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Newsletter 11/25/2024: Stories on DOE’s First Blueprint for Competitive Industrial Sector, Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Act Awards, and more!
This Week’s Tech Highlights:
DOE’s First Blueprint for Competitive Industrial Sector: DOE and OSTP Release National Blueprint to Boost U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness and Sustainability
Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Act Awards: $6.6 billion in funding and up to $5 billion in loans for...
10 Actionable Takeaways for Accelerating Regional Innovation Ecosystems
Over the past two months, we’ve had the privilege of hosting two dynamic conversations with leaders from across the country
Courtney Zaugg
Brooke Pyne
Greg Lewis
Evie Poitevent Sanders
Alejandra Y. Castillo
Hanna Scovill
Mike Freeman
People who are on-the-ground building...
Government Contracting Made Simple
Government contracting may seem a bit daunting at first, so we are bringing it back to the basics! This blog will cover the most common FAQs concerning contracting with the United States government, so that you have a better grasp on the marketplace you are getting into. The first thing to fully...
Towards a New Public Procurement Playbook
If a person on the street named a disaster requiring government response, the answer would probably be a hurricane. We have effective playbooks for mitigating hurricane impact.
There is a key difference between COVID-19 and a hurricane that makes it time to start talking about a new playbook.
When...
What if the Offices Stay Empty?
As procurement operations continue to be performed with part or all of the staff working from home, the question arises: “What if the offices stay empty?”
When I asked a state CPO that yesterday, she said “We’re virtual for good – but we are deciding who’s going back to water the...
TechFAR Hub: White House Solidifies Commitment to Improving Digital Services
In its continual push to improve the federal acquisition workforce’s performance when it comes to buying digital services, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has announced the creation of the TechFAR Hub, a new resource to help equip staff with practical tools and guidance for...
The Digital Delta: Transforming the Memphis Metro Area Into a High-Tech Powerhouse
About PSF’s Regional Innovation Series – As part of our goal to accelerate innovation across the United States and the world, we are using PSF’s MI ecosystem data and dashboards to analyze and identify emerging innovation ecosystems, beyond the larger centers such as Silicon Valley and...
Still Time to Enter for Procura+ Awards
Don’t forget entries close on March 31 2019 for the Sustainable, Circular and Innovative Public Procurement Awards -full details are here. The Procura+ Awards recognise sustainable and innovative public procurements and tender procedures which lead to real improvements in public goods, services,...
Oxygen on Mars
This past week, NASA has successfully extracted oxygen from carbon dioxide on another planet, Mars, for the first time in history.
The extraction was done using an experimental instrument the size of a toaster, while on top of the Perseverance rover called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource...
Crosscutting Innovations: Department of Commerce Opens 100 Million Dollar Opportunity for R&D in AI and Semiconductor Materials
Innovation at the Intersection of AI and Semiconductors
The Department of Commerce has announced a new $100 million funding opportunity known as the CARISSMA initiative (Chips AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials, and Processes). This competition is designed to...
Creating Ruthless Market Transparency to Accelerate/Scale Innovation
More than 6 years ago, I embarked on a journey that I never imagined would be this tough…that of creating transparency in complex, fast-changing markets which I considered to be opaque, leading to inefficient and ineffective “buyer/supplier” relationships.
Having worked on numerous market...
Making Multi-Party Negotiation Work On Our Terms
With multi-party negotiations being commonplace in business, politics and everyday life, what skills and strategies can be employed to overcome the complexity and challenges of the process?
Picture a negotiation scenario and, chances are, you will visualize a meeting of two people coming together...
