AWS Public Sector

JUNE 26, 2024

Across the public sector, leaders are seeking to leverage generative AI to become more efficient and agile. Generative AI Innovation Center expertise : Ideate, identify, and implement generative AI solutions securely with guidance from the Generative AI Innovation Center.

Education 140

Education Innovation Participation Evaluation 140

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

In order to evaluate whether suppliers offers are giving a business the optimum value, benchmarking is required. Compliance Cycle times Defects ESG Innovation KPI performance Lead times Quality And of course . Procurement is all about achieving value for money.

Supplier 59

Supplier Supply Chain Price Procurement 59

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

“This proactive approach involves evaluating operational efficiency, vehicle utilization, and maintenance practices to identify any inefficiencies or areas for improvement. Emphasizing continuous evaluation and adaptation ensures that fleet operations remain optimal and aligned with their evolving needs.”

Management 118

Management Government Government Efficiency 118

GovLoop

APRIL 5, 2023

There are two ways to approach innovation. But design-led innovation looks for information that’s more personal and profound. In other words, start with real user needs, earn trust with every interaction, embrace accessibility, promote continuity, and listen and evaluate. Demographic and other considerations often get ignored.

Innovation 105

Innovation Evaluation Integration Integrity 105

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

This limits its utility and efficiency for both the Bank and its clients. If such gaps are addressed, the system could give insights on which procurements or projects need the most support, and enable more evaluation, learning and feedback. Currently, STEP lacks benchmarks to monitor performance and the full spectrum of risks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

With RAG, LLMs can gain deep understanding into specific areas without having to be retrained, which makes it efficient and cost-effective to keep LLMs current, relevant, accurate, and helpful in many different situations. Adopt an extensible platform to easily swap AI services as new innovations emerge.

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Data Efficiency Integration 128

AWS Public Sector

MAY 7, 2024

As demand and usage grew, ASTERRA faced limitations when needing to process and manage increasingly large volumes of data efficiently and to provide timely and dependable results to their customers. Our collaboration with AWS lets us access new levels of scalability, efficiency, agility, and performance.

Sustainability 128

Sustainability Utilities Efficiency Capacity 128

FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

The idea here is that we can allow for our CDC staff to practice innovation and gen AI safely, within CDC boundaries, rather than going out to third-party sites,” Sim said. We’re still learning, but we’re trying our best to be innovative, responsive, and obviously sharing as we learn with our partners,” he said.

Efficiency 135

Efficiency Data Innovation Media 135

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Procurement analytics is quickly becoming a core practice for efficient operations and effective sourcing in today’s rapidly changing business environment. contract compliance, procurement cycle efficiency). Prior purchase data is also used for demand forecasting improving resource management and operational efficiency.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Data Procurement Supply Chain 52

ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. To maintain efficiency during times of high demand, teams must have a system in place that allows them to easily scale up their processes as needed.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

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.

Engineering 126

Engineering Efficiency Integration Integrity 126

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

To help a limited number of teachers and administrators operate more efficiently and spend time on tasks that contribute directly to student success, cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions can reduce burdensome administrative tasks like data entry and back-office functions.

Education 126

Education Demand Innovation Capacity 126

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Understanding these factors and applying them appropriately ensures effective and efficient procurement that aligns with organizational policies and objectives. Additionally, the RFP may be used for goods procurement where there is a service component or where suppliers are required to provide innovative solutions.

Procurement 105

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 105

FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

The initiative is a collaboration between the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA), DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit, Google Public Sector and Jenoptik. That’s becoming increasingly critical as the number of experienced healthcare specialists qualified to perform diagnostic evaluations is declining in the U.S.

Public Private Partnership 110

Public Private Partnership Collaboration Efficiency Innovation 110

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

As AI strategists for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Innovation Center , we wrote this post to provide a tried-and-tested AI framework you could consider. People: Cultivate a mindset that prioritizes machine learning You’ll also need to cultivate teams that embrace and harness generative AI effectively and efficiently.

Data 134

Data Import Efficiency Balance 134

WashngtonExec

MARCH 11, 2025

Denise Johnson, Battelle Denise Johnson Vice President of Health Research and Analytics, Battelle Denise Johnson spearheads a team committed to advancing scientific endeavors that improve health outcomes, support quality patient care, and drive groundbreaking innovations in health and biomedical research.

Ethics 40

Ethics Innovation Quality Integration 40

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The UK Government has recently published its official response (the ‘response’) to the public consultation of March 2023 on its ‘ pro-innovation approach ’ to AI regulation (for an initial discussion, see here ). The government is also using the procurement power of the public sector to drive responsible and safe AI innovation.

Innovation 64

Innovation Procurement Government Government 64

Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

HUBZone-certified businesses not only gain eligibility for set-aside contracts but also receive a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions. Challenge.gov Challenge.gov hosts competitions and prize challenges where small businesses can showcase their innovative solutions to meet federal agency needs.

