managing the process in a way that wasn’t possible previously when complaints were transferred manually between agencies by email. As of April 2024, 120 inspectorate offices nationwide have access to the system, up from 35 in 2023.

Corruption 87

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 87

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

We have a limited budget. Workloads can also be continuously optimized over time to maximize efficiency as needs evolve. The five pillars of the AWS Cloud Value Framework are cost savings (TCO), staff productivity, operational resilience, business agility, and sustainability. Why can’t we just focus on price?

Procurement 72

Procurement IT Price Sustainability 72

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 7, 2023

To better achieve the objectives for which they were created, SOEs need to use their resources efficiently and effectively. Internal monitoring typically involves a board of directors, management, and other internal stakeholders who are responsible for ensuring that the SOE is operating effectively and efficiently.

Finance 52

Finance IT Evaluation Budget 52

ivalua

JANUARY 21, 2020

While every locale has differences based on geography, demographics, previous technology implementations, budget and current maturity level, there are some areas of focus that we expect to see across the board in 2020. What will the new year bring for public sector procurement at the city and county level?

Procurement 40

Procurement Supplier Eprocurement Transparency 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The answer to the question posed above is that the public sector’s stakeholders – the general public and/or their constituents – have a different ‘right to service’ expectation than distributed buyers or budget owners in a corporation. Jurisdictions and agencies have unique needs that must be met by the technology they implement. .

End to End 45

End to End Bidding Supplier Buyers 45

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Invoice to Pay is a request for payment by a supplier, and technology helps to make this simple, fast and more efficient for the Supplier and the Accounts Payable team. If this is done in a coordinated way, Invoice to Pay is more powerful than the traditional silo’s of Invoice software management, budget allocation and payments.

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52