Great Government Through Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Office of Management Budget then issued M-23-02 advising agencies how to take the threat seriously. Where to start The first step, per M-23-02, is for agencies to inventory their active cryptographic systems and re-inventory them annually through 2035.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures. Oversees the management of warehouse and parts room operations, inventory control and surplus property. Experience with budgeting preferred.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

It has gotten a little bit tighter this year and is expected to do the same next year with the bipartisan budget agreement that came out of the debt ceiling crisis that we had back — I guess it was around last summer. And that shows up in the way they’re evaluating the RFP, for sure. They want both.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Under the ACCESS Act, the Office of Management and Budget would be instructed to issue guidance for agencies to implement the bill within 180 days of its enactment. Harada currently serves as the Senior Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, for the Office of Management and Budget.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The office will also be trusted with assessing agencies’ Zero Trust maturity and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop metrics and benchmarks for tracking progress. There are more than 100 use cases listed on the VA’s 2023 AI inventory , with more than 40 in an operation phase.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 13, 2024

The agency is also in the process of evaluating two other sets of algorithms for general encryption and digital signatures “that could one day serve as backup standards,” NIST said. NIST worked with cryptographic researchers, industry and government for evaluation and feedback on the algorithms.

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FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

In an Office of Management and Budget memo released last month, the administration expanded what civilian agencies are required to report in their annual, public AI use case inventories, adding requirements for safety- and rights-impacting uses. The NSA didn’t immediately respond to FedScoop’s request for comment on the lawsuit.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Department of State recently removed several items from its public artificial intelligence use case inventory, including a behavioral analytics system and tools to collect and analyze media clips. OMB has previously stated that agencies “are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of their inventories.”

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

b) details a set of governance reforms to be implemented in view of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s guidance to strengthen the effective and appropriate use of AI, advance AI innovation, and manage risks from AI in the Federal Government. Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b)

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Government Accountability Office is getting ready to publish a report on certain federal agencies’ progress with artificial intelligence use case inventories. Following President Joe Biden’s recent AI executive order , the White House said the inventories are intended to be a more expansive resource for the government and the public.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security recently updated its artificial intelligence use case inventory to reflect several uses of the technology that have already been made public elsewhere, including facial comparison and machine learning tools used within the department. AI use case inventories are only as valuable as compliance with them is.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-24-10 , Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo), updating and implementing OMB’s November 2023 proposed memorandum of the same name.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The President is set to release his 2025 budget request on March 11, which usually kicks off appropriations negotiations for the next fiscal year. million in Federal awards in the prior fiscal year to represent whether or not they publicly disclose a greenhouse gas inventory and/or a greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The hallmark of that effort to date had been a proposed rule that would, if finalized, require thousands of Federal contractors to inventory, publicly disclose, and, in some cases, seek reductions in GHG emissions (see our prior discussion here ). Will a contractor’s SC-GHG be an evaluation factor in a contractor’s procurement proposal?

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Supply Chain E-procurement Price Procurement 52

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday released its draft guidance for federal agencies using artificial intelligence. The memo strongly emphasizes AI innovation, instructing agencies to build IT infrastructure to support AI, collect data to train AI and evaluate potential applications of generative AI.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The hallmark of that effort to date had been a proposed rule that would, if finalized, require thousands of federal contractors to inventory, publicly disclose, and, in some cases, seek reductions in GHG emissions (see our prior discussion here ). Will a contractor’s SC-GHG be an evaluation factor in a contractor’s procurement proposal?

Bidding 52

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Section 1522 requires the executive agent of the DoD-wide cyber data products and services procurement program to evaluate emerging cyber technologies, specifically AI-enabled security tools, for efficacy and applicability to the requirements of DoD.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Washington-based public interest group focused on privacy rights is urging the Biden administration to ensure that federal agencies are able to direct resources toward AI regulation and evaluation ahead of a long-awaited executive order focused on the technology. In the Oct. In the Oct.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

In a nutshell, management is going to inspect, gather information, communicate with stakeholders, perform analyses, evaluate results and procedures, update documents, file reports, and ensure that efforts are documented in case of audit by a Contracting Officer or the U.S. More on that below. So, what does EEO housekeeping look like?

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

The 34-page memo from Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda D. Under the policy, agencies are required to evaluate and monitor how AI could impact the public and mitigate the risk of discrimination. Those inventories must now identify whether a use is rights- or safety-impacting.

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FedScoop

MARCH 29, 2024

Among the requirements, agencies must now vet their AI uses for risks, expand what they share in their annual AI use case inventories, and select a chief AI officer. The use case inventories, which were established by a Trump-era executive order and later enshrined into federal statute, have so far lacked consistency across agencies.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The document simultaneously identifies areas in the AI supply chain that could be compromised and evaluates the technology for the radiological, nuclear, chemical and biological threats it poses. Other agencies also have new objectives for testing, evaluation and research.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

However, the FOMC evaluates the 2% goal against the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) (addressed below). 61] In the Congressional Budget Office’s (“CBO’s”) February 2023 Budget and Economic Outlook the “CBO projects a federal budget deficit of $1.4 64] Compare that to the FY 2023 DoD budget of $816.7

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FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

The agency is also facing questions about how its robust budget is being put to use. The Secret Service’s enterprise IT modernization budget , meanwhile, is $141.7 The Secret Service received $3.1 The contract is scheduled to end in August, according to the USA Spending website.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The AISI, housed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is focused on evaluation, testing and developing guidelines for AI models and has been central to Commerce’s actions on the technology. Agencies, for example, just released plans for compliance with the memo and the deadline for the annual inventory is in December.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Conversations with State Department officials and documents obtained by Scoop News Group through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal a body that is attempting to track disinformation across a daunting geographic and threat landscape, while operating with limited budget and technological resources. “It

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