FedScoop

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This bipartisan legislation will enable the federal government to operate more effectively, more efficiently and more transparently,” he added. From there, plans would be developed to better manage the procurement of software and eliminate deficiencies and other bad acquisition practices. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.,

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

To succeed, governments must embrace innovation, integrate cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, and empower procurement teams to lead the way. Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 22, 2022

A Forrester report in 2022 found that data training improves retention and employee happiness, and significantly enhances innovation, customer experience, decision-making and more. It hasn’t always been available to the public, but increasingly, they are making it visible as a way to build trust and be transparent with their constituents.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2023

By integrating the EIC’s functionalities in their procurement practices, organizations can dramatically accelerate sustainability agendas with reliable emissions data for all the direct and indirect products and services they acquire, and establish transparent reporting standards. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us at @Ivalua.

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Extract Systems

APRIL 9, 2024

Experts emphasize the importance of laying the groundwork for transparent, explainable, and auditable AI systems, collectively referred to as TEA. Transparency, the first pillar of TEA, involves making AI usage and functionality clear and comprehensible.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

This guide examines the fundamentals of public procurement, including fairness, value for money, and transparency, and how they influence both ethical and effective procurement procedures. A transparent approach lowers procurement risk, prevents corruption, and fosters confidence between suppliers and public sector organisations.

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Discussions & Clarifications

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In April 2023, the FCC established the Space Bureau, reorganizing the functions of the Satellite Division in the FCC’s former International Bureau (IB) into a new, stand-alone bureau, with an eye towards promoting a competitive and innovative global satellite and space-based communications marketplace.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A Senate bill that would task the National Science Foundation with overseeing a multimillion-dollar competition on artificial intelligence innovations now has a House companion from the leaders of the chamber’s AI task force. The AI Grand Challenges Act from Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J.,

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In its search for commercial partners, the city needed to promote competition in a concentrated marketplace, learn more about the latest bike share technology and innovations, and provide better and expanded service at the same or lower budget.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

While it aligns with Liberia’s approach, the Model Law places greater emphasis on transparency, the documentation of justification for using restricted bidding, and minimizing disruptions to competition. The IFB or Bidding Documents are then employed as solicitation tools to engage suppliers and ensure a transparent process.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. By leveraging blockchain’s capabilities, these entities can significantly mitigate corruption risks, streamline operations, and foster a more transparent procurement environment.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 28, 2024

The EHDS will establish a common framework and infrastructure for the use of health data for research, innovation, policy-making, and regulatory activities in the European Union (EU). The path forward necessitates thoughtful policy frameworks combined with cutting-edge technologies to enable security, transparency, and control of health data.

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Extract Systems

AUGUST 1, 2023

Striking a balance between transparency and protecting sensitive information is a challenging task for government entities. Hamilton County, Ohio, successfully addressed the dual challenge of enhancing transparency and protecting sensitive information by implementing Extract Systems' ID Shield redaction software.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The business case for data-driven transparency is not hard to make. While data quality cannot be perfected and some technological innovations aren’t quite ready for prime time, tremendous improvements are possible. Data is the lifeblood of supply chain transparency, but it can only be as good as what’s being inputted into the system.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

To start the conversation about how to better address these challenges, FMM organized the first Regional Policy Dialogue aimed at developing an innovative agenda to transform public expenditure management through smarter procurement practices. For LAC countries, digital technologies can be an important ally in achieving this balance.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

We were never just after a bit more transparency though, we wanted to transform how procurement is done. We saw that early on in our life as OCP, where we supported a cross-sector group of reformers in Ukraine to create a radically transparent, open source e-procurement system called Prozorro. Thats a return on investment of 200:1!

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FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

Four FBI technology officials who spoke at a GDIT event in Washington detailed the agency’s focus on promoting AI innovations where those tools are merited — such as in its tip line — and ensuring uses could ultimately meet the law enforcement agency’s need to have technology that could later be defended legally.

