The procurement system: backwards to bureaucracy? A look at the goals of procurement reform over the past few decades and a suggested course of action that mirrors current concern over achieving performance outcomes while adhering to high ethical standards.
This is a dangerous time for the federal procurement system. Political controversies over Iraqi contracting have been in the headlines, following earlier headlines over credit card abuse. Within the system, there have been reports of contracting problems involving streamlined contracting vehicles run by the General Services Administration. These developments...

Complaint against EWEB's Bishop dismissed.
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard A state ethics panel has dismissed a complaint against Eugene Water & Electric Board Commissioner Sandra Bishop, ruling there's no merit to conflict of interest allegations made by a Salem-based nonprofit agency. The Oregon Rehabilitation Association, which represents nonprofit groups...

Utilities official draws ethics complaint.
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard A Salem-based nonprofit agency has filed an ethics complaint against Eugene Water & Electric Board Commissioner Sandra Bishop, alleging she violated conflict of interest laws by voting on a janitorial contract the utility awarded in May. The Oregon Rehabilitation Association,...

New South Carolina Law Requires Employers To Register And Participate In Federal Work Verification Programs.
South Carolina has become the most recent state to require employers to use a federal work verification program to verify employees' legal status. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford recently signed into law "The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act," which requires both private and public employers to register and...

EU public procurement law.
9781845422042 EU public procurement law. Bovis, Christopher H. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 488 pages $175.00 Hardcover Elgar European law KJE5632 Bovis (Law School of the U. of Hull, UK)...

The impact of Croson on equal protection law and policy.
I. Introduction In many respects the Supreme Court's 1989 decision, City of Richmond v. J.A Croson Co.,(1) was the most significant civil rights case of the nineteen eighties. It set new standards of review in equal protection cases and quickly became a decisive precedent in the areas...

Duane Morris Expands Washington, D.C. Office; Alan C. Brown and Daniel P. Weitzel Join the Firm as Partners.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Duane Morris announces the expansion of its Washington, D.C. office with the addition of Alan C. Brown and Daniel P. Weitzel, who have joined the firm as partners. Sheldon M. Bonovitz, chairman of Duane Morris, said, "We are delighted that...

Akerman Attorneys Among the Few LEED(R) Accredited Professionals in Virginia.
TYSONS CORNER, Va., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Akerman Senterfitt attorneys Jim Coleman and J.R. Steele have been named Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(R)) Accredited Professionals (LEED APs) by the United States Green Building Council. Coleman and Steele are residents in Akerman's Tysons Corner office and two of...

Cabinet men testify at Senate; Mendoza, others assure legality of ZTE contract NBN project is above board, officials say.
Byline: HANNAH L. TORREGOZA & JC BELLO RUIZ After getting a go-signal from President Arroyo, Cabinet officials yesterday defended before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and two other committees the legality of the Philippine national broadband network (NBN) project with China's ZTE Corp. and maintained that the...

Criminal Assistance: Applying EU Public Procurement Rules To English Criminal Legal Aid.
Originally published in Competition Law Insight, July 2008 In December 2007, the Legal Services Commission (LSC) launched a consultation (the Consultation) intending to introduce best value tendering (BVT) for criminal defence services. In constructing this new system, the LSC needs to take into account the rules and...