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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). That is particularly impactful for newer, more innovative solutions which the authority may not be familiar with.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the DOD works with industry to adopt 5G networks, prototyping and sandboxing 5G capabilities can bolster adoption and innovation. He has served on the Board of the Wireless Innovation Forum and on the IT Advisory Commission for Arlington County, Virginia. All are welcome, and the DOD can participate too.”

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The VA’s new artificial intelligence tech sprint is meant to encourage American innovators to create AI-centered tools to aid in clinicians’ note-taking and/or integrate patients’ medical records. The measure also seeks to support the “innovative capacity” of small businesses.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dave Levy, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, delivers his Innovation Talk. The 12 th annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference debuted Innovation Talks —deep dives hosted by AWS thought leaders. Watch the re:Invent 2023 public sector Innovation Talk.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

GSA’s Workplace Innovation Lab (WIL) also aims to achieve hybrid work equity so employees participating in meetings remotely feel more included.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Defense Innovation Unit Deputy Director Aditi Kumar has shared that the DOD tech hub is interested in branching outside the Pentagon’s usual collaborators for its Replicator initiative. Kumar will be bringing her expertise to offer more insight on Replicator opportunities at Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Over the past five years, the Government Accountability Office’s inaugural Innovation Lab director, Taka Ariga, treated the component as something of a startup organization. We had to crack the sort of secret sauce when it comes to ‘how do we actually innovate within an oversight community like GAO?’” Ariga said.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Innovative Technology Fund and co-led by Riot Ventures. ARK Invest, Disruptive and Snowpoint participated in the oversubscribed funding round, which brings Shield AI’s valuation to $2.7 Shield AI, which is developing an artificial intelligence pilot for aircraft, has secured $200 million in a round of Series F financing led by U.S.

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Public Procurement Intl

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Photo credit: South African Tourism Colloquium Participants South Africa’s National Research Foundatio n (NRF) (which coordinates with the nation’s research institutions) hosted a weeklong conference, September 3-6, 2024, to discuss South Africa’s Public Procurement Act , Act No. 28 of 2024. procurement system and elsewhere.

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FedScoop

MARCH 1, 2024

participation in international standards-setting bodies for emerging technologies by creating a pilot program that would fund the hosting of standard-setting meetings in the United States. participation in the creation and implementation of standards for AI and other emerging tech. “In Amid growing concern that U.S. Mark Warner, D-Va.,

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut has been named to Executive Mosaic’s prestigious 2024 Wash100 list for accelerating cyber and technology innovation and for spearheading growth through partnerships with other government contractors. Participate in GovCon’s most exciting race — the Wash100 popular vote competition!

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Together, they will provide a platform for innovators to access advanced technologies, cloud infrastructure, and funding opportunities to drive geospatial innovation. TGI researchers and collaborators focused on geospatial technologies are especially encouraged to participate. Louis on October 29, 2024.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hackathons are a mechanism for employee empowerment and innovation that have grown in popularity over the last 20 years. During hackathons, employees stop working on their regular tasks for two or more days to participate. Hackathon participants self-organize into teams, typically cross-organizational and cross-functional.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Nucleus Security raised $43 million in its Series B funding round , which was led by Arthur Ventures and Lead Edge Capital , and saw participation from In-Q-Tel , a new investor.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

Amazon has launched the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge , a global university competition to drive secure innovation in generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) technology. The goal is to discover innovative ways for LLM creators to mitigate risks and implement effective safety measures.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Additionally, it will require innovative work of piloting, refining, and scaling technologies that make a meaningful impact on the holistic learning and development of students or the ‘whole learner.'” To help accelerate innovation in education, AWS has launched the new AWS Education Accelerator.

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Federal News Network

MAY 17, 2024

Currently, the Schedule program is deemed a competitive procedure if participation is open to all responsible sources and orders and contracts under the program result in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the government’s needs.

