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Labor Department’s AI roadmap geared toward ‘worker empowerment’

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The Department of Labor is spelling out how artificial intelligence can boost job quality without harming the rights of workers, releasing a roadmap this week that aims to empower workforces in underserved communities as use of the emerging technology proliferates.

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Tax watchdog says IRS has work to do on Login.gov security controls

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TIGTA also gave the IRS kudos for its transparency in how it uses the sign-on tool, posting a Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment for the Secure Access Digital Identity system to its website.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector

Climate change is a global issue, but its localized impacts can vary significantly across different regions. These extreme events, and water quantity and quality issues more broadly, are pressing concerns in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, further aggravated by the uncertain impacts of climate change.

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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

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Especially because, while the CCS AI DPS tries to address some issues, such as ethical risks (though the effectiveness of this can also be queried), it makes clear that ‘quality, price and cultural fit (including social value) can be assessed based on individual customer requirements’.

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Friday Flash 10/20/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

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. Gill also highlighted the HR Quality Services Management Office (QSMO), which was based on these standards.

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Law enforcement agencies need standardized AI field testing, presidential advisers say

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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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OMB Releases Final Guidance Memo on the Government’s Use of AI

Government Contracts Legal Forum

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.);