Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 6, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a new Climate Risk Disclosure Rule , which substantially waters down emissions reporting requirements for public companies compared to the version of the rule that was initially proposed in March 2022. There is now more new investment pouring into alternative energy than fossil fuels.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Early this year, the European Union (“EU”) finalized the required internal procedures for the entry into force of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement concluded between the European Union and the Republic of Angola on 18 November 2022 (“SIFA” or the “Agreement”).

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Rwanda’s debarment regime was also revised in 2022.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 79

GovLoop

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The fiscal year 2022 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey found that 69% of respondents reported positive perceptions of agency DEIA practices , but that still leaves almost a third of workers who didn’t. During times of tension, it’s easy for employees to lose trust in their agencies.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Scalability Scalability is another important consideration when choosing a procurement software solution. At Ivalua, we understand the importance of having a single source of truth for your data. Transparency Finally, transparency is critical in public sector procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The program holds valuable lessons for others working to empower contracting monitors with different skills and backgrounds to work closely together to foster transparency and better procurement practices in their regions.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

FedScoop

MARCH 15, 2024

The congressional watchdog, tasked by a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers to investigate FOIA response delays, found that the backlog jumped from 14% in 2013 to 22% in 2022, with the growing complexity of requests, staffing shortages and increasing threats of litigation also cited as impediments to the work.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Why is visibility so important? Create speed and transparency. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

Redwood City, CA, July 12, 2022 – Manufacturers are working to accelerate digitization initiatives to manage supply chain disruptions in 2022 and beyond, according to an original survey commissioned by Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider. The margin of error for this study is +/- 6.4% at the 95% confidence level.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Management 97

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

This lack of transparency echoes FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05 , threatening the uniformity, accuracy, and fairness of GSA procedures. Contractors rapidly found that their MAS offerings were no longer economically feasible and began removing important goods and services from their contracts.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Achieving these goals requires maintaining complete visibility across your suppliers (into tier 2 and 3), and setting up processes for effective and efficient collaboration and transparency across the supply chain. Last year’s actual average savings was down 18% to just 6%, and in 2022, it stands at about 6.1%. Risk Metrics.

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FedScoop

MAY 16, 2024

Recognizing the need for a more efficient process, the department embarked on a declassification review pilot using ML in October 2022. Lessons learned Since launching the first pilot in 2022, team members have learned several things. Another lesson is the importance of collaboration.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

Understanding the nature of today’s job market and the importance of effectively recruiting and retaining its employees, the HR department at Manatee County Sheriff’s Office took important steps to transform the way it evaluates employees’ and managers’ performance. between 2021 and 2022.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

It had reinstated in late 2022 a policy over 2011-13 of not agreeing to ISDS in new IIAs. This is important indeed, but enhanced transparency risks aggravating issues, especially when complex. However, as with the JSCOT procedure in Parliament, enhanced transparency risks instead aggravating concerns in Australia around ISDS.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Additionally, the government’s initiatives in cybersecurity, open-source software, and AI transparency are shaping the future of health IT. He served as founding host of Scoop News Group’s “Daily Scoop Podcast,” and as SNG’s Vice President of Multimedia Content, from August 2021 through December 2022.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The bureau CDO, or BCDO, program officially began in September 2022 as a way to improve its use, governance, and management of data throughout the department. So far, Khan said, it’s led to better knowledge sharing and collaboration among bureaus, and advanced its efforts on artificial intelligence.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Results: The number of women-led businesses registered in the official state public procurement system increased by 43% from 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses, winning a total of 47 contracts, up from a mere 7 in 2020. The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Bidding 88

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust. For LAC countries, digital technologies can be an important ally in achieving this balance.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Originally published in the 2022 ProcureCon Report “Transforming Procurement: Embracing Digital Innovation and Driving Sustainability” Ethical business practices and sustainability initiatives are forcing organizations to not only stand up, but to also set themselves apart from the competition by implementing ESG and CSR commitments.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Consumers are demanding more transparency and accountability from businesses when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. The symposium emphasized the importance of data management to track ESG metrics and ensure compliance with regulations.

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BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout his years of experience, he has led the legal advice to different government institutions in administrative contracting processes and state procurement, transparency and accountability, administrative sanctioning procedure; as well as judicial processes in different matters such as Civil, Contentious Administrative, Labor and Criminal.

