Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“This settlement demonstrates the department’s commitment to hold accountable those who overcharge the government through collusion or other unlawful conduct.” In July 2023, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to court documents from July 2023, “Carahsoft has acknowledged that it has in its possession, custody or control thousands of documents that are responsive to the Civil Investigative Demand (CID) but that it has failed to produce.” Multiple emails to Carahsoft’s attorney, Richard Conway of Blank Rome, also weren’t returned.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

In 2023, the United States courts expanded the role of international arbitration under existing law and wrestled with the application of new arbitration law and fact patterns. 2023) and Yegiazaryan v. 2023) , which harmonized U.S. This post reviews some highlights and looks forward to developments anticipated during 2024.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. One of the most recent examples is an indicator that analyzes providers with connections among them (to identify collusion which is widespread in the country according to Pimentel).

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

With a 2+ year delay, details for the creation of the public procurement data space ( PPDS ) were disclosed by the European Commission on 16 March 2023 in the PPDS Communication. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

19, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) had made an impermissible conversion to competitive proposals (negotiated procurement) and sustained a protest. In Great Lakes Dredge & Drydock Co., LLC, B-421676.4,

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

There is emerging evidence of experimentation in procurement digitalisation, which is shedding light on regulatory risks and challenges.

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