Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

From planning for mega storms to streamlining zoning approvals, artificial intelligence tools are bringing efficiency and new modeling capabilities to local governments. Ira said, “I think it all goes back to how most major cities are looking to be more innovative and build more sustainability and resiliency.

Distribution 52

Distribution Quality Sustainability Efficiency 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As one of only two Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) in the US, the company helps more than 140 million Medicare beneficiaries access and protect their Medicare rights to improve quality of care.

Quality 72

Quality Efficiency Data Innovation 72

American City & Country

AUGUST 30, 2024

Seize the Perfect Storm with High-Performance Procurement: Read the Profiles of Innovative Local Leadership All roads to a high-performance government start with procurement. Your team ensures the purchasing of everything from infrastructure projects to healthcare services, defense equipment, and supplies for public schools.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Efficiency Quality 52

FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

Most experts agree that the long-term potential of artificial intelligence (AI) depends on building a solid foundation of reliable, readily available, high-quality data. One area where data quality and readiness play a particularly crucial role for federal, state, and local government agencies is identity management.

Data 86

Data Quality Management Integration 86

FedScoop

MAY 2, 2024

Artificial intelligence researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators would compete for $1 million prizes awarded by the National Science Foundation under new legislation from three members of the Senate’s AI caucus. The time has come for a prize program to further encourage innovation in artificial intelligence.” Cory Booker, D-N.J.,

Quality 102

Quality Innovation Public Goods Transportation 102

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

To start the conversation about how to better address these challenges, FMM organized the first Regional Policy Dialogue aimed at developing an innovative agenda to transform public expenditure management through smarter procurement practices. Improved procurement strategies could reduce public debt by as much as 1.8%

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This fragmentation also hinders gaining a comprehensive, EU-wide understanding of public procurement activity, trends, and insights that could drive more efficient, data-driven policymaking and public spending. A data quality analysis tool is also available, enabling users to evaluate and ensure the integrity of their data.

Public Procurement 69

Public Procurement Data Procurement Quality 69

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.

Efficiency 126

Efficiency Engineering Integration Integrity 126

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 59

Purchasing IT Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 59

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

But timelines, bureaucratic hurdles, and intricacies of the procurement process prevent the swift adoption of cutting-edge technology and potential for collaboration with innovative organizations that are essential for reforming existing processes. Continually promoting competition helps to ensure access to innovative solutions.

Procurement 137

Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 137

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As discussed below a recurring theme was the need to find a balance between having model clauses that were, on the one hand, innovative and likely to lead to faster and more efficient resolution of disputes in practice, while, on the other hand, containing sufficient quality and due process safeguards.

Balance 52

Balance Innovation Consulting Efficiency 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services. –

Government 72

Government Government Budget Quality 72

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AI offers government agencies unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making and deliver better services to citizens. It empowers agencies to innovate rapidly and derive insights from large datasets that were previously impractical to process manually.” But agencies may struggle to bring AI to life.

Quality 52

Quality Data Import Ethics 52

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 94

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 94

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. Data is the core of the GovSpend value proposition, and increasing data coverage and quality is a top objective. Any final words?

Data 105

Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

FedScoop

APRIL 12, 2024

The agency said confidentiality and national security considerations should be kept in mind while using AI for applications, as well as good faith practices and a reminder to innovators and entrepreneurs that there is a threat of fraud at the intersection of AI and USPTO’s processes.

Ethics 125

Ethics Innovation Quality Efficiency 125

Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 7, 2024

General Services Administration (GSA) is deeply committed to supporting small businesses, recognizing them as the backbone of our economy and a critical component of innovation and growth. This flexibility allows agencies to address a wide range of IT needs efficiently and effectively. 8(a) STARS III accomplished this with great rates!

Innovation 52

Innovation Efficiency Procurement Negotiation 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In 2017, AWS India became the first global CSP in India to receive full empanelment for its cloud service offerings after the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region completed MeitY’s STQC (Standardization Testing and Quality Certification) audit. Cloud technology is key to accelerating innovation in India’s public sector.

E-auction 83

E-auction Government Government E-procurement 83

FedInsider

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This system enables real-time data sharing across departments, streamlining care coordination and improving efficiency for millions of patients. These efforts aim to create a secure, interoperable healthcare ecosystem that ensures patient privacy while fostering public-private collaboration and technological innovation.

