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  • ‘Science of reading’ movement spells financial trouble for publisher Heinemann

    By Christopher Peak | April 30, 2024 | APM Reports Heinemann published some of the most widely used programs for teaching reading in U.S. elementary schools. Its roster of authors — including Lucy Calkins, Gay Su Pinnell, Irene Fountas, Jennifer Serravallo and the late Marie Clay — helped to define how literacy was taught ...

  • Women-owned small businesses win record $25.5B in federal contracts

    By Peter Musurlian | April 2nd, 2024 | Federal News Network Women-owned small businesses won more federal contracting dollars in fiscal 2023 than ever before. New data from Fedmine, a government business intelligence platform, shows women-owned small firms won more than $25.5 billion in federal contracts last year, up from $22.6 billion in 2022. ...

  • Cell Phone Pouches Promise to Improve Focus at School. Kids Aren’t Convinced

    By Andrew R. Chow | March 27th, 2024 | Time Magazine Eastlake High School now is one of thousands of schools across the world that have turned to Yondr in order to combat phone addiction and distraction. Founded in 2014, Yondr has rapidly expanded since the pandemic and now serves more than 1 million ...

  • Schools Adopt ‘Equitable Grading’ Despite Pushback

    September 15, 2023. FOX Business’ Lydia Hu joined ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss her reporting on the rise of ‘equitable grading’ in certain school districts in the US, which leveraged GovSpend's Agency purchasing data to identify school districts spending on those initiatives. View News Report

  • Banned in D.C. Examining Government Approaches to Foreign Technology Threats

    By Jack Corrigan, Sergio Fontanez, Michael Kratsios, October 2022 Between 2015 and 2021, at least 1,681 state and local governments purchased equipment and services tied to the five companies named in Section 889. Every state except Vermont had at least one state or local government entity procure ICTS covered under Section 889 (there were ...

  • GovSpend Appoints Jeff Rubenstein as Chairman and CEO, Nate Haskins as President and COO

    GovSpend, the leading resource for organizations buying and selling in the government marketplace, today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed founder Jeff Rubenstein as Chairman, in addition to his duties as CEO. GovSpend also announces the appointment of Nate Haskins to President & COO. Mr. Haskins brings over 20 years of ...

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    3M, Under Attack From White House, Pushes Back

    By Austen Hufford and Joe Palazzolo | April 3rd, 2020 | Wall Street Journal 3M Co. MMM -2.59% pushed back against criticism from President Trump of its work to get N95 masks to health-care workers in the U.S., intensifying conflict between the administration and U.S. manufacturers racing to meet urgent demand for medical equipment. ...

  • In a Chaotic Market for Coronavirus Masks, the Feds are Competition. Here’s How They Could Help.

    Katie Wedell | April 18th, 2020 | USA TODAY Network ....Supply chain experts told USA TODAY that instead of competing with states, cities and agencies like Camacho’s, the federal government should have stepped in from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, designating a central purchasing authority to distribute supplies nationally based on need. “In ...

  • Small business owners worry they won’t survive coronavirus without federal loans, but experts say they have options

    By Meghan Leonhard | April 21, 2020 | CNBC .....While the PPP and EIDL loans are getting a lot of attention, there are other programs available that may be able to help small businesses. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced the Save Small Business Fund, which will provide $5,000 grants to small companies in ...