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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

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Here is a draft memo from OMB regarding FEDRAMP revisions, that: [link]. Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant. It was based upon NIST standards and other information available at the time.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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A Green Building Game of Thrones

Green Building Law Update

Before being pulled, the proposed LEED 2012 rating system went through a lengthy, unexpected vetting process, culminating in a fourth draft. More than 50 United States Congressman signed a letter voicing their concern "that the LEED rating system is becoming a tool to punish chemical companies and plastics makers."

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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

Ignorance is not a defense. And that does not include forced prison labor, including for example the widely reported Chinese prison labor-derived nails that entered the United States.). There is no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery and human trafficing.

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Rising Tide

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A draft of the report, leaked to Reuters and The New York Times , says the panel now is “95 percent certain” that human activity is the cause of most of the increase in global temperatures in recent decades. percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon. The report says the three U.S.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

There is no single comprehensive federal data privacy law in the United States. Therefore, DoD sustainable proponents have brokered this waiver with USGBC, allowing DoD to continue to utilize LEED without compromising data. It is the unsophisticated who will encounter legal issues and be left holding the bag.

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