Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

His qui tam lawsuit alleged that between 2005 and 2019, AECOM personnel knowingly submitted false photographs, claimed damage to non-existent buildings, and exaggerated repair estimates to increase funding for applicants. In 2016, whistleblower Robert Romero filed a lawsuit under the FCA.

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Government Contracts

MAY 14, 2024

The Federal Circuit opted Tuesday not to say whether a 2005 public health law provides any legal immunity in a patent dispute between rival manufacturers of COVID-19 test swabs, leaving the thorny question unanswered.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since [my team] started testing workplace strategies in 2005, the most significant workplace feature that attracts and retains talent has remained constant. “It’s not ‘whatever you want’, but a curated choice aligned with mission: ‘Here are two or three different things you can pick from. Which one fits your needs?’” Hardy said.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Vana Solutions is a Dayton, Ohio-based company founded by Srujal Sheth and Sunit Sheth in 2005 and is focused on delivering cloud services, advanced analytics, data fabric platforms and

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The key features of the first generation reforms that took place between 2000-2005 addressed aspects of legislation, centralization and independence, and professionalization. Early reformers in this first revolution were Ethiopia (2005), Ghana (2005), Kenya (2007), Tanzania (2004), Uganda (2003), and Zambia (2006).

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

Ahuja initially joined Jacobs in 2005 and stayed with the company for eight years. Mayur Ahuja announced on LinkedIn Monday his promotion to division vice president and deputy program manager of the Johnson Space Center Engineering, Technology and Science contract at Jacobs , transitioning from his role as director of engineering of JETS.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Prior to that, Johnson served as the director of administrative services at the California State Board of Equalization from 2005 to 2007 and held various positions at the California Department of Food and Agriculture from 1989 to 2005.

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GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

When Mitch Daniels took office as Indiana’s Governor in 2005, one of the top items on his agenda was reforming the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). At the time, the average visit to a BMV office lasted 30 minutes, but Daniels knew that it often took (and felt) much longer. “I

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 2, 2023

He served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Cryptologic Chief Warrant Officer, retiring in January 2005. In the private sector Wil supported the office of Chief Naval Operations CNO N20, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 29, 2024

18 IISD Model 2005 ). 11-18 IISD Model 2005 ). a IISD Model 2005 ). The Drawbacks of CSR and ESG Investor Obligations While the recent debate, on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog and elsewhere, has either been broad (e.g. Investor obligations can be broadly categorised as legality clauses (e.g.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 22, 2023

He drew a thread from the first arbitration law in Denmark under Christian V in 1683 to a bill on arbitration in 1972 to the enactment of the 2005 Danish Arbitration Act based on the 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

South Korea has been a pioneer of green public procurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D.,

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FedScoop

AUGUST 19, 2024

The first flight of a drone into a hurricane was in 2005 during Hurricane Ophelia in a mission Cione conducted with NASA and the Australian-based Aerosonde Pty Ltd, which is now Textron Systems. That drone stayed up for 18-and-a-half hours, a feat that Cione still calls “remarkable.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 18, 2024

On 5 May 2024, the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre (“Court”), rendered its judgment in B v C on a setting aside application brought under the QFC Arbitration Regulations 2005 (“QFC Arbitration Regulations”). Since the creation of the Court in 2009 (through an amendment in Law No.

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FedInsider

JUNE 19, 2024

He also served as the Lead Technology Architect and Liaison between the US Army and the new Iraqi government in Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom II 2003-2005. Fadi served as the CIO of the City of Minneapolis as well as the CIO of Minneapolis Public Schools, and Technology Director of Saint Paul Public Schools, MN.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Davis recalled that their legacy communication system made it nearly impossible to coordinate rescue efforts. “We Bolster resource availability—particularly in times of crisis Louisiana has seen its share of natural disasters—in 2021 alone, seven hurricanes made landfall.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 2, 2024

