Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For years, the benefits of transparency as a policy tool to increase accountability and counter corruption have been lauded. In public procurement, this has given rise to a global movement promoting procurement data transparency, a.k.a. open contracting. But what do these commitments look like in reality?

Public Procurement 40

Public Procurement Transparency Procurement E-procurement 40

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.

Impact Assessment 120

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FedScoop

JUNE 27, 2024

Collins also pushed in the report for more transparency from the agency through technological improvements and better explanations of the modernization process. Many of the IRS’s plans to improve transparency rely on updating the agency’s technology,” Collins wrote. “As

Electronics 100

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 22, 2023

FedScoop obtained the new AI guidance as well as a letter of opposition — signed by dozens of journalists within the news organization — that was sent to VOA leadership in October and has not been made public until now. A number of our broadcasters have been on the air for many, many years, through good times and bad.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Technologies once relied on to manage this process and reduce knowledge loss are no longer able to do so in an efficient, transparent way—skyrocketing costs, zapping institutional knowledge and worse. Adopting AI is no longer an option but a necessity for developing efficient, transparent and responsive government operations.

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FedScoop

JULY 19, 2024

Power also pointed to initiatives meant to increase transparency into ways new technological platforms and data are used, while also raising awareness about the way these systems could manipulate people. Coleman spoke at length about the potential for artificial intelligence, pointing specifically to use cases deployed in Mexico and India.

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FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

That Shark Tank format, which the agency has noted it’s used previously, allows the FBI to educate its organization about its efforts to explore the technology in a “safe and secure way,” centralize use cases, and get outcomes it can explain to leadership.

Ethics 121

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Kingsberry has more than 30 years of experience in information technology and has a diverse background in federal and state government as well as corporate technology leadership. Before moving to private industry, Kingsberry served as chief information officer for the federal Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

Five of the country’s leading software and tech advocacy organizations are urging Senate and House leadership to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at improving federal agency oversight and management of software purchases before this congressional term comes to a close. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Ryan shared insights into Arizona’s whole-of-state cybersecurity program , and said “working with AWS Partners, local leadership, and other key stakeholders is critical in creating an effective cybersecurity community at all levels.” Watch a recording of this session.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those recommendations include ensuring FedRAMP usage in agencies, releasing guidance for agencies’ implementation of transparent data requirements, modernizing legacy systems to avoid higher costs for maintenance, avoiding cybersecurity pitfalls and updating procedures for electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems.

Electronics 128

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 128

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

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.” “This bipartisan legislation is one important step of many necessary towards addressing potential harms.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

A best practice for economic analysis is a transparent methodology, including analytical choices and assumptions,” the GAO wrote, adding that start-up tech costs for “a novel system” of this kind “could be substantial.” Taken together, these steps should help support data-driven evaluation by IRS leadership and members of Congress.”

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Ivalua is here to provide the Norwegian Public Sector with a cutting-edge solution to bolster maximum value from your financial resources, while promoting compliant and transparent operations.

Public Procurement 98

Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Create speed and transparency. Making processes transparent enables everyone along the supply chain to react quickly.

Supply Chain 97

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FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

Roughly a year ago, CDC leadership got together to develop an AI roadmap, Sim said, and since then, it’s prioritized goals like working on the chatbot and developing guidance that it’s shared with others in the federal government.

Efficiency 137

Efficiency Data Innovation Media 137

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 31, 2025

Coordinating between these various moving parts can be a significant challenge due to a number of factors, including: Diverse stakeholders : Each agency or department may have its own leadership, IT teams, subject matter experts (SMEs), and end users, all of whom need to be aligned and engaged. You can access our RACI template to get started.

Accountability 52

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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.” The firm offers solutions for cities , other governments and corrections.

Purchasing 110

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. In Rwanda, women must have a 30% representation in leadership across the government.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2023

Innovation, Pride, Purpose and Leadership The concept of breaking down employment barriers for people who are neurodivergent is supported by business needs and talent requirements. One unexpected result is the qualitative impact on leadership.

Government 111

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Transparency is critical because the solution you choose will serve as the single source of truth for dozens of other agencies. Increase transparency – Modernizing will illuminate government operations and expenses by providing a single source of truth for citizens and government leaders.

Transparency 75

Transparency Data Leadership Finance 75

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Transparency and scalability were crucial in providing donor insights and supported increasing involvement, such as attracting celebrities and brands. This approach optimized costs and provided full transparency for donors, which is crucial for maintaining trust and engagement.

Sustainability 75

Sustainability Data Transparency Innovation 75

ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Our experts at Ivalua are here to provide guidance and assist in your selection process through their extensive knowledge of providing thought leadership advice around procurement technology solutions. Transparency Finally, transparency is critical in public sector procurement.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Transparency Supplier 52

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

which was announced by House leadership earlier this week. If you imagine there are two AI algorithms: one of them is completely transparent and you understand how it thinks [and] the other one is a black box. Bill Foster, D-Ill., is returning to AI as a member of the new bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence, led by Reps.

Finance 142

Finance Influencing Transparency IT 142

GovLoop

JULY 6, 2023

If you’re in a leadership position, you can improve the odds of success with automation in two ways: Be transparent. The recent emergence of AI-driven chatbots, such as ChatGPT, has only elevated some workers’ concerns; Business Insider recently listed the 10 roles that AI is likely to replace.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

The right technology can help provide the transparency needed to better assess risk and contingency options, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of collaboration with suppliers.”. Leadership Challenge: 84% of procurement leaders say dealing with supply chain disruptions has been the most significant challenge of their career.

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Management 97

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.

Transparency 80

Transparency Efficiency Data Utilities 80

GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

“Different leadership styles come and go, and some work for employees better than others. Tell them they get a clean slate with you as their new supervisor, and that they need to be fully transparent and honest with you about how they feel they are performing. Let them show you who they are.

Management 52

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

Governance: Decide how to ensure AI/ML transparency To help determine who’ll develop your deep learning algorithms, consider how to ensure that any data being fed into the systems—along with any connections being made and analyses and resulting decisions or actions—are reliable, unbiased, and reproducible.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race. In the government space, Kurt served as the Chief Enterprise Architect at the FBI.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race. In the government space, Kurt served as the Chief Enterprise Architect at the FBI.

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Participation Ethics Finance Leadership 52

FedScoop

MARCH 13, 2024

The agency just requires those who do so to disclose how they used the technology in their proposal “to gain learning and transparency in that,” he said. The decision to move forward with the chatbot came about after NSF made an open call for ideas, through which it received 79 submissions, according to the CIO.

IT 84

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As Einer Fogh of GIZ Uganda highlights, “there is a vibrant civil society in Uganda, with many organizations working on transparency and anticorruption. High-level leadership from the PPDA to encourage thinking differently about engaging and mobilizing civil society and citizens has also been key.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

Leadership support Like most things, procurement compliance starts at the top. While procurement can create the initial policies and procedures, leadership gets the final say. If you’re pushing compliance across all departments that you work with, making sure your leadership team has your back is essential.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Procurement Management Strategic Sourcing 52

DemandStar

MAY 9, 2023

These best-in-class solutions and services are proven to complement government ERP systems to increase productivity, efficiency, transparency, collaboration and compliance. “We Euna’s executive leadership team combines decades of experience in government technology and the public sector. and Canada. and Canada.

Budget 52

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The bill has been praised by industry leaders, with John Neuffer, CEO of the Semiconductor Industry Association, stating that, “This underscores America’s commitment to semiconductor manufacturing and leadership. The CHIPS for America Act will help ensure a continued vibrant U.S. ” Part B: R&D and Emerging Technologies.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain IT Collaboration 89