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Raytheon to Pay $950 Million in Major FCA and FCPA Case Aided by Whistleblower

Whistleblower Network News

According to the SEC, Raytheon violated the FCPA as it “used sham subcontracts with a supplier to pay bribes of nearly $2 million to Qatari military and other officials from 2011 to 2017 to obtain Qatari military defense contracts.” Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

Kluwer Arbitration

Unless and until Mongolia embraces a stable business environment that transparently creates and predictably implements laws and regulations, investors will likely find Mongolia too risky and opt for more competitive countries. In 2011, the tribunal ruled that the windfall profit tax did not breach the BIT. State Department.

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Three Black Women Whistleblowers That Broke Silence and Caused Sweeping Reforms

Whistleblower Network News

In 2011, she agreed to a settlement of $970,000 in full restitution of lost wages, compensatory damages, and attorney fees. In 2011, the U.S. 2011) , declaring that she had a right to a jury trial for her claims under the Whistleblower Protection Act. She sustained permanent knee damage. Leavitt, 629 F.3d 3d 369, 384 (4th Cir.

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Minor deviations are a subtle area that requires clear guidelines to ensure fairness and transparency. phocadownload/Determination/pdf.

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Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

European Law: Public Procurement

Reading the Evropaïki Dynamiki (ESP-ISEP) Judgment, one cannot but wonder if EU public procurement rules do not still impose an excessive degree of transparency in the debriefing of disappointed bidders. Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011) 358-9].

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Barbarians at the Gate: Zero Trust, Active Directory & What You Need to Know

FedInsider

Before moving to private industry, Kingsberry served as chief information officer for the federal Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. In that role, he led successful efforts to provide transparency on stimulus spending and oversight of fraud, waste and abuse.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

As these common “green procurement” strategies are adopted by governments around the world, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on public procurement , last revised in 2011, could be updated to facilitate implementation. the environmental characteristics of the subject matter.”