FedScoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

ICE specifically did not have an approved CTD privacy impact assessment, a type of disclosure meant to provide an overview into how personal information could be used by a digital technology deployed by the government, violating internal DHS privacy policies and the E-Government Act.

Data 140

Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 140

Federal News Network

APRIL 26, 2024

So let’s start with the good, for AI that impacts rights and safety. The OMB memo requires agencies to conduct an impact assessment before they deploy the system. They could opt to do a shorter impact assessment and do a more deliberate one later on when there is less time pressure.

Impact Assessment 64

Impact Assessment Transparency Networking IT 64

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A privacy impact assessment for the TIPS database, which was approved in 2020, does not mention any use of artificial intelligence. Cynthia Kaiser, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, also seems to have discussed the tool, per previous FedScoop reporting.

Inventory 135

Inventory Thresholds Media Electronics 135

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Making reflection a part of your routine is sure to make your life journey more intentional and impactful. Assessing the effectiveness of our actions at work, and in our lives otherwise, is also a great way to show up for not just ourselves, but for our family, friends and colleagues.

Impact Assessment 105

Impact Assessment Integration Integrity Import 105

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

New legislation is required to impose specific minimum requirements of eg data governance and algorithmic impact assessment and related transparency across the public sector, to address the issue of lack of standards and metrics but without reliance on their development by and within the AI industry.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We have a whole panel of commercial space perspectives of different companies talking about things like environmental impact assessments versus environmental assessments, and which one you might need for different types of nuclear sources. We have the national labs talking about the safety reviews.

Insurance 97

Insurance Import Education Government 97

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. Twitter announcements vs white paper? During the preparation of our response to the AI public consultation, we had a moment of confusion.

Consulting 52

Consulting Impact Assessment Procurement Ethics 52

FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

The White House Office of Management and Budget is looking for input on how federal agency privacy impact assessments could more effectively mitigate risks as technologies, such as artificial intelligence, become more advanced. The post OMB seeks input on privacy impact assessments for AI use appeared first on FedScoop.

Impact Assessment 119

Impact Assessment Transparency Budget Import 119

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. FedScoop recently acquired an updated draft of the legislation, which has seen major updates.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Supply Chain Procurement 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.

Impact Assessment 107

Impact Assessment Inventory Transparency Quality 107

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Required Practices for all Safety- and Rights-Impacting AI Under the risk management requirements of the Memo, before any federal agency can use a safety- or rights-impacting AI, it is required to complete an AI impact assessment. race, age, sex, etc.);

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Impact Assessment Procurement Innovation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Kęstutis Kazulis, Principal Advisor for Sustainable Procurement, LPPO Monitoring green impact Lithuania is now planning the next big step in monitoring GPP – measuring the impact of GPP.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 29, 2024

For instance, the South African Development Community Model BIT Template mandates investors to conduct an environmental impact assessment ( Art. 34) already has such provisions in place.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Impact Assessment Thresholds Contract 52

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

Balance Participation Impact Assessment Thresholds 52

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

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 75

Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

Racial equity budgeting tools allow governments to identify gaps and analyze the impact of spending on different racial groups. Good availability of disaggregated data for racial equity indicators is essential for conducting impact assessments and monitoring progress. [2] 2] Invest in capacity building.

Budget 52

Budget Capacity Education Participation 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2019

What is known is how no deal is expected to impact the UK economy, businesses and their supply chains. The government’s no deal Brexit impact assessment detailed everything that organisations have been warning about – new procedures, new regulations and long delays at UK/EU borders. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Supply Chain 45

Supply Chain Supplier Impact Assessment Procurement 45

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In more detail, the Council of Europe has recommended using procurement to: (i) embed requirements of data governance to avoid violations of human rights norms and discrimination stemming from faulty datasets used in the design, development, or ongoing deployment of algorithmic systems; (ii) ‘ensure that algorithmic design, development and ongoing (..)

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Moving past these shortcomings requires assigning the approval of decisions whether to adopt digital technologies and the verification of the related impact assessments to an independent authority: the ‘AI in the Public Sector Authority’ (AIPSA).

Procurement 52

Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

FedScoop

JUNE 26, 2024

The document suggests that those looking to deploy generative artificial intelligence conduct a privacy impact assessment, as well as tailored generative AI-focused training for employees with access to protected data and the implementation of a full lifecycle stewardship of data.

Education 123

Education Impact Assessment Data Networking 123

Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In its Impact Assessment Report for the new customs reform, the European Commission also indicated this procedure as being prone to fraud.

Impact Assessment 45

Impact Assessment Import Participation Transportation 45

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 26, 2024

In certain situations, deployers have additional duties to carry out data protection impact assessments (Article 26(9)) and cooperate with national EU authorities (Article 26(12)). In case of non-compliance, financial and non-financial sanctions are foreseen (Article 99).

Impact Assessment 52

Impact Assessment Influencing Import Manufacturing 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

general minimum practices Both in relation to safety- and rights-impact AI uses, the Draft AI in Government Policy would require agencies to engage in risk management both before and while using AI. In other words, it would be preferable to have a more continuous spectrum of mitigation measures in the context of waivers as well.

Risk Management 69

Risk Management E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 69

FedScoop

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“Iris scanners are just a part of our biometric collection, like the collection of fingerprints and photographs for facial comparison,” said the spokesperson, who also cited a 2017 privacy impact assessment.

IT 95

IT Impact Assessment Thresholds Electronics 95

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.

Thresholds 83

Thresholds Impact Assessment Telecommunication Evaluation 83

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ex Ante Impact Assessments and Ex Post Reviews Another important lawmaking standard that is encouraged relates to conducting both ex ante and ex post reviews of measures of general application. Affordance of a reasonable time between the enaction of a law and regulation and its date of application (Article 8, no. Article 25 (no.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Impact Assessment Transparency Import 52

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 (..)

Procurement 64

Procurement Import Participation Impact Assessment 64

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“In a wide range of contexts including health, education, employment, federal benefits, law enforcement, immigration, transportation and critical infrastructure, the draft policy would create specific safeguards for uses of AI that impact the rights and safety of the public,” the White House said in a fact sheet regarding the OMB draft guidance.

Inventory 96

Inventory Impact Assessment Transportation Transportation 96

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.

Inventory 94

Inventory Impact Assessment Evaluation Capacity 94

FedScoop

MARCH 7, 2024

That information, according to the Federal Register posting, is supposed to be filed in the Arrival and Departure Information System, a travel history database that CBP is pushing to expand, according to a privacy impact assessment for the platform. That information, according to the disclosure, is supposed to be shared with U.S.

Impact Assessment 126

Impact Assessment Inventory Data Electronics 126

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 111

Impact Assessment Engineering Government Government 111

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A privacy impact assessment for the GLAAS system is no longer available because the USAID website has been taken offline. As part of the U.S. Governments E-Gov initiative and business modernization efforts, USAID has deployed GLAAS across USAID/Washington and globally to all USAID Missions.

E-procurement 113

E-procurement Impact Assessment Professional Services Procurement 113

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

A privacy impact assessment for the system explains that the platform is a data and file storage system for the agency. A system that supports the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which USAID has historically helped implement, may also be impacted. A platform called AIDNet may also be shut down, the source added.

Impact Assessment 96

Impact Assessment Data Networking IT 96

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. Why’s that important? District Court of D.C., ” At least that’s what it said on the original Feb.

Impact Assessment 92

Impact Assessment Media Accountability Import 92

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 82

Media Impact Assessment Budget Data 82

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.

Impact Assessment 85

Impact Assessment Warehouse Capacity Efficiency 85