United States State Dept., U.S. Treasury Announce Anticorruption TechSprint

[Lindsey Marchessault]

Hello All,

In the context of the Summit for Democracy, the US government has partnered with an organization called AIR to launch an anticorruption techsprint that will be taking place next month. 

The challenge questions look very relevant to the open contracting community:

• How can we leverage technology to analyze the data and identify patterns to detect suspected corrupt activity?
• How can technology ensure that financial, commercial, and government activities involving public assets (procurement or sale of natural resources) and their associated metadata are captured and documented accurately?
• How can (emerging) technology enable interoperability and resolve inconsistencies in data formats?
• How can businesses and financial institutions with limited resources and technical capacity select reliable service providers to enable them to identify and verify beneficial ownership?

See the details below and let us know if you will be signing up to participate (and reusing open contracting tools and methodologies in the process!)

Best,

Lindsey & the OCP team

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From: AIR <he...@regulationinnovation.org>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2022 at 3:25 PM
Subject: 🔍 AIR, State Dept., U.S. Treasury Announce ASET TechSprint
To: Hello AIR <he...@regulationinnovation.org>

Hello, We are very excited to officially announce the upcoming ASET TechSprint! And we are extremely thankful for the support and guidance you have provided to date. Hopefully we can count on you to stay engaged. Registration is now open - please consider joining a team or signing on as an expert, and helping us to recruit by sharing this email with people in your network. The magic of TechSprints is the collaboration from diverse individuals across the ecosystem. We hope you will register and help foster this powerful anticorruption innovation community. Please reach out to Rus...@regulationinnovaiton.org if you have any questions. Best, ASET Planning Team Anticorruption Solutions through Emerging Technologies (ASET) Global TechSprint • June 21-24, 2022 • Virtual Event Hosted by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Department of State, the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and in partnership with AIR — Alliance for Innovative Regulation. TechSprints are intense problem-solving sessions designed to facilitate innovation and promote collaboration between regulators and technologists and create digital solutions to difficult problems. The ASET TechSprint will bring thought leaders and experts from government, international organizations, law enforcement, financial institutions, fintech, academia and civil society to explore bold, practical ideas in the application of technology to combat corruption. Join us! - Participate on a sprint team, volunteer as an expert, or simply register for the Inspiration Community where you can observe the action.  Learn More & Register Read the Press Release View this email in your browser Disclaimer: This initiative is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of State. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of AIR and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of State. Copyright ©2022 AIR — Alliance for Innovative Regulation, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list