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Bipartisan Senate bill aims to more easily digitize paper tax return forms

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The Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, introduced Thursday by Sens. The $80 billion infusion from the 2021 law has so far been used on everything from the IRS’s electronic Direct File pilot program to leveraging artificial intelligence to better identify tax avoiders.

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10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Transparency on legal and regulatory frameworks To make e-GP systems work effectively, it’s essential to have supportive legislative arrangements in place.

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Tech issues are part of the problem — and solution — for FOIA backlog, GAO finds

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Standardization in tech upgrades will become increasingly important as agencies deal with a proliferation of agency records in electronic formats, officials added. The ability for us to do the search has enabled us to finish these in a more timely and efficient way, which we couldn’t do previously.”

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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

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. It all starts with procurement.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

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. There was a clear political agenda to digitize the process.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Results: Today, the Dominican Republic’s procurement agency monitors all procurement processes carried out using the country’s electronic procurement system in real-time using 21 targeted red flags. Efficiency is key. It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders.

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Our health in the cloud: Enabling strategic policy goals for a data-driven vision for healthcare

AWS Public Sector

One such example is the development of cloud-enabled electronic health records (EHRs). Transparency in the adoption of cloud is just so crucial. The advent of cloud technology, coupled with advances in fields like epidemiology, genomics, and data analytics, has led to transformational change in how we use data in health.

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