Public Procurement Intl
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Around the world, governments are embracing “green procurement” – environmentally sustainable strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. A number of webinars we have held at GW Law School, including a July 2024 series on emerging international best practices, confirmed that there are many parallels between these “green procurement” strategies.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Department of Energy has awarded four companies spots on a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion contract to procure uranium enrichment services to help establish a domestic supply chain of high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU, used for deploying advanced nuclear reactors.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 20, 2024
There are two weeks to go until the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Interest, speculation, and tension have been building all. The post 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Special Series appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is using artificial intelligence to mine tips about potential threats but is revealing little about how the system actually works. Specifically, the bureau is using a system it calls the “Complaint Lead Value Probability” to prioritize tips by conducting algorithm scores and triaging, according to two versions of an agency AI disclosure.
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Federal News Network
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Defense Department released the final rule for the long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program today, further paving the way for CMMC requirements to show up in contracts starting next year. The final CMMC program rule was released for public inspection today. It’s expected to officially publish in the Federal Register on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
WashngtonExec
OCTOBER 2, 2024
National security leaders play key roles in modernizing, protecting and defending the technologies that drive missions on land, sea, air and space. These leaders support one of the government’s most important missions: securing and defending the nation’s citizens, economy and institutions. The security-related missions highlighted here cover critical infrastructure, cyber-connected operating equipment, Internet of Things, [.
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GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 9, 2024
“Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security” by Chuck Brooks is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand and take advantage of the next wave of technological progress. Brooks is a well-known executive and adviser who breaks down complicated technological trends into easy-to-understand insights.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Whenever I find out that a company – or a person – decided to do something new in 2020 or. The post Creating a B2C to B to C Improvement Cycle at Walmart Business appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 9, 2024
A Senate bill that would task the National Science Foundation with overseeing a multimillion-dollar competition on artificial intelligence innovations now has a House companion from the leaders of the chamber’s AI task force. The AI Grand Challenges Act from Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif., announced in a press release Wednesday, pairs with the May bill from Sens.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 3, 2024
As artificial intelligence becomes more ingrained in all aspects of technology, agencies and vendors alike must consider new factors when it comes to buying these capabilities. In a new memo released today, the Office of Management and Budget outlined these considerations in three buckets: Proactively manage AI risk and performance Promote a competitive AI marketplace Create structures to govern and manage business processes related to acquiring AI in acquisition “This new memo provides agencies
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
In August, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. So far, the program has received over 200 whistleblower tips according to a DOJ official. On October 23, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller delivered remarks at the New York City Bar Association Compliance Institute. “In the first few months of the Justice Department’s whistleblower awards program, we’ve already received more than 200 tips,” he stated.
Public Procurement Intl
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Photo: Umm Al Quwain – Rainer Strehl David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins presented on October 3, 2024 at the International Public Procurement Conference 9, a regular event which was held this year in the emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates. (Because of a surge in armed hostilities in the Gulf, they presented virtually.) Messrs.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Delivering top-notch internal customer support is crucial for nonprofit organizations. 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.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 17, 2024
In 1932, Aldous Huxley published the book Brave New World. At the time, the actual world was perched between World. The post Tips for Surviving in a Brave New World appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 23, 2024
In the pre-GPT era of artificial intelligence, there wasn’t a ton for the National Archives and Records Administration — and its billions of unstructured documents — to do with the technology. According to Gulam Shakir, NARA’s chief technology officer, those more nascent AI tools “did not really fit” with the agency’s needs — namely the processing and management of massive “free-form” datasets lacking any logical formatting or rules.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2024
For the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a tribe of nearly 40,000 in Shawnee, Okla., guarding against a potential loss of data related to its history, language and culture is a huge priority. That means protecting tribal history at CPN’s Cultural Heritage Center museum and data in the Tribal Rolls Department, which handles membership, including tribal enrollment, burial insurance and tribal ID cards.
