Author: Ethan Johnson
Are federal contracting opportunities too complex to understand? There's a bill for it.Rep. Nick Larota (RN.Y.) and Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) say the clear language of contract law is intended to ensure federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. states. The proposal, introduced last Monday, would require government agencies to use plain language in certain procurement communications related to small businesses, such as proposals and requests. “It shouldn't be as difficult for America's small businesses to apply for and win federal contracts as the federal government makes them,” Larota told the House Small Business Committee last week. Although the government exceeded…
Written by Duncan MililliNAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya's government has advised lawmakers not to ban TikTok, citing concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended increased regulatory oversight.A parliamentary committee is considering a petition from Kenyans to ban the Chinese-owned platform. The advisory follows accusations by the Home Office that the platform is being used to spread propaganda, commit fraud and distribute sexual content.”Rather than imposing a ban on TikTok, the Ministry proposes to adopt a co-regulatory model,” the Ministry of Information and Communications said in a recommendation to the committee shared with Reuters on Thursday.The ministry proposed requiring…
LONDON (Reuters) – The Scottish National Party (SNP) will lead a minority government in Scotland after its coalition with the Greens collapsed on Thursday over tensions over climate change targets, Sky News reported.The agreement was signed in 2021 after nationalists failed to win a majority after Scotland last week moved to scrap its climate change target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030. The coalition agreement was under pressure.The SNP has been in charge of Scottish government since 2011, but its lead in opinion polls began to decline after Nicola Sturgeon resigned in early 2023. She has since…
The Government has today confirmed its long-awaited plans for a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) duty. This will require all aircraft taking off from the UK to ensure that 10 per cent of their fuel comes from certified sustainable sources by 2030. The target, which requires parliamentary approval, is expected to come into force in January next year and will pave the way for a significant increase in SAF production capacity in the UK. This target would see approximately 1.2 million tonnes of SAF delivered to the UK aviation industry each year, enough to fly around the globe 3,000 times.…
WARSAW, Poland – Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will address parliament on Thursday to explain his government's vision at this historically important moment of war across Ukraine's borders.Sikorski will outline the priorities of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government as it seeks to provide leadership in Europe, where concerns are mounting that Russia's aggression in Ukraine will continue.Sikorski's speech is aimed both at the audience and at home in the 38 million-person country, which sits along a geopolitical fault line. Poland, a member of NATO and the European Union, is located to the east of both countries and shares borders with…
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski is scheduled to address parliament and explain his government's vision at this historically important moment of war across Ukraine's borders.by Vanessa Gera Associated PressApril 25, 2024, 1:39 a.m. ET• 2 minute readWARSAW, Poland – Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will address parliament on Thursday to outline his government's vision at this historically important moment of war across Ukraine's borders.Sikorski will outline the priorities of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government as it seeks to provide leadership in Europe, where concerns are mounting that Russia's aggression in Ukraine will continue.Sikorski's speech is aimed both at the audience…
The Japanese government conducted on-site inspections of two factories of IHI's subsidiary on Thursday, a day after the major engine maker announced that its fuel economy data had been falsified for decades. The Ministry of Transport announced that it conducted on-site inspections of IHI Power Systems' factories in Niigata and Gunma prefectures after discovering data fraud on 4,361 engines. IHI says data falsification may have occurred at the Niigata Plant since the late 1980s and at the Gunma Plant since 2001. Ministry of Transport officials entered IHI Power Systems' Niigata factory for inspection on April 25, 2024. (Joint) Following the…
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On the morning after the 2019 general election, Boris Johnson vowed to first-time Conservative voters in the North East that he and his party would “live up to their trust”.In the Brexit election that year, the Conservatives ultimately won because they and Mr Johnson were trusted to “get Brexit done”, but Jeremy Corbyn was not. Five years later, an exclusive poll by Sky News' YouGov found that since then, the number of people who say they have “little confidence” that the UK government will put the country's needs ahead of their own party's interests has gone from 26 to 26.…
As the federal government's longest-serving CIO, David Shive has a knack for being on the ground when innovation is happening. In addition to being the General Services Administration's technology director, Mr. Scheib is vice chair of the Federal CIO Council and director of the Technology Modernization Fund, an agency created by Congress to make strategic investments in technology upgrades for government agencies. He is also a member of the Board of Directors.One reason Shive is closing in on the 10-year chip as GSA CIO is because of the agency itself. The company's status as a major supplier of technology to…