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For Advocates, Boeing Whistleblower Death Highlights Concerns with Retaliation and Protracted Legal Proceedings

Whistleblower Network News

After being pushed into an early retirement in 2017, he initiated a legal action under the Wendell H. The disproportionate rate of retaliation faced by internal whistleblowers underscores the importance of offering protections to internal whistleblowers,” said Kohn.

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My Last Regular Blog Posting

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

I hope that my Public Contracting blogs over the last almost eight years have been helpful for you in managing the important work of public procurement and contracting. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E. All the best, Mike Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2015 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC - [link]

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Avoiding Conflicts in Bid Documents

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Strategies: In order to avoid such conflicts, here are a couple of strategies that agencies may use: Review designer documents: It is important for public agencies to carefully review the plans and specifications provided by architects and engineers to ensure they do not conflict with the agency's standard terms and conditions.

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A look inside the latest White House artificial intelligence memo

Federal News Network

Stephanie Kostro You go back to the AI infrastructure piece of it, and semiconductors and chips are really, really important. And this is something that goes back some seven years, back to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and what that legislation did that became law. What do you see for them specifically?

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Is It a Bid or An RFP?

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

To the extent that the scope of work in an RFP is less clearly defined and the public agency is relying more heavily on the judgment of the firm selected, it becomes more important that qualification, experience, and approach have more evaluation points assigned to them. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E.

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New Prevailing Wages Effective March 4, 2015

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Notifying Contractors of Applicable Wages: It is important for public agencies to make sure that the correct prevailing wage rates are either included in the bidding documents for any public works project bidding on or after March 4, 2015, or that the bidding documents reference L&I's website and include other information.

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5 New Public Works Bills Passed by Washington Legislature

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

This new law provides a possible framework for other types of public agencies obtaining the important and necessary authorization for on-call public works contracting. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E. The bill passed the Senate unanimously and almost unanimously in the House with only one opposing vote.

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