Dave Clark, CEO of worldwide consumer business at Amazon, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden saying the company is willing to help with the country’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, Reuters reported Thursday.
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David Limp: Amazon Eyes ‘Launch Agnostic’ Approach for Broadband Satellite Constellation Project
David Limp, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, has told TechCrunch in an interview the company will be "launch agnostic" in efforts to deploy a planned constellation of 3,236 broadband satellites to space. "Our hope is that it’s not just one provider, that there will be multiple providers," Limp said.
Read More »Report: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Eyes Approval of Amazon Broadband Satellite Plan
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has proposed conditional approval for Amazon's plan to launch more than 3K broadband satellites in non-geostationary orbit, GeekWire reported Friday. "Satellite constellations like this aim to provide high-speed broadband service to consumers in the U.S. and around the world," Pai said in a tweet.
Read More »Brian Kenner to Join Amazon as Regional Economic Development Senior Manager
Brian Kenner, deputy mayor for planning and economic development in Washington, D.C., will join Amazon in early July to serve as a senior manager with oversight of regional economic development efforts in the Greater Washington area, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Interview with Brett McMillen, GM of the U.S. Federal Civilian & Ground Station for Amazon Web Services
Brett McMillen, the general manager of the U.S. Federal Civilian & Ground Station for Amazon Web Services, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the positive impact cloud adoption, innovation through the cloud, increasing data interoperability and "the art of the possible" for federal agencies.
Read More »Amazon-NSF Partnership to Offer AI Fairness Research Grants
Amazon and the National Science Foundation have pledged to invest $10M each in artificial intelligence research grants over a three-year period.
Read More »ETR Survey: Microsoft, Amazon Emerge as Preferred Providers of IT Products, Services
A new survey by market research firm ETR says Microsoft and Amazon have emerged as the preferred vendors in more than half of the top 30 information technology products and services, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Read More »Report: Federal Cloud, E-Commerce Programs May Drive Growth for Amazon
The U.S. government may provide the largest growth opportunity for Amazon as the company competes for the Defense Department’s potential 10-year, $10B cloud contract, CNN Business reported Thursday. The report noted that Amazon is considered to be the frontrunner for the single-award Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement contract. The JEDI program could …
Read More »JBG Smith Selected for Amazon Northern Virginia HQ Development Project
Amazon has teamed up with real estate investment trust company JBG Smith to help build a new headquarters at National Landing in Arlington, Va. JBG said Tuesday it will provide Amazon exclusive rights to buy land properties and lease space at its buildings through an agreement. Northern Virginia’s Arlington is …
Read More »Report: Amazon Selects NYC, Northern Virginia for New Headquarters Project
Amazon has reportedly picked Northern Virginia’s Crystal City and New York’s Long Island City to house its two new headquarters sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Sources said the Seattle-based e-commerce firm could officially announce its decision as early as Tuesday and government officials from both regions plan to …
Read More »Report: Amazon Eyes Northern Virginia for Second HQ
Amazon is in talks with stakeholders about plans to establish its second corporate headquarters in Northern Virginia’s Crystal City, the Washington Post reported Saturday. Sources familiar with the matter told The Post the discussions are now in the advanced stages and more elaborate than those the company has had with …
Read More »USAID Taps AECOM for Amazon Conservation Project; John Vollmer Quoted
The U.S. Agency for International Development‘s South America Regional office in Peru has awarded a potential five-year, $23.5M contract to AECOM to help protect the Amazon rainforest from harmful infrastructure and extractive efforts. Under the Amazon Promotion of Best Social and Environmental Management Practices initiative, the company will work to …
Read More »Amazon, Air Force Team Up on E-Commerce Pilot Program
The U.S. Air Force and Amazon have partnered on a pilot program that allows contracting officers to make small procurements on the company’s e-commerce portal through the use of government purchase cards, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The pilot program comes as the General Services Administration works to implement its e-commerce …
Read More »Amazon Business’ Anne Rung: Online Marketplaces Could Help Agencies Meet Competition Requirements
Anne Rung, director of government for Amazon Business, has said online marketplaces could help federal agencies comply with competition requirements and achieve spending transparency and competitive pricing in terms of government procurement. Rung wrote in a FedScoop article published Thursday that agencies seeking to meet their small business spending goals could benefit …
Read More »Amazon Business’ Anne Rung: E-Commerce Platform Would Offer Spending Visibility for Agencies
Anne Rung, director of government sector at Amazon Business, has said adopting an e-commerce platform could help federal agencies manage spending transparency and compliance with acquisition policies, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Rung told the station in an interview that the federal government should implement an approach that begins with …
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