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Maxar Intelligence Chief Dan Smoot Eyes Expanded Offerings, Increased Imaging Capacity With Full Legion Launch

ExecutiveBiz

Maxar Intelligence CEO Dan Smoot recently said that he is prioritizing the rollout of the WorldView Legion satellite constellation , which was supposed to begin launching in 2021. The constellation will comprise six satellites in all, with the first two set for launch in the next few weeks.

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Former IRS staffer who managed IT contracts pleads guilty to bribery charges

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conducted two bribery schemes over four years in his capacity as a computer engineer supervising IT subcontracts for the IRS, according to the DOJ. When the owner of the company said in February 2021 that they would no longer pay Thukral, the IRS employee threatened them with “economic consequences.”

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2023 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Scope of Arbitration Clause, Capacity of Discernment, Res Iudicata)

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Part I focuses on the scope of arbitration clause and its validity in the context of a party’s (in)capacity of discernment, as well as on the new developments regarding res iudicata. ’s request, the Ecuadorian court ruled on 4 February 2021 that the block should be removed, and a new birth certificate issued for A. In 2018, A.’s

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

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The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. Second, because those which presented themselves and complied with the criterion did so while being constrained in their decision making of what industrial capacity to use.

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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

Between 2021 and 2022, the rejection rate of complaints submitted by citizens has halved from 78% in 2021 to 39% in 2022, cases resolved by auditing authorities have increased from 53% to 63%, and response times are faster, taking 262 days down from 338 days in 2021. billion). “We

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FAR Council Issues Interim Rule Outlining Procedures Relating to Excluded Covered Articles and Sources

Inside Government Contracts

FASCSA Regulations At its core, the FAR rule outlines a standard approach for contracting agencies and contractors to follow to comply with FASCSA statutory requirements and implementing FASCSA regulations that the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) finalized in 2021. 26, 2021). federal contractors and suppliers).