GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Governments collect and analyze a lot of data. Whoever makes decisions, having them see the value of using information is super important,” said Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, Director of Evaluation and Impact at the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management. We all use data in our personal lives. Leventhal-Weiner said.

Data 52

Data Evaluation Collaboration Import 52

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Public-service providers are expected to supply accessible, easy-to-understand information to the public so they can make informed decisions about their lives and for their households. Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with and evaluate high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies via a single API.

Import 115

Import Demand Budget Evaluation 115

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Moving from Data Insight to Data Action “, and ” #10.

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Evaluation Education Data Import 78

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

This blog post is provided for information purposes only and is not part of, and does not modify, any agreement between AWS or any customer. Supporting FFIEC, NCUA compliance with AWS services Credit unions can utilize the following AWS services to evaluate their compliance with FFIEC and NCUA cyber requirements.

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Evaluation Management Inventory Accountability 80

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate We all now live in a data-driven world. And the federal government may be the single largest generator – and user – of data in the world. Without a comprehensive data strategy, the legal and ethical challenges limit the potential of this emerging technology.

Data 98

Data Leadership Participation Networking 98

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 Integration Integrity 83

AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

The scope of EVe’s responsibilities extends beyond this initial deployment, as EVe is also looking at evaluating and expanding the EV charging infrastructure as part of its business growth. EVe’s transformation journey Since its inception, EVe recognized the pivotal role of data and has become a data-driven organization.

Data 84

Data Total Cost of Ownership Distribution Transportation 84

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Federal agencies collect vast amounts of data that often goes untapped because unlocking its full value is complex. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE.

Data 98

Data Engineering Participation Product Management 98

FedInsider

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The growth in volume of data being generated every year is staggering. One company has estimated that an organization’s amount of data will triple within five years, between on-premises, cloud and software-as-a-service locations.

Data 97

Data Leadership Participation Networking 97

FedScoop

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence do not have adequate data for assessing government security clearances and other vetting processes, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Monday. ODNI did not provide formal comments on the recommendations, according to GAO.

Risk Management 124

Risk Management Data Accountability Management 124

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CISA partially attributed that drop to an “incoming federal partner” that stopped sharing information due to “unspecified security concerns with transferring information from its current system to AIS.” CISA, which launched AIS in 2016, finished updates to the 2.0 version of the system in March 2022.

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Participation Quality Data Evaluation 126

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

Transparency 64

Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

Select GCR

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that provides individuals with the right to access information held by the government. Under the FOIA, individuals can request a wide range of documents and information from federal agencies, such as reports, emails, memos, and other records. Check for Pre-existing Information.

Transparency 69

Transparency Education Contract Government 69

WashngtonExec

AUGUST 22, 2024

LMI won a $43 million contract to develop the Supply Chain Risk Evaluation Environment for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. This work will integrate government data with commercially and publicly available information to enhance SCRM capabilities.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Evaluation Contract Integration 52

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When it comes to data on bid protests, the data is lacking to say the least. So instead of being able to manage on a proactive basis using the data, which by the way they already collect, they just don’t put it in a place where they can use it. The protest process is important to manage the procurement process.

Data 97

Data Bidding Innovation Procurement 97

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security will use a “cybersecurity readiness” assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards. DHS published the details of the new “cybersecurity readiness evaluation factor” in a Nov. But DHS is seeking feedback on its plans by Nov.

Evaluation 132

Evaluation Utilities Bidding Contract 132

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This common SaaS landscape can lead to data silos where data becomes isolated in disparate systems and difficult to centralize for business insights. Pairing operational metrics from project management systems with human resource (HR) data to streamline internal workforce reporting. Jump to Orchestration section ).

Data 81

Data Integration Integrity Management 81

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

However, the data surrounding these procurement processes has traditionally been fragmented and difficult to access. Only about 20 percent of the total procurement data is readily available and searchable at the EU level through the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) portal.

Public Procurement 69

Public Procurement Data Procurement Quality 69

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. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

Procurement 147

Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

AWS Public Sector

MAY 8, 2024

Healthcare organizations invest heavily in technology and data. Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with top FMs, and fine-tune and privately customize them with your own data. LLMs are also typically trained on general domain information, which can make them less effective for domain-specific tasks.

