Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

Why it matters An overreliance on non-competitive procedures makes the procurement market highly vulnerable to corruption and inefficient public spending. Reducing legal justifications The Public Procurement Law is the main document regulating the rules, procedures, and thus, the circumstances under which sole-source procurement is allowed.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Tender E-procurement 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

biomedical company, after Lifecore voluntarily disclosed that a company it acquired paid bribes to Mexican officials and falsified documents both before and after Lifecore’s acquisition. [1] The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) prohibits U.S. 3] What is the FCPA?

Corruption 52

Corruption Internal Control Ethics Accountability 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2024

P&ID’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Quinn, had conducted himself dishonestly in giving evidence at the Court of which parts were knowingly false, namely that P&ID had procured the contract with Nigeria through corrupt payments to a Nigerian official.

Corruption 52

Corruption Ethics Transparency Import 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. While there is no simple way of measuring the impact of all civic monitoring activities, some impressive achievements have been documented. million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

authorities announced major settlements with defense contractor RTX (formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) over allegations that the company violated both the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and False Claims Act (FCA). On October 16, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $950 million settlement while the U.S.

Negotiation 107

Negotiation Price Corruption E-procurement 107

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.

Influencing 52

Influencing Corruption Collusion Balance 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Improper retention of privileged and confidential legal documents : P&ID improperly obtained, retained, and misused Nigeria’s privileged and confidential legal documents, and used these to monitor whether its corruption had been uncovered and to track Nigeria’s case strategy throughout the arbitration.

Integration 52

Integration Integrity Corruption Ethics 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FCDO-funded (formerly DFID) project “ Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting ” releases the contracting datasets collected from national public procurement portals in 10 low and middle income countries: Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Uganda and Uruguay. tax haven registration).

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Corruption 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 16, 2024

A 2021 study by White & Case and Queen Mary University of London indicated that 49% of arbitration practitioners never or rarely employ AI tools such as data analytics or technology-assisted document review. AI extends beyond the mere document review. According to another study , the numbers remained on a similar level in 2023.

Ethics 90

Ethics Data Integration Integrity 90

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 11, 2025

In a previous post , we looked at Indonesia Corruption Watch s method for monitoring corruption risks in procurement. ICW found video documentation on YouTube dated July 2020 showing that the center had begun to function, but there were several pillars of the building that were not yet finished. 19 billion). billion (USD 400k).

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Tender Budget Procurement 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) documented these abuses with the $10 billion JEDI cloud procurement and wrote Congress to expose the unfettered abuses. Congress, the Government Accountability Office and the Justice Department must act to stop this type of systematic corruption before we lose the next war fought in cyber space.

Public Private Partnership 99

Public Private Partnership IT Influencing Corruption 99

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 14, 2024

The wide-ranging program covered cutting edge technological innovations and timeless human considerations such as persuasion, corruption, and disability inclusion. The potential ADR use cases being worked on include document analysis and comparison, research, and document generation.

Corruption 59

Corruption Innovation Quality Import 59

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While employed, Krupski had taken photos to document production safety issues, specifically the use of a rolling table that employees put under a car when removing a battery. OK, please let me know if there’s anything we should still do,” Mr. Musk replied, according to a copy of the email included in legal documents.

Education 103

Education Whistle-blowing Media Data 103

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. This continuous data flow strengthens public trust by minimizing corruption risks and reaffirming a commitment to transparency. Waste broadly refers to suboptimal decision-making in the allocation of public resources.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The datasets not only republish structured data gathered from official source websites, but also contain corruption risk red flags developed by the research team. Data and documentation Find the first iteration of these datasets and accompanying source data and documentation here, and the second iteration here.

Data 40

Data Tender Corruption Contract 40

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Such behavioural changes will be supported through training, which the guidance document also describes (and there is more detail here ). Using product demonstrations alongside written tenders will help buyers get a proper appreciation of solutions being offered by suppliers. 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

Procurement 128

Procurement Innovation E-procurement Buyers 128

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

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It is worth noting that respondents are more comfortable with and do not object to the use of AI tools for the generation of factual summaries (73%), for document analysis (65%), and for detecting whether AI has been used to generate text, images, documents, and evidence (80%).

Ethics 98

Ethics Corruption IT Participation 98

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Japan is generally perceived as a country with little political corruption. While technical specifications are generally available, there’s limited transparency about how these documents are crafted, particularly the information exchanged between government buyers and private companies.

