Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data-driven decision-making enables procurement teams to improve performance and align with wider organisational goals including corporate social responsibility and risk management. It focuses on how public sector entities can enhance compliance and transparency. What is Data Analytics in Procurement?

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Procurement Data Supply Chain 52

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

As Australia moves forward with its National framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence in government , Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles. Cloud solutions can offer major environmental benefits with specialised data centres.

Government 75

Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This demonstrates that businesses increasingly recognize diversity as a global issue and these programs provide an “ethical” mechanism to connect with customers through community engagement. However, the ethical justification is no longer the totality of the value proposition as leaders now see the overall value for their business. .

Supplier 98

Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

That opposition stems partly from the steep costs of compiling greenhouse gas emissions data, and from the uncertain impact that barring “non-compliant” contractors would have on the U.S. government’s supplier base.

Procurement 147

Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This technology enables teams to collect vast amounts of data and have the ability to resolve complex data-related challenges. These systems can provide more accurate data collection, resolve complex challenges more efficiently, and help to deliver more tailored solutions. What is PPN 02/24?

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Ethics Tender 52

Extract Systems

JULY 3, 2023

Additionally, intelligent data analytics can help agencies make informed decisions and optimize resource allocation. Enhancing Decision-Making and Policy Formulation: Government agencies often grapple with vast amounts of data when making critical decisions and formulating policies.

Government 52

Government Government Ethics Efficiency 52

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Originally published in the 2022 ProcureCon Report “Transforming Procurement: Embracing Digital Innovation and Driving Sustainability” Ethical business practices and sustainability initiatives are forcing organizations to not only stand up, but to also set themselves apart from the competition by implementing ESG and CSR commitments.

Procurement Strategies 96

Procurement Strategies Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain 96

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For instance, DFARS clauses often address technical data rights, while FAR clauses may focus on software and inventions. Discover more about IP and data rights in government contracts Best Practice 2: Communicate Clearly About IP Rights It’s important to have a clear plan for your IP.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Government Government Ethics 52

Extract Systems

JUNE 6, 2023

By updating this road map, the White House aims to align its AI initiatives with the latest technological advancements and evolving ethical considerations. The updated road map is expected to prioritize several key areas, including AI's impact on the economy, national security, ethics, privacy, and fairness.

Ethics 52

Ethics Transparency Collaboration Import 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

Levy highlighted how AWS is helping customers use generative AI in a responsible and flexible way, providing more options to enable digital sovereignty through the upcoming AWS European Sovereign Cloud , and showing dedication to data protection and privacy, sustainability, and social impact.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Data Innovation Transparency 78

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Generative AI specifically enables agencies to automate complex tasks such as content creation, data analysis and predictive modeling,” said Maria Fahmi, Executive Vice President, Technology & Engineering, with V3Gate, which specializes in providing emerging technology to the public sector. “It

Quality 52

Quality Data Ethics Import 52

The Softly Spark

JANUARY 13, 2025

Consumers today expect transparency, proof, and meaningful action. Communicate and Engage with Consumers Being transparent and honest about your commitment to sustainability is essential for effectively connecting with your environmentally conscious customers. Aligning with partners who share your values can promote ethical practices.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Transparency Retail Education 52

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

Below, we outline the 5 steps toward modernizing supplier management, addressing both transparency and effective engagement. Gain control of your supplier data. Data remains dispersed among multiple systems, with duplicates and errors common. Leaders must plan out the long-term data approach when selecting technology.

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability. Common concerns include transparency, fairness, especially when small suppliers feel dominated by big competitors in multi supplier frameworks. What Are Framework Agreements?

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For instance, state and federal data privacy laws limit AI’s use of personal information. Too often,” says the White House’s blueprint, “[AI] tools are used to limit our opportunities and prevent our access to critical resources or services. These outcomes are deeply harmful — but they are not inevitable.”

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Transparency Data 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.

Participation 52

Participation Ethics Finance Leadership 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.

