The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation. Fraud Detection : Machine learning models can monitor procurement transactions for irregularities, reducing corruption risks. Smart Contracts : Self-executing contracts automate payments and milestones, minimizing delays and disputes.

Procurement 59

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 5, 2024

The DOJ announced a sprint to develop the program in March and whistleblower advocates noted that the whistleblower program had the potential to greatly bolster the DOJ’s efforts to combat fraud and corruption. Worse still, it creates a dangerous precedent for future whistleblower laws.”

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Whistle-blowing Corruption Participation Accountability 121

Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.”

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Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As Black History Month transitions into Women’s History Month, WNN highlights Dr. Toni Savage, Bunny Greenhouse, and Dr. Duane Bonds, whose outspoken whistleblowing activity against corruption led to significant change. In 2011, she agreed to a settlement of $970,000 in full restitution of lost wages, compensatory damages, and attorney fees.

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Whistle-blowing Engineering Corruption Contract 111

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 10, 2025

First, how arbitration engages with criminal lawparticularly the way tribunals handle corruption allegations and other criminal issues that arise during proceedings. ramping up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), triggering high-profile investigations and hefty penalties for cross-border bribery.

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Influencing Corruption Collusion Balance 52

Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

Importers should be aware that they are at risk if there is a finding of circumvention because it could result in liability for SIMA duties retroactive to the date of initiation of the anti-corruption investigation. While administrative reviews may provide more predictability to market participants and create further alignment with the U.S.

Export 52

Export Import Price Participation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. Accordingly, it was insufficient that KS&T had purchased allowances in Ontario auctions with an Ontario tracking account. Canada Award will have implications for cross-border participation in these mechanisms.

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Participation Purchasing Accountability Price 75

Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 9, 2024

Notably, a whistleblower’s participation in internal compliance and/or reporting processes is a factor that could warrant an increased reward. Crowell attorneys are well-positioned to advise companies on all of these issues, including how best to tailor internal processes to account for these new – and evolving – developments.

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IT Corruption Accountability Insurance 52

Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

This groundbreaking technology offers a new level of security, efficiency, and accountability, promising to revolutionize the way government agencies and public sector institutions conduct procurements. Integrity Provides an immutable record, reducing fraud and corruption.

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Public Procurement Transparency Integration Integrity 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability.

Public Procurement 70

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 70

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introductory course The School of Applied Research in Public Procurement sought to develop participants’ skills in monitoring, research, policy analysis, and promoting public procurement reforms and open contracting in Central Asia, with a vision to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Notably, the inclusion of provisions regarding anti-corruption, although framed as involuntary, applies only at the domestic legal level, thus avoiding broader discussions around internationalizing binding anti-corruption measures.

Corruption 52

Corruption Participation Negotiation Sustainability 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 25, 2024

However, the tribunal did find that Mongolia breached the fair and equitable treatment protection in the BIT by taking ownership of the gold, exporting it abroad for refining, and depositing it or its value in an unallocated account in England to increase the country’s currency reserves. In 2020, the mining sector accounted for 21.6%

Transparency 105

Transparency Negotiation Price Export 105

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 25, 2024

All too often I’m told that public procurement is boring, technical and abstract, too removed from people’s lives, and that some money will inevitably be “lost” to corruption or poor financial management, like it is an inevitability we have to accept. But I disagree.

Finance 57

Finance Public Procurement Procurement Transparency 57

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Explanation to Paragraph (2) The purpose of paragraph (2) is to avoid any resistance from participants in an arbitration, such as the management of a corporate party, who could consider taking a first step towards the other party to commence settlement negotiations as an admission of weakness.

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Negotiation Management Budget Efficiency 97

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2024

Issues of corruption, investors coming in with unclean hands, as well as investors putting forward inflated claims are also some of the concerns of host states and other stakeholders. In terms of corruption, Prof. Dr. Ong said that there are currently no arbitration rules that define the standard of proof for corruption.

Balance 52

Balance Corruption Participation Utilities 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

These public procurement principles allow businesses of all sizes to participate equitably, protect the integrity of taxpayer money, and encourage competition and efficiency. A transparent approach lowers procurement risk, prevents corruption, and fosters confidence between suppliers and public sector organisations.

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Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

And most people that participate believe that it’s fundamentally honest. It’s not like India or Russia where bribery and corruption is the norm. Tom Temin And by the way, do you also look at state and local level corruption when that happens? Are we still in that place? Collusion and so forth. And that’s true.

