Whistleblower Network News

MAY 17, 2024

Notably, the SEC had previously denied the second whistleblower’s award claim for the case in 2022. Based on this supplemental declaration, the SEC determined that the whistleblower did in fact qualify for an award.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

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. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. As a result, the registration of women businesses increased by 43% between 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

.” USAID’s IT strategic plan , which runs from 2024 through 2028, is built around five pillars: “creating a culture of data- and insights-based decision making; delivering agile, secure, and resilient IT platforms; building worldwide skills and capacity; establishing pragmatic governance; and driving high operational performance.”

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

Total Venture Capital Investment in Artificial Intelligence from 2012 to 2022 in LAC5 (USD billions) Source: Chart elaborated by the authors using data from OECD AI Policy Observatory. One of the key hurdles to the optimal use of AI in the public sector is the need for capacity building across government institutions. 4] Barrios, et.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We are also very pleased that we achieved one of the closest gender balances in survey responses last year, closing the gap between Men and Women from a 22% differential in 2022, to an 11% differential in 2023. Across the last five years, this puts us at an average of Net Promoter 82, exceeding our strategy cycle target of 80.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a follow up to the publication of Scotland’s journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes 2002-2022: independent review , we have interviewed key organisations representing and working with the business and the third sector in Scotland about sustainable procurement outcomes.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

The agency pays for a “committed capacity” — the resources it expects to use in a given period. If the need changes, “buffer capacity” is built in and readily available at a predetermined rate. Moreover, that expense is capped at 85% of capacity, regardless of how much you use. Customers have seen the benefits.

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FedScoop

JUNE 27, 2024

” Raman said the CIA, despite its clandestine reputation, was not insulated from the “generative AI zeitgeist” that has captivated the world since late 2022. “We have catalogs for our models, as well as our training data sets. .”

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 11, 2024

She examined in what manner small states have been (i) accessing courts to get them to address climate change in international law; (ii) shaping the legal landscape and the law in so doing; and (iii) considering international law’s capacity to provide actual legal remedies. All are available to watch in full here.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. We now have to help our business adapt and innovate.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 86

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Results: Since the Contract Monitoring System’s launch in April 2022, around 560 civil society monitors have examined 345 projects. As the PPDA, we are currently doing audits on FY 2022-23. Imagine a world where projects are monitored in real-time, complaints are reduced, and citizens actively participate in shaping their communities.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on students’ mental health and well-being. Auto scaling means accessing exactly the power you need, when you need it.”

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Education Strategic Planning Export Data 69

Federal News Network

APRIL 2, 2024

billion in 2022. million over two years as winners of the capacity-building competition, to pursue activities that will help them achieve basic research excellence in areas relevant to DoD. ( New data from FedMine, a government business intelligence platform, shows women-owned small firms won more than $25.5

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DoD first published the 1260H List in 2021 with 47 entities and updated it to include 13 more entities in 2022. DoD did not issue an updated 1260H List in 2023. This most recent 1260H List update added 16 entities, including subsidiaries. For the first time, DoD also removed three entities, finding that those entities either lacked a U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2022, the Old CPL was repealed through Federal Civil Procedures Law No. 42/2022 (“ New CPL ”). 411 of 2022 (Commercial) , in which the award debtor argued that the award was not signed on all pages. and the absence of authority is not per se a question of capacity, there is largely a consensus that Article V.1(a)

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 21, 2024

In July 2022, the plaintiff advised Avantor that he was resigning to join a company called Waters, an alleged competitor of Avantor. VM processed and paid the plaintiff’s wages and approved his expense reports and vacation requests.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

LOE2, titled “Strengthen Capability and Capacity for Advanced AI,” outlines specific actions that the federal government could take to increase its preparedness for rapidly addressing incidents related to advanced AI development and deployment.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Enforcement a) In the Context of the New York Convention Decision 5A_739/2022 (12 October 2023) concerned an award rendered by a tribunal seated in Moscow against the company B. On 4 April 2022, A. After the tribunal rendered an award on 20 November 2022, A. GmbH, amongst others. It was undisputed that B. The SFSC dismissed A.’s

