FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As Americans’ expectations of government services continues to grow, harnessing generative AI (GenAI) provides leaders with opportunities to improve delivery through streamlined software development, enhanced workforce efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

IT 97

IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. To maintain efficiency during times of high demand, teams must have a system in place that allows them to easily scale up their processes as needed.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Procurement Team 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The standards relate to energy efficiency, standby power reduction, hazardous substance reduction, recycling and other environmental considerations. These categories were established in a consultation process with relevant stakeholders and revised seven times.

Green Public Procurement 74

Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 74

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In collaboration with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) , the Tech Alliance aims to modernize tech programs of study at Malaysian higher education institutions, connect learners to in-demand tech jobs, and support the development of a highly-skilled tech workforce. billion (MYR 29.2 billion) in Malaysia through 2038.

Education 117

Education Demand Collaboration Innovation 117

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

Figure 1 show a comparison of on-premises and cloud procurement models against nonlinear application demand. A comparison of the procurement models for an on-premises deployment and a cloud deployment when mapped against a nonlinear demand curve for an underlying application. Workloads typically follow fluctuating demand curves.

Procurement 78

Procurement IT Price Sustainability 78

American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Technologies once relied on to manage this process and reduce knowledge loss are no longer able to do so in an efficient, transparent way—skyrocketing costs, zapping institutional knowledge and worse. Governments that hesitate to adopt these technologies risk falling behind, unable to meet the evolving demands of the public sector.

Government 113

Government Government Budget Integration 113

American City & Country

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes. It is a more efficient use of a municipality’s emergency service resources.

Efficiency 111

Efficiency Leadership Demand Budget 111

FedScoop

OCTOBER 21, 2024

would help agencies better “meet the increasing demands of a digital-first world,” the letter stated. “In Raising that threshold from $10,000 to $25,000 “will position federal agencies to build upon this governmental tool, with greater flexibility to leverage necessary solutions which enhance efficiency and productivity,” the letter states.

Procurement 107

Procurement Thresholds Innovation Efficiency 107

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The event opened with a keynote speech on handling complex disputes, followed by panels addressing key topics including diversity in arbitrator appointments, efficiency, the integration of AI, and the evolving challenges of disclosure and confidentiality.

Innovation 52

Innovation Efficiency Balance Quality 52

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Public safety for these events isn’t just about preventing incidents—it’s also about ensuring that events operate efficiently while keeping attendees comfortable and secure. It’s important to have a robust system in place to control access while ensuring that staff and attendees can move freely and efficiently.

Procurement 59

Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 59

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Efficiently addressing internal customer support tickets can profoundly impact an organization’s productivity and employee well-being, apart from their ability to focus on the mission at hand. To meet these demands, many nonprofits, including Thorn , are turning to innovative technology solutions.

Efficiency 125

Efficiency Engineering Integration Integrity 125

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This post highlights the impact that reliable and efficient education systems can have on reducing the challenges facing higher education in South Africa. About 61 percent of undergraduate students in public universities are funded through government entities. After moving to the cloud, system performance improved dramatically.

Education 57

Education Demand Balance Capacity 57

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.”

Purchasing 111

Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 111

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

IT investments can also increase the productivity of auditors by providing them with better access to data during the audit process and allow for quicker and more efficient communication between auditors and taxpayers. “IT Accounting for IT modernization, the report noted, reveals “a wide array of potential revenue benefits.”

Efficiency 89

Efficiency Capacity Accountability Data 89

GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

In September 2021, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a draft federal strategy , emphasizing the need for a zero-trust architecture to meet evolving cybersecurity demands. This layer optimizes resource efficiency and fosters consistency in multi-cloud environments, accelerating cloud adoption.

Utilities 115

Utilities Demand Budget Efficiency 115

AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

With RAG, LLMs can gain deep understanding into specific areas without having to be retrained, which makes it efficient and cost-effective to keep LLMs current, relevant, accurate, and helpful in many different situations. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the process of optimizing the output of a large language model (LLM).

Evaluation 126

Evaluation Data Efficiency Integration 126

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The AWS framework helps EdTechs improve cost efficiency, assess functionality expansion, and grow market share, by aligning pricing with solution value to students and institutions. Assess your application’s efficiency by comparing the application usage pattern to the cost profile.

Price 73

Price Demand Education Efficiency 73

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less. With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less.

Education 125

Education Demand Innovation Capacity 125

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Meanwhile, P&ID did not do anything concrete to build the facility, but rather, demanded that Nigeria perform its obligations, and when Nigeria failed, it commenced arbitration proceedings. A recent decision, Nigeria vs P&ID , issued by the English High Court of Justice, has drawn significant global public attention.

IT 52

IT Corruption Ethics Education 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Using Amazon OpenSearch Service, education customers can build robust, scalable, and efficient search solutions for their students. To efficiently manage these resources, you can use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Amazon S3 is an object storage service built to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere.

