FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Those documents also show the involvement of MITRE, a nonprofit organization that develops technologies and operates R&D centers for the government, and references mistakes that the system can make. A privacy impact assessment for the TIPS database, which was approved in 2020, does not mention any use of artificial intelligence.

Inventory 134

Inventory Thresholds Media Electronics 134

Federal News Network

APRIL 26, 2024

Interview Transcript: Amos Toh I think that the OMB memo does provide one of the most robust frameworks for regulating how governments, how federal agencies should regulate their use of AI. So let’s start with the good, for AI that impacts rights and safety. Amos Toh Well, I do think that there are certain minimum practices.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

New digital governance risks and requirements are not always recognised or understood. In ongoing research funded by the British Academy , I apply an innovative technology-centred methodology to assess the governance opportunities and challenges for procurement digitalisation.

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Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We were doing a regulatory training event talking about export controls, government contracting, the couple of other topics out in Albuquerque earlier this year. Now, the national labs have a lot of questions about how that rule changes for a purely commercial launch versus a government launch. Eric White On that agenda.

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Insurance Import Education Government 90

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?

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

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.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

JUNE 19, 2023

The Government published the white paper and an impact assessment supporting it, which primarily amount to doing nothing and maintaining the status quo (aka AI regulatory gap) in the UK. Is it possible that the Government had put together a significant funding package and related policy in under a month? Comments welcome!

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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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 29, 2024

After discussing the drawbacks of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investor obligations, the post will put forward its own proposal of a legality clause with a “sustainable-development” element. 34) already has such provisions in place.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

FAS and the federal government as a whole are in the midst of a management transition towards data-driven decision making. The bill aims to protect consumers and the public by mandating that AI companies conduct risk and impact assessments for “critical impact” AI systems, followed by the certification of these systems.

E-procurement 52

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

To obtain an environmental license, the investor must obtain approval from the environmental authority of (i) an Environmental Impact Assessment and (ii) an Environmental Management Plan (“PMA”).

Balance 52

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

To obtain an environmental license, the investor must obtain approval from the environmental authority of (i) an Environmental Impact Assessment and (ii) an Environmental Management Plan (“PMA”).

Balance 52

Balance Participation Impact Assessment IT 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A potential checklist compiled by the subcommittee includes callouts to describe the AI tool and its intended use, document use limitation plans, conduct an AI impact assessment, identify the testing method and complete a questionnaire designed to “brainstorm and identify metrics” associated with the system.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

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.

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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. Federal Mandates The U.S.

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FedScoop

JUNE 26, 2024

That document includes a reference guide to best practices, existing government resources related to AI, and ideas for use cases with the department. That block came as other agencies took similar actions to prevent employees from accessing generative AI tools on government networks and laptops.

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Education Impact Assessment Data Networking 130

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The use of AI by the US Federal Government is an important focus of the AI Executive Order. It will be subject to a new governance regime detailed in the Draft Policy on the use of AI in the Federal Government (the ‘Draft AI in Government Policy’, see also its Factsheet ), which is open for comment until 5 December 2023.

Risk Management 69

Risk Management E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 69

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

CBP has created a privacy threshold analysis an internal document used to analyze potential privacy risks associated with a new technology and whether a privacy impact assessment is necessary for Starlink internet, a step from agency officials that indicates that the SpaceX service is under serious consideration.

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Thresholds Impact Assessment Telecommunication Evaluation 97

How to Crack a Nut

JUNE 26, 2024

By creating friction, I mean the need for a structured decision-making process that allows for collective deliberation within and around the adopting institution, and which is supported by rigorous impact assessments that tease out second and third order implications from AI adoption, as well as thoroughly interrogating first order issues around data (..)

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Procurement Import Participation Impact Assessment 64

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The brief, which was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris visits the United Kingdom for an international summit focused on the technology, covers a range of AI applications that are or might be used by the government. The order also requires that agencies convene AI governance bodies and that they develop enterprise AI strategies.

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Inventory Impact Assessment Transportation Transportation 103

FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They also suggested that the Office of Management and Budget update its guide to privacy impact assessments, which agencies are supposed to conduct before deploying new technologies, to include AI-related considerations. In the Oct.

