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Google earns FedRAMP High authorization for more than 100 additional commercial services

FedScoop

The new authorizations come after Google Public Sector last month announced that defense and intelligence agencies were approved to use Google’s air-gapped cloud platform, Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, to process top-secret workloads. “Which means that you have the full capability of commercial cloud, right?

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

This made it possible for the Committee of Internal Public Audit of the Ministry of Finance (CIPA) to block attempts to conduct single-source procurement, without proper justification, even at the procurement planning stage. In 2022, according to the Ministry of Finance, single-source purchases reduced from 39% to 25% in comparison with 2021.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Specialist for Kitsap Transit

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Reports to: Finance Director Hours of Work: Work is conducted during normal business hours 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, with the possibility of an occasional evening or weekend meeting. This position is also responsible for administering and maintaining a reliable vendor base; tracks orders and prepares correspondence.

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Nelson Mullins Welcomes Alt Energy Transactions Atty In NY

Government Contracts

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is bringing a Clean Energy Counsel attorney to its New York office, touting his more than three decades of experience with distributed and utility-scale energy and infrastructure projects in the United States and Latin America, especially in renewable and alternative energy finance and development.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries. Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. C as possible.

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The Development of Treasury Bond Market Programs in Fragile Countries: The Case of Haiti

Inter-American Development Bank

Treasury bond markets play a pivotal role in the economic development and fiscal management of fragile countries, as they allow governments to secure funds from both the public and institutional investors, reducing the pressure on governments to print out money to finance their budgets. of GDP from 0.3% percent of GDP in 2023 from 2.9

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5 best practices for accelerating research computing with AWS

AWS Public Sector

Drivers for data regulation enforcement include: a) increases in cyber-attacks on research data; b) growth of large datasets and artificial intelligence (AI) in research, which needs more complete datasets, and c) more healthcare, finance, and manufacturing datasets, which introduce domain-specific requirements.