Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 25, 2024

She served as an SEC Commissioner from 2019 until her term expired in July 2022, during which she also served as the Acting Chair of the Commission. In addition to transparent and reliable mandatory minimum awards , Lee outlines other key elements of the SEC Whistleblower Program which the DOJ Whistleblower Program should follow.

Transparency 100

Transparency Demand Networking IT 100

FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

According to the Justice Department’s use case inventory for AI , that tool has been used since 2019, and is also used to “screen social media posts directed to the FBI.” Officials also noted that important criteria for the agency’s own use of the technology are transparency and consistency. It is one of five uses listed for the FBI.

Ethics 110

Ethics Transparency Innovation Inventory 110

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This is important indeed, but enhanced transparency risks aggravating issues, especially when complex. A similar jurisdictional objection can be expected in the claims brought under the first Zeph claim, as the claimant appears to be incorporated in 2019. The JSCOT proceedings allow for public scrutiny and discussion of treaties.

Transparency 52

Transparency Government Government Integrity 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

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. ” About Iv alua.

Procurement 60

Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Innovation Transparency 60

Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. However, this unprecedented win was short-lived, with Malaysia regressing in the subsequent two years, falling to 57th in 2020 and 62nd in 2021.

Corruption 74

Corruption Accountability Finance Government 74

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 14, 2024

Focusing on arbitration, Odynski referred to the 2019 ICC Task Force Report on Climate-Related Disputes in Arbitration. Netherlands ), and the increasing number of environmental obligations in investment treaties as a basis for States’ counterclaims ( e.g. , 2019 Dutch Model BIT ; Burlington v. Ecuador for an example).

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Corruption Transparency Influencing 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ivalua also received this award in 2019. All entries endure a thorough three-stage judging process, comprising scoring, peer reviewing and final judging meetings, to ensure complete transparency and guarantee that the winners really are the best of the best. in “The Forrester Wave : eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019.”.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Negotiation Transparency 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

Between 2019 and 2023, there was a 40% increase in the number of job openings for police officers. Additionally, the transparency and visibility provided by this approach has fostered a more collaborative environment. At the same time, the number of applications per job decreased by 39%.

Management 52

Management Evaluation Efficiency Collaboration 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Ivalua’s rapid growth led to it achieving a “unicorn” valuation exceeding $1B in 2019. Built on a single code base with a unified data model, customers benefit from superior transparency and a consistent, seamless user experience. . “

Procurement 40

Procurement Eprocurement Consulting Risk Management 40

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Upon his return as an independent consultant for “well-being” on Instagram in 2019, he found that the tools they had built for teenagers to get support for bullying and harassment were no longer available: “Almost all of the work that I and my colleagues had done during my earlier stint at Facebook through 2015 was gone.”

Engineering 91

Engineering Media Internal Control Integration 91

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ivalua also received this award in 2019. All entries endure a thorough three-stage judging process, comprising scoring, peer reviewing and final judging meetings, to ensure complete transparency and guarantee that the winners really are the best of the best. in “The Forrester Wave : eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019.”.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Negotiation Transparency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This reform built on the groundbreaking promulgation of the new Government Tenders and Procurement Law in 2019, which allowed for the first time for the use of arbitration in government contracts. 3), complemented by new Internal Rules , in effect since 1 July 2023, in an effort to further promote transparency and efficiency.

IT 52

IT Tender Efficiency Electronics 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

Throughout his decorated career as an innovator, Todd made significant contributions to the procurement system that deliver transparency, streamlined processes, and best value to meet agency missions.

E-procurement 64

E-procurement Sustainability Procurement Collaboration 64

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

Denmark alone, for example, experienced a 12% increase in CO2 emissions from 2019 to 2021, attributed to public procurement. In our efforts to help the Commission measure up, we just published a EU Procurement Data Transparency study that shows how much procurement data is published and how open it is across 27 EU countries.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Sustainability E-procurement 52

GovSpend

APRIL 29, 2024

Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act : Signed into law in 2014, the DATA Act builds upon FFATA by mandating standardized reporting of federal spending data. Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act : Signed into law in 2014, the DATA Act builds upon FFATA by mandating standardized reporting of federal spending data.

Data 52

Data Contract Price Procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

Unlike some of the other instruments discussed in the Working Group, the idea of an advisory centre enjoyed general support among delegations from the start (Working Group III, October 2019 Session Report , para. 28, and September 2022 Session Report , paras. 37, and January 2024 Session Report , paras. 43 and 85). 89-100).

Export 52

Export Finance Sustainability Capacity 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget is getting close to finalizing long-awaited data guidance required by a 2019 law that mandates the machine-readability of federal information, two White House officials with direct knowledge of that work confirmed to FedScoop. The wait on corresponding OMB guidance, however, has lingered.

