AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

EdTech leaders must strike the right balance of investment to drive growth, and a return on investment for their owners. Visibility into ‘unit costs’ (for example, the cost-per-student of a solution) helps budget and product owners demonstrate a connection between the demand for an application and how this demand influences cost.

Price 73

Price Demand Education Efficiency 73

Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

This paper considers the prevailing approaches taken across different jurisdictions and ultimately proposes an alternative approach for common law to strike a better balance among all competing interests.

Influencing 52

Influencing Transparency Efficiency Balance 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The experience with the implementation of fiscal rules in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) shows that compliance with fiscal rules is far from perfect, and understanding the multiple factors that influence compliance is key to enhance the effectiveness of this instrument to promote the sustainability of public finances.

Influencing 52

Influencing Budget Quality Sustainability 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

These clauses, designed to provide temporary flexibility from strict fiscal targets during crises, aim to strike a balance between upholding fiscal rules and effectively responding to unexpected circumstances. Influence on Compliance: a clearly defined activation timeline is pivotal in post-escape clause compliance.

Government 52

Government Government Balance Quality 52

ivalua

JULY 7, 2020

Will businesses go backwards due to necessity and survival or will they step up and push forward to go further and faster to achieve the right balance? On the business side, it may question the raison d’être and bring focus to finding the right balance between society, the environment and the economy. Balancing the Imbalanced.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Balance Supplier Procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

Navigating the Human Elements in Arbitration The ICCA Hong Kong 2024 conference also explored how to navigate the human elements that influence arbitration. Mark Friedman explained that humans are influenced in their decision-making by the need for “cognitive comfort” (i.e.,

Influencing 52

Influencing Participation Efficiency Transparency 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Over the past two decades, a growing number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries began adopting fiscal rules to limit overspending influenced by election cycles, public pressure, and other political economy factors, helping the region strengthen its fiscal solvency and sustainability.

Balance 52

Balance Sustainability Budget Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 19, 2024

Panama’s decision to terminate a contract was influenced by the Claimants’ failure to provide the necessary operational expenses to support their change order requests. These actions were deemed significant, considering that Panama had granted multiple time extensions to complete the project.

Corruption 52

Corruption Balance Capacity Contract 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

These “socio-technical” risks are left to the expertise and professionalism of teachers, and the underpinning institutional educational values—which can be monitored and perhaps influenced by parents and other groups. The procurement of toys is usually only concerned with the first type of risks, not the second.

Procurement 65

Procurement IT Buyers Influencing 65

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

She highlighted the relevance of ius variandi in investment arbitrations, where the ability of the state to unilaterally modify contractual terms must be balanced against the need to ensure stability and predictability for investors, thereby safeguarding their legitimate expectations and fostering a favorable investment climate.

Insurance 52

Insurance Price Contract Balance 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The impact of all of that is that organizations are actively creating geographical supplier diversity within their supply chains, to strike a better balance between cost reduction and agility,” he said. In light of the social unrest and concerns we’ve seen around the world, particularly in the U.S., Procurement has a big role to play here.

Supply Chain 64

Supply Chain Sustainability Procurement Influencing 64

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

Although advisory opinions are non-binding, they are intended to influence domestic and international litigation. Balancing the interests of investors and host states has become a focal point in these disputes, especially with the rising public scrutiny over climate change issues.

Influencing 52

Influencing Balance Negotiation Corruption 52

GovLoop

AUGUST 13, 2022

Cognitive diversity is what the federal government needs to balance speed and risk in today’s disruptable, tech-dependent world. When your organization is faced with a challenge, seek out diverse stakeholders and influencers to be part of the solution.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Innovation Influencing Balance 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Dispute Design and Public Participation In treaty ISDS, arbitration often follows the generic framework of an IIA, which restricts a state’s influence over the specific dispute, potentially impacting legitimacy as it may appear to surrender sovereignty to external entities. It’s a fine balance.

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Dispute Design and Public Participation In treaty ISDS, arbitration often follows the generic framework of an IIA, which restricts a state’s influence over the specific dispute, potentially impacting legitimacy as it may appear to surrender sovereignty to external entities. It’s a fine balance.

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Great Government Through Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You’ll also compile inventories, evaluate products, influence workforce development, prioritize projects, remove barriers, document use cases , assess performance, implement internal controls, and ensure your agency’s AI efforts comply with a host of existing laws and policies. But wait, there’s more!

Procurement 52

Procurement Risk Management Internal Control Evaluation 52

Federal News Network

APRIL 10, 2024

Not a source selection person necessarily, but an influencer, an adviser deep in there. It’s always such a challenging balancing act because on the one hand, as a company doing business with DoD, you want to have people who understand the inner workings of DoD. And that one is going and its multiple vendors. Zach Prince Yeah.

Government 104

Government Government Negotiation Ethics 104

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 5, 2024

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.

Public Private Partnership 52

Public Private Partnership Efficiency Ethics Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

However, the focus on delivering a conventional energy business in a value-focused way has led to more disputes due to finely balanced economics and resource shortages. This is because there is still a need to supply conventional energy to ensure energy affordability, security, and sustainability of supply while the energy transition occurs.

