Posts Tagged ‘Government audits’
What government audits of public purchases show every buyer.
In the book: Chapter 1: The Illusion of Value (1) · Chapter 6: Tech Bloat as Governance Failure (1) · Chapter 7: Value Is Not Promised; It Is Proven (1) · Chapter 8: The Buyer Lifecycle Is Progressive Governance (2) · Chapter 9: The Value Control Loop (5) · Chapter 16: MAVEN: Controlled Evaluation (1) · Chapter 17: VIGOR: Governance and Realization (1) · Chapter 21: Decision Artifacts That Govern Outcomes (1)
A US Executive Order Demands ROI but Assigns No One to Prove It
Executive Order 14402 exists to achieve demonstrable returns on investment. Every duty it creates lands before the solicitation goes out, and nobody is assigned to establish afterwards that the return arrived.
Read MoreAuditors Couldn’t Find the Data Behind a Program’s Savings Claims
A federal buying program cleared its coverage target. The savings it exists to produce were reported on a fraction of the same spend, and the evidence connecting the two was not available.
Read MoreThe US Government’s AI Contract Clause Tests Everything but Value
The largest buyer on earth claimed the right to test its AI vendors on terms it alone controls, and attached consequences to everything except whether the value arrived.
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