Data 108

Data Inventory Budget Transparency 108

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The underpinning characteristics are thus those of transparency, decentralised open participation, and economic incentives to curb self-interest. This blogpost is based on A Sanchez-Graells, ‘Data-driven procurement governance: two well-known elephant tales’ (2019) 24(4) Communications Law 157-170.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Government Government 52

ivalua

MAY 8, 2019

The post ProcureCon Asia, 9th – 11th July 2019, Singapore appeared first on Ivalua. Daniel Koh is currently leading a team of 130 sourcing and pricing professionals globally. Louis Wong, Solutions Consultant. Kim Geck Lim, Field Marketing. For more information and to register visit the event website.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain End to End Global Sourcing Supplier 8

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 25, 2024

In January 2019, Ludvik alerted Vanderlande that it had pass-through claims to assert against HDJV for changes in scheduling that allegedly caused $10 million in unanticipated losses. In 2013, the Salt Lake City Corporation awarded HDJV Big-D Construction (HDJV) a contract for construction at the Salt Lake City International Airport.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Transparency Government Contracts Contract 52

AWS Public Sector

MAY 28, 2024

The path forward necessitates thoughtful policy frameworks combined with cutting-edge technologies to enable security, transparency, and control of health data. In 2019, the French government passed legislation transforming the healthcare system by establishing a digital health space (ENS).

Data 85

Data Innovation Ethics Electronics 85

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Accessing information on contract execution and any contractual modifications has been nigh impossible until the very recent implementation of the increased transparency requirements imposed by the EU’s 2014 Public Procurement Package. It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

GovLoop

MAY 22, 2023

First, CECIDS builds on what’s known as the Chicago Early Childhood Data Infrastructure Project, launched in 2019. The new data collaborative ties in with two other cloud-based Chicago initiatives. That project resulted in a cloud-based data warehouse, built by DFSS, that will allow some agencies and organizations to merge and share data.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The panel considered there to be benefits in sport-specific issues, including transgender participation in sport, safe-guarding and governance issues, being arbitrated by expert sports tribunals, but noted the importance of developing transparent precedent in this area given the public importance.

Media 52

Media Transparency Participation Import 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We set up Open Contracting Partnership to be bold: we aren’t after just a bit more transparency of public contracts, we want to transform procurement to meet the urgent needs of our time. Our world runs on public contracts. Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments.

Procurement 88

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 88

ivalua

MARCH 13, 2019

Transparency = Trust. Metadata that tracks small business spend simultaneously promotes fair competition and alignment with policy objectives, leading to transparency as well as trust. One of the worst possible side effects of a solicitation is when a supplier protests the award decision. Happy Suppliers are Engaged Suppliers.

Supplier 40

Supplier Transparency Procurement Purchasing 40

FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

Constituents must trust that their need for essential services can be met with transparency, without sacrificing their privacy and security. Employees of federal agencies seek equitable, inclusive workplaces, flexibility in where and how they work, transparent communications, and training in the latest technologies.

Logistics 52

Logistics Data Management Leadership 52

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

One could be forgiven for simplifying the goal of procurement to ensuring that public money is well spent , which could be further elaborated (following Schooner 2002 ) to encompass promoting integrity and value for money in the award of public contracts, and acting transparently to facilitate accountability. At first look, s.12(1)

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Public Goods Accountability 52

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

First, CECIDS builds on what’s known as the Chicago Early Childhood Data Infrastructure Project, launched in 2019. The new data collaborative ties in with two other cloud-based Chicago initiatives. That project resulted in a cloud-based data warehouse, built by DFSS, that will allow some agencies and organizations to merge and share data.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This set the stage for Highline College’s recent implementation of a financial aid tracker solution that both reduces significant operational burden on its financial aid staff while simultaneously making the financial aid award process more transparent for learners. Since 2019, two separate hurricanes forced their data centers offline.

Evaluation 78

Evaluation Education Data Import 78

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

First, UK goods trade with the EU fell by more than 30% at the start of 2020 (Compared to 2019) and didn’t recover. From more transparent supply chains to open and accessible contacts, the future need not look so bleak for businesses. Pre-Brexit trade predictions estimated a 15% decline in UK imports and exports.

Tender 52

Tender Demand Export Contract 52

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

New York, NY April 2, 2019 – Consus Global , a leading Procurement services provider and Ivalua, the leading global Spend Management Cloud provider, today announced that Pacific Drilling , a deep water drilling company based in Houston, has selected Consus’ services in conjunction with Ivalua’s Sourcing platform to achieve cost savings and drive (..)

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Purchasing Strategic Sourcing 40

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” Letter from the Stop ISDS movement to the President of the European Union Council (2019) Arbitration lawyers are proud of their profession. Transparency is the general rule in all arbitrations with state parties. We need to end these corporate courts now! Rights for people, rules for corporations.”

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” Letter from the Stop ISDS movement to the President of the European Union Council (2019) Arbitration lawyers are proud of their profession. Transparency is the general rule in all arbitrations with state parties. We need to end these corporate courts now! Rights for people, rules for corporations.”

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

Other than compliance with the above key criteria, the regime would primarily only impose transparency (and standstill) obligations on NHS commissioners (see part 8 of the proposal). NHS Commissioning would then be subjected to a new provider selection regime described (at a high level of generality) in the proposal.

Tender 52

Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

FedInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In July 2019, Lieutenant Colonel Pimentel returned to the Naval Postgraduate School after his selection for the Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Technical Program. In July 2018, he was reassigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) after being selected to serve as Aide-de-Camp to the III MEF Commanding General. He graduated with a Ph.D.

Networking 97

Networking E-procurement Engineering Capacity 97