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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things. The team continues to add new variables.

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European Court of Auditors publishes report on public procurement

Telles.eu

As several objectives of the 2014 reform remain unattained, we conclude that, the entry into force of the 2014 directives has had no demonstrable effect. (…) Also, as publication rates remain low, transparency, a key safeguard against the risk of fraud and corruption, is negatively affected.

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DOJ Offers Cash “Carrot” to Whistleblowers; Foreshadows “Stick” of More Corporate Enforcement

Government Contracts Legal Forum

DOJ’s Focus on Financial Crime and Corruption Although the Attorney General was already authorized to pay awards for information or assistance that lead to civil or criminal forfeitures—and did so on occasion—the sharpening of this tool as part of a targeted program demonstrates DOJ’s continued effort to crack down on corporate misconduct.

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Pakistani Energy Sector Parties Challenge Arbitration Awards in the English High Court on the Grounds of ‘Serious Irregularity’

Kluwer Arbitration

Serious Irregularity The leading authority on Section 68 challenges is RAV Bahamas Ltd and another v Therapy Beach Club Inc [2021] UKPC 8 , which prescribes that intervention should be limited to ‘extreme’ cases and that the test of serious irregularity imposes a ‘high threshold’.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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Building public procurement integrity in Jamaica

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

With a mandate to prevent, investigate, and prosecute corruption, one of the Integrity Commission’s core functions is to oversee public procurement. There was huge enthusiasm in the room for developing a user-friendly tool to detect corruption in contracting.

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Dodd-Frank Act Programs Have Awarded over $2 Billion to Whistleblowers

Whistleblower Network News

“Passing the $2 billion threshold in whistleblower awards is a major milestone for the Dodd-Frank whistleblower programs and a testament to how they have revolutionized the enforcement of white-collar crime,” said whistleblower attorney Stephen M.