Price 59

Price Negotiation Finance Accountability 59

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

How do you balance the multiple competing demands on your time? The answer of my family and my assistants concerning the balancing would probably be: not very well. So far, it has worked … but there is definitively room for improvement.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Balance Participation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Professor Armesto highlighted the 2015 Paris Agreement (also reported here ), noting the difficult position of Latin American countries that must balance infrastructure development with environmental protection. In closing, Professor Armesto predicted that arbitration would become increasingly influenced by climate change concerns.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Contract Import Buyers 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ultimately, it is about finding a balance between giving parties a reasonable (but not exhaustive) opportunity to present their case (and evidence) and resolving the dispute in a time- and cost-efficient way. Finding this balance is far simpler in theory than in practice, as an examination of the different types of evidence reveals.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Buyers Balance Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

By embedding these principles in IIAs, States are creating a legal foundation that can balance investor rights with the urgent need for environmental protection and social equity. The availability of ISDS significantly influences investors’ decisions. Abolishing it without presenting a viable alternative would thus be detrimental.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Corruption Balance Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 12, 2024

First, the panelists discussed the concept of “controlling influence”, which, as Dobrý pointed out, varies in practice, and is not limited to structural ownership and can manifest via the exercise of veto power or the power to appoint board members. Smeureanu discussed expropriation protections.

Ethics 52

Ethics Balance Import Thresholds 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Balancing in-house expertise and contractor support While contractors play a crucial role in government, it’s important to note that we often rely too much on them. Finally, mission leaders must be self-aware and recognize how their actions can influence contractor performance.

Accountability 59

Accountability Contract Government Government 59

FedInsider

JANUARY 11, 2024

As an active participant in the IT and Cyber Security fields for the past twenty years, Michael is responsible for the effective implementation of the laboratory’s risk balanced cyber security and information protection programs, along with the strategic direction, management, and oversight of the central IT organization.

Leadership 72

Leadership Networking Engineering Capacity 72

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 13, 2024

The second panel, “ TechTalk: Unraveling the Tapestry – AI’s Influence on International Arbitration”, included Luke Sobota ( Founding Partner, Three Crowns LLP), Nilufar Hossain (Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway), Rachel Thorn (Partner, Cooley LLP), and Marco de Sousa (Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP).

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Efficiency Quality Balance 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

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. And there are attributes or properties influencing the interpretability of a model (eg clarity) for which there are no evaluation metrics (yet?).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

The challenges that civilian agencies must overcome are different than those facing the Department of Defense, for instance, while the components of the Department of Homeland Security often must balance their security requirements against their law enforcement or emergency services missions. A graduate of the U.S.

Leadership 52

Leadership Engineering Collaboration Management 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 22, 2024

And the folks that do what I traditionally assembly integration and test are influencing some of that design capability. And so I think balancing the end customer requirement, which has softened, not softened in terms of not meeting their mission objectives, quite the contrary. Is it pointing to the ground to take some imagery?

Supply Chain 59

Supply Chain Integration Integrity Efficiency 59

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 18, 2024

The choice seems easy to make, as it tends to increase domestic resource mobilization, but the revenue expected needs to be balanced with the cost of administering the complexity and increasing data processing demand of a global tax, requiring investments in technology and capacity building inside their tax administrations.

Import 52

Import Capacity Evaluation Government 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Here are four ways leading Procurement organizations can influence retail recovery in 2021 and beyond: 1. To accommodate changing shopping behaviors and deliver experiences that delight customers, retailers will need to find the right balance. Rethink What’s Normal.

Retail 52

Retail Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 3, 2024

This thus allows for increased efficiency in arbitral proceedings administration and the dispute resolution process, and the achievement of a greater balance between the right of countries to impose sanctions and the sanctioned parties’ rights in international arbitration.

Influencing 52

Influencing Balance Import Capacity 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

The panel however agreed that a good balance is to be found, first because not everything should be recorded, but also because a too strict or inefficient record management can lead to a considerable loss of time and productivity. Prior experience of handling an arbitration as a presiding arbitrator can also be a decisive criterion.

Import 52

Import Efficiency Negotiation Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It is worth recalling that Auroux (C-220/05, EU:C:2007:31 ) concerned a case involving the signing of an agreement between a municipality and a special purpose vehicle with separate balance sheet to run a re-generation programme. It is for the referring court to determine whether those circumstances are present in this case.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Finance Purchasing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The ART has the potential to significantly influence the strategies and outcomes of arbitration cases, which makes it a subject of considerable interest among legal professionals. These grounds may be described broadly as jurisdictional, due process, and public policy.

Innovation 52

Innovation Import Influencing Balance 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The divergent conclusions reached in these decisions invite an analysis of the principled bases of this remedy and how they influenced their outcomes. The divergent outcomes may be attributable to a difference in emphasis as to how those principles were conceptualised and balanced.

Influencing 52

Influencing Balance IT Corruption 52