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Participation Framework Agreement Survey

Scottish Government Procurement

Background “Scottish Government’s vision for public participation is that people can be involved in the decisions that affect them, making Scotland a more inclusive, sustainable and successful place” – George Adam MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business, 2023.

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Understanding SBIRs/STTRs Federal Contract Spend

GovSpend

Participating Agencies It’s worth noting that participating agencies are mandated to allocate 3.2% It’s important to note that SBIRs can also be awarded through grants. FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Total SBIR & STTR $4,731,141,770.47 $4,521,650,478.15 $5,705,785,758.71 $6,235,909,563.14 $2,167,075,873.80

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AWS commits additional $20M to tackle health equity disparities through cloud technology

AWS Public Sector

In 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Health Equity Initiative as a three-year, $40 million commitment to help solve gaps in health equity. We’ve seen participants in the Health Equity Initiative create incredible solutions that effectively address the equity gaps in accessing quality health services.

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Labor Department receives $3.5M TMF award to establish online missing benefits registry

FedScoop

Lisa Gomez, assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, said in a statement that “ensuring workers can obtain the benefits they are entitled to is one of EBSA’s most important missions. billion since 2021 for “missing” participants, according to the release.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

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In Record Day, CFTC Issues Four Whistleblower Award Orders Totaling $4.5 Million

Whistleblower Network News

The orders awarded seven individual whistleblowers, who included victims of fraud, employees and market participants. A market participant whistleblower whose information led the CFTC to look into different conduct as part of an existing investigation, and which led directly to important evidence supporting the CFTC’s charges.

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Competing global supply chain approaches

Federal News Network

The TAA provides a holistic approach to strengthening the supply chain, by taking advantage of the economic advantages and technical capabilities of our domestic sources and our allies, with the added benefit of providing domestic firms with the ability to participate in the procurements of allied countries.