FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But with these best practices and principles, guided by President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s leadership, we can seize this moment and promote innovation and prosperity for all.” Centering worker empowerment is considered by DOL to be the document’s “North Star.” The stakes are high.

Impact Assessment 120

Impact Assessment Transparency Quality Ethics 120

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.

Impact Assessment 114

Impact Assessment Media Innovation Transparency 114

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

The post includes a focus on implementation to help Australian governments responsibly innovate whilst maintaining cloud-based agility. This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures.

Government 75

Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Klaipeda is far from the only public agency in Lithuania using innovative approaches to procurement to make its city greener and healthier. The SPP Competence Center team consists of six experts who advise policy-makers and contracting authorities on all aspects of green, socially responsible and innovative procurement.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). None of this features in the recently released White Paper ‘AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach’.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Procurement rules and policies seek to ensure that contract awards are free from corruption, conflicts of interest or anticompetitive practices, and that these vast sums of public funds generate value for money and support social, environmental, and innovative practices. There is always room for improvement, though.

Procurement 52

Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52