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USAID Hosts Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Roundtable on Trade and Infrastructure Connectivity
The United States is committed to improving its economic relationships with South and Southeast Asia and ensuring the benefits are broadly shared....
Synthetic Data Boosts Medical Outcomes at the VHA
AI algorithms can generate synthetic data, or artificial data designed to mimic actual data from real-world events. Synthetic data helps to accelerate medical research by developing realistic patient profiles and health outcomes while maintaining patient confidentiality.
Building for a New Climate Reality
Record-breaking costs in infrastructure damage are increasing every year due to climate-change disasters in the United States. Climate resilient infrastructure must be designed to meet the new climate reality, and mitigation measures added to existing structures.
“Buying Clean” and Sustainable Public Procurement: New Opportunities for Federal Contractors
Global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions is the number one threat to the environment and the economy for everyone, everywhere. To increase...
State of the Industry: Project Management Certification
Project management is a difficult discipline that cuts across organizations globally. Global demand for top-talent in project management continues to rise, and organizations are increasingly seeking advice on how to identify and hire the best project managers. In...
USAID Small Business Set-Aside Contracting Guidance
For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has relied on contractors – implementing partners in agency lingo – to...
Washington Business Dynamics Awarded GSA Public Building Service Contract
Washington, DC – The GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS), Office of Portfolio Management, awarded a contract to Washington Business Dynamics, LLC...
Human-Centered Design Solves Client Needs
Human-centered design offers innovative solutions by placing human needs at the center of the problem-solving process. The designers from organizations that employ human-centered design seek first to thoroughly understand the people who are experiencing the problem before crafting a solution to solve the needs of their clients.
Acquisition Alert: The PRICE Act of 2021
Shortening the Long Pole of the Acquisition Tent The Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies for Federal Procurement and Acquisitions...
Green Bonds, Sustainable Infrastructure Investment, and Climate Financing
The United Nations and other international bodies continue to issue dire warnings about the detrimental global impacts of climate change and rising...
Acquisition Alert: SBA Raises the Small Business Size Standards for 68 Industries
In March 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a final ruling increasing the common definitions of the receipts-based small...
Guide to Building Community Climate Resilience
After a record-breaking rainfall event and flash flood in 1997, the city of Fort Collins, Colorado, adopted its first Climate Action Plan. Soon...
Change Management’s ADKAR Model
The ADKAR Model is a proven means to facilitate change management. The model provides a clear, step-by-step way for organizations to adopt new processes and procedures.