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. It is so important that we have all parties in the room at the same time.

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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.

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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.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 26, 2024

As AI systems continue to develop, it is also important to create a harmonized ecosystem where AI “collaborates” effectively with arbitration practitioners – be it with counsel or arbitrators. Providers, importers and manufacturers of AI systems bear the most stringent obligations under the Act (Articles 16, 25).

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

To that effect, it is important to identify an area of public sector digitalisation which is primarily or solely left to ‘regulation by contract’ through procurement—to isolate it from the interaction with other tools of digital regulation (such as data protection, or sectoral regulation).

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Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

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.

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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.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Each of the digital governance risks is different and poses its own challenges, but the risks are also interrelated, and their accumulation generates important systemic issues. The growing complexity of this network of legislative instruments poses an additional governance and compliance challenge by itself.

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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

The Memo notes the importance of AI sharing and collaboration in order to advance innovation. 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.

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Risk Management Impact Assessment Procurement Innovation 52

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 is important to adapt these strategies to the local context, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Why is it Important? First, investing in racial equity makes economic sense.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The new FAS structure provides an opportunity to increase transparency through sustained engagement with industry in this important area. 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.

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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. Scope The Draft AI in Government Policy relies on a tiered approach to AI risk by imposing specific obligations in relation to safety-impacting and rights-impacting AI only.

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Risk Management E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 69

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. This is a statement of paramount importance. 6), presumably to allow investors to adapt when and to the extent necessary.

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Sustainability Impact Assessment Transparency Import 52

How to Crack a Nut

JUNE 26, 2024

which can clearly skew decision-making—the importance of considering the effects of ‘digital industrial policy’ on decision-making; the power (and relevance) of the deceptively simple question ‘is there an interdisciplinary team to be dedicated to this, and exclusively to this’?

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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.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We’re engaging with the government because we think it’s important and it’s part of our values. MS: There are a lot of really important uses related to protecting national security that are unique to government missions. There are some bills in Congress looking at algorithmic impact assessments.

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FedScoop

MARCH 10, 2025

A class-action lawsuit was filed against the agency over whether it had properly conducted a privacy impact assessment before launching the server. 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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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., Preceding the delivery of the emails by a few hours on Feb.

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Impact Assessment Media Accountability Import 104

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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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2025

The guidance signaled the importance of CIOs for the Trump administrations plans particularly the software and technology-focused marching orders for the Department of Government Efficiency team. It’s just so important that we are mindful of the need to do both, he said.

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