American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Growing Need for Enhanced Event Safety With the increasing frequency of large-scale events, procurement teams are tasked with finding reliable, high-quality solutions for crowd control and event safety. With OMNIA Partners, procurement teams have access to a portfolio of suppliers who provide quality, compliance, and reliability.

Procurement 58

Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 58

American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

As localities continue to face the impacts of climate change and stricter regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding “forever chemicals,” drinking water quality is becoming an increasing concern for American cities and counties. Power, a data analytics and consumer intelligence company. Power stated. “By

Quality 52

Quality Utilities Education Data 52

GovSpend

JANUARY 22, 2025

2024: A Year of Milestones and Momentum at GovSpend We began the event with reflections on 2024, a year where we set records for nearly every metric we track – users, product usage, new features released, and new highs for every data metric weve ever tracked.

Quality 59

Quality Data Utilities Integration 59

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

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

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

JUNE 5, 2024

The world’s largest museums have worked together to look at how their data can be used to tackle these challenges. NHM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have worked together to transform and accelerate scientific research by bringing together a broad range of UK biodiversity and environmental data types in one place for the first time.

Data 81

Data Export Sustainability Networking 81

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Power and utilities A common difficulty for power and utility companies involves vulnerable equipment situated outdoors without adequate protection. However, by taking a proactive approach focused on prevention, utilities can cost-effectively enhance reliability standards for their customers.

Retail 72

Retail Supply Chain Utilities Manufacturing 72

FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

Hackers today can simply look up a CVE , plug it into an AI system and ask it to provide “an undetected attack scenario that I can utilize,” Nur said, noting that packages of this kind on the dark web are “ready to go.” “I Streamlining data and threat intel leads to more valuable insights that State can provide to its partners, he added. “If

Public Private Partnership 143

Public Private Partnership Collaboration Engineering Data 143

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 106

Insurance Management Finance Utilities 106

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

Government 97

Government Government Budget Quality 97

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

What’s exciting about these organizations is their purposeful adoption of technology and effective use of data, with the vision of maximizing their uniquely human capacities. CTrees supports action on climate change by providing accurate, science-based data on carbon in forests and trees globally. Minutes matter. Seconds matter.

Warehouse 132

Warehouse Supply Chain Data Capacity 132

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

However, agencies like NASA, Homeland Security (DHS), and Health & Human Services (HHS) have consistently utilized these programs over the years. Interestingly, DHS and HHS have experienced a notable increase in their utilization of these programs.

Contract 105

Contract Innovation Participation Utilities 105

Federal News Network

JUNE 12, 2024

The study would evaluate whether such a program could rely on location data from employees’ phones. Doing so would reduce commuting costs and improve quality of life for employees while allowing TSA leadership to manage the workforce appropriately and maintain order and discipline,” Kennedy said during today’s mark-up.

Supply Chain 107

Supply Chain Transportation Transportation Manufacturing 107

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2021, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to Mi-Case , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, to replace its legacy systems managing case data across the state’s corrections facilities. This story demonstrates that implementation can be accelerated without compromising quality.

Management 75

Management Leadership Quality Budget 75

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JUNE 22, 2017

This position also prepares resolutions with applicable supporting documentation for the Board of Commissioners’ review and approval.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Insurance E-procurement Bidding 100

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

Common use cases in public sector could be determining the best way to reduce Friday afternoon congestion, or how to manage building utilities more efficiently. To suggest answers, generative AI systems can combine and cross-analyse a diverse range of data in milliseconds to produce a spoken, graphical, or easy-to-understand written summary.

