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Top Publicly Traded Companies at the Forefront of AI Innovation
Jul 3, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a broad umbrella catchall for a slew of technological advances, including but not limited to machine learning and automation. Builtin estimates that AI could add as much as $15.7 trillion to the global GDP by the year 2030. Several publicly traded companies...
Linking Public Buyers with Suppliers of Innovation
Jun 28, 2019
The Innovation Procurement Brokers (InnoBrokers) project, funded by the EU, helps public procurers to procure innovative goods and services by linking public buyers with innovative suppliers. Once introduced to SMEs and start-ups that are able to develop innovative solutions responding to their...
UK Police Forensics Cyber Attack Repercussions
Jun 27, 2019
News spread this week about the UK police force supplier of forensics services being held to ransomware, and the subsequent suspension of their use by the police. The supplier now says everything is back to normal, but data breach repercussions can be lasting for the judicial system, including...
Results and Status of EU-Funded Pre-Commercial Procurements
Jun 27, 2019
New data from a survey of all the completed pre-commercial procurements (PCPs) funded by the EU’s research and innovation programme 7 show longer-term impact on the commercialisation success rate of companies and the modernisation of public services. Read also how the impact of the EU-funded PCPs...
A Further £1m in Legal Costs for UK DfT in Eurotunnel Fiasco
Jun 27, 2019
The £33m payout from the Department for Transport to Eurotunnel over the handling of the no-deal Brexit ferry contracts where the firm sued for not being invited to bid, has added another £1m to the total in legal costs. This latest development has been called a fiasco that has cost the...
Medicines and Medical Products Supply: Government Updates No-Deal Brexit Plans
Jun 27, 2019
Just out today – the UK Department of Health and Social Care has issued a letter to all suppliers about the continuity of supply of medicines and medical products from 31st October in the case of a no-deal EU exit. It also sets out how suppliers of those products to the UK can best prepare,...
World Economic Forum Report on Gender Equality and Smart Procurement
Jun 27, 2019
“Public procurement has emerged as a pioneering frontier for provision of jobs and opportunities, especially for women and other marginalised groups at most risk of exclusion from social and economic growth. Cities such as Amsterdam deliberately use public procurement to boost young people’s...
Bulgarian Government Approves CETA
Jun 27, 2019
The Bulgarian Government has decided to approve and sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada opens new opportunities for trade and investment for economic...
Single-Use Plastics Directive Published in OJEU
Jun 27, 2019
The Single-Use Plastics Directive — Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment—was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It will impact plastic...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Jun 21, 2019
ECS lands a $276 million cyber award from DHS to deliver an advanced CDM Dashboard, Philadelphia plans to revise its procurement policies to support minority-owned businesses, and AR/VR tech continues to transform how governments use data and more efficiently offer improved services. All this and...
Forbes Examines the Top 10 Cybersecurity Companies to Watch
Jun 21, 2019
Businesses are in dire need of moving past the obsolete “trust but verify” model of security. Companies are offering innovative security solutions founded in a “Zero Trust Security framework” instead. This framework enforces the least privilege and never trusts, always verifies from within...
How AR, VR Can Enhance Government Services
Jun 21, 2019
Digital reality within government is transforming how governments use data, help raise employee performance, and more efficiently offer improved services.
This emerging technology, including augmented (AR) and virtual (VR) technologies, can enable workers to complete tasks faster and more...
