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eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 3796 nodes and 7312 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

"IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction"
#Romania #IKEA #Environment

IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction
IKEA is under scrutiny over its wood sourcing practices after two reports linked the furniture giant to destructive logging in some of Europe’s last ancient forests. The recent investigations, conducted separately by Greenpeace and fellow environmental groups Agent Green and the Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF), focus on IKEA’s procurement of wood from ecologically sensitive areas […]

Defense Ministry establishes department for logistics planning: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/defense-ministry-establishes.html

We are excited to announce the publication of the #OCRE2024 Tender for the large-scale procurement of commercial #cloud services offerings for our pan-European #Research and

GÉANT announces publication of OCRE 2024 tender for pan-European cloud services procurement | GÉANT CONNECT Online
21 March 2024. GÉANT is delighted to announce the publication of the OCRE 2024 Tender for the large-scale procurement of commercial cloud services offerings for its pan-European Research and Education community. The tender aims to procure the OCRE 2024 Cloud framework agreements - the third iteration of GÉANT’s flagship cloud frameworks that since 2016 have

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AI Procurement Checklists: Revisiting Implementation in the Age of AI Governance
Tom Zick, Mason Kortz, David Eaves, Finale Doshi-Velez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14660

AI Procurement Checklists: Revisiting Implementation in the Age of AI Governance
Public sector use of AI has been quietly on the rise for the past decade, but only recently have efforts to regulate it entered the cultural zeitgeist. While simple to articulate, promoting ethical and effective roll outs of AI systems in government is a notoriously elusive task. On the one hand there are hard-to-address pitfalls associated with AI-based tools, including concerns about bias towards marginalized communities, safety, and gameability. On the other, there is pressure not to make it…

eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 10215 nodes and 11837 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Court releases ex-Defense Ministry official charged with weapons procurement fraud without bail: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/16/court-releases-exdefense.html

"Australian government knew obscure retailer had no PPE experience before paying $100m for unusable Covid masks"
Procurement under the last LNP government wasn't just a rort - it was often _nothing but_ a rort.
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eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

On the means, costs, and system-level impacts of 24/7 carbon-free energy procurement
Iegor Riepin, Tom Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07876 https://

On the means, costs, and system-level impacts of 24/7 carbon-free energy procurement
A growing number of public and private energy buyers are interested in 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) procurement, which means that every kilowatt-hour of electricity consumption is met by carbon-free sources at all times. It has the potential to overcome the limitations of established procurement schemes, such as the temporal mismatch between clean electricity supply and buyers' demand that is inherent to "volumetric" matching. Yet it is unclear how 24/7 CFE procurement affects the rest of the …

Ukrainian government allocating $128 million for procurement of attack drones: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/18/ukrainian-government-allocating.html

GÉANT & #NRENs play an instrumental role in unlocking the potential of commercial #cloud for European #Research & #Education

From the OCRE project to EOSC Future – lessons learned in commercial cloud procurement | GÉANT CONNECT Online
This interview is part of a section on commercial cloud procurement, published in the March 2024 issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine (CONNECT45). We also suggest reading "How GÉANT Cloud Frameworks outline the cloudscape of European R&E". Since 2016, GÉANT and the European NRENs – both via GÉANT projects and other EC-funded projects – have

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Sweden joins Czech Republic’s initiative, allocates €30 million for ammunition procurement for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/16/sweden-joins-czech.html

"Australian government knew obscure retailer had no PPE experience before paying $100m for unusable Covid masks"
Procurement under the last LNP government wasn't just a rort - it was often _nothing but_ a rort.
https://www.

