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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

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private interest sued the United States as a “bid protest to challenge the decision of the Department of Defense (“DOD”) to standardize its facility condition assessment needs through the Sustainment Management System (“SMS”)”2 2014: NNSA implements BUILDER with two pilots (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pantex Plant) 1 S. .;

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

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The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. m (4 inches) thick slab, vapour barrier and welded wire fabric in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, c oncrete was found to be underestimated by 18% and vapour barrier by as much as 67%.

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

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The fact is that FEDRAMP can and has harmed efficient federal sector stewardship of the built environment. Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant. We are happy to hop on a call to assist you from an informational standpoint.

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4BT OpenCost(TM) Local Market Granular Cost Data an RSmeans Alternative?

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The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. m (4 inches) thick slab, vapour barrier and welded wire fabric in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, concrete was found to be underestimated by 18% and vapour barrier by as much as 67%.

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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

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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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Expert Advice for Reducing ?Risk of Cyberattacks

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RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a group of more than 4,000 man-made chemicals that have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States since the 1940s and have been the most extensively produced and studied of these chemicals.

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