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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things.

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions Government Contractors Should Know

Government Contracts Legal Forum

GAO found that DoD reviewed an average of only 40 M&A transactions per year from FY 2018-2022, while it was estimated that approximately 400 such transactions occur annually. The prohibitions do not extend to purchases of goods, services, or technology that connect goods or services to third party services (e.g.,

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

Introduction From up close, public procurement law can be seen as the set of mostly procedural rules controlling the way in which the public sector buys goods, services, and works from the market. Regulation in the EU and the UK , vols 1 & 2 (3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2014 and 2018). Public Procurement I.