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Women-Owned Business Certification Programs “Sello Empresa Mujer”: An Effective Tool to Promote Women’s Participation in Public Procurement

Inter-American Development Bank

1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. As a result, encouraging the participation of women-led SMEs in public procurement processes can help promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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Next week: Rome

Telles.eu

These days I am more or less out of the traditional conference circuit and refrain myself from participating in more than one or two per year, but it is always a pleasure to speak at this particular conference.

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Why DoD treats non-traditional innovation suppliers as just plain commercial

Federal News Network

And that’s been one of the reasons that the number of small businesses participating in the defense market has dramatically decreased over the last ten years. This authority has existed since 2018, but it’s rarely been used, if at all, by contracting officers or by prime contractors. And what does the memo specifically say?

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Controlled sandboxes and open data: A look inside GSA’s AI-themed hackathon

FedScoop

On Wednesday, those platforms were freed during the agency’s inaugural AI hackathon , a three-city competition that saw public and private sector participants attempt to “hack” federal agency websites and build out solutions for prizes. If participants were blocked from a tool, the agency found a workaround. Whitman said.

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SBA Issues Interim Guidance on 8(a) Program Following Ultima Ruling

GovCon & Trade

The ruling has precipitated the issuance of guidance by the Small Business Administration (SBA), providing greater clarity to the current state of 8(a) eligibility and next steps for 8(a) participants. In 2018, the U.S. These notifications should help 8(a) participants determine the next steps.

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House Science panel advances National Quantum Initiative reauthorization

FedScoop

The reauthorization, the sponsors say, would build off the accomplishments of the 2018 law in an effort to ensure U.S. competitiveness against China and Russia. “As That amendment was offered by Reps. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., and Jay Obernolte, R-Calif.

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Telling the Truth Comes at a Cost for Indian Journalists and Human Rights Defenders – Could a Whistleblowing Framework Help?

Whistleblower Network News

SLAPP Suits and Intimidation Participants in the working group also identified the silencing of journalists and activists through “Strategic Legal Action against Public Participation (SLAPP)” suits as a major concern. They responded by filing close to 18 defamation suits against Venkatesan and his colleagues.