The Softly Spark

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it can also come with a hefty price if you’re not careful. FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

For example, in 2012, the seven mediation chambers in question received 26 requests for mediation, while in 2021 there were 120 requests. The number of mediation processes initiated went from 22 in 2012 to 90 in 2021. Addressing specifically pricing and earn-out clauses, Ms.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Particularly, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) core inflation rate for January 2024 was 2.8%. [30] 33] Importantly, since the inflation high water marks of 2022, mostly what has occurred is disinflation (decrease of the inflation rate), not actual deflation (price decreases). down from 5.5%

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Could a decision to award contracts on the basis of lowest price only, disregarding environmental and social impacts, be justifiable in the case of an (about to go) bankrupt local authority? Could eg a decision to prioritise net zero to the exclusion of creating new businesses and jobs be open to judicial review on those grounds?

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the 2023 Iranian Assets judgment , reflecting the application of the principle of proportionality, the World Court concluded that a measure is unreasonable, among other reasons, “if its adverse impact is manifestly excessive in relation to the purpose” (para 149).

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), September 13 Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) Summary states that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3 1] Similarly, the BLS September 14 Producer Price Index (“PPI”) Summary states that “[o]n an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand moved up 8.7

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Case studies: In Colombia , rather than the government trying to document and standardize all possible technologies, the framework agreements created for the IT sector link directly to the providers’ public web pages, which list all of their services and prices.

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Government cannot TFC a contract in bad faith, or as an abuse of discretionsuch as to get a better price, or where the Government formed the contract with no real intention of seeing it through. [59] 2012) (quoting Richard A. Parsons Global Servs., Odell Intern., McHugh, 677 F.3d 3d 1166, 1170 (Fed. United States, 692 F.3d

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FedInsider

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program was first introduced in 2012 to provide a dynamic approach to strengthening government networks’ cybersecurity. Agencies and members of industry share the benefits and best practices of adopting a data-driven cybersecurity program.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

2012 CPD ¶ 162, at 3 (May 22, 2012). [18] 14, 1996) (“We find that the record here supports the agency’s determination to use negotiated procedures rather than sealed bidding on the ground that the award will not be based on price alone.”); FAR 6.401. [23] B-406067 , 2012 CPD ¶ 57, at 4 (Jan. 18] Contrast 41 U.S.C.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

This is because an increase in taxes, directly affects the price, which in turn makes tobacco products less affordable. Ample evidence has shown that on average, a 10% price increase will reduce consumption by 5% in low- and middle-income countries, and by about 4% in high-income countries [1]. is explained by taxes on tobacco.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In addition, while the major companies are under an increase demand from several stake holders—including funders—to become green, they are also under a frequent market demand for traditional non-renewable energy; and spikes in demand and price may significantly strain commercial relationships.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”). 3] Because economists often consider food and energy prices to be too volatile, they may pull those items out to see what is called “core inflation.” [4] Here, I provide some of the latest information and updates.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

November 15 Jack Tekus , Management Analyst, MAS PMO, GSA Derek Tribble , Senior Procurement Analyst, GSA GSA Pricing Tools: GSA’s Catalog Management team will be present to discuss various agency solutions and tools. What is the funding profile? Is the contract fully or incrementally funded?

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

billion in 2012 to $33.3 billion in 2012 to $1.8 For example, making a claim for the time and price is not the only available remedy when the contractor seeks to challenge the engineer’s opinion regarding the nature of its instruction (i.e., billion in 2023. billion in 2023.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2025

This clarification ensures arbitration agreements can extend beyond the original signatories, offering more flexibility compared to the 2012 Rules. Default Seat of Arbitration Unlike the 2012 Rules, the 2024 Rules now provide for the City of Doha as the default seat of arbitration at Article 23.1, unless the parties agree otherwise.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Amazon Redshift is a fully managed cloud data warehouse thats used by tens of thousands of customers for price-performance, scale, and advanced data analytics. Within seconds, the data will be available for your Kinesis applications to read and process from the stream. Creating IAM role for Amazon Redshift Serverless.

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The Softly Spark

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it can also come with a hefty price if you’re not careful. FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing.

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IT Sustainability Ethics Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Next steps To further optimize your AWS environment and manage costs effectively, consider the following resources: AWS Well-Architected Framework Study the Cost Optimization pillar , which provides guidance on running systems at the lowest price point while maintaining business value.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Chicago Police Department: The Chicago Police Department is piggybacking off of an older State of New Jersey contract for which it appears that body cameras were added to the contract as an amendment, raising questions about whether it is appropriate to piggyback off of a contract for which prices were not competitively obtained.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

33] On October 8, 2012 , Department of Interior issued its FAR deviation. [34] FAR Clause 52.243-4 ), including submitting a price adjustment claim and, if necessary, filing a claim appeal. Practically speaking, the contractor’s best opportunity for doing so is in its price proposal submitted in response to a covered solicitation.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2025

These MAS adjustments will allow FAS to streamline the buying process, provide access to competitive pricing and quality products and services and minimize the time that agency customers will need to make buying decisions, said Josh Gruenbaum, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, in an email statement to Federal News Network.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

During sequestration in 2012-2013, industry banged the drum about the impact of the cuts. Id be happy to move that to loser pays so if you bring a frivolous suit you gain no advantage or move to more fixed price contracts, which give more flexibility and get lower prices.

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