LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

AUGUST 4, 2022

On July 19, 2022, in the decision filed under seal, the District Court ruled in favor of Hudson Insurance Co., Hanover Insurance Co., The case is alarming because it suggests that payment and performance bond sureties could potentially be liable for the civil False Claims Act violations of the principals on the bonds they issue.

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Inter-American Development Bank

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The initiative, led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH), seeks to widen the pool of investors that can buy these bonds from only financial institutions and insurance companies to also include companies and individuals.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Specify Criteria and Reduce Complexity Higher insurance, bonding limits, and generic criteria in bid documents may exclude potentially qualified companies. Escalating bonding and insurance values directly increase bid pricing and that cost flows through to an owner, no matter what.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 16, 2024

And you can allow this ability to almost create trains of them as they orbit, particularly for types of workloads that don’t require real time insurance, but are more batch type processing. But that’s satellite capacity was based on large geo satellites that didn’t have a lot of flexibility that were very expensive.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 22, 2024

Brito - AFCEA via YouTube) Employees at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation say they’re still fearful of retaliation for coming forward about mistreatment in the workplace. But she said the investigation so far shows the smell was the result of a “willful act,” and that local authorities are investigating. Morning Keynote with Gen.

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The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

The implied outcome is that we are seeking to insure value for taxpayer dollars. If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis. Sometimes the need is to assess the industry’s capacity to meet the procurement requirements.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 4, 2024

Furthermore, to state the obvious, investment treaties (whatever their scope of application, limited or broader, may be), being embedded in the law of State international liability, are surely not insurance schemes. Even less, treaties can shield investors from risks inherent in the nature of the business or operation itself.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

This decision has a notable impact on insurance disputes, which are often governed by both state and federal law: if the New York Convention is self-executing, its requirement to send disputes to arbitration preempts conflicting state law which often pulls insurance disputes into the courts. 14, 1995) ). In Smarter Tools, Inc.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Report recommends the following five “Initial ITA Priorities in and for the Caribbean”: Model Law implementation; Capacity building among legal practitioners; Judicial education and training in arbitration; Assisting legal educators in the Caribbean; and Raising the profile of Caribbean arbitration in the Americas.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 8, 2024

In another decision dated May 9, 2023, the STJ addressed the extent of subrogation of rights by insurers. Specifically, in the Special Appeal n. Also, on June 16, 2023, the STJ issued a relevant decision related to arbitration public entities in Brazil: in the Special Appeal n.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Arbitrability in French law Under Article 2059 of the French Civil Procedural Code (“FCPC”), parties do not have the free disposal of all their rights: unavailable rights cannot be arbitrated, especially “ questions of status and capacity of a person ”, and “ those relating to divorce and legal separation ” ( Article 2060 of the FCPC ).

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this post, we dive deeper into these areas and discuss benefits, approaches, and best practices for building modern tax and unemployment insurance (UI) applications using microservices. We hear from multiple tax and labor agencies about their desire to move to API-based architectures and adopt new technologies.

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In 2008, he separated from Active Duty to achieve his Doctorate in Health Sciences, but still serves in a reserve capacity today. He was involved in pioneering efforts with technology, law and insurance leaders to build one of the first wholistic data breach prevention and response cyber security solutions in the market.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 24, 2024

panel explained, investors’ options to pursue claims under investment treaties are becoming ever more limited and other options must therefore be considered where there is regulatory risk (such as contractual mechanisms and political risk insurance). The energy sector is thus a sector that is seeing, and will continue to see, huge change.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The dispute concerns a 2005 contract for satellite spectrum capacity and satellite-broadcast wireless access services. Though the award creditor sought the Supreme Court of Canada’s input on the issue, the latter dismissed the application for leave to appeal the decision in mid-May of this year.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Further, the interest payments are also higher than the FY2024 budget for medicaid, the children’s health insurance program (“CHIP”), and health insurance subsidies ($678 billion). [99] 132] The cost is comprised of “maintenance, repair, housing, rent, and other related costs; e.g., property taxes, insurance, and depreciation.” [133]

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Similarly, financial services organisations can benefit from agile, efficient, and security-compliant cloud solutions at scale, providing consumers faster and secure digital banking, insurance, and payment innovations.

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

However, the term excludes a subsidy, a loan, a loan guarantee, cash assistance to an individual, and/or insurance. Is the capacity of the government less than that of a corporation, or of a subordinate officer, or of a private individual?); See 2 C.F.R. definition of grant or grant agreement ). to carry out a public purpose.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Each agency will be responsible for identifying and removing barriers to the responsible use of AI, as well as maturing AI integration throughout the agency.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, second-level effects from emerging threats are beginning to impact many agencies; for instance, commercial insurers are increasingly departing markets that are prone to natural disasters, leaving the government as the insurer of last resort. Prior to this appointment, Ms.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Benefit programs like unemployment insurance are complicated and time-sensitive with weekly eligibility requirements. So, how can agencies create capacity in their contact centers while improving equitable access to critical services? Demo of Amazon Connect for unemployment insurance. How do I apply?

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 5, 2021

73] Further, the SCA does not apply to an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as provided at 29 C.F.R. Persons employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity as defined in part 541 of this title are not deemed to be laborers or mechanics. . [§] 3502(5).”

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

This past November, the Trump administration announced that starting in 2021, it would require hospitals to publicly disclose the discounted prices they negotiate with insurance companies as part of a broader push to make healthcare markets more transparent to patients and increase competition.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This past November, the Trump administration announced that starting in 2021, it would require hospitals to publicly disclose the discounted prices they negotiate with insurance companies as part of a broader push to make healthcare markets more transparent to patients and increase competition.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Shelly Hartsook, acting associate director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cyber Capacity Building Subdivision, said she’s also observed a trend in products with AI “a little bit more baked in that becomes plug and play.”

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Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tanvir , the Supreme Court made clear that, under RFRA, a government official can be sued in his/her individual capacity. [48] 486, 493 (2020) (“We conclude that RFRA’s express remedies provision permits litigants, when appropriate, to obtain money damages against federal officials in their individual capacities.”). [49]

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Jay: The Sovereign Acts Doctrine (“SAD”) protects the Government from liability when the Government creates a new law and is merely acting in its capacity as a lawmaker or regulator (acting as “the Sovereign”), as opposed to the Government acting in its role as a contracting party, in which case the Government could be found liable.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is reviewing a proposed rule that would update the security protections required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. We have the capacity to handle a high volume of election mail in the final weeks of the election," he said.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Sheena Burrell, the chief information officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, has taken a new job as chief innovation officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Burrell will join FDIC to lead its Office of Innovation — known also as the FDIC Tech Lab or FDiTech — on Dec. Her last day at NARA will be Nov.

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