IT 98

IT Electronics Participation Efficiency 98

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

And developing personalized health and care is becoming a major driver to deliver higher quality of care at lower costs. In 2023, the Health Policy Partnership (HPP) and the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data published Our Health in the Cloud: Exploring the evolving role of cloud technology in healthcare.

Data 84

Data Innovation Sustainability Strategic Planning 84

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The release includes a broad set of innovations to help organizations better manage their spend and suppliers. Specific release highlights include: Supplier Management Innovations: . Sourcing Innovations: . Collaboration via comments and conversations is now simple and quick for users. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. 212-239-8594.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this blog post, we highlight four states where innovative HIEs are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help public health agencies overcome their data challenges. For example, agencies stood up new solutions, augmented their epidemiologic data with other data sources, or looked to their local Health information Exchange (HIE) for support.

Data 132

Data Quality Electronics Innovation 132

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The data challenge and opportunities Whether it’s a new innovative medicine which follows a journey from lab to patient or a generic or medical product which goes from a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility to a patient, ensuring faster discovery, delivery, and availability of medicines is both critical and challenging.

Data 75

Data Management Quality Supply Chain 75

GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

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.

Data 52

Data End to End Quality Ethics 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

These actions range from improving IT infrastructure efficiency, to empowering sustainable hybrid working environments, to carbon accounting and smart building energy efficiencies, and more. Audience members heard how utilising AWS Cloud can lead to both carbon and cost savings for organisations.

Sustainability 81

Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 81

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The changes provide not just incremental improvements for efficiency and integrity of proceedings, but also changes to reflect developing societal norms, such as environmental impact and diversity. As mentioned earlier, there is also a need to stay innovative, particularly in light of developments in technology.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Innovation Leadership Integration 52

ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

This function must simultaneously balance cost reduction, quality, and assurance of supply in their quest to maximize profits. . Procurement needs digitization at its core to enable automation, efficiency, and innovation within the supply chain. Digitization Benefit #4: Enabling Innovation.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Manufacturing Collaboration Supplier 52

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

This greatly increases the company’s agility, allowing highly efficient purchasing operations. Ultimately, the buyer can efficiently compare offers and select the optimal supplier(s) according to a best value/best price logic or lower total cost of ownership.

Strategic Sourcing 98

Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Leverage Group Purchasing and Cooperative Contracts for Cost Efficiency One of the most effective ways to streamline procurement is by using group/cooperative purchasing contracts. By working closely with suppliers, organizations can ensure quality, on-time deliveries, and mutually beneficial partnerships.

Purchasing 59

Purchasing Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The AWS framework helps EdTechs improve cost efficiency, assess functionality expansion, and grow market share, by aligning pricing with solution value to students and institutions. At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation.

Price 75

Price Demand Education Efficiency 75

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In the context of government IT, poorly considered modernization is like low-quality paint. But a high-quality approach (such as open source software) prepares agencies for new opportunities and technology that hasn’t been invented. It allows agencies to go beyond what they’re working on now. But for Egts, those metrics miss the point.

IT 52

IT Quality Innovation Efficiency 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

Established to spotlight excellence and innovation in the Federal procurement landscape, the EIP Awards honor the remarkable contributions made by individuals and organizations from both government and industry in shaping the acquisition system.

E-procurement 64

E-procurement Sustainability Procurement Collaboration 64

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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The dramatic gains in insurance coverage in the state were achieved by Covered California’s dedicated staff and their innovative use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). CalHEERS is the portal through which eligible Californians can enroll in high-quality, affordable health insurance coverage. There are more than nine million active accounts.

Insurance 72

Insurance Freight Supply Chain Innovation 72

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 3, 2024

Demonstrating its commitment to putting customers first, MVD wants to deliver fast, efficient, and friendly customer service by reducing call wait time. With the help of Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS), MVD migrated its business service desk into Amazon Connect to improve customer service, increase efficiency, and save costs.

Transportation 81

Transportation Transportation Efficiency Price 81

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With the goal to build a society in which no one is left behind by improving convenience, health, and happiness through digital technology, Japan’s Digital Agency represents the nation’s bold commitment to digital innovation across government and society. AWS is fully committed to supporting the realization of this visionary endeavor.

Government 56

Government Government Utilities Efficiency 56

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

The memo, M-24-10 Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence , outlined ways in which agencies can strengthen AI governance, advance responsible AI innovation, and manage risks from the use of AI.

Government 80

Government Government Ethics Transparency 80