Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. From healthcare management and social safety net technology to managing vaccine sign-ups during the pandemic , governments simply need to buy IT better.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A decade after releasing its landmark national cybersecurity framework, the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Monday released version 2.0 , an updated document that emphasizes governance and supply chain issues for both public and private sector entities.

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

TIGTA also gave the IRS kudos for its transparency in how it uses the sign-on tool, posting a Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment for the Secure Access Digital Identity system to its website. The post Tax watchdog says IRS has work to do on Login.gov security controls appeared first on FedScoop.

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Impact Assessment Data Transparency Quality 124

Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Most procurement software projects are focused on efficiency; however, transparency needs to have equal attention. Trust is the cornerstone of procurement and transparency builds trust. Making this information available to the public provides another level of transparency and emphasizes that the tender is open and fair.

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Transparency Bidding Bidder Tender 40

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The use case inventories play a central role in the administration’s trustworthy AI practices — the foundation of trustworthy AI is being transparent about what you’re using and how you’re using it. If you’re not transparent, you’re going to engender mistrust,” Heydari said.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Malaysia must set out clear principles for all public procurement procedures in a single piece of overarching legislation and create a robust and comprehensive public procurement law rooted in open contracting principles – putting transparency, competition, and efficiency at the forefront.

Public Procurement 123

Public Procurement Procurement Corruption Transparency 123

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

While it aligns with Liberia’s approach, the Model Law places greater emphasis on transparency, the documentation of justification for using restricted bidding, and minimizing disruptions to competition. Solicitation tools typically take the form of standard bidding documents tailored to specific procurement needs.

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FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

When pressed by the GAO on how agencies could overcome technical challenges and pare down backlogs, some officials pointed to governmentwide adoption of technology upgrades, ensuring that FOIA offices use identical systems to streamline document review and general coordination.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Waterman said the program authorization process needs to be “vigorous, repeatable, transparent and defensible,” as well as supported and enhanced by industry, aligned with agency interests and “backed by the full weight of the federal government as a trusted authorization.” There’s little things that will have significant impacts.”

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Transparency Quality Collaboration Government 122

FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those recommendations include ensuring FedRAMP usage in agencies, releasing guidance for agencies’ implementation of transparent data requirements, modernizing legacy systems to avoid higher costs for maintenance, avoiding cybersecurity pitfalls and updating procedures for electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems.

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Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 134

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

“A review by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS had no documentation to support the underlying data, analysis, or assumptions used for Direct File cost estimates. We found this as well.

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

But the agency’s provisional approval of a few generative AI products — which include ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Claude 2, DALL-E2, and Grammarly, per a privacy impact assessment — call for closer examination in regard to federal transparency. DHS tracks its FOIAs in a public log. .”

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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. Automated document processing systems, as those implemented in Tarrant County, Texas , and Palm Beach County, Fla.,

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The 17-page document, titled “ Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-Being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers ,” details eight key priorities for AI companies and management to follow that are intended to keep the focus on “centering worker empowerment and well-being.”

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Impact Assessment Transparency Quality Ethics 128

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The National AI Advisory Committee unanimously voted in favor of the findings presented in the Law Enforcement Subcommittee’s 24-page document on the field testing of AI tools, a move that followed approval earlier this summer of three recommendations regarding the practice.

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Impact Assessment Inventory Transparency Quality 119

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion.

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Collaboration E-procurement Tender Bidding 57

FedScoop

APRIL 29, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a new program to evaluate generative AI and released several draft documents on the use of the technology Monday, as the government hit a milestone on President Joe Biden’s AI executive order. According to the release, that will “help inform the work of the U.S.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It will address topics such as documentation, improving metadata, licensing, usage, quality and integrity, Houed told reporters following a panel discussion about AI and data policy at the Data Foundation’s govDATAx event. Other challenges for the department include data sensitivity and transparency, Osborn said.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Minor deviations are a subtle area that requires clear guidelines to ensure fairness and transparency.