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
In a ruling that could shake up the landscape of whistleblower litigation, a federal district court struck down a key provision of the False Claims Act as unconstitutional. The decision, which came out on September 30, 2024, in United States ex rel. Clarissa Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC , found that the FCA’s qui tam provisions violate the Appointments Clause of the U.S.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The nature of global conflict has changed, extending the battlefield beyond the physical realm and into the cyber domain. As physical barriers continue to fall and global tensions rise, the United States has recognized the need to master cyber combat, but so have its adversaries.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 10, 2024
During her visit to Armenia on July 10, 2024, Samantha Power, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, announced $5 million in funding for a new public-private collaboration between USAID, the Government of Armenia, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will be delivered through USAID’s Enterprises for Development, Growth, and Empowerment (EDGE) Fund , launched to leverage the private sector’s competitive edge to solve global challenges.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“Let me be clear: we don’t want any form of semi-automation or full automation. We want our jobs—the jobs we. The post East and Gulf Coast Port Strike – Part 1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is seeking information about how autonomous artificial intelligence systems, known as agentic AI, might be used in the health care space. A recent request for information posted by the Department of Health and Human Services agency specifically asks for information on implementations of agentic AI, how multiple agentic AI systems work together, scalability, risks, and how autonomy is decided, among other things.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Zach Whitman, the General Services Administration’s chief AI officer and data scientist, reminds his colleagues that the GSA was one of the first agencies to adopt email and internet access for the government workplace. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that GSA has fully embraced experimenting with generative AI, an emerging technology that has similar potential to transform the workplace, Whitman says.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Just days ago, the White House came out with a national security memorandum devoted to artificial intelligence. It’s a catch-all for trying to keep the United States ahead of A-I developments in what the memo calls the new frontier. For analysis, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
On October 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $12 million award to three joint whistleblowers who voluntarily provided the agency with original information that led to a successful enforcement action. Through the SEC Whistleblower Program , qualified whistleblowers are eligible to receive awards of 10-30% of the funds collected in an enforcement action aided by their disclosure.
American City & Country
OCTOBER 24, 2024
There are an estimated 20.3 million public sector employees in the United States, representing a significant 13% of the country’s active workforce. The implications for turnover are staggering, as several thousand of these employees retire each year on average as others constantly join. 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.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 3, 2024
We know supply chains are complex, but to truly understand how complex they are, and how they reached this point, The post Supply Chains as Business in Action appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Shelly Hartsook said she’s seen promising data on implementation of security protocols ahead of next week’s due date for agencies to submit updated plans.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The State Department’s law enforcement arm, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, defends the department and the foreign affairs community by applying cybersecurity, technology security and law enforcement expertise to help advance U.S. foreign policy and safeguard national security interests. Specifically, the bureau’s Directorate of Cyber and Technology Security is responsible for ensuring tactical cyberdefense for all U.S. diplomats and data held by the department, spanning more than 260 locatio
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Listen carefully and you can hear the buzz in the federal market about a new contract from the General Services Administration. It’s not another big governmentwide contract like Alliant 3 or the ASCEND cloud blanket purchase agreement. This one is the second generation of the COMET blanket purchase agreement that is going to be used only by GSA. “GSA saying this contract is a modernization effort and I think that is drawing a lot of interest from a lot of companies.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information to determine possible artificial intelligence programs and governance support to enhance services for veterans. According to the notice published on Sam.
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
On October 10, U.S. authorities announced that TD Bank agreed to pay $3.1 billion in penalties and pled guilty to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the nation’s primary anti-money laundering (AML) law. TD Bank will pay $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation and $1.3 billion to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – October 25th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The nuclear physics program in the Energy Department’s Science Office wants to use artificial intelligence to help control its advanced accelerators, according to a new solicitation posted to the agency’s website. The request for applications comes as the Energy Department continues to use artificial intelligence to advance its research endeavors, which includes deploying the technology at some of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 7, 2024
U.S. Navy IT leaders received notification from an aircraft carrier on deployment that the ship’s entire unclassified network was inoperable in April 2022. “The impact is tremendous,” says Jeff Myers, deputy program manager for PMW 160, the Navy’s tactical networking program office. The office oversees the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, or CANES, program, providing a tactical edge network for all ships and submarines in the Navy.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The Pentagon didn’t introduce any groundbreaking changes in the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rule, but CMMC observers say the Defense Department made several key updates and definitions to help companies as they work to comply with the requirements. Meanwhile, industry groups are now turning their attention to potential challenges with implementing the CMMC requirements through the contracting process.
American City & Country
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Public-sector fleet managers may want to consider delaying replacing their internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicles/trucks (EVs) says Randall Taylor , CEO of The Fuel Ox , a global provider of fuel treatments and lubricants. For more than 10 years Taylor has led daily operations at the firm, which helps consumers and fleet managers reduce their footprint on the environment with bio-based, eco-friendly and almost completely toxin-free products.
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