Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 3, 2024

Satyendra was murdered over 20 years ago upon exposing corruption involved in the construction of India’s largest highway project at the time, which resulted in poor quality of work and the looting of public money. Dhananjay described his brother as somebody with a very high level of integrity and honesty.

Corruption 76

Corruption Capacity Quality Participation 76

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

All countries in the region have signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to increase countries’ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as stabilize global warming below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C C as possible. This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries.

Finance 52

Finance Price Sustainability Capacity 52

Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

For instance, Section 181 of the House NDAA would provide multiyear procurement authority for DoD to acquire domestically produced rare earth elements, including those that are a key component of large-capacity batteries used in electric vehicles.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Budget Bidding Participation 130

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 3, 2024

MVD wanted a solution that would better support expansion to 24/7 call operations, new support functions for digital driver’s license enrollment, and integrate reporting and analytics. Additionally, the ability to only pay for actual usage rather than over-provisioning capacity for peak periods provides increased scalability.

Efficiency 74

Efficiency Transportation Transportation Telecommunication 74

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. The platform was co-developed by OCP and the business community together with the government. For us, this was a discovery. What is VIGIA?

Tender 52

Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

These behaviors are commercially advantageous, increasing competition to directly improve quality, drive down costs, and improve project ROI. As new sources of data arise, our integration toolkit allows these sources to be integrated into the platform quickly and easily. Ethical Spend Toolset.

Supplier 98

Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

ivalua

APRIL 9, 2021

For organisations, top-line growth is being limited by procurement systems that are too rigid to support new ideas (75%); processes and systems that don’t enable effective, scalable supplier collaboration (71%); and a lack of integration among source-to-pay systems (71%). Inaccurate data leads to inventory management challenges.

Procurement Strategies 52

Procurement Strategies Supply Chain Procurement Inventory 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Covered California’s objectives are to increase the number of insured Californians, improve healthcare quality, lower costs, and reduce health disparities through an innovative, competitive marketplace that empowers consumers to choose the health plan and providers that give them the best value. Louis University.

Innovation 64

Innovation Leadership Education Insurance 64

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 19, 2024

In this guide, we walk you through the process of adapting LLMs to specific domains with parameter efficient fine-tuning techniques made accessible through Amazon SageMaker integrations with Hugging Face. Depending on the use case, it’s important to use high-quality data that is representative of the model’s intended use.

Import 113

Import Data Quality Efficiency 113

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 16, 2024

Despite these signals, the integration of AI into the daily workflow of arbitration professionals remains relatively modest. An inherent limitation stems from the fact that AI tools rely on statistical data, thus lacking the capacity for legal reasoning and rendering a decision based on the individual circumstances.

Ethics 90

Ethics Data Integration Integrity 90

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Having formal arrangements through MoUs and building their capacity and understanding has led to good quality monitoring reports that are more actionable for us.” With OCP’s help, the PPDA is now gathering yearly procurement plans from all PDEs to integrate them into the system and give monitors much better up-front information.

Public Procurement 130

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 130

ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

The modern CPO can use Smart Procurement technology to address the poor quality of data and lack of integration. Increased Capacity for Strategic Thinking. If procurement is to do more, it must be more efficient and free up capacity for higher value activities that support new strategic priorities.

Procurement 40

Procurement Supplier Capacity Risk Management 40

ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

For organizations, top-line growth is being limited by procurement systems that are too rigid to support new ideas (75%); processes and systems that don’t enable effective, scalable supplier collaboration (71%); and a lack of integration among source-to-pay systems (71%). Inaccurate data leads to inventory management challenges.

Procurement Strategies 52

Procurement Strategies Supply Chain Procurement Inventory 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Hidden costs due to late deliveries or quality issues . As a result, purchases are linked to the wrong sub-category which jeopardizes the quality of spend analyses while it creates rework in the downstream process. One integrated S2P platform enriched by RPA . Over, early, and late payments . Maverick buying .

Supplier 52

Supplier End to End Procurement Integration 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In 2017, AWS India became the first global CSP in India to receive full empanelment for its cloud service offerings after the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region completed MeitY’s STQC (Standardization Testing and Quality Certification) audit.

E-auction 76

E-auction Government Government E-procurement 76

Inter-American Development Bank

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

High-quality data can pave the way for gaining better insights and facilitate the TA’s job of ensuring that companies pay what they owe. These key factors can impact profitability and the types of taxes firms pay to governments. Furthermore, it can also help improve the service TAs provide for companies. to better serve society.

Accountability 52

Accountability Data Electronics Balance 52

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

Please note Saema’s disclaimer that “I am commercial practitioner and I am writing in a personal capacity. This must be auditable, allowing the contracting authority to verify the integrity and reliability of the AI tools used. The views expressed in this blog are my own, and do not represent those of my employer”.

