Richard Pennington

Legal Aspects of Public Procurement, Third Edition provides a glimpse into the relationships between the legal, ethical, and professional standards of public procurement, outlining not only the interconnections of federal, state, and local law but also best practice under comprehensive judicial standards. The book addresses the ever-changing legal structures that work in conjunction and define the public procurement profession, providing recommended guidance for how practitioners can engage in the function while staying ethically aligned. Instead of trying to address every issue at the heart of public procurement, however, the book seeks to establish the history and spirit of the law, outlining how practitioners can engage proactively and willingly to not only perform their function, but to also become advocates for procurement law modernization. This third edition features new chapters on competitive sealed proposals and contract administration, as well as a thoroughly revised and updated chapter on procurement of information technology to better relate to an increasingly digital world. Promoting a start-to-finish guidance of the procurement process, Legal Aspects of Public Procurement explores the relationships between solicitation, proposals, contract administration, and the cutting-edge aspects of technology procurements, providing a theoretical and case-study driven foundation for novice and veteran practitioners alike.

COME ALONG WITHTHE ADVENTUROUS EXPAT Over a five-year span, Texas-born Richard Pennington explored almost every part of the Land of the Morning Calm. This book details 91 of his trips throughout South Korea, plus one at Baekdusan on the China-North Korea border. Most of them start with a subway ride to one of Seoul's bus terminals, going to a new destination, finding a cheap hotel room and then just looking around. He usually packs a couple of "I love Korea" T-shirts for kids he may meet. Pennington, an editor at a Gangnam-area law firm, is drawn to places that display Korean history: a museum dedicated to some painter or poet, King Sejong's tomb, a 900-year-old Buddhist temple, the site of a key battle in the Donghak peasant rebellion, tunnels dug beneath the DMZ by North Koreans, a memorial to the heroine Nongae, reconstructed Bronze-Age villages and much more. He savors the beauty of Korea, making stops at Lake Uiljimri in Jecheon, the lush garden on the island of Oedo, Gucheondong near Muju and lots of mountains-Hallasan, Taebaeksan and Seoraksan to name a few. Our author descends into caves (Hwaseong and Seongnyu), climbs lighthouses (Odongdo and Sokcho), swims at beaches (Haeundae, Mallipo, etc.), gazes upon rolling valleys (Buso and Cheorwon), encounters pumba singers (Janghowon and Guryongpo) and gives an impromptu speech to some ROK soldiers (Okcheon). Listen and you can almost hear the old Korean folk song "Arirang" as he traverses the peninsula.