#procurement reform

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has cast the Jana Wibawa scandal as a turning point in Malaysia’s financial governance, insisting that transparency and accountability in public procurement can no longer be treated as optional. In tabling the second reading of the Government Procurement Bill 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat, Anwar said Malaysia’s history of financial mismanagement — from the…

🗳️ The Mood in the Garden State Across New Jersey, trust in government contracting is under intense scrutiny. Polling in recent months points to a majority of voters—more than six in ten—supporting greater legislative oversight for large public contracts. This heightened demand for transparency is converging with two other flashpoints: procurement reform and growing unease over foreign…

"Contractors don't like Shah's new approach, but are nervous about too aggressively biting the hand that feeds them. USAID has committed to working with local institutions, but its spending totals in 2011 actually saw the proportion directed to American for-profits go up, not down. The agency has a huge amount of work to do if it still hopes to reach its target of 30 percent of its aid being channeled directly to governments and local organizations in the developing world by 2015. And Shah's aggressive push for a new paradigm will likely wither on the vine if the White House flips come November. For-profit contractors have always had their strongest allies on the Republican side of the fence."