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AI In Depth: Federal Agencies Strengthen Guardrails for AI Applications

FedInsider

Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. He led a team that developed a search engine function for people using census data and working to solve discoverability issues. Matt Gilkeson is the Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). A native of St.

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Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. City employees are now able to collaborate on procurement more efficiently, and better plan and track their aspirations around equity and sustainability.

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The Next Generation of Energy Transition Disputes: What Might Be the Future for Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage and Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

The CO2 is then transported through underground pipelines to a storage location and is injected at a site deep into the ground for permanent storage. The construction, engineering and energy sectors alone accounted for over 40% of these cases.

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2023 Crown Communities Award winner: Two massive projects help relieve traffic problems

American City & Country

“This is an issue that has been prevalent for a very long time for the city of Victorville and not only the city of Victorville, but also for the county of San Bernardino and the town of Apple Valley, and even some of the residents of the city of Hespiria,” says Harry Mayo, senior civil engineer for the city of Victorville. did the work.

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Friday Flash 10/27/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Effective communication between government officials and industry partners is of paramount importance in fostering a thriving procurement landscape. The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Government Procurement.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

Nash previously addressed excessive deficit spending, calling it “an issue that should be of concern to all folks that work in the procurement arena.” The key thing to remember is it is an authority for a procuring Agency to provide a sort of equitable relief—not relief based on legal entitlement. [96] Cecchetti, Michael E.

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The Impact of Women-Owned Small Businesses on Federal Contracting in FY ‘24

GovSpend

Analyzing the top federal agencies that allocated contracts to WOSBs and comparing these allocations to the total awards at each agency allows us to get a more comprehensive understanding of an agencys contracting practices with WOSBs. The US SBA maintains a list of industries that are eligible under the WOSB program.