VWV

MAY 23, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. Cabinet Office Guidance Documents The Cabinet Office has also published guidance documents on the Act - Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents.

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VWV

MARCH 25, 2024

As part of the Transforming Public Procurement reform, the Government sought feedback on the secondary legislation that will sit under the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act). Part 2 focusses on transparency, notices and the transition period to the new Act.

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 12, 2024

I have put together a consolidated overview of the primary challenges for the implementation of the Procurement Act 2023, to be included as a country report in a forthcoming issue of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). 94 PA 2023). 20 PA 2023). Therefore, that greater investment in expertise needs to be coupled with a culture change.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to announce the 2023 recipients of the Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Awards! The recipients of the 2023 EIP Awards demonstrated exemplary dedication, expertise, and commitment to advancing the partnership between government and industry.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. Cabinet Office Guidance Documents The Cabinet Office has also published guidance documents on the Act - Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Jeff Kratz, right, and Thomas Siebel, center, listen as Jason Bonci talks during their fireside chat at the AWS Partner Keynote at re:Invent 2023. This week, the city of Las Vegas served as a vibrant hub of energy and creativity during the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2023 conference. Watch a recording of this session.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. She has been influential in promoting the use of technology to make government more transparent, efficient, and accessible, and she continues to advocate for the use of technology to address societal challenges. “It Pahlka is recognized for her work in civic tech and government innovation.

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

As part of the roll out of the new Procurement Act 2023 (the Act), the Cabinet Office is releasing a suite of 38 guidance documents. This guidance note sets out the process for directly awarding a contract under the Act plus information on the new Transparency Notice and standstill period which will be mandatory for most direct awards.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 13, 2024

In the beginning of 2023, a diplomat told the Economi st that the Middle East was tired of conflict and that de -escalation and diplomacy would be the order s of the day. 585 of 2023 (Commercial) , that an arbitration clause within an invalid contract renders the arbitration clause as invalid as any other term in the contract.

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Coleman Jackson, P.C.

OCTOBER 30, 2023

a taxation, litigation and […] The post Episode 4: Attorney’s Update on the CTA’s Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements. appeared first on Tax, Litigation, Immigration Law Blog.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 21, 2024

The year 2023 bore witness to the rise of ChatGPT, a development which prompted a flurry of commentary on the implications of the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in international arbitration. In November 2023, law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP published its annual survey, AI in IA: The Rise of Machine Learning.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 12, 2024

ICSID reported that, out of the new forty-five registered cases, twenty-one were brought against Latin American and Caribbean states (the annual report covers the fiscal year from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). Further, the easement on US sanctions on Venezuela in 2023 might also impact the foreign investment the country receives.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 29, 2023

sanctions for an article in Corporate Compliance Insights outlining the top compliance, risk and governance stories of 2023. The full article, “ A Look Back: Top Stories of 2023 ,” was published by Corporate Compliance Insights on December 20 and is available online. I provided insight on U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

On 4 August 2023, in an investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS) arbitration commenced against Australia on 29 March 2023 under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Australia New Zealand Agreement for a Free Trade Area (“AANZFTA”), Singapore-incorporated Zeph filed an application for interim measures including an unusual request.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 28, 2024

In 2023, the international arbitration landscape in California continued to develop and grow. 2 nd Annual California International Arbitration Week, and Plans for 2024 In March 2023, California Arbitration (CalArb) and California Lawyers Association (CLA) hosted the 2 nd Annual California International Arbitration Week (CIAW) in Los Angeles.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Looking back on 2023, we identify two trend areas: 1) drafting of new International Investment Agreements (“IIAs”) and model agreements; and 2) cases (including with amicus submissions) at the intersection of human rights and ISDS. According to UNCTAD, only one model agreement was released in 2023.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Theresa Campobasso Senior Vice President of Strategy, Exiger Government Solutions Theresa Campobasso is continuing to leverage her extensive expertise to educate public and private sector customers on how to move beyond a basic compliance-based approach to supply chain risk management and instead adopt a threat-based, risk-informed program to increase (..)

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The third edition of the annual Uzbek Arbitration Week (UzAW 2023), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 10-15 September 2023, continued its mission to establish Uzbekistan as the preferred seat for arbitral proceedings in the CIS region and beyond. This post provides an overview of the key highlights from the event.

