Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

Explore 10 years of open contracting With so much public money at stake, we expected to find data teams in government who already knew exactly who was buying what from whom for how much. We were never just after a bit more transparency though, we wanted to transform how procurement is done.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Data is key to a higher education institution’s ability to expose insights and improve student performance and outcomes. Helping institutions understand how data can be used and how it can propel institutions toward a brighter future is a priority for Amazon Web Services (AWS). What does a data journey entail?

Education 83

Education Data Capacity Integration 83

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

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A bipartisan bill that aims to enhance the Congressional Research Service’s access to executive branch data was passed by the House of Representatives Monday via voice vote as lawmakers seek to assist their support agencies. The Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act ( H.R. CRS is a case-in-point,” Rep.

Data 74

Data Capacity Education Budget 74

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

NHM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered up to transform and accelerate scientific research by bringing together a broad range of biodiversity and environmental data types in one place for the first time. The processed data is loaded into a Neptune graph database using the Neptune bulk loader through a Neptune notebook.

Data 78

Data Export Sustainability Capacity 78

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Floodmapp, an Australian startup, has developed a real-time flood mapping and monitoring platform that uses AWS services such as AWS Batch and Amazon Elastic Container Service to provide accurate, location-specific flood data.

Sustainability 75

Sustainability Quality Quantity Utilities 75

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.

Innovation 64

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.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

Agencies have a lot of data to manage and that can get costly – it’s estimated that 45% or more of all enterprise IT spending will be used toward public cloud solutions by 2026. If your organization consistently goes beyond its committed capacity, the vendor will adjust accordingly.

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Strategic Planning Capacity Supply Chain Demand 96

ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In this capacity, he will collaborate with Exovera’s development team on the exoINSIGHT platform and broaden the company’s portfolio of technology, analysis and data platforms meant to help government and commercial customers deal with security and economic challenges amid great power competition, the company said Thursday.

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GovLoop

MARCH 31, 2023

The GovLoop “ Decision Intelligence: New Possibilities for Data-Based Decision-Making ” guide explores creative ways for agencies to maximize data’s potential, and examines concerns regarding what data is used, for what purpose. Here are related resources you might find helpful.

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Capacity Data Government Government 98

GovLoop

AUGUST 27, 2024

If anything, bad actors are more determined, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in their efforts to obtain sensitive data and hold your agency hostage. Modernizing your agency’s data storage is a key step to building a foundation for data resilience, protecting it from malicious outsiders.

Data 52

Data Cost of Ownership Capacity Integration 52

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Lire cet article en Français The potential of open data to transform governance and public services is immense, but realizing this potential requires overcoming common obstacles. Read on to learn how AWS is empowering customers to achieve their open data objectives. This will empower employees to use data effectively in their roles.

Data 75

Data Government Government Demand 75

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 13, 2024

Lire cet article en Français The capacity to efficiently process and analyze extensive datasets is not just an advantage but a necessity. IRCC embarked on a transformative project that redefined its data processing capabilities and showcased the power of cloud computing in overcoming substantial data challenges.

Data 72

Data Efficiency E-procurement Balance 72

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, a key concern is to maximize the utilization of capacity to meet demand while avoiding overprovisioning. Amazon Forecast is a fully managed deep learning service for time-series forecasting which can be used to estimate future capacity needs enabling operators to make planning decisions with more confidence.

Capacity 81

Capacity Demand Distribution Data 81

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

What’s exciting about these organizations is their purposeful adoption of technology and effective use of data, with the vision of maximizing their uniquely human capacities. CTrees supports action on climate change by providing accurate, science-based data on carbon in forests and trees globally. Minutes matter. Seconds matter.

Warehouse 132

Warehouse Supply Chain Data Capacity 132

AWS Public Sector

MAY 7, 2024

As demand and usage grew, ASTERRA faced limitations when needing to process and manage increasingly large volumes of data efficiently and to provide timely and dependable results to their customers. Traditionally, ASTERRA relied on its on-premises infrastructure to run leak detection solutions.

Sustainability 128

Sustainability Utilities Efficiency Capacity 128

FedScoop

JUNE 27, 2024

That is also the data that we are neck deep in, and that we’ve got to leverage AI in order to help us to triage,” she said, adding that generative AI has been successful in helping the CIA “classify and triage open-source events to help us search and discover and do levels of natural language querying with that data.”

Data 145

Data Logistics Capacity IT 145

FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Company will work with Agency in good faith to ensure that Company’s record management and data storage processes meet or exceed the thresholds required for Agency’s compliance with applicable records management laws and regulations.” Zhou also pointed to record management and data storage as a potential issue.

