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Ten years later, agencies still making gains on category management

Federal News Network

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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Innovasis Whistleblower Receives $2.2 Million After Alleging Kickbacks to Physicians

Whistleblower Network News

The settlement resolves allegations of Innovasis’s improper remuneration to seventeen orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2022.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Both the European Union ( Directive 2014/24/EU , Art. One solution would be to bring Article 10 into line with Article 43 of EU Directive 2014/24/EU , to ensure that eco-labels: (a) concern only “criteria which are linked to the subject-matter of the contract and are appropriate to define characteristics.

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I Know the Witnesses and I Will Believe Them; There is No Need for Cross-Examination: A Rare Example of Arbitrator Bias Before English Courts

Kluwer Arbitration

In this context it is important to recall that bias is not used in a pejorative sense, rather it means the absence of demonstrated independence and impartiality ( Yiacoub v The Queen [2014] UKPC 22 ). The principle is far too important to allow it to be passed over [….]”

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

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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The Revised IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest: A Call to Action for Parties and Counsel?

Kluwer Arbitration

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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How to Prevent Debt from Hurting Economic Growth

Inter-American Development Bank

That adds up to the 18-percentage point increase between 2014 and 2019. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. Our research shows that several factors influence the effects of public debt on growth.