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October 5, 2017 By cs

The case for evidence in government

Although the U.S. government presides over what collectively must be one of the world’s largest data repositories, its capacity to use that data to build citizen trust and make informed, evidence-based decisions is severely constrained.

As explained in an enlightening report recently issued by the bipartisan Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP), the mere existence of data is a necessary but not sufficient condition for creating empirical evidence to inform decisions throughout the full lifecycle of public programs—enactment, funding, operation, reform, termination.

The digitization of many facets of various activities the government funds through its $4 trillion annual budget has resulted in a data explosion at federal agencies. But that data needs to be synthesized into actionable information to satisfy taxpayers’ demands for better results and greater transparency. The CEP report makes clear that much remains to be done to achieve that goal and provides a comprehensive plan to improve access to federal data, strengthen privacy protections and expand the public, private and academic research communities’ capacity to analyze data.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2017/09/case-evidence-government/141363

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: analytics, contract data, evidence-based policymaking, procurement data

February 13, 2017 By cs

Fighting federal procurement fraud — A commentary

Believe it or not, procurement fraud is the second largest economic crime in terms of losses, trailing only theft.

This statistic usually gets overlooked, but it’s one that has affected the federal government for decades. In fact, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, procurement fraud impacts an astounding 29 percent of all organizations each year, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses to government agencies.

Procurement fraud occurs when a company offers goods or services but either fails to deliver, under delivers or rigs the process against the rules to gain an advantage over competitors. Some common forms of procurement fraud include bribery, bid-rigging, embezzlement and submission of false claims. This is especially concerning when you are talking about business to government procurement, considering that money comes straight from the taxpayer. Government needs to find better ways to protect itself from this type of fraud.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/fighting-federal-procurement-fraud-commentary

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: abuse, analytics, bid rigging, embezzlement, false claims, fraud, spend analytics, technology, waste

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