Procurement Officer for Pact Inc.: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/04/procurement-officer-for.html

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Valuation of Power Purchase Agreements for Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement
Roozbeh Qorbanian, Nils L\"ohndorf, David Wozabal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08846

Valuation of Power Purchase Agreements for Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement
Corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) are long-term contracts that enable companies to source renewable energy without having to develop and operate their own capacities. Typically, producers and consumers agree on a fixed per-unit price at which power is purchased. The value of the PPA to the buyer depends on the so called capture price defined as the difference between this fixed price and the market value of the produced volume during the duration of the contract. To model the…

Now at their second iteration and procuring the third one, GÉANT #cloud frameworks continue to be a fundamental propelling and shaping force for #DigitalTransformation in European #Research &

How GÉANT Cloud Frameworks outline the cloudscape* of European R&E – A panoramic view | GÉANT CONNECT Online
This article is part of a section on commercial cloud procurement, published in the March 2024 issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine (CONNECT45). We also suggest reading "From the OCRE project to EOSC Future - lessons learned in commercial cloud procurement". In the rapidly evolving global landscape of Research and Education, cloud-based services have become

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Ex-first deputy secretary of Ukraine's security council declared wanted: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/16/exfirst-deputy-secretary.html

Now at their second iteration and procuring the third one, GÉANT #cloud frameworks continue to be a fundamental propelling and shaping force for #DigitalTransformation in European #Research &

How GÉANT Cloud Frameworks outline the cloudscape* of European R&E – A panoramic view | GÉANT CONNECT Online
This article is part of a section on commercial cloud procurement, published in the March 2024 issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine (CONNECT45). We also suggest reading "From the OCRE project to EOSC Future - lessons learned in commercial cloud procurement". In the rapidly evolving global landscape of Research and Education, cloud-based services have become

eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 2462 nodes and 3106 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Government agrees to carry out defense procurement through Prozorro system: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/02/government-agrees-to.html

Valuation of Power Purchase Agreements for Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement
Roozbeh Qorbanian, Nils L\"ohndorf, David Wozabal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08846

Valuation of Power Purchase Agreements for Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement
Corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) are long-term contracts that enable companies to source renewable energy without having to develop and operate their own capacities. Typically, producers and consumers agree on a fixed per-unit price at which power is purchased. The value of the PPA to the buyer depends on the so called capture price defined as the difference between this fixed price and the market value of the produced volume during the duration of the contract. To model the…

eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 4339 nodes and 5472 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Defense Ministry official suspended in alleged connection to weapons procurement fraud case: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/02/defense-ministry-official.html

Prices and preferences in the electric vehicle market
Chung Yi See, Vasco Rato Santos, Lucas Woodley, Megan Yeo, Daniel Palmer, Shuheng Zhang, and Ashley Nunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00458

Prices and preferences in the electric vehicle market
Although electric vehicles are less polluting than gasoline powered vehicles, adoption is challenged by higher procurement prices. Existing discourse emphasizes EV battery costs as being principally responsible for this price differential and widespread adoption is routinely conditioned upon battery costs declining. We scrutinize such reasoning by sourcing data on EV attributes and market conditions between 2011 and 2023. Our findings are fourfold. First, EV prices are influenced principally by…

Update: Court imposes preventative measures on ex-Defense Ministry official with alleged linked to fraud in weapons procurement: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/03/update-court-imposes.html

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

US announces $138 million in sales to bolster Ukraine’s HAWK air defense system: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/10/us-announces-million.html

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

"Waitrose partners with Tony’s Chocolonely for ethical cocoa sourcing initiative"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Chocolate #Waitrose

Waitrose partners with Tony’s Chocolonely for ethical cocoa sourcing initiative
Waitrose has partnered with Tony’s Chocolonely to source cocoa for nine of its own-brand chocolate bars through the Dutch confectionery’s sustainable supply chain initiative, in a bid to enhance ethical procurement within its supply chain.

Ukraine war latest: Military says Crimean airfield attack damaged 3 Russian warplanes: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/02/ukraine-war-latest.html

"Waitrose partners with Tony’s Chocolonely for ethical cocoa sourcing initiative"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Chocolate #Waitrose

Waitrose partners with Tony’s Chocolonely for ethical cocoa sourcing initiative
Waitrose has partnered with Tony’s Chocolonely to source cocoa for nine of its own-brand chocolate bars through the Dutch confectionery’s sustainable supply chain initiative, in a bid to enhance ethical procurement within its supply chain.