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The Corporate Transparency Act: A Primer for “Small” Businesses

GovCon & Trade

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which aims to curb illicit financial activities like money laundering and other fraudulent activities, will go into effect on January 1, 2024. million organizations that meet the definition of a reporting company, the majority of which will be small businesses.

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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

Procurement decisions may also be influenced by emergencies, such as the need for the prompt delivery of goods and services to address disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes. The level of competition in the market can also influence the choice of procurement method.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

One solution would be to bring Article 10 into line with Article 43 of EU Directive 2014/24/EU , to ensure that eco-labels: (a) concern only “criteria which are linked to the subject-matter of the contract and are appropriate to define characteristics.

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New Index Helps Governments Design Better Escape Clauses to Bridge Fiscal Rigidity with Crisis Adaptability

Inter-American Development Bank

Achieving this balance is not trivial, and a crucial question arises: How can the definition and quality of these escape clauses impact a country’s ability to navigate economic shocks while maintaining fiscal discipline? Influence on Compliance: a clearly defined activation timeline is pivotal in post-escape clause compliance.

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A Preliminary view of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – And What are the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Contracting Considerations?

Public Contracting Institute

All other definitions in the Memorandum begin with the term “an artificial system”, and then use the descriptive “requiring human-like perception”, “think or act like a human, including cognitive architectures and neural networks”, “machine learning”, “intelligent software”, “reasoning”, etc., references. references. What are the risks?

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Climate Change or Change of Climate?

Kluwer Arbitration

She noted the enduring relevance of the Report’s definition ( para. Arbitration has several features that suit the resolution of climate change disputes: neutral forum, arbitrators with specialist expertise, procedural flexibility, confidentiality (though in tension with transparency), and ease of enforcement.

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Analysing the potential pitfalls of “AI-judication” in Public Procurement -- guest post by Paris & Esmail

How to Crack a Nut

So far, AI has already obtained credible influence in the way public procurement tenders can be drafted and submitted. The forms and procedures may differ between countries, but the crucial elements of transparency, expediency and adherence to regulations, remain global.