Welcome to your daily briefing on government developments in AB. Today we're covering 9 key stories including updates on alberta government headlines, alberta government updates, background & context. Let's dive in.
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GovWin IQ is currently tracking 1,635 U.S. and Canadian government infrastructure services contracts available for bid by Alberta.
AB government professionals can access this centralized database to identify contracting opportunities and competitive intelligence for infrastructure projects.
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta maintains its official website at assembly.ab.ca as the primary online presence for the province's legislature.
Government professionals across AB rely on this portal to track legislative proceedings, access Hansard records, and stay informed on matters before the house.
ConstructConnect's Journal of Commerce publishes tenders, bids, RFPs, RFQs and pre-qualifications for construction services, maintenance and supply contracts across Alberta.
Government professionals in AB can monitor upcoming procurement opportunities and competitive bidding activity to inform infrastructure planning and vendor outreach.
MERX now hosts a dedicated portal for finding Alberta government bids, contracts, tenders, and RFP opportunities.
AB government professionals can streamline procurement tracking and vendor discovery through this centralized resource.
A new database provides information on sole-source contracts of $10,000 or more for services purchased by Alberta government departments.
Government professionals in AB can use this resource to benchmark procurement practices and ensure accountability in sole-source service agreements.
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AE AB operates a bids and tenders platform where vendors can find opportunities, register accounts, and bid on upcoming procurement projects.
AB government professionals can use this portal to discover active procurement opportunities and streamline vendor engagement for public projects.
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MSRB Rule 15c2-12 requires issuers to file notice of certain events within 10 business days. The list runs to 16 categories now, including some (insolvency of obligated person, modifications to rights of bondholders, financial obligations material to investors) that are easily missed without a tracking process.
A pattern of late or missed event filings can trigger SEC enforcement and impair the issuer's future market access. The reputational cost outlasts the immediate penalty.
Less-restricted federal employees may engage in partisan political activity off-duty — but never on-duty, never in the workplace, never using government property, and never while wearing identifying agency clothing. Social media posts from a personal device while on duty count as on-duty activity.
Hatch Act violations carry penalties from reprimand to removal. Career employees with strong records have been removed for posts that took 30 seconds to write at lunch.
Before incurring any cost on a federal grant, the question is whether 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance) treats the cost as allowable, allocable, and reasonable. "Reasonable" is the most-litigated of the three; auditors will second-guess it after the fact using a prudent-person standard.
Disallowed costs must be repaid, with interest, and in serious cases trigger pass-through audits of other grants. The standard does not distinguish between intent and oversight.
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