Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2025

Source: Governmentwide Category Management Dashboard via General Services Administration Thats a far cry from where things stood in 2014, when it was more of a norm for multiple federal agencies to have similar contracts for identical purchases, sometimes from the same vendor and sometimes without realizing it.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 7, 2024

The settlement resolves allegations of Innovasis’s improper remuneration to seventeen orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2022. Join NWC in Taking Action: Demand that Congress strengthen the False Claims Act Further Reading: Medical Device Manufacturer Innovasis Inc.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement thus heavily influences the interaction between the State’s contractual agents and citizens, and becomes a tool for the regulation of public service delivery. This relates to discussions in other areas and to the broader expectation that procurement can be a trend setter and influence industry practice and standards.

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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

That adds up to the 18-percentage point increase between 2014 and 2019. In the short run, debt can finance higher government spending, which increases aggregate demand and the gross domestic product of a country. Our research shows that several factors influence the effects of public debt on growth.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 7, 2024

First published in 2004 (the “2004 IBA Guidelines”) and then revised in 2014 (the “2014 IBA Guidelines”) (collectively, the “IBA Guidelines”), the IBA Guidelines have become a go-to guide for arbitrators, counsel, and arbitral institutions in identifying conflicts of interest and assessing the need for disclosure.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The panel also discussed recent developments in international arbitration ethics, including the UNCITRAL/ICSID Code of Conduct and the International Bar Association’s Taskforce to revise the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest for the first time since 2014. Can the demands of arbitration coincide with its goal of efficiency?

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 13, 2025

This new provision places new demands on the practice and raises considerable problems for arbitration proceedings that have already begun prior to its implementation. This could strengthen personal or professional ties and influence the decision-making process.

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