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New Award Makes
Boomi’s iPaaS Available to
Federal, State and Local Agencies

RESTON, Va., Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boomi™, a Dell Technologies™ business and a leading provider of a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS), and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider^®, today announced that Carahsoft has expanded Boomi’s availability to the public sector and its reseller ecosystem by adding Boomi’s products to its GSA IT Schedule 70 contract. The move provides broader access to the iPaaS category leader’s solutions that enable public sector organizations to break down data silos to enhance information flow, improve citizen services and increase operational effectiveness.

Boomi’s secure and compliant iPaaS enables agencies to streamline legacy infrastructure by accelerating cloud adoption to increase operational efficiency. In addition, Boomi delivers trusted quality data and governance while allowing users to connect public sector organizations with citizens for improved efficiency and productivity. Boomi’s cloud-first approach means that government IT teams are able to migrate and integrate their cloud applications and transform how they accomplish their mission.

“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Carahsoft to greatly simplify the process for potential Federal and public sector agencies to do business with Boomi. Working with Carahsoft will vastly expand opportunities for Boomi customers to collectively usher in a wave of cloud-native modernization into the public sector,” said Amber Kodish, Vice President of Operations, Federal & SLED at Boomi.

This recent contract award significantly expands Boomi’s availability to Federal, state, local and education markets. In addition to the GSA schedule, Boomi is also available on Carahsoft’s NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA), Virginia Association of State College and University Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP), and The Quilt National Consortium contracts as well as through Carahsoft’s reseller partners, extending Boomi’s reach across the public sector.

Boomi and Carahsoft have been trusted partners since 2019, expanding Carahsoft’s extensive solutions portfolio with Boomi’s FedRAMP-authorized platform. With the addition of Boomi, Carahsoft is the only distributor to offer the entire Dell Technologies family of solutions on its GSA Schedule as part of Carahsoft and Dell’s joint mission to provide the public sector with innovative workforce solutions.

“We are excited to announce this new contract award from GSA that will expand the public sector’s access to Boomi’s Integration API solutions and offerings,” said Eric Goycochea, Director of the Boomi Team at Carahsoft. “We can now provide our customers and reseller partners with the best-in-class tools to build a connected organization and drive digital transformation through the Boomi platform, with the peace of mind a FedRAMP authorization offers.”

Boomi is available through Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70 No. GS-35F-0119Y and additional state, local and education contracts and cooperative purchasing agreements. For more information, contact the Boomi team at Carahsoft at (866) 335-5246 or [email protected].

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider^®. As a top-performing GSA Schedule, SEWP, and ITES-SW2 contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the Master Government Aggregator^® for many of its best-of-breed technology vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, value-added resellers, system integrators and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.

The company’s dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver Boomi, Dell, VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Palo Alto Networks, Symantec, Veritas, McAfee, Adobe, F5 Networks, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Open Source, Micro Focus Government Solutions, SAP, Salesforce, and Innovative and Intelligence products and services, among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer and is listed annually among the industry’s fastest growing and largest firms by CRN, Inc., Forbes, Washington Technology, The Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and Bloomberg Government. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Contact

Mary Lange
(703) 230-7434
[email protected]

MONTREAL, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ASTEK Canada (“ASTEK”) announces the acquisition of Meritek Inc., a well-known corporation specializing in IT recruitment in Eastern Canada. With this acquisition, ASTEK will have a workforce of more than 400 and revenues exceeding $50 M.

“Meritek enjoys an enviable reputation and its team shares our values and work ethic,” stated Michel Boucher, co-shareholder and president of ASTEK Canada. “In the near future, Meritek will pursue its activities independently while maximizing synergies with ASTEK as they relate to sales and operations. Given the scarcity of resources in the IT sector, this acquisition will allow ASTEK to benefit from a locally established and highly experienced recruitment team.”

“We are quite pleased with this transaction, which marks a major achievement 13 years after the company’s foundation,” noted François Chartrand, President of Meritek. “We are delighted to join forces with a fast-growing group well-positioned to meet current and future challenges. In a market where there is a notable shortage of manpower, joining an international group, which has made international mobility its cornerstone, will allow us to offer our clients considerable added value.”

Meanwhile, Groupe ASTEK founder Jean-Luc Bernard believes that this acquisition will have a highly positive impact on his company’s growth. “We are very happy to welcome Meritek to our great family consisting of more than 5,000 employees on five continents. We have many European clients seeking a bridge to the North American market, and we are now better positioned than ever to meet their needs thanks to an enhanced service offering that will enable us to pursue our growth.”