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FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

Focus on innovation “We’ve jumped into the GenAI [AI] arena ,” Babski said. Luckily, we work in a very innovative institute, so staff were eager to play with these tools when they became accessible.” Recognizing the need to streamline clinical trial matching, NLM created a prototype called TrialGPT.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 26, 2024

Generative AI Innovation Center expertise : Ideate, identify, and implement generative AI solutions securely with guidance from the Generative AI Innovation Center. Learn more about the Impact Initiative and how to participate.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since then, 229 organizations have contributed innovations to the program to help address disparities in social determinants of health around the world. We’ve seen participants in the Health Equity Initiative create incredible solutions that effectively address the equity gaps in accessing quality health services.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, the AWS Education Accelerator supports education technology (EdTech) startups who are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

Research participants also provided consent for linkage to their health-related records. Health data for the public interest The altruism of research participants is at the heart of UK Biobank’s existence. This post highlights UK Biobank’s journey to becoming a globally accessible dataset for health researchers.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 14, 2024

Summary City Colleges of Chicago (CCC)—the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation—participates in two no-cost Amazon Web Services (AWS) initiatives to advance and develop undergraduate technical programs. CCC has invested in skilled instructors and is providing student outreach.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 1, 2024

On Wednesday, those platforms were freed during the agency’s inaugural AI hackathon , a three-city competition that saw public and private sector participants attempt to “hack” federal agency websites and build out solutions for prizes. If participants were blocked from a tool, the agency found a workaround. Whitman said.

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FedScoop

MAY 2, 2024

Artificial intelligence researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators would compete for $1 million prizes awarded by the National Science Foundation under new legislation from three members of the Senate’s AI caucus. The time has come for a prize program to further encourage innovation in artificial intelligence.” Cory Booker, D-N.J.,

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Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 15, 2024

GSA’s Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) is committed to fostering innovation and driving IT modernization across the government. We work with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to accelerate the integration of cutting-edge commercial technologies into federal operations, particularly for purposes of increased national security.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At Amazon Web Services (AWS) , we are committed to empowering our partners to accelerate their cloud innovation journeys. They leveraged AWS generative AI funding to reduce costs and demonstrate solutions for their customers.

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Were you aware that in FY 23, a substantial $6.23B, accounting for 8% of total federal contracts, was allocated to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIRs) and Small Business Technology Transfers (STTRs), benefiting 3,230 businesses ? Participating Agencies It’s worth noting that participating agencies are mandated to allocate 3.2%

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FedInsider

JUNE 5, 2024

The plan targets five industries – agriculture, energy, life sciences, manufacturing, and robotics/technology – all of which will rely on investments to upgrade and innovate systems and technologies currently in place. REGISTER NOW The post Vision 2024: Technology & Innovation in Government – Pennsylvania first appeared on FedInsider.

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Further, although this working group will be required to submit an initial report and annual reports to Congress, it is not clear how the reports’ findings will be addressed in practice, particularly without involvement of industry participants in the working group. The House bill also expands Section 215 of the James M.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 26, 2024

aims to support a “broad and diverse” interdisciplinary research community for AI innovation through capacity building and partnerships at higher education institutions and other organizations, according to bill text shared with FedScoop. The Expanding AI Voices Act from Reps. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., and Frank Lucas, R-Okla.,

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. In his role, Kyle builds teams ¬¬that use data to create innovative solutions to difficult business challenges. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

We look forward to receiving innovative suggestions on the development of the sixth Open Government National Action Plan as well as other efforts to strengthen open government policy and public engagement.” Outside of federal agency officials, the committee is open to nominees from state and local government, industry and academia.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. We’ll explore ways that government agencies are using technology to transform how they deliver services impacting the health, safety, and security of their people.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It is a tool for creating something new, from innovative ideas to new audio and video content. When agencies apply AI within their systems, so far it has primarily been traditional AI, used to improve chatbots, predictive analytics, and recommendation systems, for instance. Use cases for genAI are different.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The World Health Summit 2024 served as a pivotal platform for global health leaders, policymakers, and innovators to address pressing healthcare challenges and explore cutting-edge solutions. These partnerships are crucial for driving innovation and making sure that cloud-based health solutions are tailored to meet diverse global needs.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 2, 2024

With that mission at the forefront, the technologists and librarians at Northwestern University Libraries (NUL) continually strive to improve their online libraries to enable user discovery and innovation. When they found a technology standard that could make research more efficient and open, they acted.

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