In Jindal Iron and Steel Co Ltd v Islamic Solidarity Shipping Co Jordan Inc [2005] 1 WLR 1363; [2005] 1 All ER 175 (“ Jindal ”), the House of Lords held that the carrier’s obligation to load “properly and carefully” applies only to the extent that the agreement provides for those functions to be performed by the carrier.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Subsequently, the Consorzio v Algeria (2005) tribunal (Gaillard being a member) adopted Gaillard’s view on umbrella clause. This argument was rejected in both cases. Wearing a second hat as an author of an article, Gaillard strongly criticised the SGS II approach.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In 2005, he founded Access Smart LLC to provide logical access control solutions. This passion lead him to create innovative solutions that protect businesses from cyberattacks, free individual computer users from cumbersome security policies and put IT administrators back in control of their networks.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 23, 2024

He served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Cryptologic Chief Warrant Officer, retiring in January 2005. In the private sector Wil supported the office of Chief Naval Operations CNO N20, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 4, 2024

In early 2005, Swiss company Glencore International acquired the assets and assigned them to Glencore Finance (Bermuda). The Tribunal concluded that a treaty dispute was not foreseeable in 2005. A decision on interpretation and correction of the award followed on 6 November 2023. All three assets had been privatized around 2000.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Marine Corps from 1999-2007 as a non-commissioned officer and infantry unit leader, including one combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2005 and Operation Natural Fire in the Republic of Kenya in 2006. John is a native Texan who served honorably in the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D.,

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FedInsider

AUGUST 8, 2024

Andrés earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Sacred Heart University in 2005.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 22, 2023

” 1) Jan Paulsson, “Jurisdiction and Admissibility,” Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution, ICC Publishing, Publication 693, November 2005, at 603. Here, the term “twilight zone” is used to metaphorically illustrate the distinction between issues of jurisdiction and admissibility.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Malaysian Arbitration Act 2005 (“the Act”) was previously amended in 2018, aligning it with the revisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law and the evolving practices of leading arbitration jurisdictions. Previously in our blog , there have been discussions concerning whether certain changes should be made to the Malaysian Arbitration Act.

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Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

OCTOBER 14, 2024

w sprawie podejmowania i prowadzenia dziaalnoci przez instytucje pienidza elektronicznego oraz nadzoru ostronociowego nad ich dziaalnoci, zmieniajc dyrektywy 2005/60/WE i 2006/48/WE oraz uchylajc dyrektyw 2000/46/WE (Dz. UE L 173 z 12.06.2014, str. UE L 267 z 10.10.2009, str.

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FedInsider

APRIL 25, 2024

Marisol joined GAO in 2005. In addition, she is a Diversity Champion participating in efforts to increase diversity at GAO and facilitating multiple Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion courses in the Learning Center.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 25, 2024

By virtue of Section 1(4) of the 2011 Act, the law applies retrospectively to foreign awards made from and after July 14, 2005, the date when Pakistan ratified the New York Convention 1958 through a Presidential ordinance.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

VR Van Raalte Reclame , 2005). This has been the case in Germany ( KZB 75/21 , 2022), Sweden ( GE v. Natura Furniture , 2021), Belgium ( SNF v. Cytec , 2007) and the Netherlands ( Marketing Displays v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 10, 2024

English courts have generally taken the view that the arbitration agreement is governed by international law (see for example Ecuador v Occidental Exploration and Production [2005] EWCA Civ 1116).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Brief Background to the Case Much has been written about the Yukos cases since arbitration proceedings were initiated by the Shareholders against Russia in 2005.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Consequently, the HCCH’s ambition had to be curtailed, so the HCCH temporarily settled for adopting the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (“Choice of Court Convention”). However, the endeavour proved rather unsuccessful initially due to a lack of consensus on an array of divisive issues.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

Consistent with the decision in West Tankers Inc v RAS Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta SpA [2005] EWHC 454 (Comm) at [29], it was agreed that English law governed the transferability of MBA’s rights under the sale contract and whether MSI was entitled to bring the claim in its own name.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

22, 2004, 2005 CPD ¶ 71. Similar triggers can apply to GSA procurements that adopt its INFORM process (GSAM 515.3703-5) and to other agency procurements as long as they specifically advise the contractor, in writing, that the debriefing remains open pending answers to the contractor’s questions. See New SI, LLC, B-295209, et al.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

2005) 8 SCC 618] and National Insurance Co. The Judgment traces this judicial and legislative evolution from SBP & Co. Patel Engineering Ltd. Boghara Polyfab Pvt.

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