The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

On August 5, 2024, the General Services Administration (GSA) took a step forward by publishing a final rule to “standardize and simplify the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) clauses for economic price adjustments.” Three further supplements have extended these policies until December 31, 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 12, 2024

The fifth edition of the Bucharest Arbitration Days (“BArD”) took place on 6 and 7 June 2024. Ziyaeva discussed the UK’s use of anti-suit injunctions to enforce arbitration agreements, highlighting the UK Supreme Court’s April 2024 decision in Unicredit v. The general consensus? Mission accomplished.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. In order (sic) words, public procurement is rich in data, but poor in making it work for taxpayers, policy makers and public buyers.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

AI can introduce data-driven insights for more evidence-based and transparent budgeting. AI-driven procurement processes can also improve fair competition, transparency, and cost-effectiveness for government acquisition programs. Inter-American Development Bank. [6] 9] See: PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study: Sizing the prize.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This principle could be applied to the current generation of models, or applied when certain capability thresholds were met. In reality, there seems to be little coming out of the Summit other than a plan to continue the conversations in 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 22, 2024

The majority adopted a broad interpretation: “transparency, stability and the protection of the investor’s legitimate expectations play a central role in defining the FET standard” (para. 128) and that the conduct of the Respondent was arbitrary, using a high threshold (paras. 762, 806).

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation. The first annual reports are due to be filed by May 31, 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

After more than a year of preparation, including a six-month comment period, the Guidelines were published on 30 April 2024 and have been tailored to the needs of the international arbitration community. This included several audience members of the two above-mentioned panel discussions during the Paris Arbitration Week 2024.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

Thirty-one of these are Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, and they are currently working to ensure that the voluntary political agreement translates into international conventions and domestic legislation so that the package can take effect in 2024 as announced recently by OECD in Davos.

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

To comprehensively assess the efficacy of escape clauses, we have developed the Escape Clause Clarity Index (ECCI), which will be part of the upcoming study “Navigating Fiscal Flexibility: Assessing the Quality of Escape Clauses in Rule-Based Fiscal Frameworks” by Ulloa-Suarez, Valencia, and Guerra (2024).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Second, the realignment provides an opportunity to increase transparency for customer agencies and industry partners seeking to do business with FAS. The new structure also can enhance transparency with regard to guidance impacting the MAS program. Most DoD assessments were found to take place above a threshold of $111.4

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 30, 2023

The EU submission The EU submission notes that current WTO rules are not effective in tackling industrial subsidies, especially due to a lack of transparency in some Members’ interventions in the market. Several informal meetings are being held in Geneva to streamline the work programme for MC13.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

On February 28, 2024, the arbitral tribunal in the arbitration between Red Eagle Exploration Limited (“Red Eagle”) and Colombia (ICSID Case No. The tribunal stated Colombia acted transparently, publicizing the páramo delimitation, to the point that Red Eagle itself took the chance to participate in such delimitation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

On February 28, 2024, the arbitral tribunal in the arbitration between Red Eagle Exploration Limited (“Red Eagle”) and Colombia (ICSID Case No. The tribunal stated Colombia acted transparently, publicizing the páramo delimitation, to the point that Red Eagle itself took the chance to participate in such delimitation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Such framing sets a higher threshold for establishing a violation of FET. 2024 and the subsequent years will reveal whether the Protocol will secure the required ratification and if it will have an impact beyond intra-Africa investment treaties. See e.g., PSEG v Turkey , ICSID Case No. ARB/02/5, Award , ¶ 240; Infinito Gold Ltd.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

On 26 September 2024, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) hosted the 19th ICC New York Conference on International Arbitration, which brought together over 300 participants from 40 countries to discuss critical developments in international business and arbitration.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

Demand data is shared publicly every other month through GSA’s Vendor Support Center To work towards its goal of “complete transparency” in government procurement purchasing, GSA has expanded its datasets and plans to make more data available over the coming years. GSA is also expanding TDR as an option to additional SINs in August 2024.

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Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) proposed a new “ Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting ” rule for government contractors. Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the proposed rule, and have until April 1, 2024, to do so.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

extensions and waivers In relation to covered safety-impacting or rights-impacting AI (as above), Section 5(a)(i) establishes the important principle that US Federal Government agencies have until 1 August 2024 to implement the minimum practices in Section 5(c), ‘or else stop using any AI that is not compliant with the minimum practices’.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Importantly, this process should be transparent, providing all stakeholders, including the public, the opportunity to provide feedback on any proposed revisions. Previously due on December 4, public comment on both rules will now be accepted through February 2, 2024. To its credit, FAS is working to update/revise PAP 2021-05.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Proposed Rule sets out new policies to promote transparency and protect beneficiaries, by updating SSBCI marketing requirements to prevent misleading marketing related to these benefits to make certain that SSBCIs are only available to enrollees who meet specific eligibility criteria. 422.116 (d)(5). [2] 2] 42 C.F.R. 3] 42 C.F.R.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 20, 2025

2024 appeared to be one of the busiest years for investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform, with significant advances in the United Nations Commission on Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III discussions and the adoption of the modernized Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Gn nvars post, Meaningful Consensus or Delaying Disagreements?

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2025

The Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) has introduced updated rules (the 2024 Rules), which were adopted by the Board of Directors on 15 September 2024, effective 1 January 2025. Article 10 of the 2024 Rules introduces a new mechanism for consolidating arbitrations.

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VWV

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With less than 2 weeks until the Procurement Act 2023 (Act) goes live on Monday 24 February 2024, suppliers need to ensure that their organisation is ready for the changes and carry out due diligence against its supply chain.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 7, 2025

On 11 February 2025, the Federal Ministry of Justice Nigeria unveiled the National Policy on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution for 2024-2028 (the Policy) to bolster commerce and establish Nigeria as a regional and international arbitration hub. and 16.5).

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 26, 2024

17, 2024 report. Source: GovWin by Deltek’s Federal Contracting Trends to Watch in 2024 report. The small business specialist should notify the PCR for any non-set-aside order over a threshold negotiated between the agency and SBA,” the memo added. The company says almost 55.8% billion and $10.5 billion, respectively.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Roberto’s views were first published as an Op-Ed for EU Law Live on 7 Nov 2024. It is true that in many Member States somewhat different purely domestic provisions apply to contracts below the threshold and not having a cross-border interest as well as to other excluded contracts. Another potential difference might be on remedies.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 24, 2025

Despite the timid growth rate estimated at 1.9%, the lowest among all global regions, the year 2024 has been pivotal for commercial arbitration in Latin America, marked by significant legislative and institutional developments. 749/2024 , aims to attract large-scale investments in sectors like energy, mining, and infrastructure.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

According to GSA, the next release of rolling awards will be on or about December 17, 2024. In February 2024, several protests moved to the U.S. The refresh will occur in December 2024. GSA’s eBuy will not open ordering for OASIS+ until the next award release occurs. Court of Federal Claims.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Her commitment to balanced and thoughtful acquisition policy has set a standard for integrity and innovation in Federal procurement, and her transparent approach has fostered trust and collaboration among industry partners and stakeholders. Federal agencies that provides transparency into how Federal agencies are using AI.

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