Participation 52

Participation Ethics Finance Leadership 52

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

We can achieve cost confidence by utilizing progressive project delivery models that involve design and construction project partners very early, and by engaging in transparent collaboration. It is substantiated and grounded by historical data combined with the reality, context, and specific circumstances of the project being delivered.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Budget Collaboration 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Emotion AI systems are powered by neural networks trained through machine learning, where algorithms and models are created to enable computers to learn from data to make predictions or decisions. Emotion AI can generate detailed behavior reports presented in a user-friendly format with visual graphs and data points.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Ethics Negotiation Participation 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Her team also manages AI platforms, monitoring who uses them and what data flows through them. They work with agency partners to assess AI tools regarding bias mitigation, fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy. Models must be trained to make decisions and in what data means in context. Is My AI a Good Person?

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Data Transparency 52

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Compliance and Ethics Government construction projects are subject to strict compliance requirements and ethical standards. Construction projects often involve sensitive data and intellectual property, making them attractive targets for cyber threats.

Bidding 52

Bidding Government Government Negotiation 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The panel delved into (i) the mechanisms and challenges of dispute resolution in the decentralized space, and (ii) the integration of artificial intelligence (“AI”) into judicial systems and arbitration proceedings and the underlying legal and ethical considerations. and Web 3.0.

Ethics 52

Ethics Integration Integrity Risk Management 52

ivalua

MAY 6, 2021

These include faster co-innovation with suppliers, working with sustainable and ethical suppliers and empowering employees — all of which will lead to increased business agility. . Smart software shifts from drilling down on existing data to alerting up, so managers can respond to events or trends in real time. .

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Transparent criteria for evaluating social value proposals allow for fair competition among suppliers while keeping them liable for their commitments. Ethical labour standards are non-negotiable, ensuring workers’ rights and well-being are protected throughout the supply chain. How Does Tracker Intelligence Help In All This?

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Technology must be employed that supports securely sharing all relevant information between internal stakeholders and suppliers, and it must support effective planning and transparency for project teams. Without sufficient data, you end up making unknown and sometimes unnecessary compromises, exposing organizations to other risks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This includes, alongside increased transparency by private actors developing frontier AI capabilities, appropriate evaluation metrics, tools for safety testing, and developing relevant public sector capability and scientific research’ (emphases added).

Procurement 80

Procurement Evaluation Participation Collaboration 80

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2024

Successful challenges on this basis are rare: the English Commercial Court data recorded that in 2020-2021, only one out of 26 applications succeeded – a success rate of 4%. Is More Transparency Necessary to Ensure the Integrity of the Process? Clear guidance (perhaps at an institutional level) would be welcome.

Corruption 52

Corruption Ethics Transparency Import 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During the training, Jason, Liam, and Alex will cover the following topics and more: Pricing – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)/Commercial Sales Practices (CSP); Domestic Preferences; Supply Chain; Enforcement/Mandatory Disclosure/Ethics; Sustainability Requirements/Policy; and Bid Protests Update.

Price 52

Price E-procurement Logistics Procurement 52

The Softly Spark

JULY 6, 2023

Achieving a sustainability certification signifies a business’s dedication to minimizing its ecological footprint, promoting ethical practices, and contributing to a better future. Consider the social aspects, such as labor practices, supply chain transparency, and community engagement.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Evaluation Retail Transparency 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

It is very hard to know what data has been used to train a model and economic operators using ‘off-the-shelf’ generative AI solutions will hardly be in a position to assess themselves, or provide any meaningful information, to contracting authorities. And, in any case, this is not only an issue for future contracts. How to deal with it? —

Tender 72

Tender Contract Bidding Supplier 72

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

To properly assess risk, reduce carbon emissions and avoid ethics violations, leaders must map and assess the multi-tier supply chain. Collecting dependent sub tier suppliers via email at such volumes, mapping them to identify common dependencies and augmenting with additional data to assess sub-tier risk is not practical and prone to error.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Contractors are required to submit contract data reports, which include financial data, performance metrics, and deliverable statuses. Compliance isn’t just about submitting reports; it involves adhering to federal acquisition regulations and maintaining ethical standards.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Moreover, units within Cabinet Office (such as the Office for AI or the Central Digital and Data Office) lack the required independence.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Indeed, unlike other elements related to the monitoring and effectiveness of spending control, the issue of using AI tools contain its own legal and ethical quandaries. The forms and procedures may differ between countries, but the crucial elements of transparency, expediency and adherence to regulations, remain global.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

transparency for image manipulation), or substantial requirements (e.g. Finally, specific requirements should limit the geographical scope where the AI tool provider is allowed to process data, especially personal and confidential data. for law enforcement and essential public services), or not used at all (e.g.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59