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https://fortune.com/2020/01/21/ibm-ai-regulation-bias-davos/ | January 21, 2020

IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data that bakes in past discriminatory practices and could harm women, minorities, the disabled, older Americans and others. As it seeks to define a growing debate in the U.S. and Europe over how to regulate the burgeoning industry, IBM urged industry and governments to jointly develop standards to measure and combat potential discrimination....

Google | October 23, 2020

Google Cloud announced today that it has secured a Framework Agreement for Secure Cloud from the Canadian federal government. This agreement now enables Google Cloud to directly sell innovative cloud platform and collaboration technologies to federal agencies, helping them digitally transform and better serve their communities and constituents. To secure this framework, Google Cloud was assessed by the Canadian federal government against all relevant security, privacy, and usability standards. W...

Reuters | January 16, 2020

The U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Thursday announced changes to economic data “lockup” procedures, which would result in the removal of computers from its Washington newsroom effective March 1. BLS Commissioner William Beach said the changes were in line with recommendations by the Labor Department’s Inspector General back in 2014, and was intended to keep data secure prior to public release, stay ahead of rapidly changing technology and remo...

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MURAL | October 11, 2022

MURAL, a collaborative intelligence company, has teamed up with GovTEAMS, the Australian Government's digital collaboration platform, to give federal and state government employees access to the MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System™. GovTEAMS is a comprehensive digital collaboration service built for the Australian Public Service (APS) to provide secure communication and collaboration between departments and with external parties. It's powered by Microsoft 365 and...