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Public Procurement Export Procurement Collaboration 52

Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

Anwar hopes that the NACS and whistleblower awards will aid the country in its goal of ranking within the top 25 of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by 2034. The country enjoyed comparatively marginal improvements, rising to 61st in 2022 and 57 in 2023. billion) between 2018 and 2023.

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FedScoop

APRIL 5, 2024

And although the funding for those efforts stopped in December 2022, Sim said, there’s “a recognition that it’s still important from a public health perspective to keep track of school closure information.”

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

Todd, who also served as the Chief Architect and Designer of the highly successful ASTRO program, demonstrated his understanding of the importance of government and industry relationships, as evidenced by his client partnerships with the Army, Navy, Air Force, and others that resulted in billions of dollars of revenue transacted efficiently.

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E-procurement Sustainability Procurement Collaboration 64

ivalua

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Redwood, CA, 25 October, 2022. Given the current market challenges and geopolitical uncertainties only 7% see ESG outcomes as a priority, which is in stark contrast with strengthening regulatory frameworks and demanding consumer preferences requiring more transparency to combat greenwashing. About Ivalua. .

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

An example of data visualization from the City of Cambridge “Moving Forward” Report 2020 “There’s nothing more transparent than raw data. One of the important ways to curate the data is by visualizing it,” Cook said. It’s really important to tell stories of the people who live here, and that too can be visualized in a compelling way.”

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Data Transparency Import Transportation 59

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

This encouragement led to a big drop in procedures published with unrealistic values, from 44% in 2022 to 36% in the first months of 2023. In 2022, TenderNed also turned their attention to creating better quality data for external users and making it easily accessible for researchers, journalists, and agencies. Transparency is key.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 28, 2024

In May 2022, the European Commission (EC) proposed to set up a European Health Data Space (EHDS). AWS can support implementation of the EHDS At Amazon Web Services (AWS) , we welcome the EHDS as an important step towards unleashing the vast potential of health data to benefit citizens across Europe and beyond.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The KSA’s Government Tenders and Procurement Law also received an important update in June 2023 with the issuance of Resolution No. 3), complemented by new Internal Rules , in effect since 1 July 2023, in an effort to further promote transparency and efficiency. 25, 27, and 36), and an express emphasis on efficiency and economy (Art.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

As we continue to adjust to new business cycles, 2022 offers an opportunity to learn how to incorporate lessons learned from 2020 to establish a new supply chain and customer experience strategy. Why is visibility so important? Create speed and transparency. Kunnummal added that redundancy is now more important than ever.

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NIH NITAAC

JANUARY 5, 2022

According to Bloomberg, for Fiscal Year 2022 the federal government has allocated $109.4 We understand the important role information technology plays in the federal government and are committed to understanding the bottlenecks resulting from the current supply chain challenges.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When considering the value of resilience, it is important to factor in the intangible, or implicit, costs of your decisions, specifically in the domains of people, the risk to technology and data, and the possible future impact to the organization. It’s important to consider the long-term value implicit value that may be harder to quantify.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 10, 2024

The goal is to ensure transparency in class arbitration proceedings involving stock market investors, corporations, officers, and major stakeholders (“Securities Disputes”), seeking to further protect the investors’ interests. 80/2022 (“Resolution”), Annex I, art. 2.925/2023 (“ Bill ”) is intended to amend federal law no.

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IT Transparency Balance Corruption 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They also publish resources and run training sessions and other events to support vendors in transitioning to greener offerings and to promote procurement practices that are good for people and the planet, as described in their 2022 activities report. The LPPO had to learn on the go about the challenges of using green criteria.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

London, UK, 22 September, 2022. The majority (91%) of UK businesses say sustainability-led innovation has become more important to customers in the last 12 months, while 90% say that joint innovation and collaboration with suppliers are critical for achieving sustainability goals. About the research. About Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier E-procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

It served as VIAC’s response to the increasing call of parties, counsel and arbitrators alike for greater transparency in arbitration through enhanced access to arbitral awards and their reasoning. Volume 1 included 36 annotations drafted by renowned arbitration experts on particularly important and recurring arbitration issues.

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Transparency Collaboration Import Corruption 52

ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

During this session, the panel answered questions surrounding data as a driver of sustainable value, continuity, and transparency and how data can fuel digital transformation. . Alex, how important was data during and after the pandemic? Can you elaborate on the importance of building a solid data foundation? 2022 Data Outlook.

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