Electronics 133

Electronics Impact Assessment Transparency Thresholds 133

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

FedScoop

JULY 10, 2024

The organization is not yet at a place where it could harness AI, Khan said, which is partly due to the agency’s inability to invest in necessary infrastructure like data storage and improved in-house cloud capacity “rather than having to contract externally for those types of things.” “So Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.,

Budget 117

Budget Retail Capacity Data 117

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).

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open data is often lauded as a magic pill for anti-corruption: reveal what’s going on, inform the public, and, presto, government will become more accountable. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right? But even the very first stage — collecting the data — is much harder than it seems.

Data 52

Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

FedScoop

JULY 19, 2024

Power also pointed to initiatives meant to increase transparency into ways new technological platforms and data are used, while also raising awareness about the way these systems could manipulate people. At the same time, Coleman warned that the technology could exacerbate inequality between the Global North and Global South.

Inventory 125

Inventory Capacity Transparency Leadership 125

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Evolving Standards: Rapid technological advancements bring shifting standards, such as interoperability requirements and data privacy regulations. Invest in Capacity Building: Equip procurement professionals with the skills to evaluate, implement, and manage complex technologies like AI and blockchain.

Procurement 59

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

million if median internal reference prices were used, to as much as PHP 214 million if the Department of Public Works and Highways construction materials price data were used. Access to data: most documents they needed were available online, but you had to know the contract number, says the team.

Budget 136

Budget Transportation Transportation Bidder 136

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A lack of available water quality data makes it difficult to provide decision support in water-related sectors such as food production, energy security, health, economic development, and climate change resilience. Data is key to addressing current water challenges. In the last 300 years, 85% of the world’s wetlands have been lost.

Collaboration 105

Collaboration Quality Data Capacity 105

FedScoop

JULY 29, 2024

Additionally, Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology would establish and operate a Standardization Center of Excellence, with a focus on pre-standardization engagement and workforce capacity building. The White House said in May that the U.S.

Public Private Partnership 120

Public Private Partnership Sustainability Participation Influencing 120

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Sequence Read Archive (SRA) is an open repository of collected DNA samples stored on AWS and currently includes more than 19 petabytes of data. A petabyte is a gigantic volume of data, roughly equivalent to a million human genomes. It’s inconceivable that any lab would download tens of petabytes of data,” he adds.

Capacity 69

Capacity Data Engineering Demand 69

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

.” USAID’s IT strategic plan , which runs from 2024 through 2028, is built around five pillars: “creating a culture of data- and insights-based decision making; delivering agile, secure, and resilient IT platforms; building worldwide skills and capacity; establishing pragmatic governance; and driving high operational performance.”

Strategic Planning 116

Strategic Planning IT Collaboration Capacity 116

FedScoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

said during the hearing that the benefits of AI “particularly as it relates to Congress is how it contributes to our system of democracy, which ultimately relies on trustworthy data governance strategy. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., This is all very exciting, but we need to be careful.

Capacity 106

Capacity Data Transparency Efficiency 106

FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The center will align its work with a standards strategy for critical and emerging technology released by the White House last year and a corresponding implementation roadmap.

Public Private Partnership 106

Public Private Partnership Capacity Participation Collaboration 106

SmallGovCon

JANUARY 12, 2024

White House Reveals Better Contracting Initiative Procedures for reporting on veteran-owned small businesses need improvement, according to GAO GSA finds federal tech accessibility challenges driven by lack of staff, resources Federal Real Property: Improved Data and Access Needed for Employees with Disabilities Using Secure Facilities SBA Marks One-Year (..)

Bidder 105

Bidder Government Contracts Professional Services Capacity 105

ivalua

AUGUST 26, 2015

This can significantly impact the amount of time it takes to get to the point where the information is truly actionable — especially since you must make sure that data quality, consistency, and timeliness issues are resolved BEFORE you start taking action on the information now at your disposal. SO DON’T TRY TO BOIL THE OCEAN.

Supplier 69

Supplier Capacity Automotive Manufacturing 69

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Amazon Web Services tech expertise will help Armenia develop ways to quickly and efficiently digitize its systems and data,” said Administrator Power in joint remarks with Minister Hayrapetyan. It enhanced our capacity to navigate challenges, safeguard digital assets, and ensure uninterrupted citizen services,” said Minister Hayrapetyan. “We

Collaboration 119

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Inefficiencies, data duplication, and reduced transparency often result. Technical infrastructure and SaaS-based e-GP systems Technical infrastructure, including cloud policies and data centers, plays a significant role in successful e-GP implementation.

E-procurement 82

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2025

It enables government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare providers to modernize their IT infrastructure while adhering to strict data sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements. Implement constraints and quotas for each consumer account to prevent a single consumer from monopolizing available capacity.

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