Digital Technologies and Public Procurement

Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvAlbert Sanchez-Graells,University of Bristol) Sanchez-Graells, Albert (Professor of Economic Law, Professor of Economic Law

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The digital transformation of the public sector has accelerated. States are experimenting with technology, seeking more streamlined and efficient digital government and public services. However, there are significant concerns about the risks and harms to individual and collective rights under new modes of digital public governance. Several jurisdictions are attempting to regulate digital technologies, especially artificial intelligence, however regulatory effort primarily concentrates on technology use by companies, not by governments. The regulatory gap underpinning public sector digitalisation is growing.As it controls the acquisition of digital technologies, public procurement has emerged as a 'regulatory fix' to govern public sector digitalisation. It seeks to ensure through its contracts that public sector digitalisation is trustworthy, ethical, responsible, transparent, fair, and (cyber) safe. However, in Digital Technologies and Public Procurement: Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance, Albert Sanchez-Graells argues that procurement cannot perform this gatekeeping role effectively. Through a detailed case study of procurement digitalisation as a site of unregulated technological experimentation, he demonstrates that relying on 'regulation by contract' creates a false sense of security in governing the transition towards digital public governance. This leaves the public sector exposed to the 'policy irresistibility' that surrounds hyped digital technologies. Bringing together insights from political economy, public policy, science, technology, and legal scholarship, this thought-provoking book proposes an alternative regulatory approach and contributes to broader debates of digital constitutionalism and digital technology regulation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-01-25
Mått165 x 241 x 30 mm
Vikt636 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198866770

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Albert Sanchez-Graells is a Professor of Economic Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Law and Innovation at the University of Bristol Law School. He specialises in European Union economic law and competition law, public procurement, and digital regulation. He has previously held academic positions at the universities of Leicester and Hull in the UK, and ICADE in Spain. He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Turin and Carlos III in Madrid. Albert is a former Member of the European Commission Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement and regularly advises other international organisations. He authors howtocrackanut.com.

Part I Introduction1: Introduction2: The Two Roles of Procurement in the Transition Towards Digital Public GovernancePart II Regulating Public Sector Digitalization by Contract3: Regulating Public and Private Interactions Through Procurement4: Procurement Tools for Digital 'Regulation by Contract'5: Discharging Procurement of the Digital Regulation RolePart III Experimenting with Public Sector Digitalization6: The Technological Promise of Digital Governance: Procurement as a Case Study of 'Policy Irresistibility'7: Revisiting the Promise: A Feasibility Boundary for Digital Procurement Governance8: Identifying Emerging Risks in Digital Procurement Governance9: Governing the Assessment and Taking of Risks in Digital Procurement GovernancePart IV Conclusion10: Conclusion

This book comes at a critical time of change. It provides a comprehensive analysis and critique of some long-established challenges, such as limited digital capabilities in public procurement organisations, and decades old 'e-Government' narratives still largely defining digitalisation efforts in public procurement. It is enjoyable, insightful and eye opening, and should be in policy-makers' prioritised reading list to help them tackle the myriad emergent risks arising from new technologies