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ivalua

MAY 17, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 2023 Ivalua NOW Nashville: Recap + Photos! May 18, 2023 | | Ivalua NOW by Eloise Barnum They say city lights got nothin’ on country nights—and well–they ain’t wrong! We can’t recreate Ivalua NOW 2023 Nashville–but we’ll always have the memories! appeared first on Ivalua.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Transparency International UK (TI-UK) just dropped a damning report on the UK’s pandemic-era procurement of PPE. Plenty of other countries let their professionals run the show with more transparent, better structured processes. Transparency was MIA In a crisis, transparency and trust are key.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 13, 2024

In January 2023, the tax agency sunsetted its Technology Retirement Office, which was established in August 2021 to “strategically reduce the information technology footprint across the enterprise,” according to the report. Many of the IRS’s plans to improve transparency rely on updating the agency’s technology,” Collins wrote. “As

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 26, 2024

On April 4, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Budget, wrote a letter to Gary Gensler , the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressing concerns about delays and lack of transparency in the agency’s whistleblower compensation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 10, 2024

2.925/2023 (“ Bill ”) is intended to amend federal law no. 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. 27-H in the Law no.

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Federal News Network

JULY 24, 2024

“Anytime that you have support for additional protest review, whether the court reaffirms or opens the door to a new jurisdiction, it will result in more transparency, accountability and oversight, even if it’s just affirming where we understood jurisdiction to stand already.” Source: GAO Snapshot of governmentwide contracting for 2023.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

2023 has proven to be another dynamic year under the Government of Canada’s trade agenda, which showed no signs of slowing over the summer. The official launch of CARM Release 2, originally scheduled for October 2023, was delayed until May 2024 for the majority of persons importing goods into Canada.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. From healthcare management and social safety net technology to managing vaccine sign-ups during the pandemic , governments simply need to buy IT better.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Readers may want to go back to the early years of the Blog and read the excellent posts of Alexis Mourre ( see for example, Conflicts of Interest: Towards Greater Transparency and Uniform Standards of Disclosure? ), Jan Paulsson (begin with Are Unilateral Appointments Defensible? ), Laurent Lévy’s Jura Novit Curia?

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Jeff Zack Vice President & CIO, LMI Over the past two years, Jeff Zack oversaw LMI’s successful migration of all its systems to secure cloud environments, and transformed internal processes into an agile framework that provides stakeholders with complete transparency into projects and financials.

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FedScoop

APRIL 18, 2024

The guardrails are human oversight and decision-making; clear and comprehensive policies; robust testing and evaluation; transparency and disclosure; and education and upskilling. Interestingly, AI was used in the drafting of the committee’s report, modeling the transparency guardrail the committee outlined.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 22, 2024

to take action on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act by the end of this session, referring to the bill to bolster transparency and communication in IT spending across federal agencies as “must-pass legislation.” cleared the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in May 2023.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 25, 2024

Eric Velte CTO, ASRC Federal Eric Velte and his team helped drive a culture of transparency and collaboration by managing Centers of Excellence and Communities of Practice for major capability areas to share knowledge, innovations and best practices across a variety of programs and customers, from defense to civilian.

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FedScoop

MARCH 28, 2024

Significantly, ONC states that the federal government plans to encourage “education, outreach and transparency” about artificial intelligence use so that both individuals and health care providers are informed about the performance and privacy practices of the technology.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

09/2023/HS-PT dated 17 January 2023, where the recognition and enforcement of an award was refused because, among others, the tribunal did not apply Vietnamese law to a non-contractual claim; and (ii) Judgement No. Mr Minh Dang (YKVN) introduced two recent decisions by the Vietnamese courts in Hanoi: (i) Judgement No.

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

The Chief Data Officers Council was created in compliance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to promote data-sharing across the federal landscape and assist agencies with the implementation of transparent data practices called for in the OPEN Government Data Act. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

On 14 September 2023, the DIS Autumn Conference “A World Map of Arbitration in the 21st Century – and What to Find in Germany” showcased Germany’s eminent position in the field. Finally , the law encourages the publication of awards with the agreement of the parties to increase transparency.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 5, 2024

Small Business Research Programs: Increased Performance Standards Likely Affect Few Businesses Receiving Multiple Awards Women-owned small businesses win record $25.5B

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