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Inventory Impact Assessment Evaluation Capacity 106

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 12, 2025

Investors frequently make expenditures in the preparatory phase of an investment, such as environmental impact assessments , scientific surveys, or financial advice. The government opened a public tender process. When are these expenditures considered an investment? CFM was not able to contribute the 20% needed for the project.

Engineering 52

Engineering Tender Public Private Partnership Transportation 52

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In their original complaint , the two federal workers accused OPM of sidestepping federal law by setting up an unauthorized, insecure server to send mass emails including messages about the Trump administrations deferred resignation program to the entire federal workforce without conducting a privacy impact assessment, as required by law.

Impact Assessment 122

Impact Assessment Engineering Government Government 122

FedScoop

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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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Impact Assessment Media Innovation Transparency 111

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

GLAAS is an adapted version of PRISM, a procurement tool thats used throughout the federal government. Governments E-Gov initiative and business modernization efforts, USAID has deployed GLAAS across USAID/Washington and globally to all USAID Missions. As part of the U.S.

E-procurement 121

E-procurement Impact Assessment Professional Services Procurement 121

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As part of its motion for dismissal, OPM submitted to the court a privacy impact assessment, which details how the system it is using to send email blasts to all federal employees regarding the Trump administrations reduction in force efforts collects, hosts and disseminates information to federal employees.

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Impact Assessment Warehouse Capacity Efficiency 102

FedScoop

MARCH 3, 2025

The Office of Personnel Management last Friday quietly replaced the privacy impact assessment for the governmentwide email system it has been using to send mass email blasts to the entirety of the federal government. The individual federal government employees can opt out simply by not responding to the email.”

Impact Assessment 108

Impact Assessment Media Accountability Import 108

FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

The Secret Service has also disclosed a social media screening contract through a privacy impact assessment. Protective Threat Management System According to an agency privacy impact assessment, the Secret Service uses a technology called the Protective Threat Management System.

Media 83

Media Impact Assessment Budget Data 83

FedScoop

JANUARY 28, 2025

A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday alleges that the Office of Personnel Management set up an on-premise server to conduct last weeks mass email blast to federal employees and store information it received in response without doing a privacy impact assessment on the system as required by law. DOGE Service.

Impact Assessment 145

Impact Assessment Distribution Efficiency Government 145

FedScoop

MARCH 17, 2025

A lawyer whos said to have played a central role in the Department of Government Efficiencys attempted takeover of at least one federal organization is now defending in court the DOGE email system used to send email blasts to the entire U.S. government workforce. During a Feb.

Demand 117

Demand Impact Assessment Efficiency Government 117

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Anthropic, a major developer of large language models, has entered talks with some federal agencies about a potential sponsorship for a FedRAMP authorization that would allow the company to sell AI systems directly to the government. It’s something we’re actively considering right now. This interview was edited for clarity and length.

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Government Government Evaluation Import 108

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A coalition of labor unions is suing the Treasury Department and Secretary Scott Bessent over the disclosure of Americans personal and financial information to Elon Musk and the tech billionaires Department of Government Efficiency surrogates. government. government have been met with widespread criticism from federal workers.

Impact Assessment 140

Impact Assessment Government Government Leadership 140

FedScoop

MARCH 10, 2025

An Office of Personnel Management watchdog investigation into cybersecurity risks on government networks and the potential exposure of sensitive information will include an examination of DOGE access to those systems. Last week, it was revealed that OPM had quietly swapped out its privacy assessment for the system amid the ongoing litigation.

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IT Impact Assessment Networking Government 114

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

OPM has used the server to send several test emails to workers across the government as well as the administration’s now infamous Fork in the Road email , in which it offered deferred resignations to slash the federal workforce, and several FAQ follow-ups. . District Court for the District of Columbia.

E-procurement 128

E-procurement Impact Assessment Efficiency Data 128

FedScoop

AUGUST 2, 2024

While roll call votes on Cruz’s proposals to repeal the AI executive order in its entirety and prevent environmental impact assessments on AI systems failed at the markup Wednesday, another amendment that would dull the teeth of federal government actions to prevent bias and discrimination in AI systems advanced in a substitute via voice vote.

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