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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

In large public projects, like infrastructure, transport, and delivering public services like water and social programs, the difference between success and failure often comes down to how well you plan and who you involve early on. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement.

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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

Federal News Network

Transportation Command asks the vendor, HomeSafe Alliance, to justify hundreds of instances over the past month in which movers have failed to begin military families moves on the agreed-upon dates, delivered their belongings late, or both. The recent show-cause notice from U.S.

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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. They turned their attention to sounding the alarm about the transport crisis , when they were approached by commuters’ rights groups who were also trying to organize at the time. But they didn’t stop there. He also fixed some of their coding errors!

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Senate bill to create NSF-awarded AI challenges gets House companion

FedScoop

There would also be a category for cross-cutting AI, covering “robustness, interpretability, explainability, transparency, safety, privacy, content provenance, and bias mitigation.”

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Klobuchar and Thune introduce foundational AI legislation

FedScoop

and other members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, aims to provide clear distinctions on AI-generated content and other identification for AI systems, including those deemed “high impact” and “critical impact.” “This bipartisan legislation is one important step of many necessary towards addressing potential harms.

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FBI, DHS supporting New Jersey drone response with detection methods

FedScoop

They also come amid a broader conversation about policy and transparency surrounding government response to unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP. The sightings of what people have thought to be drones in recent weeks have sparked furor and lawmaker demands for answers. New Jersey and New York lawmakers, including Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,

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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

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.