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Europe’s virus furlough programs bail out 40 million workers
May 6, 2020
Bloomberg reports that European governments have had to spend large sums to protect workers during the coronavirus restrictions. More than 40 million workers have been furloughed during the shutdowns, based on data from the region’s six biggest economies, getting a portion of their pay covered by...
Tradeshift-enabled government trade finance programme launches
May 6, 2020
European fintech specialising in supply chain payments, Tradeshift, is working with the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF) to open up much-needed liquidity to businesses in Denmark through a technology-driven supply chain financing model. Under this Danish initiative banks will be encouraged to...
Drones and Associated Products and Services framework for the public sector
May 6, 2020
The UK 100% publicly owned YPO has announced the launch of its new Drones and Associated Products and Services framework for the emergency service and the wider public sector. The first of its kind. Last year YPO was approached by the Home Office to discuss a gap in public procurement....
COVID-19: Potential Impact on Agile Development Software Market & Key Players
May 5, 2020
Companies in the agile development software market are vying suggestive steps to tackle the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report on the agile development software market provides a bird’s eye view of the current proceedings and advancements within the landscape....
AWS Launches Search Website Powered by Machine Learning to Quickly Search COVID-19 Dataset
May 1, 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new search website powered by machine learning that can help researchers quickly and easily search tens of thousands of research papers and documents using natural language questions.
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) released the CORD-19 dataset (COVID-19 Open...
New Report Shows Government Mandated Requirements Will Drive Next Wave of Cybersecurity Market Growth
Apr 28, 2020
The cybersecurity market report examines security technology and solutions while assessing the risks and operational issues relative to current and anticipated cybersecurity technologies. The report also analyzes the impact regionally and evaluates leading cybersecurity solution provider companies,...
Pandemics, Public-Private Partnerships, and Force Majeure
Apr 24, 2020
Unprepared and Naïve
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads and economics stagnate and operate in isolation, the impact of significantly reduced economic activity continues to negatively impact the viability of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The Covid-19 pandemic is placing PPP Special Purpose...
European regulators will not relax rules during coronavirus crisis
Apr 23, 2020
Compliance Week writes that European businesses may be putting themselves at risk because they mistakenly believe regulators are prepared to loosen the rules, lower the compliance burden, and lessen enforcement so companies can operate more easily as the coronavirus pandemic lingers on. Three areas...
eBay NHS Portal now live to supply PPE across the UK with DHSC
Apr 23, 2020
A new portal has been launched using the combined efforts of eBay, the Army and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). The eBay NHS Portal will supply PPE to around 50,000 non-acute health providers via free access to PPE at the point of order from NHS Supply Chain. 42,000 pieces of PPE...
In securing PPE for NHS staff working on coronavirus frontline, government must not ignore abuse of factory workers
Apr 23, 2020
According to The Guardian, human rights groups warn that the UK government must not ignore the “slave-like” conditions of migrant workers making rubber medical gloves in Malaysia in its rush to source protective equipment to keep frontline NHS staff safe from coronavirus. “Malaysia is the...
PSF CEO on NBC Washington Discusses Efforts to Combat COVID-19
Apr 21, 2020
Public Spend Forum is directly supporting government professionals and healthcare workers to address critical shortages for ventilators, respirators, personal protective equipment (PPE) and more, by providing free data on suppliers and inventory on GovShop.
Reporter Melissa Mollet from NBC...
Report: U.S. Federal Government Spend on COVID-19 Response
Apr 20, 2020
Insights for Agency Leaders and Policy Makers
U.S. federal government spending priorities are shifting in response to the evolving demands of the COVID-19 response. In Censeo Consulting’s latest report, they highlight several key insights from the past 4 weeks of federal spend data to inform...
