FedInsider

AUGUST 30, 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s rapidly evolving public sector landscape, the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions is more critical than ever. The government’s Federal Data Strategy identifies the practices that lead to leveraging data to create value.

Leadership 98

Leadership Data Engineering Participation 98

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

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 30, 2025

In an earlier post, Build secure and scalable data platforms for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) with AWS , we discussed a reference architecture for building secure and scalable data platforms for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the European Health Data Space (EHDS) using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Data 52

Data Accountability Management Government 52

GovSpend

JANUARY 22, 2025

Written By: Nate Haskins, CEO Last week, GovSpend teammates from around the world convened at our headquarters in Boca Raton, FL for our annual GovSpend Gathers event. As importantly, in an age of remote work, the 2-day event is also a chance to collaborate and socialize. For this reason, I look forward to Gathers every year.

Quality 59

Quality Data Utilities Integration 59

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This blog summarizes some of the benefits of cloud-based ground segment architectures, and demonstrates how users can build a proof-of-concept using AWS Ground Station’s capability to transport and deliver Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency (DigIF) data , along with the software-defined radio Blink, built by the AWS Partner Amphinicy.

Data 128

Data End to End Transportation Transportation 128

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. The full list of publicly available datasets are on the Registry of Open Data on AWS and also discoverable on the AWS Data Exchange. This quarter, AWS released 34 new or updated datasets.

Data 80

Data Quality Utilities Demand 80

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 25, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. The full list of publicly available datasets is on the Registry of Open Data on AWS and these datasets are also discoverable on AWS Data Exchange. What will you build with these datasets?

Data 81

Data Quality Transportation Transportation 81

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 18, 2024

While ASPPH provides many services, members consistently rank the curated data resources published on the Data Center Portal (DCP) as a top benefit. ASPPH’s technical team has built custom web applications that capture and store data in a relational database. The production server stored raw data from multiple sources.

Data 78

Data Education Distribution Collaboration 78

GovLoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“The integration of AI within government operations will redefine our interaction between citizens and government,” said Chris Steel, AI Practice Lead with AlphaSix, which provides data management platforms and data analysis tools. “It But the foundation of AI is data — high-quality, accessible and secure.

Data 59

Data Management Integration Integrity 59

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Intelligence Community is in the midst of a major effort to become a data-centric, interoperable team of organizations. This push is shaped by new technologies and new approaches to information sharing, but leaning into the tools needed to unlock the benefits of data requires trust and assurance.

Quality 52

Quality Data 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Department of Labor is spelling out how artificial intelligence can boost job quality without harming the rights of workers, releasing a roadmap this week that aims to empower workforces in underserved communities as use of the emerging technology proliferates.

Impact Assessment 122

Impact Assessment Transparency Quality Ethics 122

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.

Collaboration 105

Collaboration Quality Data Capacity 105

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is a guest post by Suzanne Wait with the Health Policy Partnership and Dipak Kalra, from the European Institute for Innovation in Health Data The health sector holds approximately one third of the world’s total volume of data. For patients, EHRs support more coordinated care and less risk of duplication.

Data 80

Data Sustainability Innovation Electronics 80

Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 22, 2024

The National Whistleblower Day event is available to rewatch on C-SPAN , but National Whistleblower Center is also rolling out videos of keynote speeches on its YouTube channel. July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and whistleblowers, advocates and government officials gathered on Capitol Hill to celebrate.

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing Quality Networking Government 111

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In this blog post, we cover public sector use cases that are driving the adoption of serverless and containers, such as generative AI, data analytics, document processing, and more. Containers enhance and modernize public sector applications with improved application quality, portability, security, scalability, and fault isolation.

Total Cost of Ownership 126

Total Cost of Ownership Efficiency Data Insurance 126

FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

Speaking Tuesday at a Scoop News Group-produced GDIT event in Washington, Nur and other federal cyber officials spoke of the proliferation of AI-fueled cyberattacks and how much more critical coordination and information-sharing has become as use of the technology among amateur hackers has surged.

Public Private Partnership 143

Public Private Partnership Collaboration Engineering Data 143

FedInsider

AUGUST 26, 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s rapidly evolving public sector landscape, the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions is more critical than ever. The government’s Federal Data Strategy identifies the practices that lead to leveraging data to create value.

Leadership 52

Leadership Data Participation Quality 52

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The effectiveness of efforts to combat non-competitive practices in the general government procurement market can be assessed because of machine-readable data provided by the government and public analytics tools built by third parties. The data also indicates that buyers are making a concerted effort to improve their planning.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Tender E-procurement 52

FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

For a federal agency charged with administering health insurance programs, upholding quality standards at facilities and enforcing a seemingly countless number of arcane rules , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is especially reliant on institutional knowledge.

Insurance 109

Insurance Management Finance Utilities 109

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As one of only two Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) in the US, the company helps more than 140 million Medicare beneficiaries access and protect their Medicare rights to improve quality of care.

