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GAO wants OMB to prioritize agencies’ FedRAMP use, modernization and more

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Those recommendations include ensuring FedRAMP usage in agencies, releasing guidance for agencies’ implementation of transparent data requirements, modernizing legacy systems to avoid higher costs for maintenance, avoiding cybersecurity pitfalls and updating procedures for electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems.

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IRS needs funding shift to continue ‘transformational’ modernization work, national taxpayer advocate says

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Collins also pushed in the report for more transparency from the agency through technological improvements and better explanations of the modernization process. Many of the IRS’s plans to improve transparency rely on updating the agency’s technology,” Collins wrote. “As

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

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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’

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The agency also urges employers to bargain with unions “in good faith on the use of AI and electronic monitoring in the workplace.” But with these best practices and principles, guided by President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s leadership, we can seize this moment and promote innovation and prosperity for all.”

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Cost estimates for IRS’s Direct File program were incomplete, GAO says

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The Government Accountability Office said pricing estimates for Direct File — the electronic filing program made available this tax season for payers in 12 states — didn’t include start-up costs, including for the technology underpinning the system. “A We found this as well.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

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It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. In Rwanda, women must have a 30% representation in leadership across the government.

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Bill Foster, a particle physicist-turned-congressman, on why he’s worried about artificial general intelligence

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which was announced by House leadership earlier this week. If you imagine there are two AI algorithms: one of them is completely transparent and you understand how it thinks [and] the other one is a black box. Bill Foster, D-Ill., is returning to AI as a member of the new bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence, led by Reps.

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