Data 84

Data Ethics Integration Integrity 84

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data can improve traffic congestion, enhance delivery of critical government services, and save millions of dollars, according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting. The study examines the return-on-investment public sector organizations may realize from data integration initiatives.

Integration 83

Integration Integrity Data Education 83

FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.,

Evaluation 137

Evaluation Accountability Innovation Data 137

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 11, 2024

Louis University ‘s (SLU) Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research (SCAER) required vast quantities of anonymized cell phone data in order to study the impacts of large-scale social problems like homelessness and access to healthcare. Finding a reliable data supplier was relatively simple. Cleaning the data.

Data 81

Data Education Quantity Warehouse 81

Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This pilot program could provide an opportunity for the DIB to become more directly involved in CMF operations and evaluations. Independent Evaluation of Requirement for a United States Cyber Force. Of particular importance, the bill would require a three-year pilot program under which U.S. CMF Occupational Resiliency.

Networking 173

Networking Data Evaluation Government Contracts 173

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

A review by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS had no documentation to support the underlying data, analysis, or assumptions used for Direct File cost estimates. Information collected during the pilot, Werfel added, “will allow us to develop an accurate baseline for this novel government service.”

Accountability 126

Accountability Price Electronics Data 126

FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

government, the private sector, and academia to make sure that we understand how we try to approach these highly sensitive, high-risk areas of information.” The fact that AI work is spread across agencies can also create different information-sharing and regulatory hurdles.

Evaluation 133

Evaluation Thresholds Participation Collaboration 133

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Federal customers are often challenged by integrating data across multiple systems and providing federated access to authenticated users operating across multiple organizations. This will facilitate agile and secure data sharing with their providers. Department of Defense (DoD). “By

Data 78

Data Price Integration Integrity 78

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Now the lab that began in 2019 has transformed into the GAO component responsible for projects including a prototype generative artificial intelligence solution, which is getting close to its user testing phase, and a recent data-science-driven report that found quality issues with audits of non-federal entities that receive federal awards. “We

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Innovation Data Management Accountability 80

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

An artificial intelligence service deployed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being put to the test for things like modernizing its websites and capturing information on school closures, the agency’s top data official said. That process tends to be “tedious” and “manual,” Sim said.

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Efficiency Data Innovation Media 139

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Report is notable for several reasons, but most striking is its sharp criticism of DOE’s apparent reluctance to fully accede to the OIG’s request for vast quantities of agency and contractor data in connection with preventative fraud detection efforts. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

Management 130

Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

These processes rely heavily on domain-specific data ingestion and processing for batch and continuous data sources. PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders. Web applications in Aether are served up through API Gateway using Amazon S3 static hosting.

Risk Management 122

Risk Management Management End to End Data 122

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it. If your use case means you need to train a bespoke machine learning (ML) model, then you’ll need data.

Data 134

Data Import Efficiency Balance 134

Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Court of Federal Claims examining the use of unstated evaluation criteria, an agency's investigation of its own data rights and unequal access to information about an organizational conflict of interest. Liam Bowers at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S.

Data 52

Data Bidding Evaluation Accountability 52

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When ranking the most significant developments of the digital age, the evolution of data storage does not garner many glamour points. The ability to gather, store and analyze almost unlimited amounts of data has transformed almost every aspect of society, including law enforcement. This plethora of data is a double-edged sword.

Data 104

Data Education Media Efficiency 104

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

In response to the information communicated to the market via the bidding documents , the market submits offers or bids which will be the actual basis of contracts when accepted. Qualification and Evaluation Criteria : They outline the minimum qualifications needed and the criteria for bid evaluation and recommendation.

Public Procurement 91

Public Procurement Bidding Procurement Bidder 91

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Five years into its existence, the federal organization charged with helping agencies establish best practices for the use, protection and dissemination of data is a year away from sunsetting and still waiting on the release of White House guidance critical to its advisory mission. Nick Hart, the founder of Data Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based

IT 102

IT Data Transparency Inventory 102

Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

Polly Hall, the DHS senior advisor to the chief procurement officer and former executive director of the Procurement Innovation Lab, which ran the AI CPARs pilot, said the test proved out the capability of using this technology to identify relevant records and information. We recognized another use case for front end market research.

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Evaluation Bidding Contract Data 105