Quality 72

Quality Efficiency Data Innovation 72

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

IDB staff calculations based on The Conference Board’s Total Economy Database (TED). (*) Data for 2022 is estimated and for 2023 is projected. Institutional Quality Matters Another important finding of our research is that the effect of public debt on growth depends on institutional quality.

Thresholds 105

Thresholds Quality Influencing Finance 105

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In this step we use a LLM for classification and data extraction from the documents. Sonnet LLM: document processing for data extraction and summarization of the extracted information. The extracted data is then saved to an Amazon DynamoDB table. If any value has English and non-English data, use only the English value.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Data Import Utilities 52

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Leveraging artificial intelligence for efficiency to create more time for face-to-face diplomacy was a common message throughout Friday’s State AI event, which featured Blinken in a discussion with Chief AI Officer Matthew Graviss and a panel talk with four agency officials. It’s an ability to make us more effective.”

Inventory 117

Inventory Media Integration Integrity 117

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 19, 2024

The aim of the post is to help public sector organizations create customer experience solutions on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud using AWS artificial intelligence (AI) services and AWS purpose-built data analytics services. Data ingestion – Once the data is prepared, you can proceed to ingest the data.

Data 75

Data Demand Efficiency Import 75

ivalua

OCTOBER 16, 2019

According to Gartner research, “Organizations believe poor data quality to be responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses.” Organizations preparing to embark on a digital transformation journey quickly discover that without quality data, they will be unable to proceed towards their goals.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Data Quality Procurement 8

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Click the Transcript tab at the top of the text box at any time to view event transcript. He has also spearheaded the “AI-able Data Ecosystem” pilot, creating a new approach for public-private collaborations with personnel/resources across a dozen agencies and working with companies internationally. In addition to a B.S.

Accountability 142

Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142

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. Here are three examples.

Supplier 69

Supplier Capacity Automotive Manufacturing 69

ivalua

AUGUST 10, 2015

Quite a few of our customers are located in the Detroit area where we recently hosted a networking event featuring Nexteer Automotive. Unfortunately, after this point of agreement, the conversations proceeded down many different paths including: data quality issues (timeliness and accuracy).

Automotive 63

Automotive Supplier Manufacturing Quality 63

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Response times to damages from extreme weather events, wildlife, or other external factors tend to be reactive in nature, leading to extended outages and significant expenses. Power and utilities A common difficulty for power and utility companies involves vulnerable equipment situated outdoors without adequate protection.

Retail 72

Retail Supply Chain Manufacturing Utilities 72

AWS Public Sector

JULY 30, 2024

Efficient code review processes are vital across all customer segments, both commercial and public sector, where strict regulations, data security, and service excellence are paramount. Streamlined code reviews maintain software quality, mitigate security risks, and enhance operational efficiency.

Efficiency 75

Efficiency Quality Engineering Integration 75

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Harnessing AI is a useful way to advance modernization goals, but AI governance—including ethical considerations, data security, and compliance with federal regulations—must remain a top priority. Click the Transcript tab at the top of the text box at any time to view event transcript. Close transcript to return to live CART.

IT 97

IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

Inter-American Development Bank

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

TAs must further capitalize on data and automation to improve their services and processes. 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. CACAO stands for Accounting and Organizational Data Storage and Consultation System.

Accountability 52

Accountability Data Electronics Balance 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 25, 2024

Digital transformation, professionalization of the public administration, and greater international tax cooperation are driving the creation of a second mission within tax administrations beyond traditional tax control: the data agency. Data Agency Transformation Factos There are three key factors that are driving this transformation.

Data 52

Data Transparency Price Collusion 52

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 31, 2024

AI and ML empower transportation agencies to extract valuable insights from their raw data collected using IoT devices like sensors and cameras, enhancing the quality of services. However, these organizations encounter challenges in data accuracy validation due to issues related to data quality and occasional missing information.

Transportation 78

Transportation Transportation Export Data 78

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

However, ensuring that the impact of technology does not outweigh its benefits means choosing sustainable IT, so that deployment of tech for good isn’t outweighed by the footprint of more workloads, and data centres which are not energy efficient. XOCEAN is a company which uses uncrewed sea vessels to collect ocean mapping data.

Sustainability 81

Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 81

AWS Public Sector

MAY 29, 2024

RPO refers to how much data loss your application can tolerate. Another way to think about RPO is how old the data can be when this application is recovered. With both RTO and RPO, the targets are measured in hours, minutes, or seconds, with lower numbers representing less downtime or less data loss.

Data 84

Data Efficiency Integrity Integration 84

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

With its mix of charm, history, and major public works set to transform its infrastructure for the future, Rome was the perfect backdrop for our event which was all about harnessing our collective knowledge to make procurement more results-driven, transparent, and impactful across Europe. We’re ready to help make this happen.

Procurement 67

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Transparency 67