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When should procurement be outsourced?

The Procurement School

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. Consistently, external auditor findings have shown the lack of professionalism in procurement to be a financial problem often accompanied with ethical dilemmas. Outsourcing is getting attention.

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When the door from government-to-industry leads to a brick wall

Federal News Network

He didn’t tell his ethics people that in the government, when he got his ethics letter, it was pretty clear that he was obfuscating his involvement because he did want to go to the private sector. Not a source selection person necessarily, but an influencer, an adviser deep in there. Tom Temin Right. Zach Prince Yeah.

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Atlanta International Arbitration Society’s (AtlAS) 12th Annual Conference

Kluwer Arbitration

Key Issues in the Ethics of International Arbitration Practice The second panel addressed key issues in the ethics of arbitration, in a session moderated by Erin Collins (Associate, DLA Piper LLP) and a panel composed of M. The panel discussed the ethics of expert preparation across legal cultures. Further, Ms. Smagin , 599 U.S.

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Bucharest Arbitration Days 2024: Critical Developments in International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Stefan Deaconu (Court of International Commercial Arbitration, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania) emphasised the importance of maintaining trust in the arbitral process, tracing back to ethics, legitimacy, and personal reputation. Ethics and Conflicts in International Arbitration Panel 1 was moderated by Julie Bedard.

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Two roles of procurement in public sector digitalisation: gatekeeping and experimentation

How to Crack a Nut

This creates a regulatory gap —or rather a laissez faire environment—whereby the public sector is allowed to experiment with the adoption of digital technologies without clear checks and balances. In the EU case, ‘trustworthiness’ is intended to cover three requirements for lawful, ethical, and robust AI.

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LIDW 2024: International Arbitration Day – Keynote and Panel Discussion on the Role of Arbitration in Saudi Arabia’s Giga Growth

Kluwer Arbitration

Mr. Paulsson further emphasized the need to maintain ethical standards and avoid the pitfalls of professionalizing arbitration too much, which could lead to a system where decisions are influenced by factors other than merit.

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Did you use AI to write this tender? What? Just asking! -- Also, how will you use AI to deliver this contract?

How to Crack a Nut

There are important questions that remain unaddressed and, in my view, one of the most pressing ones concerns the balance between general regulation and the use of procurement to regulate AI use. 57(8)(i)(ii) PCR2015 and sch.7 7 13(2)(b) PA2023). And then enforcing them!

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