Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Transparency, data integrity, and compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) all are foundational considerations in the use of AI and/or algorithms to support procurement operations. With this transparency, contractors would be able to use the tools to conduct their own analysis in support of their proposal preparation. (Of

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Extract Systems

APRIL 9, 2024

As government agencies increasingly turn to generative AI solutions, the implications of poor data quality become even more pronounced. This deficiency raises questions about the seamless integration of data from multiple agencies into cohesive tools and the potential ramifications for data quality.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Transparency, data integrity, and compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) all are foundational considerations in the use of AI and/or algorithms to support procurement operations. With this transparency, contractors would be able to use the tools to conduct their own analysis in support of their proposal preparation. (Of

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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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FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Digital Service engineer, the intent is to eliminate any distinction of quality between authorizations and bring the “same high watermark that says, ‘This meets the expectation for reuse across the government.’” Moving documents into machine-readable formats and being as transparent as possible aligns with those plans.

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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. Below, Improve Data Quality. Improve Data Quality. Ensure Accessibility. Build a Data-literate Team.

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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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ivalua

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The majority of organizations consider supply chain transparency to be a top priority, however less than a third are satisfied with the level of visibility into their suppliers. Many organizations still rely on conventional data sources such as contracts, invoices, and audits to support their supply chain transparency initiatives.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 11, 2024

The interplay between these principles ensures the responsible and transparent management of public funds, crucial for meeting community needs while optimizing economic benefits. It aims to achieve best value for money by balancing life-cycle costs and quality to meet user needs beyond just the lowest initial price.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. This provided transparency for all involved in managing the process in a way that wasn’t possible previously when complaints were transferred manually between agencies by email. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

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Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Extract Systems

AUGUST 1, 2023

Striking a balance between transparency and protecting sensitive information is a challenging task for government entities. The quality of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) output is crucial to the success of any redaction process. In response, a hybrid workflow was devised.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

Manual orders increase overall costs, undermine compliance, and limit transparency. An automated ordering platform tied to existing contracts and sources through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), will reduce or eliminate credit fees while leveraging existing contract vehicles for price, quality, and compliance.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Procurement transparency exists within the public sector because it is required by law. And yet, not all transparency is equally effective. Suppliers need bidding and contract transparency. This encourages more diverse participation and improves the quality of responses – and therefore creates value for the general public.

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GovLoop

MARCH 25, 2024

Deloitte examines each one through four different “trust signals”— humanity, transparency, capability and reliability — that relate to how the public perceives government. Transparency indicates that the government openly shares information, motives, and choices related to policy, budget, and program decisions in straightforward language.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

A minor deviation would be declared on a requirement if it does not result in a disadvantage against the procurement entity such as reducing the quality of the required goods , works or service, or violate the rights of other bidders. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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FedScoop

JUNE 18, 2024

million investment, the FEC is looking to modernize its FECFile Online software, making it cloud-based and web-accessible for filers so that it “improves data quality and enhances security.” The announcement of the $31.66 In March, lawmakers clawed back $100 million from the TMF. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Gerry Connolly, D-Va., With an $8.8

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

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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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many in the defense industrial base view the bid protest system as providing necessary transparency and accountability in the contracting process, including to ensure that the government follows the law and its own procedures. Congress repealed that pilot before it could be implemented, however.

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The Softly Spark

AUGUST 8, 2024

However, staying silent about your eco-friendly practices is not the solution – consumers crave transparency! Be transparent and qualify your green claims to maintain trust. Recent lawsuits illustrate how companies can modify their approach to communicating their environmental claims to ensure greater transparency.

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ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization. This is where Source-to-Pay systems can help – by providing procurement teams with a system that centralizes information and ensures data quality meets a high standard.

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Government procurement should be transparent and efficient. But that effort results in transparency and insight that is like a cheat code, an unfair advantage for those who subscribe to GovSpend. Data is the core of the GovSpend value proposition, and increasing data coverage and quality is a top objective.

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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs provided Congress with a “long overdue” update Tuesday on efforts to modernize its supply chain, fielding questions from lawmakers about the department’s transparency regarding the plan. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., As of now, we haven’t seen that effective communication.”

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The goal of this is really to harness the power of data to advance diplomatic efforts, improve operational efficiency, and ensure transparency and accountability in the Department of State’s activities,” Khan said. Khan said that improved the quality of the data and saved more than 600 labor hours.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua’s eProcurement solution will empower us through greater visibility and better control over our indirect spend”, said Erwan Le Belléguy, Corporate Purchasing Quality and Digital Manager at Hutchinson. Redwood City, CA, 20 April 2023. In 2022, it generated a revenue of €4.400 billion. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us at @Ivalua.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.” He points out that these kinds of contracts ensure quality and reliability by involving vendors who have been vetted through a competitive selection process.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pimentel joined the agency after making a name for himself as a transparency and anti-corruption campaigner, having been Executive Director at Transparency International’s local chapter Participación Ciudadana. DCGP’s data quality has continuously improved over the last decade, enabling increasingly detailed analysis.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Quality Requirements : They describe the quality and specifications of the goods , services , or works required. Conclusion Standard Bidding Documents play a vital role in ensuring a transparent, fair, and competitive procurement process. Invitation to Bid : They formally invite potential bidders to submit their bids.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 8, 2024

Any organizations or teams that use generative AI to make decisions or prioritize actions, must build responsible AI systems that are fair, explainable, robust, secure, transparent, and that safeguard privacy. Systems must be transparent: if someone challenges a decision supported by the AI system, they can track the reasoning behind it.

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ivalua

MAY 11, 2021

Trust, fairness, transparency and respect for Arkad S.p.A.’s The Ivalua platform was built to enable effective, scalable collaboration and complete transparency into suppliers and spend. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Arkad S.p.A. is a world leading energy services group focused on delivering excellence in the oil and gas sector.

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Procurement IT Supplier Supply Chain 52

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization. This is where Source-to-Pay systems can help – by providing procurement teams with a system that centralizes information and ensures data quality meets a high standard.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

They check the availability and quality of constructed bike lanes, particularly in major metropolitan areas using OpenStreetMaps regularly updated via crowdsourcing. Eager to see how the budgeted funds were spent, the coalition began tracking the bike lanes’ procurement processes. “ We owned this budget. Source: Kenneth S.

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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’). Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

We value collaboration, and we strive to ensure a transparent process for our industry partners. So, it’s receiving a flood of attention which creates a flood of questions, yet we are not getting, for whatever reason, transparency back to know where this is going. But in this case, NASA says ‘stop contacting us.’

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Improving transparency in public procurement, that is publishing more and better-quality data, supports accountability by enabling greater scrutiny over processes and outcomes as well as helping to achieve greater competition and better value for money. GTI-R/2020:1, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Dávid-Barret, E.,

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