Education 98

Education Data Efficiency Management 98

FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As artificial intelligence continues transforming the federal government, agencies are investing in innovative AI applications to enhance mission effectiveness, security and efficiency. According to Berntsen, DOD is also investing heavily in computing power and upskilling personnel to meet AI’s growing demands.

Innovation 67

Innovation Efficiency Balance Data 67

American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By: Lawson Products In today’s fast-paced world, efficient procurement is crucial for any entity. As procurement professionals, you are constantly balancing tight budgets, increasing demands, and the need to streamline operations. How VMI Transforms Procurement Vendor Managed Inventory is about much more than having parts on hand.

Vendor Management 59

Vendor Management Inventory Management Inventory Management 59

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Leverage Group Purchasing and Cooperative Contracts for Cost Efficiency One of the most effective ways to streamline procurement is by using group/cooperative purchasing contracts. When it comes to procurement, having a clear, strategic approach is key to delivering value to your organization. ’ and this is the way to get those.”

Purchasing 59

Purchasing Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

GovLoop

AUGUST 1, 2024

A team that shares tasks and responsibilities is typically more productive, collaborative and efficient than teams that work in silos. For more helpful tips and takeaways from this online training, watch the video on-demand now. As a supervisor, it can be hard to let go and delegate. Favorite

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Demand Collaboration Efficiency Import 52

FedScoop

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a response to a request from that committee’s aviation subcommittee, the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General published a report in June calling the tool’s effectiveness “limited.” “The ability to regulate airspace for safety must meet the increasing demand on the use of the airspace,” Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.,

IT 91

IT Transportation Transportation Integration 91

FedScoop

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“Raylene has been instrumental in building the Technology Modernization Fund into the in-demand resource it is for federal agencies looking to modernize their IT systems,” GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan said in a statement. “We billion in funding. It’s currently invested roughly $770 million in 47 projects across 27 federal agencies.

Leadership 96

Leadership Demand Efficiency Management 96

GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Here is a real-life example on how one civilian agency reduced its environmental footprint and budget demands: An agency was looking to reduce the power needed to heat and cool its primary data center by one-third. The agency chose to implement an all-flash storage solution for high performance and hyper-consolidation.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Capacity Demand Budget 52

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Vishal Patel and Peter Hunt delivered their session ‘Creating Value with Strategic Sourcing’ to discuss how Procurement professionals are recognizing that the fast-paced digital landscape of today demands new approaches to category management and strategic sourcing. The answer is simple – automation.

Procurement 97

Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 19, 2024

CX drives efficiencies in marketing spend (as measured by business KPIs like click-through rates, content views, or email open rates). The data types can be demand data, related data such as seasonal factors, marketing data, or metadata such as the source, format, or timestamps, which helps manage the actual data.

Data 73

Data Efficiency Demand Import 73

Tracker Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2024

It is more efficient and effective as it narrows down the search to only the most relevant opportunities. These updates enable organisations to respond promptly and develop their proposal efficiently by informing them of fresh opportunities as soon as they are announced.

Tender 52

Tender Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 52

Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The alleged misconduct dates back to 2011 when Siemens entered a contract with the Hamtramck Housing Commission, a HUD-funded public housing authority in Hamtramck, Michigan, to install energy efficiency improvement measures at public housing facilities.

Contract 103

Contract Demand Efficiency Data 103

FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

This change encourages greater accountability and efficiency from IT service providers. Agencies need to consider whether their contracting strategy matches their innovation requirement demands—because, in many cases, it doesn’t right now. Instead, agencies should reconsider opting for fixed-price, fixed- timeframe contracts.

Innovation 58

Innovation Demand Budget Price 58

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

She is passionate about championing alternative dispute resolution across Africa and beyond and fostering a culture of cooperation, efficiency, and excellence among the diverse stakeholders involved in dispute resolution. Have they contributed to an increased demand for AFSA’s services?

Efficiency 98

Efficiency Quality Demand Collaboration 98

FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, it also raises the stakes for developing better AI inferencing at the network edge to ensure operational resiliency, efficiency and security. As enterprises increasingly rely on real-time data processing and automation, edge computing has become vital to modern IT infrastructure. Download the full report.

Innovation 102

Innovation Data Manufacturing Demand 102

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) describes the foundational digital capabilities nations provide to facilitate efficient and secure interactions within society, such as proving identity, paying for goods and services, proving an entitlement, or sharing data. Consider a government agency that urgently needs to launch a new digital service.

Government 76

Government Government Demand Innovation 76

Extract Systems

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Efficiency and Time Savings: Land records agencies handle vast amounts of data, from property deeds to land surveys. Improved Search and Retrieval: Quick and accurate data indexing translates to more efficient search and retrieval processes. This means less time spent on manual data entry and more time for value-added tasks.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Demand Data Buyers 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, a key concern is to maximize the utilization of capacity to meet demand while avoiding overprovisioning. For example, the vessel in Spot Beam 1 is maximizing bits per Hertz efficiency as it is in the center of the footprint and enjoying clear skies. Satellite operators provide bandwidth allocation to each of these segments.

Capacity 80

Capacity Demand Distribution Data 80