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1st Time Wash100 Awardee Young Bang Represents Army’s Excellence in Acquisition, Logistics & Technology

GovCon Wire

Army principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, as one of its first-time winners of the Wash100 Award for 2024. Participate

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Innovating for a more sustainable future: Practical examples from two Nordic organizations

AWS Public Sector

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040. For Posti Group, logistics is all about smart planning.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Fast forward to 2015, where during the United Nations Summit, all UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with a plan to achieve them in 15 years. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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The Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement Between the EU and Angola: A New Model for Investment Agreements?

Kluwer Arbitration

From Angola’s perspective, this Agreement is to be viewed in the context of the country’s objective to diversify its economy away from oil and gas and attract investment from the EU to other sectors, particularly agriculture, green energy, logistics, and critical materials.

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Friday Flash 08/09/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The bill reauthorizes the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) through fiscal year 2030 and would make several changes to the TMF: The Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer would annually submit to Congress a list of the ten legacy IT systems that “present the greatest security, privacy, and operational risks to the Federal Government.”

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Friday Flash 12/13/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The Unrestricted awardees in the first rolling contract awards process are across six domains: Technical & Engineering; Management & Advisory; Environmental; Logistics; Intelligence Services; and Research & Development. According to GSA, the next release of rolling awards will be on or about December 17, 2024.

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Friday Flash 11/15/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

November 20 features guest speakers from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Navy, Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). James Peake , M.D.,