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The Amendment to the UAE’s 2018 Arbitration Law: More Than Meets the Eye?

Kluwer Arbitration

6 of 2018 On Arbitration (“2018 Arbitration Law”) that was adopted a mere five years earlier. The 2018 Arbitration Law was itself a long-awaited and significant rehaul of legal principles, which confirmed a number of nuances that had been adopted by the courts and was welcomed for aligning the UAE with international standards.

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What New Federal Digital Experience Guidance Means for Agencies

FedTech Magazine

The document is considered implementation guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA), the 2018 law that…

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Bipartisan House bill to modernize government data would extend CDO Council

FedScoop

The original statute that created the CDO Council — the OPEN Government Data Act within the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 — required OMB to issue guidance often referred to as “Phase II guidance,” which would have assisted agencies to implement open data and comprehensive data inventory requirements.

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Q&A: The VA Is Focused on Its Telehealth Experience Beyond the Pandemic

FedTech Magazine

As executive director of telehealth services within the VA’s Office of Connected Care, Galpin says the department’s “ambitious” 2018 plan for its standard video application, VA Video Connect, saw 65 percent of its primary care and mental health providers conduct at least one video visit with a patient ahead of the public health emergency.

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Federal agencies are falling behind on meeting key privacy goal set five years ago

FedScoop

Several federal agencies are playing catch-up on meeting recommendations from NIST detailed in a 2018 framework for how government should incorporate privacy into their risk management strategies.

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Should Bid Protest Losers Pay?

Inside Government Contracts

Section 804 is nearly identical to a pilot program included in the FY 2018 NDAA. A 2018 RAND study found protests of DoD procurements to be exceedingly uncommon, however: Between 2008 and 2016, less than 0.3% In 2018, DoD did not track, and RAND could not extrapolate, any data associated with DoD’s costs to “process” bid protests.

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VA Whistleblowers Continue to Face Extreme Rates of Retaliation, Report Confirms

Whistleblower Network News

However, as GAO reported in 2018, VA whistleblowers are subject to pervasive retaliation. Meanwhile, the number of retaliation reports received by OSC has decreased in number – from 901 in 2018 to 515 in 2022. Between 2018 and 2022, 69% of OSC cases involving VA employees included allegations of whistleblower retaliation.