AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

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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Government Government Ethics Transparency 67

FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

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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Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 126

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

Through well-designed taxation and public spending, governments in the region can reduce ethnic and racial inequalities. In the event, we discussed the experiences from the United State Federal Government, the cities of Philadelphia and Washington DC in the United States and the Brazilian state of Ceará.

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Budget Capacity Education Participation 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

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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Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 86

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For example, in the past, certain guidance documents that directly impact the MAS negotiation process (and MAS contractors) has not been made available for public review. PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example. Third, the alignment provides an opportunity to improve data management.

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Price E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52