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Federal Contract Awards Hit $773.68B in FY24, Small Businesses See $4B Increase

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Looking ahead, evolving administrative priorities are expected to influence future spending patterns. In FY24, they accounted for 59.87% ($464.2 billion) of all federal contracts. Other key agencies include the Department of Veterans Affairs, NASA, the Department of Energy, Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration.

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Kickback Whistleblower Case Leads to $7.25 Million False Claims Act Settlement

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According to the government, “from December 2011 until February 2019, Methodist had a multi-agreement affiliation with the West Clinic and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Two qui tam whistleblowers alleged that Methodist defrauded Medicare by illegally paying kickbacks to physicians. Leventis. “We

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Competing global supply chain approaches

Federal News Network

As a result, there has been no shortage of procurement legislation and regulation prohibiting or curtailing the federal government’s purchase of Chinese products: Section 889 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (restrictions on the use of telecommunications equipment and services); Section 847 of the FY 2020 NDAA (..)

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Misreporting of Tesla Safety Violations Highlight Narrow Parameters of SEC Whistleblower Program and Need for Employee Education

Whistleblower Network News

Part of a crew established to prepare Teslas for delivery to Norwegian customers, Krupski was hailed a hero by CEO Elon Musk when he put out a fire catalyzed by an improperly modified charging device, severely burning his hands, at a motor show in Oslo in 2019. They plan to dispute that Krupski had been subject to retaliation.

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Ivalua Recongized for Procurement Excellence at Future of Sourcing Awards

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11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that it was selected as the winner of both the Innovations in Third Party Management and Innovations in Digitization awards, presented at the Future of Sourcing Awards event in Carlsbad, CA. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , Nov.

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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.

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2020 The Year To Address The Elephant in Every Room – Data

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North Carolina State Poole College of Management recently produced this 28 page report entitled “ 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study ”. Source: 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study. Source: 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study. That number increased to 54% in 2019. .