FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

That practice has been frequently criticized by civil rights groups that argue that by purchasing the phone location data from third parties, the government is essentially side-stepping the Fourth Amendment and violating peoples’ privacy. ICE, in particular, was flagged for using this data without an approved privacy impact assessment.

Data 145

Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 145

FedScoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

The move comes amid ongoing bipartisan concern about law enforcement agency purchases of peoples’ location data without obtaining a warrant. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., This is sort of the government credit card exception from the warrant requirement,” he added.

Data 142

Data Impact Assessment Purchasing Electronics 142

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

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The city government of Klaipeda runs the Dancer bus service through a comprehensive, 10-year lease agreement that is the first purchase of its kind in the country, a result of Lithuania’s shift to using green criteria for public contracts.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

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. government would purchase AI technologies and establish guidelines and standards for the development and use of those technologies.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Supply Chain Procurement 52

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. Civil society and immigrant rights groups often raise concerns about how this technology can be misused.

IT 108

IT Impact Assessment Thresholds Electronics 108

FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

In the past, the agency purchased licenses from the data mining services company Creative Radicals for social media threat monitoring. The Secret Service has also disclosed a social media screening contract through a privacy impact assessment. Many of the companies mentioned did not respond to requests for comment.

Media 86

Media Impact Assessment Budget Data 86