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Digging out data to shine a light on public buying in Mongolia

Open Contracting Partnership

The National Anti-Corruption Program , recently approved by the Parliament, gives civil society organizations (CSOs) and media a greater role in preventing corruption and “strengthening an ethical, corruption-free public service.” Enter Data Club This is where our work at the Mongolian Data Club comes in.

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The power of procurement data: How one villager unveiled a corruption scandal

Open Contracting Partnership

A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption. The page admins continued the investigation using ACT Ai, verifying the details and sharing the story on social media.

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Transforming Public Sector Leadership with Data-Driven Decisions

FedInsider

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.

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Behind the technologies at the forefront of improving NOAA hurricane data

FedScoop

Collecting data from inside a hurricane can feel like sticking toothpicks in a donut. Each of those devices is dropped from one of the agency’s “Hurricane Hunter” aircrafts, falling through the storm like a toothpick piercing a donut and collecting data about temperature, air pressure, humidity, and wind speed on its downward path.

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Unlocking Your Agency’s Data Treasure Trove with Large Language Models

FedInsider

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. Dan Tucker × Dan Tucker Senior Vice President Dan Tucker is a senior leader focused on cloud and data engineering solutions in Booz Allen’s citizen services business.

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What Open Source Means for the Future of the Intelligence Community

GovCon Wire

Open source intelligence encompasses any publicly or commercially available information, and with today’s vast catalog of data from news websites, social media, broadcast television and more, it has grown into a prominent force in U.S. intelligence missions.

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Einarsson v Canada and Data as Asset in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Kluwer Arbitration

They claim that by violating copyright and trade secret protections of GSI’s seismic data, which allegedly led to the company’s effective demise, Canada committed several breaches of NAFTA’s Chapter 11. Canada : it is the first investor-State dispute settlement case about data. Data’ in Einarsson v. The claimants in Einarsson v.

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