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Scottish Government Creates IoT Marketplace for Public Sector
Jul 11, 2019
The Scottish Government is seeking suppliers for a dynamic purchasing system for internet of things technologies. It has issued a contract notice alerting the market to the imminent launch of the DPS, which will run on an initial two-year term until 18 August 2021. The notice said that “due to...
Can AI Help State Governments Battle Cybersecurity Threats
Jul 9, 2019
The sheer volume of cybersecurity alerts state governments face is daunting – potentially millions in a single day. Even more difficult is parsing through them to determine which pose real threats. The real challenge this presents for state governments lies in the limited amount of time humans...
Growing Toolkit of AI Has Potential to Enhance Government
Jul 8, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is growing increasingly diverse in its slew potential uses to improve government operations. For optimized use, AI necessitates as large volume of data––something the U.S. government possesses. Deloitte confirms the federal government plans to reach 500...
Global Virtual Reality Market to Surpass $26B by 2022
Jul 8, 2019
Zion Market Research released a virtual reality (VR) industry research report. The report goes into statistical and overall analysis to provide a holistic projection of the VR hardware and software industry through 2022. Market Research News reports on Zion’s findings, including a list of key...
NASA Awards 248 Small Business Contracts to Support Moon Mission
Jul 8, 2019
Americans will be back on the Moon by 2024 –– a bold aim of the Trump Administration expressed March of this year. President Trump has signed off the implementation of the Space Policy Directive-1. He received a unanimous recommendation from the National Space Council to expedite regulations...
Germany Missile Purchase Approved by US State Dept through NATO Support and Procurement Agency
Jul 4, 2019
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency reports this week that the US State Department has approved the sale to Germany of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Germany is buying up to 91 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)...
Bahrain and UK to Pilot AI Public Procurement Guidelines
Jul 4, 2019
The World Economic Forum and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) announced at the WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, that they will pilot new guidelines for the procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector, produced by the WEF Centre for the...
UK Government Must Report on Modern Slavery Prevention in Its Supply Chains
Jul 4, 2019
Under the Modern Slavery Act, companies with a turnover of £36 million must publish statements about what they are doing to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains. Last December, at the G20 summit in Argentina, the UK Prime Minister revealed her plans to apply this to the public...
UK NHS Digital Publishes ‘Internet First’ Guidelines
Jul 4, 2019
UK NHS Digital has published its ‘Internet First’ policy, standards and guidelines to help health and social care organisations make their digital services accessible over the internet. The guidelines describe how to make them secure, scalable and where possible consistent. Read about the...
Croatia Introduces e-Invoicing
Jul 4, 2019
From this Monday – July 8 2019 – Croatia will completely replace the printing of bills on paper by the state and the public sector in Croatia with electronic invoices. This comes inline with the government decision, effective on July 1, on the Law on Compulsory E-Account Receipt in Public...
AR in Military: How This Emerging Tech Can Enhance Warfare and Training
Jul 3, 2019
The challenges the U.S. military faces become increasingly complex as technology advances. The prevalence of augmented reality (AR) in the consumer market comes on the tail-end of one of its first implementations in a heads up display for fighter jets. The bleeding-edge depictions of far more...
Federal IT Market Grew by 10 Percent in Fiscal 2018
Jul 3, 2019
The Trump administration is making significant commitments to bolster information technology (IT) infrastructure. The federal government outlines intentions of substantial investments in digital services for citizens, upgrading information security, and data-driven decision making in the...
