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Effectiveness and Efficiency in Public Procurement: Key Pillars for Optimal Resource Management

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction In public procurement , effectiveness and efficiency are crucial for achieving optimal results using public resources judiciously. This discussion delves into the importance of these principles, examining both the goals to be achieved (effectiveness) and the optimal use of resources (efficiency).

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Northwestern University Libraries make research more efficient, accessible with AWS Lambda

AWS Public Sector

When they found a technology standard that could make research more efficient and open, they acted. What motivated us was the opportunity to participate in this open standards community of cultural heritage institutions, all focused on how to best share collections efficiently across the globe.”

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How Agencies Can Bring AI to Life

GovLoop

AI offers government agencies unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making and deliver better services to citizens. Identify specific use cases where AI can add value, whether it’s improving service delivery, enhancing operational efficiency or addressing regulatory compliance.”

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Achieving Value for Money – Price vs Cost

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

We need to consider quality, lead time, supplier reputation, warranty, maintenance, operational expenses, carriage, insurance, and many more aspects. Lower priced procurements often come with defects, reduced efficiency, poor environmental consequences, and high operational requirements.

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HR Line of Business sets ‘guiding principles’ for managing the employee lifecycle

Federal News Network

The HR Line of Business and Quality Service Management Office completed this year-old effort earlier this summer to update the HR business reference architecture. This is really important to create more confidence in the governmentwide dashboards.”

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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

Set quality standards and weed out low-quality data. Establish rules for tagging unstructured data to allow for efficient AI searches. For more ideas about how to use data in important and innovative ways, download it here: Get the guide Photo by Scott Webb at pexels.com Favorite Accessible: Simple to retrieve.

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Fine-tuning an LLM using QLoRA in AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS Public Sector

In this guide, we walk you through the process of adapting LLMs to specific domains with parameter efficient fine-tuning techniques made accessible through Amazon SageMaker integrations with Hugging Face. Depending on the use case, it’s important to use high-quality data that is representative of the model’s intended use.

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