Government 52

Government Government Government Contracts Negotiation 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Alteia uses computer vision and geospatial imagery to efficiently extract road network data from satellite data. The application generated up to 2 terabytes (TB) of refined data for each country, efficiently stored and delivered through Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3 ).

Quality 128

Quality Data Transportation Transportation 128

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 1, 2024

Generative AI is an area of active research that frequently produces new findings that lead to increased capabilities in new models, as well as new methods to run and maintain existing models more efficiently. It also serves to standardize evaluation of specific task performances such as retrieval or text generation.

Evaluation 84

Evaluation Data Efficiency Integration 84

GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Government procurement should be transparent and efficient. With troves of information available, the marketplace should be a breeding ground for data innovation, revealing opportunities. I was introduced to GovSpend during the diligence process as Thompson Street Capital Partners evaluated making an investment in the business.

Data 105

Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 26, 2024

By using AWS services, credit unions can achieve greater agility, cost-efficiency, and innovation in their operations. Further, we provide specific guidance to credit unions on payments fraud prevention on AWS and evaluation of FFIEC compliance on AWS.

Professional Services 75

Professional Services Networking Innovation Distribution 75

AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

The scope of EVe’s responsibilities extends beyond this initial deployment, as EVe is also looking at evaluating and expanding the EV charging infrastructure as part of its business growth. EVe will coordinate the upgrading of supporting electrical infrastructure for EV charging.

Data 84

Data Total Cost of Ownership Distribution Transportation 84

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A state Department of Health, for example, used an integrated platform to evaluate Medicaid recipients who frequently used emergency services for non-emergency care. Case Study: State Medicaid Program People often analyze data in a superficial way, largely because of time constraints and because data can be disorganized, Young said.

Integration 97

Integration Integrity Data Quality 97

FedScoop

MARCH 26, 2024

We’ve identified more than 200 cases worldwide that offer proof of radical transformation, where government agencies have achieved quantum leaps, delivering upwards of 10X improvements across areas ranging from operational efficiency to customer experience to mission outcomes.

Government 80

Government Government Supply Chain Influencing 80

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

They create an enabling culture for innovation and promote transparency and trust in digitized services. Regulatory reforms Governments update regulations and policies to remove barriers to digital innovation and entrepreneurship. Simpler access drives service use and increases customer demand and adoption.

Government 78

Government Government Transparency Public Private Partnership 78

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While the Memo is directed at agencies and does not impose new requirements on contractors directly, those providing AI products and services could soon see it influence contract requirements, source selection evaluation criteria, and contract terms. We discuss the first two goals below.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Logistics Budget Procurement 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

This TDR expansion is another positive step forward for GSA as it seeks to modernize the program by creating a market-centric framework that enhances competition, value, and innovation. Over the next four years, GSA fine-tuned the applicability/scope of TDR, established evaluation criteria, and monitored TDR performance.

Price 82

Price Transparency Supply Chain Data 82

ivalua

JUNE 14, 2023

Taking a collaborative approach to change management ensures that the procurement application is embraced by all stakeholders, leading to better adoption, improved efficiency, and the successful digitization of all relevant processes. Download Today!

Procurement 95

Procurement Change Management Supply Chain Data 95

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As Americans’ expectations of government services continues to grow, harnessing generative AI (GenAI) provides leaders with opportunities to improve delivery through streamlined software development, enhanced workforce efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

IT 97

IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Whether through data-driven administrative decision-making, generative AI infrastructure for research, or enhanced learning tools for the classroom, higher education institutions are developing and applying technology in innovative and helpful ways.

Education 72

Education Ethics Innovation Evaluation 72

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Since taking on the role in June 2023, Rogers has been committed to overseeing the efficient operation of the town’s government. However, he quickly identified a major hurdle: the town’s procurement process was hampering his team’s productivity and efficiency. This is a widespread issue across government procurement teams.

Purchasing 58

Purchasing IT Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 58

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Innovation starts with ideas, and you’ve got plenty of good ones. We asked two innovation experts to share what works. According to Stephanie Orlando, Innovation Manager in Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology, it’s important to avoid a narrow definition of innovation or a focus that’s only on tech.

Innovation 59

Innovation Leadership Import Evaluation 59

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

They are asking for faster horses while innovative organizations are speeding past them in cars. To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. The evaluation perspective must expand accordingly.

Procurement 80

Procurement IT Price Sustainability 80

FedScoop

APRIL 29, 2024

More fundamentally, the shift to a modern CRM platform enabled the SBA to transition from a series of manual, labor-intensive processes to a more efficient, automated system that could quickly scale to the volume SBA needed. Tailoring the system to the agency’s unique needs ensures maximum efficiency and usability.

Integration 78

Integration Integrity Efficiency Capacity 78

AWS Public Sector

JULY 11, 2024

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Education 81

Education Data Efficiency Networking 81

Public Contracting Institute

AUGUST 19, 2024

Does this policy establish that an evaluation cannot be performed on both the basic contract and each established order alternately during the contract term? basic contract or order) to complete an evaluation, that same vehicle must always be used for each performance period of the contract term or until contract completion.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Participation Thresholds Contract 52