Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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. Mexico City is proving that big plans lead to better results when citizens and businesses are part of the process.

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Collaboration E-procurement Tender Bidding 57

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.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

These tools enhance efficiency and change how governmental bodies collaborate, access information and serve the public. They also stressed the importance of transparency and continuous feedback and focused on the tangible benefits of eased workloads and enhanced efficiencies.

Collaboration 68

Collaboration Innovation Efficiency Integration 68

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Berlin, the conference brought together distinguished practitioners and experts from across the globe to explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations in international arbitration. He noted that the tribunal’s task is to deconstruct these differing realities to uncover what truly happened.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 20, 2025

Weve reached a pivotal time of transformation for government agencies, and Maximus is at the forefront, driving efficiency by harnessing the power of the cloud and AI-powered technologies, Kronimus said. Its all about decision intelligence and using insights and data to make informed decisions.

Quality 40

Quality Data Efficiency Integration 40

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.

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Purchasing Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 58

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 Procurement Data Supply Chain 52

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. Through their long history, Urban has adopted traditional and innovative architectures. R Is now the best programming language for innovation at Urban.”

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Innovation Data Education Quality 75

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

Compliance Cycle times Defects ESG Innovation KPI performance Lead times Quality And of course . Price forms part of cost, and cost is what we should be benchmarking, therefore in procurement areas such as the following should be regularly checked against standards.

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Supplier Supply Chain Price Procurement 59

GovLoop

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Agencies are actively seeking ways to improve the quality of services they provide to both employees and constituents. Silos like these can significantly impact cost, productivity and innovation. Cloud Modernization: When agencies begin moving to the cloud, they have to decide what will be modernized and what has to go.

Quality 52

Quality Efficiency Networking Innovation 52

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.

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Ethics Innovation Quality Efficiency 123

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 89

Data Quality Management Integration 89

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.

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

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.

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Data Quality Electronics Innovation 132

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

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

The goal was to increase efficiency across the Group’s Business Areas. For Körber’s supply chain management community, quality, innovative strength, legal certainty, adherence to delivery dates and the sustainability of suppliers and service providers play a decisive role – as does cost.

Supply Chain 19

Supply Chain Procurement E-procurement Supplier 19

ivalua

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Redwood City, CA – November 7, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced a range of new innovations that enable direct material procurement and supply chain leaders to launch more profitable, successful products. The new innovations extend the leadership of Ivalua’s solutions for Manufacturing and Direct Materials.

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Innovation Management Quality Manufacturing 9

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.

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Engineering Efficiency Integration Integrity 126

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 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. –

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Government Government Budget Quality 97

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

WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

“These accomplishments demonstrate our commitment to delivering high-quality cloud services, managing IT effectively, and protecting sensitive information in both on-premises and cloud environments,” he said. Fun fact: Ibarra’s passion for technology was sparked by a Commodore 64 computer in his youth.

Quality 40

Quality Leadership Efficiency Government Contracts 40

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Building modern applications in AWS helps customers with increased innovation, speed, reliability, scalability, and security while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO). Containers enhance and modernize public sector applications with improved application quality, portability, security, scalability, and fault isolation.

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Total Cost of Ownership Efficiency Data TCO 126

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The USPTO in 2021 sent its top engineers to Google to be certified in TensorFlow and develop neural network feedback loops for patent examiners to rate algorithms, as well as to apply machine learning and AI to patent classification, search and quality. Our budgeting process is stupid. Our procurement is stupid.

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Government Government Budget Quality 114

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.

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E-auction Government Government E-procurement 83

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 Quality Efficiency 52

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.

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Data Sustainability Strategic Planning Innovation 84

GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2023

Neurodiversity as a Transformation Play Neurodivergent individuals’ inherent cognitive differences often enable them to excel in future-focused competencies through adeptness in pattern recognition, enhanced ability to manipulate data, technology quality assurance and an analytic mindset. This article originally appeared on April 1, 2022.

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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.

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Sustainability Data Quality Efficiency 81

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“The byproduct of good government,” Young said, “is the intangibles that really improve [citizens’] quality of life.” Case Study: Town of Cary, NC The town of Cary, North Carolina, is another instance of government “pushing the boundaries, pushing the envelope to be more innovative while maintaining efficiency,” Hansen said.

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Integration Integrity Data Demand 97

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

MAY 30, 2023

It is an important part of the decision-making process and requires careful consideration of a wide range of factors, such as cost, quality, reliability, and delivery times. When you work with local experts and access nearby resources, you can ensure top-quality products.

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Procurement Supply Chain Eprocurement Manufacturing 19

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.

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Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40

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.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is a guest post by Suzanne Wait with the Health Policy Partnership and Dipak Kalra, from the European Institute for Innovation in Health Data The health sector holds approximately one third of the world’s total volume of data.

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Data Sustainability Innovation Electronics 80

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Moreover, there are more than 5 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States that are able to provide valuable services to add enhanced quality and efficiency to the U.S. In fact, only 1.7% of the federal government’s overall annual contracting and buying goes to Hispanic-owned businesses.

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Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 120

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.

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