Intelligent Automation in U.S. Federal Procurement: Successes, Challenges & Future Efforts

The first in a 3-part series on intelligent automation and emerging technologies in the U.S. federal procurement system. This session included federal agency representatives who are modernizing acquisition workplaces by implementing intelligent automation technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to drive decision-making, improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, and to shift the workforce’s focus to higher-value work. These U.S. federal agency “intelligent automation pioneers” discussed the successes and challenges of implementing intelligent automation technologies to streamline federal procurement business processes.Speakers:Elizabeth Chirico, Acquisition Innovation Lead, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement)Katherine Crompton, Chief of Contracting, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)Scott Simpson, Digital Transformation Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland SecurityModerator: Jessica Tillipman, Assistant Dean for Government Procurement Law, GW Law School