Transparency 80

Transparency Efficiency Data Utilities 80

Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

These companies or entities work directly with the federal government, procuring and utilizing resources, and managing subcontractors to meet the contractual obligations outlined in their agreements. This system helps federal agencies track subcontracting data and ensure compliance with subcontracting plans.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Contract Bidding Participation 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Type B : Examples include utility bills, which grant 50 points. 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.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Data Import Utilities 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S. Across this supply chain there is typically a lack of visibility due to siloed information and data. The only way to really understand that is data.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

AWS Public Sector

JULY 25, 2024

In this post, we will delve into the architectural approach Kite Consult and our customers adopted to meet the stringent compliance requirements of healthcare organizations and ensure resilient and efficient cloud operations utilizing AWS offerings.

Consulting 75

Consulting Networking Data Management 75

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

GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2023

Four key factors frame the neurodiversity conversation : managing the talent shortage, utilizing the unique abilities of neurodivergent talent, sharing leading practices for recruiting and retaining that talent, and cultivating a network of leaders interested in neurodiversity as a workforce strategy.

Government 111

Government Government Innovation Demand 111

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 Efficiency Demand Import 75

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

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, a key concern is to maximize the utilization of capacity to meet demand while avoiding overprovisioning. An accurate forecasting strategy can lead to lower costs through higher bandwidth utilization, and higher passenger satisfaction with successful handling of surges. In our case, this is bandwidth usage in MHz.

Capacity 81

Capacity Demand Distribution Data 81

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The healthcare industry has been slower in adopting AI compared to other sectors, for some good reasons—like the complicated nature of health data and the importance of privacy and security. US healthcare employers and employees expect a 44 percent increase in labor productivity from full AI utilization. Key findings 1.

Data 81

Data Electronics Utilities Education 81

Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Setting aside that the bid protest system serves a necessary and important oversight function—improving the integrity and quality of government contracting actions—as currently drafted, significant questions remain as to how Section 804 of the House NDAA, which introduces the pilot program, would apply.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Budget Bidding Participation 130

Public Contracting Institute

JULY 23, 2024

The material exception involved an assumption about which of two competing data rights clauses took precedence. The issue was never addressed by the LC in discussions, and GAO noted that data rights clauses are generally material solicitation requirements.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Evaluation Price Consulting 52

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 3, 2024

Previously, the service desk used an outdated telephony system, expensive interactive voice response (IVR) software, and ran in an on-premises data center. Powering MVD’s digital transformation with AWS Kyndryl’s solution utilizes Amazon Connect , a cloud-based contact center platform, to enable MVD to leverage “flex agents.”

Transportation 81

Transportation Transportation Efficiency Telecommunication 81

Extract Systems

APRIL 9, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of government technology, the importance of data governance and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be overstated. As government agencies increasingly turn to generative AI solutions, the implications of poor data quality become even more pronounced.

Transparency 52

Transparency Data Integration Integrity 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

Key Features of Free Tender Portals Core Characteristics of Free Portals Contracts Finder and Find a Tender are two government contract finder alternatives that provide basic search capabilities as well as vital contract data. Clients can demonstrate their value and preparedness in tender proposals by utilizing these insights effectively.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding E-procurement Supplier 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

AWS Public Sector

MAY 9, 2024

Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. Converting the weights to a smaller representation affects the quality of the LLM output.

Data 78

Data Import Utilities Management 78

ivalua

JULY 15, 2020

Businesses today face multiple challenges in gathering the data they need to collaborate with suppliers and implement sustainability initiatives. Over a third (39%) say that the biggest challenge is poor data quality, leaving them unable to draw on reliable data from which they can evaluate sustainability.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 52

Extract Systems

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dr. Gunn’s work focuses on the good and bad of what AI is doing with Big Data. As well as using robotic process automation to automate the docketing of new court filings leveraging data from Intelligent Capture (OCR of paper filings). These are only three examples of great presentations (all on Day 1!)

Ethics 52

Ethics Utilities Quality Data 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Zero Trust Guidance for Federal Agencies Fedscoop reports that the Federal Chief Data Officers and Federal Chief Information Security Officers councils have jointly released the Federal Zero Trust Data Security Guide. We discuss the first two goals below.

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52