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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

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Back in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had stopped using commercial telemetry data that government agencies buy from private companies. ICE, in particular, was flagged for using this data without an approved privacy impact assessment. Within DHS, the use of this data has raised alarm bells.

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National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions

AWS Public Sector

As Australia moves forward with its National framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence in government , Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles. Each dimension is explored in depth in our responsible use of machine learning guide.

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Top Republican working on ‘light touch’ AI bill with focus on generative AI and self-certification system

FedScoop

is actively working to introduce a “light touch” artificial intelligence bill that would aim to protect consumers and entrepreneurs by requiring AI companies to conduct risk and impact assessments for critical-impact AI systems and then undergo certification of such systems, according to a draft of the legislation obtained by FedScoop.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. Approach : Lithuania launched an ambitious public procurement reform in 2021 to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and ensure every public procurement decision considers its environmental impact. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Two roles of procurement in public sector digitalisation: gatekeeping and experimentation

How to Crack a Nut

Or, in other words, to use the acquisition of digital technologies by the public sector as a gateway to the ‘regulation by contract’ of their use and governance. Public procurement is thus increasingly expected to play a crucial gatekeeping role in the adoption of digital technologies for public governance and the delivery of public services.

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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

How to Crack a Nut

Needless to say, however, this applies to a much larger set of public sector areas of activity, and the problems are not limited to high-risk applications involving individual rights, but also to those that involve high stakes from a public governance perspective. The issue is further compounded by the lack of standards and metrics.

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OMB Releases Final Guidance Memo on the Government’s Use of AI

Government Contracts Legal Forum

On March 28, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-24-10 , Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo), updating and implementing OMB’s November 2023 proposed memorandum of the same name.