Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

Additionally, AFSA administers disputes related to engineering, architecture, cession, supplies, distributions, consulting, and joint venture agreements. This competitive fee structure positions AFSA as a cost-effective and attractive option for international arbitrations without compromising the quality and speed of the services.

Efficiency 98

Efficiency Quality Demand Collaboration 98

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The downtime negatively affects the quality of the service provided by the operator. Software-based architectures can rely on physically distributed components by leveraging AWS’s Availability Zones, making simpler to implement resilient designs that can recover seamlessly from issues affecting individual nodes.

Data 128

Data End to End Transportation Transportation 128

The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These steps may not apply to every procurement but once completed they will inform the procurement strategy which then leads to development of procurement document. Once the draft procurement document is prepared it may be subject to specific legal review and final approval before posting. Each organization has its own process.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

GovLoop

JULY 11, 2023

And that increases quality output. When the organization and leadership trust people to make choices that work best for them, the outcome is higher-quality work and increased productivity.” How It’s Done We’ve learned a lot about managing a distributed workforce in the past few years.

Distribution 45

Distribution Collaboration Quality Leadership 45

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

“We wanted a platform that allowed us to do more with our data,” said Joos, who explained how bpostgroup is using data models to ensure timely delivery, and digital twins to preempt problems, such as in sorting centers, and with distribution rounds. A critical step to achieving this is moving data to the cloud.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Data Innovation Transparency 78

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Second, they sought to leverage Paraguay’s accessible, high quality open contracting data.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Under the Rule of Two, unless an exception applies, “an agency must set aside the award for small businesses where there is a reasonable expectation of receiving offers from two or more small-business contract holders under the multiple-award contract that are competitive in terms of price, quality, and delivery.”

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Authorization – Implement fine-grained policies authorizing connections and specific actions: AWS IoT policies are JSON-based documents that specify the actions that a device or user is allowed to perform. This is particularly useful for integrating AWS IoT Core with other AWS services that use IAM-based authentication.

Management 64

Management Data Integrity Integration 64

AWS Public Sector

MAY 9, 2024

The Hugging Face Inference Container offers broad compatibility with many LLM architectures, optimized serving throughput with GPU sharding and batch processing, and traceability with OpenTelemetry distributed metrics. Converting the weights to a smaller representation affects the quality of the LLM output.

Data 78

Data Import Utilities Management 78

Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

26] Compensation for those individuals must be reasonable for the personal services rendered and not be a distribution of profits, which is an unallowable cost. [27] 31] Thus, implementing and documenting adequate internal controls for determining compensation can significantly reduce audit risk.

Price 52

Price Government Contracts Government Government 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Porangaba noted that technological development is key, and that investments in smart grids may increase efficiency of energy distribution. One should also consider the effects of deep fake in the production of documents and the resulting additional burden of double-checking the information. Regarding dispute resolution, Ms.

Insurance 40

Insurance Demand Corruption Supply Chain 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 25, 2024

The purpose of the RFI was to provide DoD with information to “support their efforts in developing policies, initiatives, and resource distribution to ensure support for the DIB in integrating AI into defense systems.” CIO-SP4 is designed as an infinite-delivery and infinite-quality contract with a ceiling of $50 billion.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Evaluation E-procurement Manufacturing 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

document located in the SAM.gov notice. Section 744 requires the Secretary of Defense to create a plan to “ensure access by members of the Armed Forces to safe, high-quality pharmaceutical products and eliminate or mitigate risks in the pharmacy supply chain.” NASA also published Amendment 5 to the SEWP VI RFP.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Bidding E-procurement Procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2025

Sonnet) Meta Llama in Amazon Bedrock (Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct and Meta Llama 70B Instruct) Automating legal document review In heavily regulated sectors such as government and defense, legal compliance is critical. A major challenge is document diversity, selective redaction, and scaling larger volumes and throughput.

Data 97

Data Engineering Distribution Efficiency 97

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 6, 2025

Versatility beyond general queries The true potential of email-based virtual assistants is realized when they expand beyond generic user service queries to tackle more complex documents and data. The assistant can even plot address and location datasets on digital maps to visualize distribution.

Utilities 52

Utilities Data Efficiency Distribution 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Inside the IT department, these typically under-resourced teams receive a deluge of low-level trouble tickets from an entire campus, hospital system, or organization, where staff members have limited visibility into the unique tech issues plaguing a distributed community of end users. How can public sector IT scale?

IT 64

IT Data Education Integrity 64

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

This can cause disruptions in supply chains, affecting delivery timelines and quality standards. Example: The construction industry in the UK, which relies on imported steel and aluminium, could see project delays if suppliers adjust their distribution to avoid tariff-heavy markets.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Export Automotive Supplier 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

The new ransomware document outlines six CSF functions: govern, identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover, mirroring those in CSF 2.0. If an order is not set aside the contracting officer must document the reason and coordinate the decision with the PCR. NIST is seeking public feedback on the framework.

Procurement 40

Procurement Thresholds Professional Services Efficiency 40

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 27, 2025

Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases processes these documents by retrieving them from Amazon S3, performing content chunking, and transforming the segments into vector embeddings using an embedding model (Amazon Titan Text Embedding v2). For example, we are creating robust guardrails that will help promote responsible and ethical AI usage.

Data 64

Data Engineering Utilities Management 64

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 9, 2025

Polaris will support agency requirements for information technology (IT) services, including emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), automation, distributed ledger technology, edge computing, and immersive technology. The first announcement included 102 awardees.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Procurement Thresholds Data 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 10, 2025

Matthew Case, stated that the agency is looking at not only is there an adequate Tricare network, but how [civilian medical facilities] are doing on Leapfrog scores which measure medical facilities quality and safety. A list of the new awardees and how they are distributed across each domain can be found here.

Procurement 52

Procurement Innovation Evaluation Data 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 30, 2025

According to NAIAC, the recommendations laid out in the document should provide an opportunity for the Administration to achieve its goals to advance the United States continued AI leadership and competitiveness. 5.2.3.1); Providing clarity on the definition of a Meaningful Relationship Commitment Letter project (RFP Section L.5.1.5(f)(5));

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Efficiency Contract 52

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Done right, one can find truth in high-quality data. Save for a carveout for spending related to national security concerns, our federal tax dollars, distributed through contracts, grants, loans, and direct payments, are thoroughly accounted for with a healthy amount of detail.

Transparency 59

Transparency Distribution Data Education 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

If you are not already on a committee distribution list and would like to sign up, please email Mady Whiting at mwhiting@thecgp.org with which committees you are interested in joining. View the Sponsorship Prospectus here. Please submit your feedback to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org by March 14.

E-procurement 59

E-procurement Procurement Contract Participation 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If you are not already on a committee distribution list and would like to sign up, please email Mady Whiting at mwhiting@thecgp.org with which committees you are interested in joining. Please submit your feedback to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org by March 14.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Procurement Participation Efficiency 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 23, 2025

to distribute economic opportunity; Returning employees back to the office; Eliminating equity and climate change mandates for GSA contractors; Accelerating the disposition of underutilized and inefficient buildings; and Improving transparency and accountability within GSA and strengthening governmentwide partnerships including with our contractors.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency E-procurement Professional Services Quality 52