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 11, 2024

Hosting the inaugural Uzbek Arbitration Week in 2021, and then followed with its 2022 and 2023 editions, which brought together the global arbitration community to share knowledge and raise Uzbekistan’s profile as an arbitral seat. Education and capacity-building are a core part of our mandate.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the past, regions that were slow to ask for assistance were left behind, and authorities lacked the capacity to understand if spending meets the needs of the most vulnerable, or whether it is helping build resilience to cope with future floods. The impact of flooding in Assam each year on average.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Friday, October 13, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In 2022, the Department of Defense created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies, laying the foundation for new opportunities to implement innovative solutions to military needs. He graduated with a Ph.D.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

electrical generation capacity goes to data centers, according to estimates, Psaki said. This article first appeared in our guide, “ I nnovations 2022: Conversations That Matter.” Speed: People need faster access to data, so agencies need systems that deliver that. terawatt-hours, and around 10% of that is just storage. “We

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 19, 2024

In the 2022 case of Omega Engineering LLC and Oscar Rivera v. Assessing Commercial Legitimacy The central question was whether Panama acted reasonably in a commercial capacity or engaged in illegitimate sovereign conduct. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In fact, the DOD created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies in 2022, to prepare the department for new, innovative opportunities. in Information Sciences in June 2022. It provides a lot more capacity to the rural conductivity,” Camerlin said.

Networking 94

Networking E-procurement Engineering Capacity 94

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

percent of their IT budgets in 2022. In a study conducted by the digital association Bitkom in 2022 , 74 percent of surveyed doctors said they believed hospitals in Germany are often not sufficiently protected against cyberattacks. In Germany, hospitals only invested about 2.2 Figure 1 – Architecture diagram of a web application.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

The Umucyo platform is used by 1194 government agencies down to district hospitals – an increase from just over 200 in 2022 – with more than 13,800 suppliers and 26,800 contracts awarded. The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. Rwanda’s debarment regime was also revised in 2022.

Public Procurement 73

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 73

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 7, 2024

It aims to “enhance the capacity of States and regional economic integration organisations in handling international investment disputes”, with a particular focus on least developed and developing countries, as identified in the annex to the draft statute (Article 2).

Education 52

Education Efficiency Integration Integrity 52

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This green fiscal agenda was subject of discussions during the Platform’s technical dialogues and meetings since the Platform’s launching in August 2022. The Platform has also facilitated the exchange of experiences among countries, strengthening the capacities of the region’s ministries in this area.

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Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The LACIAC Board of Directors, through its technical committees, strives to build capacity in different sectors including energy, construction, finance and technology, international trade, telecoms, media and entertainment, MSMEs, among others.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 30, 2024

Under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), the United States has arguably become the leading jurisdiction offering generous incentives and subsidies to CCUS investors. This facility, scheduled to begin operations in 2024, will have sufficient storage capacity to offset the equivalent of 750,000 car emissions per year.

Engineering 52

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NIH NITAAC

JANUARY 5, 2022

According to Bloomberg, for Fiscal Year 2022 the federal government has allocated $109.4 The article cited several factors that will require resolution, such as the high cost of shipping containers, lack of truck drivers and warehouse capacity issues. billion for unclassified and classified information technology.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 3, 2024

Particularly, unless licenses have been granted, arbitral institutions are prohibited from receiving sanctioned persons’ monies, while multiple Russian banks have also been expelled from the SWIFT banking system since March 2022. However, the imposition of sanctions can lead to issues in the implementation of enforcement proceedings.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

AUGUST 4, 2022

On July 19, 2022, in the decision filed under seal, the District Court ruled in favor of Hudson Insurance Co., The case is alarming because it suggests that payment and performance bond sureties could potentially be liable for the civil False Claims Act violations of the principals on the bonds they issue. Hanover Insurance Co.,

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IT Insurance Bidding Capacity 40

The Contractor's Perspective

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

On October 3, 2022, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) from the public seeking input on ways the DOE can leverage its authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies. EST) on November 30, 2022. 4502(a)(6). View the full article

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

28, and September 2022 Session Report , paras. Article 6 deals with general technical assistance and “capacity building”, such as advice on dispute prevention, trainings, seminars, exchange of experience and serving as a repository of information. 31-35; September 2022 Session Report , para. 89-100).

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Dimitri Kusnezov Under Secretary for Science & Technology Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov [Kooz-NETS-off] was confirmed as the Under Secretary for the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) on September 8, 2022. Gil Alterovitz is the inaugural Director of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at the U.S.

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