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Trump Hotel in Washington DC appears to have some lease issues

Pedro Telles

29 Nov 2016

My good friends Steve Schooner and Dan Gordon from George Washington University published a very interesting piece about the legal issues surrounding the lease of the Trump Hotel near the White House.

No ... elected official of the Government of the United States shall be admitted to any share or part of this Lease, or to any benefit

Uh-oh. Let's wait for the tweet from the President-Elect.

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"AI is incorruptible"

The Guardian published an article yesterday claiming that Albania created an AI 'minister' that would be responsible for public procurement in the country. The logic behind this idea is to make Albania "a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption" in the words of

By Pedro Telles 12 Sep 2025

The procurement angle on the Lisbon funicular tragedy

Yesterday, the 140 year old Gloria funicular crashed into a building killing at least 16 people and injuring 21 more. The funiculars in Lisbon had operated for almost 1.5 centuries without any loss of life. Questions will be asked about the accident reasons and what was behind it. Finding

By Pedro Telles 04 Sep 2025

Remembering Chris Bovis

I received an email earlier this morning informing me of Chris Bovis passing and I am taking it as an opportunity to reflect on my memories with him. To me he was always generous and gracious and I remain grateful for his help and encouragement over the years. My first

By Pedro Telles 01 Sep 2025

New paper on electronic procurement is out

I have a new paper out on electronic public procurement in the EU, focused on the failures of the current legislative framework with some ideas of what should be done in the upcoming revision of the procurement Directives. Here's the abstract: This paper critiques the EU’s electronic

By Pedro Telles 04 Jul 2025
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