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Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Bidding 95

FedScoop

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The RFI highlights three critical goals: maximizing the performance of the system as well as the extensibility, documenting system decision processes fully and providing government ownership of the core technical elements of the cUAS system.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 15, 2024

In a letter filed with the SEC, representation for the whistleblowers called for a federal investigation into OpenAI’s policies, demanding changes to ensure a culture of transparency and accountability as the industry races to develop artificial intelligence. We must have a culture of transparency, openness, and honest debate.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Second, the realignment provides an opportunity to increase transparency for customer agencies and industry partners seeking to do business with FAS. The new structure also can enhance transparency with regard to guidance impacting the MAS program. Third, the alignment provides an opportunity to improve data management.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The guidance also indicates that ‘ Greater transparency of procurement data will make it easier to see what approaches have been successful and encourage use of those approaches more widely across the public sector.’ Therefore, that greater investment in expertise needs to be coupled with a culture change. 94 PA 2023). 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

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Procurement Innovation E-procurement Buyers 128

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 15, 2024

However, it requires comprehensive documentation and data from the JV. Regardless of the method chosen, it is essential to clearly state the selected approach in the solicitation documents to prevent any misunderstandings. Here are four potential inclusions: 1.

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Consulting Procurement Transparency Bidding 75

Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 12, 2024

I strongly agree we should have an annual designated National Whistleblowers Day to acknowledge their inestimable contributions to government accountability and transparency,” Dellinger added. And my overriding goal will be to contribute to greater trust in government including by protecting whistleblowers vigorously.” “I

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Transparency Accountability Government Government 111

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Handling approximately 285,000 legal cases annually means that the Nebraska Judicial Branch manages hundreds of thousands of paper documents, audio and video files, and various forms of evidence every year. Watch a recording of this session. In the public sector, security and compliance are pivotal aspects of digital transformation.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 9, 2023

By being transparent and accountable from the moment a complaint is filed through to its resolution, agencies can maintain that trust. During times of tension, it’s easy for employees to lose trust in their agencies. To do it, they need workforce case management.

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Extract Systems

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Earlier this month we shared a blog, Managing Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants in All 50 States , that highlights the increasing number of states have opened pathways to eliminate discriminatory restrictive covenants from land records documents. Therefore, the solution is customizable to meet the specific needs of county recorders.

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Government Government Transparency Accountability 52

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

The Chief Data Officers Council was created in compliance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to promote data-sharing across the federal landscape and assist agencies with the implementation of transparent data practices called for in the OPEN Government Data Act. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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IT Data Transparency Inventory 102

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

That document “gets into some of the details” of leveraging generative AI tools responsibly, safely and equitably, Sim said. “We haven’t gotten there yet, but that’s part of our roadmap is to sort of mature and learn from these initial pilots, and then just build upon that work,” he said. It’s also something the agency is sharing.

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Efficiency Data Innovation Media 139

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Now, when you click on “submit invoice”, the documents have to be provided.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

With little transparency surrounding unexplainable rental price increases, Rice, whose trade group represents more than 170 fair housing organizations throughout the country and its territories, said that increased regulations are needed.

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Price Insurance Finance Transportation 119

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. Transparency and explainability AWS AI Service Cards provide transparency on the intended use cases, limitations, and responsible AI design choices for AWS AI services.

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Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

VWV

MAY 23, 2024

Transparency The Regulations set out more detail on the transparency provisions and the requirements of the notices to be published throughout the full lifecycle of a procurement. Cabinet Office Guidance Documents The Cabinet Office has also published guidance documents on the Act - Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents.

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Procurement Bidder E-procurement Transparency 52

VWV

MAY 23, 2024

Transparency The Regulations set out more detail on the transparency provisions and the requirements of the notices to be published throughout the full lifecycle of a procurement. Cabinet Office Guidance Documents The Cabinet Office has also published guidance documents on the Act - Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents.

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Procurement Bidder E-procurement Transparency 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

Differences Between Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Meetings Purpose of Clarification: Both pre-bid and pre-proposal meetings are held to explain the details of the solicitation documents to interested parties. Improvement of Documents: Feedback obtained during these meetings is invaluable for refining and improving the solicitation documents.

Bidding 52

Bidding Bidder Consulting Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The state government’s vision for public procurement is to have “a more transparent, all-inclusive, efficient, and effective procurement process that supports the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially women businesses,” says Odewale.

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