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Public Procurement Intl

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The methods ultimately selected in the implementing regulations must be in keeping with Section 217 of the South African constitution, which calls for fairness, equitability, transparency, competitiveness, and cost-effectiveness in the procurement system. procurement system and elsewhere.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 30, 2024

I fully believe each of these bills helps the United States make strides toward unleashing AI innovation and resulting opportunities, from national defense to health care research to financial services,” Rounds said in a statement. “I and the Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act , which is also co-led by Heinrich.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Dave Levy, left, speaks during his fireside chat at the Concordia Summit, “The AI Revolution: Harnessing Digital Innovation in the Public Sector.” and overseas governments can improve lives through public sector citizen services and increased transparency: two things that are critical to building and maintaining trust in institutions.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The UK Government has recently published its official response (the ‘response’) to the public consultation of March 2023 on its ‘ pro-innovation approach ’ to AI regulation (for an initial discussion, see here ). The government is also using the procurement power of the public sector to drive responsible and safe AI innovation.

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FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

For agencies that continue to embrace cloud innovation strategically, this future is closer than many might think. This method streamlines the IT advancement process, enabling rapid, incremental improvements and offering a clear path to achieving the intended modernization objectives with reduced risk and increased transparency.

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ivalua

JUNE 15, 2022

Automation and innovation are at the forefront of the supply chain industry with procurement acting as a key enabler in the process. Körber, a leading international technology group with over 10,000 employees, aims to be a tech leader in procurement to open the door in supply chain performance and drive innovation in the community. .

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act of 2023 , introduced Wednesday by Sens. It will put in place commonsense safeguards for the highest-risk applications of AI — like in our critical infrastructure — and improve transparency for policymakers and consumers.” John Thune, R-S.D., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Berlin, the conference brought together distinguished practitioners and experts from across the globe to explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations in international arbitration. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Only Upsides to AI in Arbitration?

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has recently published its Initial Guidance for Regulators on Implementing the UK’s AI Regulatory Principles (Feb 2024) (the ‘AI guidance’). We will not rush to legislate ’.

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FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

During a session on public sector innovation at Google Cloud Next ’24, leaders from the World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund, and the United Nations Office for Project Services shared strategies for boosting productivity by fostering operational consistency and shared understanding.

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FedScoop

JUNE 27, 2024

“When I look back eight years from now on how the IRS spent its Inflation Reduction Act funding, the changes I consider ‘transformational’ will primarily involve the deployment of new technology and innovative thinking,” Collins wrote. Many of the IRS’s plans to improve transparency rely on updating the agency’s technology,” Collins wrote. “As

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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.

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GovLoop

MARCH 25, 2024

In an article about rebuilding trust in government, Deloitte Insights broke down government work into six archetypes: retailer, retailer-like, innovator, educator, regulator and enforcer. It’s a question worth asking, and it may lead to insights that help you develop a better relationship with the public.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Reports of internal reporting at OpenAI on an innovation to develop powerful artificial intelligence models have furthered speculations around the initial dismissal of CEO Sam Altman, who was reinstated four days later. The Board had cited Altman’s “miscommunication” and “lack of transparency” in their initial decision to remove him.

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FedScoop

JULY 16, 2024

Udaya Patnaik, chief innovation officer for the Office of IT Category in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said last month during a Professional Services Council event that the limited knowledge of AI’s capabilities aren’t clear, presenting a challenge when trying to interact with a “constantly evolving technology.”

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

They create an enabling culture for innovation and promote transparency and trust in digitized services. Regulatory reforms Governments update regulations and policies to remove barriers to digital innovation and entrepreneurship. Another example is the General Services Administration’s (GSA) 18F in the US.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 5, 2024

Small Business Research Programs: Increased Performance Standards Likely Affect Few Businesses Receiving Multiple Awards Women-owned small businesses win record $25.5B

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

This TDR expansion is another positive step forward for GSA as it seeks to modernize the program by creating a market-centric framework that enhances competition, value, and innovation. Transparency in the development of any pricing guidance that impacts MAS contractors will be vital to the long-term success of TDR and the MAS program.

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FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

The idea here is that we can allow for our CDC staff to practice innovation and gen AI safely, within CDC boundaries, rather than going out to third-party sites,” Sim said. We’re still learning, but we’re trying our best to be innovative, responsive, and obviously sharing as we learn with our partners,” he said.

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