Bidder 52

Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

A recent Ivalua study with Forester identified capacity being consumed by operational and manual activities as one barrier, along with a lack of contextual access to insights, and poor data quality as other blockers. That includes an integrated virtual digital assistant – IVA- to help customers make better, faster decisions.

Supplier 70

Supplier Capacity Procurement Team Procurement 70

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In a survey conducted by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) in 2022 on hearing centre preferences, AIAC was ranked at the forefront among other international institutions, having the highest number of hearing rooms and largest room capacity. are modelled after AIAC’s Arbitration Rules.

Influencing 98

Influencing Efficiency Leadership Innovation 98

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Platform has also facilitated the exchange of experiences among countries, strengthening the capacities of the region’s ministries in this area. 4- Sustainable taxonomies are essential for access to timely and quality information. For example, in the case of Ecuador, there are savings of US$ 1.1

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

ivalua

JUNE 12, 2020

The first is to enable collaboration indirectly, by freeing capacity through automation of operational activity and improving access to insights to better assess suppliers. The second area to focus on is enabling collaboration through technology, with 2 sub areas to consider. Technology can also directly enable improved collaboration.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supplier Supply Chain Procurement 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was here where he worked on Infrastructure and Smart Cities and learned that housing is the core pillar of not only economic growth but individual and community integration. Mr. Singh is passionate about communities. He has lived in many countries but acknowledges his time in small town Dover, Pennsylvania as his most treasured.

Accountability 142

Accountability Leadership Consulting Collaboration 142

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

Especially because, while the CCS AI DPS tries to address some issues, such as ethical risks (though the effectiveness of this can also be queried), it makes clear that ‘quality, price and cultural fit (including social value) can be assessed based on individual customer requirements’.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

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 74

Capacity Demand Distribution Data 74

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

“As you add tools and technologies to try to solve these challenges, the landscape becomes very complex, creating data silos that limit stakeholders’ access to the data they need to understand supplier capacities and forecast effectively.” Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 52

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. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

Corruption 71

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 71

ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

Necessary data isn’t always readily available to inform decisions, especially when it comes to factors such as supplier compliance, integrity, reliability, and production capacity. Do this with an eye for quality and quantity, ensuring they adhere to the requirements agreed upon in your contract.

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Supplier Supply Chain Management 59

ivalua

MAY 7, 2019

With resources flat or declining, the only way to accomplish more is to free capacity through automation and improve the quality and accessibility of information for faster, better decision-making. It sets the foundation, reducing operating costs and freeing capacity. Take S2P integration for example.

Supplier 58

Supplier Capacity Integration Integrity 58

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We want to unlock its power to improve economic inclusion and sustainability, rebuild integrity and trust, and deliver the quality public services that we all deserve. It is an underfunded, paper-based government chore: we want to turn procurement into a smart, user-friendly, digital public service.

Procurement 84

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 84

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2022

Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. In doing so, they have improved supplier collaboration and created a greater capacity for resilience, innovation, and continuous improvement. . The main takeaway?

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Sustainability 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

CalHEERS is the portal through which eligible Californians can enroll in high-quality, affordable health insurance coverage. To leverage the power of the cloud, Covered California partnered with Deloitte as a systems integrator. It connects with multiple health insurers’ enrollment systems.

Insurance 64

Insurance Freight Supply Chain Innovation 64

Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

For the moment, the Pentagon’s transition to a new multibillion dollar contract for household goods moves is being held up by IT integration issues between Defense Department systems and those of its prime contractor. TRANSCOM takes that as a threat, but it’s not as though we don’t want to do the work. I’m a military mover.

Contract 119

Contract Transportation Transportation Price 119

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Second, they sought to leverage Paraguay’s accessible, high quality open contracting data.

Procurement 58

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 58

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

AWS Wavelength Zones integrate the high bandwidth and ultralow latency of 5G networks with AWS compute and storage services, enabling developers to create a new category of applications. One will be situated in Vancouver, British Columbia, with Canada West serving as its parent Region.

Networking 67

Networking Data Consulting Distribution 67

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Each agency will be responsible for identifying and removing barriers to the responsible use of AI, as well as maturing AI integration throughout the agency. The agencies must also test the AI for real-world performance to ensure that it will work for its intended purpose.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Impact Assessment Innovation Procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

In spite of such major policy developments, we still lack the specific and rigorous evidence on the impact of transparency interventions and which types of transparency matter for which actors to support desirable societal outcomes such as high quality public services, procedural justice or public sector integrity (Bauhr et al, 2019).

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 25, 2024

The purpose of the RFI was to provide DoD with information to “support their efforts in developing policies, initiatives, and resource distribution to ensure support for the DIB in integrating AI into defense systems.” CIO-SP4 is designed as an infinite-delivery and infinite-quality contract with a ceiling of $50 billion.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Evaluation E-procurement Manufacturing 52