FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

But, even though ICE says it has received no new requests for the use of commercial telemetry services since December 2022, the agency has filed a privacy impact assessment with the Department of Homeland Security’s privacy office for review. ICE appears to have sent mixed messages on its approach to telemetry data.

Data 133

Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 133

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

These additional blog posts look further at measuring and mitigating bias: Tune ML models for additional objectives like fairness with SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning Use SageMaker Clarify to explain and detect bias Privacy protection and security When working on a new use case, consider doing a privacy impact assessment (PIA) at the design phase.

Government 69

Government Government Ethics Transparency 69

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

To see how race could be mainstreamed throughout the budgetary process, it is important to remember how the budget cycle works. It begins with budget planning and continues through formulation, discussion, implementation, and evaluation. Why is it Important? First, investing in racial equity makes economic sense.

Budget 52

Budget Capacity Education Participation 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

And there are attributes or properties influencing the interpretability of a model (eg clarity) for which there are no evaluation metrics (yet?). 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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Erika Kurockina, the Deputy Minister of the Economy says: “Public procurement is certainly an effective tool to achieve strategic objectives, including SME engagement, inclusion, environment, and it is important to achieve a good balance between these goals.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The report stresses this issue: ‘ common or standard metrics do not yet exist within industry for the evaluation of [algorithmic systems]. The issue is further compounded by the lack of standards and metrics. If nothing else, the DRCF AI procurement report gives further credence to the need to change regulatory tack.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

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.

Price 52

Price E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52