Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 14, 2024

Whistleblower advocates are calling on members of Congress to include the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act as a part of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 , the large bipartisan tax bill currently being negotiated in Congress.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The team should be diverse, with representatives that include IT leadership, department heads (for domain expertise), finance professionals, legal counsel, cybersecurity experts and end-users from relevant departments.” Cunningham says cooperative agreements can help cities and counties acquire needed technology.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Oversees all City procurement processing, monitoring, bids, solicitations, addenda, administration, clarifications, modification, compliance, negotiations, changing conditions, coordination of legal review, terminations, and purchase orders. Plans and carries out employee development.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 26, 2024

NWC has published an Action Alert allowing whistleblower supporters to write to Congress calling for the passage of the IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act.

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WashngtonExec

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Bob Kwaja CFO, Two Six Technologies Since 2021, Bob Kwaja has overseen Two Six Technologies’ strategic acquisition of four companies, leading the extensive processes of due diligence, valuation, negotiations, acquisition financing and closings for all four transactions.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Too many suppliers in one category may mean it’s time to simplify or negotiate better pricing with fewer vendors. 3 Look at on-time payment – Paying invoices on time is another indicator of a healthy P2P operation that’s aligned with finance. On the other hand, relying on a limited number of suppliers introduces risk.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This contrasts with a more conciliatory approach leading to negotiated outcomes that had previously prevailed in Asia, as discussed further below. By contrast, Australian clauses often include a last step of arbitration if a negotiated price cannot be agreed. ICC, SIAC).

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

– Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Now, you need to build your business case to get that budget from Finance. Rules and workflow engines automate this part for you.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

With Ivalua, Procurement and Finance can collaborate better to bring much needed automation, transparency and speed to an often inefficient and costly process. This integrated B2B payments experience reduces supplier inquiries, lowers processing costs and provides procurement an additional negotiating lever. .

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

Department of State), Margie-Lys Jaime (Legal Adviser, Office of Investment Arbitration, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Republic of Panama), Ladan Mehranvar (Senior Legal Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (“CCSI”)) and Marie-Claire Argac (Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP).

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2016

When incorporated into an efficient strategic sourcing process, collaboration can result in better visibility into total costs and a better negotiation position. Collaboration with the finance department. The finance department can help you find them. Suppliers are always looking to hide sources of cost. Conclusion.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 13, 2024

Clients see value in AI replacing routine tasks but are skeptical of using it in high-level work, such as in M&A negotiations. Kuantyrov enumerated a few challenges that emerging economies such as Kazakhstan face when negotiating BITs with big economic players in relation to leverage and experience.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Some are financed through subscription fees paid by vendors, a model that some procurement experts feel leads to lower supplier quality. Some giant procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions also have vendor networks financed by supplier fees. On the downside, you will not have full control over the buying process or vendor qualification criteria.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Spend analysis — Improves negotiation position and leverage and increases contract compliance by correctly aggregating spend to the appropriate parent supplier. In contrast to Procurement, Finance, although a key stakeholder, has visibility into a much smaller part of the overall process. ( Some examples include: . Risk management.

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Select GCR

MAY 21, 2024

To address cash flow challenges due to longer payment terms in government contracts, trucking companies can utilize freight factoring services, and for broader business growth, networking within the industry and leveraging financing options are essential strategies. For instance, rural trucking businesses can access grants from the U.S.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This means moving away from supplier relationships that only focus on negotiating lower prices, which can financially stress suppliers and cause them to think twice about working with cost-focused organisations.”. The more innovative suppliers are in a position where they can now pick and choose who they work with. About the study.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Furthermore, private businesses have more flexibility in pursuing informal tendering procedures or direct negotiation with suppliers. Direct negotiations or selecting suppliers based on existing relationships and trust may be the choice by private organisations. However, private-sector procurement is much more flexible.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 4, 2024

The carve-out was not among the closed list of topics for negotiation approved by the Energy Charter Conference in 2019. Neither was it included in the EU Council’s original negotiating mandate or in the initial EU proposal.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

They tend to be more diversified, encompassing contract opportunities in multiple industries such as manufacturing, technology, construction, and finance. In contrast, private contracts offer more flexibility, with businesses negotiating terms directly based on mutual interests and without the same level of regulatory oversight.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Back in 2017, seven Chinese authorities (including the People’s Bank of China and the China Securities Regulatory Commission) jointly issued the Announcement on Preventing the Financing Risks on Initial Coin Offerings. In the authors’ view, that remains an open question. As a case in point, in Sun Dingshang v.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

My aim was to negotiate a better deal than my competitors (Woolworths, WH Smiths, Tower Records, Virgin and independent record retailers) on the Top 40 Singles Chart new releases and to have the most stock of the most popular singles each week. ​ On my travels, I'd ask people working in each department what their job involved.

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The Procurement School

APRIL 17, 2023

When a VP of Finance comes into a team meeting and implies that running a competitive bid to save on the cost of copy paper seems to make sense for the organization, it can’t help but impact other team members’ opinions on how to proceed. The planning phase needed a change in the point of view to change the outcome. The status quo rules.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

On the other hand, SADC decided against including the FET or fair administrative treatment in the SADC Finance and Investment Protocol. In 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (“AfCFTA”), negotiated under the auspice of the AU, entered into force.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

One solution is for legal teams to establish record processes at the time contracts are being negotiated. The negotiation team being most of the time different from the executing team, gathering all relevant knowledge about a case or a contract requires an in-house counsel to grab information from other persons involved in the project.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

After protracted negotiations, EU procurement law now comprises a set of three instruments seeking to rebalance the (complete) openness of EU procurement markets. This is an area where EU law has recently generated significant developments.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2024

On the topic of financing arbitration, Patrick Rode (Deminor) provided an insightful overview of the TPF position in China.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

As financing and cash flow is uncertain, cash is once again king and Procurement and AP leaders are being asked to forecast and preserve cash wherever possible. Companies that maintained zero-sum, hard negotiation relationships with suppliers cannot suddenly reset those in a more collaborative mold. But not more than other objectives.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This is an opportunity for Canadian businesses to express pain points under the existing agreement, which Canada could present during the 2026 review and possibly negotiate appropriate action. Additional reporting requirements will apply to importers and exporters and those financing import/export transactions under the PCMLTFA.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 11, 2024

Climate justice demands debt cancellation, reparations, and non-debt climate finance. Aisha Abdallah (Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP), focusing on African small states, pointed out that there are no principles governing liability for transboundary emissions and most importantly that without debt justice, climate justice cannot be achieved.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

These percentages are the result of political negotiations and, consequently, debatable, particularly since knowledge mega-enterprises look set to become ever larger in the future and will reside mostly in developed economies, limiting the laudable redistributive function.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

These issues are often less simple than they would first appear, especially in cases involving the interaction of multiple legal systems, complex financing arrangements, insurance or insolvency.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Mr. Bueno also noted an increase in the search for funding and financing infrastructure projects within the energy sector. These economic and financial incentives will lead to contracts that will govern green transition targets, which may impact pre-existing expectations.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Learn from Federal executives and strategic business partners in the fields of finance, procurement, human capital and other functional areas. NW, Washington, D.C. 20006), but will be offered to both in-person and virtual attendees.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Sonia Pesantes, Managing Principal Consultant, and Sean Nulty, Principal Consultant, will present insights from their experiences with the Information Technology (IT) center at GSA with a focus on fair and reasonable pricing negotiations. This is one of several SBA initiatives to invest in the development of a clean energy economy.

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