Rules Digest
Papua New Guinea Cabinet curbs non-essential government spending
Prime Minister James Marape says Cabinet has approved cuts to non-essential travel, conferences, meetings and programmes as pressures mount.
Costa Rica adopts phased, voluntary health-data interoperability model
Costa Rica’s decree creates a voluntary, federated health-data model without a central patient-record repository; initial specifications are due within five…
Costa Rica tightens ownership and fitness checks in securities market
Costa Rica’s Conassif approved new securities-market controls on 5 October 2026, including disclosure of shareholders holding 10% or more.
Dutch government builds open-source desktop to strengthen digital autonomy
The Netherlands is developing DAWO, an open-source government desktop based on NixOS, with eight municipalities already testing it in practice.
Romania’s proposed package targets procurement burdens and approval delays
Romania’s 2026–2028 programme promises to cut administrative burdens by at least 25% and remove national procurement requirements above the EU…
La Pa deve pagare le ferie residue alla cessazione, con limiti
Dal 7 ottobre 2026 le ferie residue maturate nella Pa possono essere indennizzate alla fine del rapporto, ma non se…
Romania’s programme commits to an integrated digital governance law
Romania’s 2026–2028 government programme commits to a digital governance law; 9 of 41 applications had moved to the government cloud…
Mexico Senate committee approves labour reforms, pending further votes
On 14 October 2026, Mexico’s Senate labour committee approved reforms on digital disconnection and salary transparency, including a proposed 180-day…
Lithuanian parliament backs wider contracts for compensated medical supplies
Lithuania’s Seimas has backed, at the presentation stage, a bill allowing the health insurer to contract suppliers for all listed…
Source does not establish how construction rule changes affect procurement
The source says a technology specialist may live in Riga while working for an employer in London or New York,…
DVLA plans demerit points and live testing-station oversight
Ghana’s DVLA plans annual penalty points for drivers and a platform requiring private testing stations to send inspection images and…
Dominican rice decree repealed after alleged DR-Cafta breach
The Dominican Republic repealed a decree setting proposed quotas and tariffs on US rice imports after Danilo Medina said it…