Contract 67

Contract Transparency Public Procurement Procurement 67

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The third judgment, with a comment by Etienne Marque, is the latest saga in the remarkable string of French cases pursuant to which the annulment judge is granted the power to investigate all the elements of corruption in law and in fact.

Corruption 98

Corruption IT Management Contract 98

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

Allegations of corruption can be made even in the absence of criminal offences. Gabriele Ruscalla cited the example of an arbitral tribunal that was found guilty of corruption for changing the seat of the arbitration. Corruption of arbitrators can take various forms, ranging from bias and conflicts of interest (e.g.

Corruption 52

Corruption Collusion Ethics Integration 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Rwanda also introduced sanctions for delayed payments and addressed a common issue of suppliers not submitting all required documents. Now, when you click on “submit invoice”, the documents have to be provided. It also helped that the country invested heavily in ICT and a fiber optic internet network. “We

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Where parties fail to produce certain documents or make available certain witnesses to give testimony, a tribunal may draw an adverse inference against that party, subject to the limitations elucidated further throughout the panel discussion. So how do tribunals, parties, and their legal representatives overcome gaps in evidence?

Ethics 52

Ethics Thresholds Corruption Consulting 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 17, 2024

non-disclosure of a document) is associated with the most probable event familiar to the arbitrator. This bias might be produced, for instance, by the IBA Rules themselves, which state that a party’s failure to render a required document might conclude with the use of damaging inferences to its case (Art.

Corruption 52

Corruption Evaluation IT Efficiency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 8, 2024

It found that neither the contract nor the addendum was void due to the corruption allegations. Circuit focused its analysis only on the following two grounds under Section 10 of the FAA: Section 10(a)(1): Where the Award Was Procured by Corruption, Fraud, or Undue Means The D.C. In 2020, the arbitral tribunal rendered its decision.

Corruption 52

Corruption Contract Procurement IT 52

Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

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? I mean, the federal procurement system in the United States is in many ways the gold standard for the world. Are we still in that place? Collusion and so forth.

Collusion 106

Collusion Procurement Bid Rigging IT 106

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

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Local monitors, trained by CSOs, document shortcomings in the contract implementation via an app available on monitors’ smartphones or computers. So we only know that something is going wrong over one year later. Sometimes it’s too late for any meaningful intervention.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Factors in favour of arbitration included the reduced scope of document production, the streamlined approach to cross-examination, and a more logical approach to the admissibility and relevance of evidence. This aligns with the sentiment that ‘documents don’t lie’, as noted by Dr. iur. 23 and 24).

Buyers 52

Buyers Efficiency Balance Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Systems: Set up people and processes to protect people and documents involved with the Project. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190

Efficiency 98

Efficiency Management Utilities Corruption 98

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 6, 2025

The International Law Commissions Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties (Document A/66/10/Add.1) More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata 190

Thresholds 52

Thresholds Capacity Contract IT 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I think the Justice Department has characterized sanctions as the new FCPA, the new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. I mean, it’s well-documented that China has a command position in critical minerals and resources necessary to transition to the clean energy economy. It’s getting tremendous attention.

Export 106

Export Supply Chain Manufacturing Participation 106

Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The EPPO has the power to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross border fraud. This is yet another case of the EPPO, launched in 1 June 2021, as the first new supra-national prosecution authority in the EU.

Impact Assessment 45

Impact Assessment Import Participation Transportation 45

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

” Verónica Valle, Director, ChileCompra Transparency and access to information In late 2023, ChileCompra introduced a campaign called “Stop Corruption”, to promote the Observatory’s channels for citizens to submit confidential complaints. In addition, purchases issued through direct awards represented 46.7% Of these, US$19.5

Procurement 62

Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 30, 2023

That sounds like a lot of time, but it can take months to pull together information and documentation to support the Claim, and records can be lost over time through accidental deletion, file corruption, and poor organization. Document, document, document!

Procurement Contracts 52

Procurement Contracts Contract Procurement Price 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

to make arbitrations greener, utilise Artificial Intelligence tools to facilitate document review and case analysis, select and manage expert witnesses strategically (joint expert reports should also be considered), and delineate the precise contours and questions for the hearing to ensure a focused and efficient proceeding.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Corruption Management Evaluation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Chair of the Tribunal, Lord Hoffmann, then intervened with his own cultural reference and said: “ There is a passage in I think it is Shakespeare’s Henry VI where one of the rebels says: ‘Isn’t it terrible that people should be able to get into such trouble just by signing a document? Let’s kill all the lawyers. ’” ( Nigeria v.

Corruption 40

Corruption Contract Sustainability Import 40