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Collusion Bid Rigging Procurement IT 108

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

One of its goals is to increase womens participation in the workforce from 22% to 30% by 2030. 1) The World Bank reports progress in this field too, albeit at a different rate: in 2016, the participation of women in the workforce was 16.1% of the KSAs workforce, up from 20% in 2016.

IT 52

IT Participation Data Corruption 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This implies the simultaneous presence of all parties, the importance of which is emphasized twice: by clarifying that physical presence is not required where a party participates by video or live television link, and by requiring that the parties be summoned, with all the possible consequences of unexcused absence.

Import 98

Import Corruption IT Participation 98

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The upcoming 31 st Vis Moot will be the first “real” test of regulated uses of AI in international arbitration and how the Vis Moot, its arbitrators and participating students address the associated risks and issues will be instructive as the international arbitration community adopts and seeks to regulate AI in practice.

Ethics 98

Ethics Corruption IT Participation 98

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 11, 2024

They are designed to be applicable to all participants involved in the arbitration proceedings, and SVAMC is currently accepting feedback and suggestions on these guidelines here. This guideline holds parties accountable for any uncorrected errors in AI-assisted work products. Below, we discuss the seven guidelines more closely.

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Participation Integration Integrity Efficiency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 6, 2024

There is room and necessity to take a de novo look at this discussion, especially considering that there are many new participants in arbitration proceedings comparing to a decade ago. The panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session during which questions primarily focused on issues of corruption.

Ethics 52

Ethics Corruption Balance Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your feedback keeps us honest and accountable. In 2024, we look towards implementation of the resolution and participation at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Lithuania this summer. We love hearing from our partners and allies on what we are doing well and what we could do better.

E-procurement 76

E-procurement Public Procurement Capacity Procurement 76

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Blockchain’s touted tamper-proofness and potential to enable smart contracts are driving initiatives that seek to create automated ‘trust in trustless environments’ for public sector use cases , in particular concerning activities highly-exposed to corruption risks and/or the automation of administrative procedures devoid of discretion.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Government Government 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

By focusing on social value, governments demonstrate accountability and purpose. Governments may collaborate with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and minority-owned businesses to increase participation. Reporting results enhances accountability and assists in measuring the effectiveness of procurement strategies.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Emotion AI tools could be used during a case management conference or hearing to monitor participants’ level of attentiveness, engagement, confusion, and anxiety in real time. In essence, it allows all participants to peep into each other’s ‘heads.’

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Ethics Negotiation Participation 52

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. As of 2025, the system could establish links with additional external data sources ’ (at 2).

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The “ ICCA Guidelines on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration ” (ICCA Guidelines), which were launched in 2021, attempt to go above and beyond the IBA Guidelines discussed above as they require that all participants in an arbitration act with integrity, respect and civility.

IT 45

IT Ethics Participation Accountability 45

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

Public Procurement 105

Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 8, 2023

GSI was engaged in extensive litigation in Canada from 2007 to 2017 against authorities and third parties, alleging violations of copyright and trade secrets by Canadian authorities’ disclosure of GSI’s seismic data to third parties (for a more extensive account of the facts, see here ).

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Data Media Import Corruption 64

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 5, 2024

However, she flagged several issues inhibiting mediation’s widespread adoption such as (a) accountability; (b) premature invocation of mediation; and (c) socio-economic impact of mediation, as some of the reasons why mediation was not yet a serious contender. Where do We Stand?

Balance 52

Balance Negotiation Sustainability Accountability 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The complexity of proving causation, as shown by research conducted by the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (“TCU ”) in 2019, was exemplified by the fact that 47% of construction projects in Brazil are stalled due to technical issues, which often result in judicial or arbitral disputes.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Engineering Distribution Contract 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Participants argued a mock application made to the Tribunal by TechSavvy to obtain documents from Nutz-and-Boltz’s offices in Westchester, New York, and to have Ms. District Court for the Southern District of New York The final scenario saw the participants before a U.S. Smith attend a one-day hearing.

Automotive 52

Automotive Participation Integrity Integration 52

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Additionally, continuously running anomaly detection on claims and grievances would curb fraud and corruption. AWS will review DTO fee waiver requests at the account level. Customers don’t need to close their accounts or change their relationship with AWS. Once approved, credits will be provided for the data being migrated.

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Data Government Government Demand 75

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

In May 2017, the Court issued Judgement T-361 , whereby it declared Resolution 2090 void based on the lack of participation by communities located within the Santurbán Páramo and ordered the environmental authority to issue a new resolution for a broader delimitation of the Santurbán Páramo through a participatory process.

Balance 52

Balance Participation Impact Assessment Thresholds 52