| Tuesday, September 18, 2007, Volume 6, Issue 37 | The weekly GovPro Newsletter is produced by the editors of Government Product News and Government Procurement Journal. Visit www.govpro.com a news-, product-, and issue-driven site for all levels of government. If the display of this newsletter is not suitable, please Click HERE. NEWS - Doan Pushes for More Telework at GSA
- CDC Lab First of its Kind to Achieve Gold LEED Certification
- $1.1 Billion Air Force Maintenance Contract Goes to Boeing
- Feds Buy Western Lands to Promote Conservation
- EPA Pushes Procurement of Materials from Recovered Waste
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NEWS
Doan Pushes for More Telework at GSA
Call it working from home, telecommuting, flexiplace or telework. Either way, General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Lurita Doan wants more employees at her agency to do it.
CDC Lab First of its Kind to Achieve Gold LEED Certification
Design firm Perkins+Will and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are touting the CDC Division of Laboratory Sciences' Building 110 as the first high-performance federal government laboratory to achieve Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
$1.1 Billion Air Force Maintenance Contract Goes to Boeing
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a 10-year, $1.1 billion contract to St. Louis-based Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a unit of the Boeing Co., to continue providing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) for the nation's KC-135 Stratotanker fleet.
Feds Buy Western Lands to Promote Conservation
Property located within the Idaho Snake River Area of Critical Environmental Concern is among the first to be purchased from a willing seller under a new law that has established a fund to allow federal agencies to buy lands for the American people.
EPA Pushes Procurement of Materials from Recovered Waste
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising the list of items designated in the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines’ landscaping products category.
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