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Generative AI could raise questions for federal records laws

FedScoop

But the agency’s provisional approval of a few generative AI products — which include ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Claude 2, DALL-E2, and Grammarly, per a privacy impact assessment — call for closer examination in regard to federal transparency. DHS tracks its FOIAs in a public log.

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Commercial Opportunity for the VA Medical Supply Chain 

The Coalition for Government Procurement

As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. Manual orders increase overall costs, undermine compliance, and limit transparency. Significant challenges across the medical supply chain remain.

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UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement: what makes it strong and what’s still missing

Open Contracting Partnership

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Labor Department’s AI roadmap geared toward ‘worker empowerment’

FedScoop

The agency also urges employers to bargain with unions “in good faith on the use of AI and electronic monitoring in the workplace.” Centering worker empowerment is considered by DOL to be the document’s “North Star.” Organized labor leaders applauded the department’s work on the issue during a Wednesday event to unveil the AI roadmap.

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Where Cars and Cybersecurity Collide (Pun Intended)

FedScoop

Most vehicles are generations behind the electronics in our pockets when released, then rapidly outdated as time progresses. Share your goals and reasoning for simplification with your board and educate employees about the importance of sticking to pre-approved solutions. The final step is communication.

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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. John Cornyn, R-Texas, added that FOIA serves as “a cornerstone” for the country’s “belief in open and transparent government.”

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

While the e-procurement system doesn’t include the quasi-governmental sector and sovereign wealth fund (which aren’t governed by the public procurement law) it provides full transparency on the general procurement market which accounts for at least a third of Kazakhstan’s public spending. million (~US$24,000) being returned to the budget.