About us

ASTEK Canada (“the firm“) is part of Groupe ASTEK, which is present in 15 countries and supported by more than 5,000 highly qualified IT staffers. In Canada, the firm provides IT staffing services in a number of sectors including: financial, manufacturing, distribution, processing, e-commerce, insurance, and services, as well as public and parapublic organizations. At a time when manpower is scarce, the firm is distinguished by its ability to quickly identify its clients’ needs and recruit resources qualified to meet them. Among others, it relies on more than 400 staffers in Canada.

About
Le Groupe ASTEK

Le Groupe ASTEK (Paris, France)

• Revenues of 260 million Euros
• Expertise
  in the following fields
  : analysis and artificial intelligence, digital systems, network connectivity and cybersecurity, smart systems, product and process engineering, consulting, and operational performance
• More than 5,000 collaborators in 15 countries
• 7 world delivery centres, including 3 overseas

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Chris Makuch
Vice-President
416 953-3337
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SEATTLE, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $918,700 in grants to help stabilize and recover the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population in coastal Washington and British Columbia. The grants will generate $3.2 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $4.1 million.

The grants were awarded through the Killer Whale Research and Conservation Program (KWRCP), a partnership between NFWF, Shell Oil Company, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NOAA Fisheries.

The projects supported by the eight grants announced today will address three threat categories prioritized by the Washington Governor’s Orca Task Force in 2018, including: (1) prey availability; (2) vessel impacts; and (3) toxins and pollutants.

The 73 remaining Southern Resident killer whales depend upon on a variety of salmon and other fish as their primary food source, but they especially prefer adult Chinook salmon. Recent research has determined that Chinook currently have low survival rates in their early life stages. This results in fewer juvenile fish migrating from the rivers and streams where they are born, to the Pacific Ocean where they mature, before finally journeying home to spawn, taking them through the Southern Resident killer whales’ feeding grounds. The eight grants announced today support projects that study the shifting prey base for Chinook and restore habitat important to both juvenile Chinook and their prey.

“Today, much of the threat that the Southern Resident killer whales are facing are directly related to poor nutrition, which is a result of a scarcity of the large Chinook salmon that make up more than 70 percent of their diet,” said Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of NFWF. “So while it may initially seem strange that a program focused on killer whales is investing so much in salmon restoration, there is no doubt that these conservation projects will make a real difference for this iconic species.”

This year’s group of projects will also reduce impacts on killer whales from commercial and recreational vessels. Sound and disturbance from large and small vessels are known to further decrease killer whale feeding success through stress and masking the echolocation the animal uses to hunt. The Orca Task Force lists several recommendations to address these concerns with recreational and commercial fishing boats, in addition to the large vessel shipping industry.  

“Restoring habitat for Puget Sound Chinook salmon provides a critical foundation for recovery of Southern Resident killer whales,” said Scott Rumsey, Deputy Regional Administrator in NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region. “This dedicated stream of funding will continue to support habitat improvements, and will further help us understand other risks to the Southern Residents so we address threats to the whales on all fronts.”

The KWRCP supports efforts to increase partnerships and tools for killer whale conservation and management. In 2020, program support will engage landowners and developers in best practices to increase water quality and critical habitat throughout the Puget Sound, and will also explore new diagnostic tools to help assess and treat sick whales in the wild. 

“We are proud to be a part of this collaborative effort through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,” said John White, Shell Puget Sound Refinery’s General Manager. “Our refinery’s vision is to proudly fuel life in the Pacific Northwest, which is why we’re committed to supporting regional research and conservation efforts that focus on recovering a species that is iconic to the Salish Sea and the cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.”

A complete list of the 2020 grants made through the KWRCP is available here. A short video about the KWRCP can be viewed here. 

About the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation



Chartered by Congress in 1984, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) protects and restores the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Working with federal, corporate and individual partners, NFWF has funded more than 5,000 organizations and generated a conservation impact of $6.1 billion. Learn more at

www.nfwf.org

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About NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat. We provide vital services for the nation: productive and sustainable fisheries, safe sources of seafood, the recovery and conservation of protected resources, and healthy ecosystems—all backed by sound science and an ecosystem-based approach to management. Find out more at www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov.

About Shell Oil Company


Shell companies have operations in more than 70 countries and territories with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects. Over the past 100 years, Shell has helped preserve and protect habitat and species through hundreds of conservation projects and initiatives. Collaborating with key organizations and environmental NGOs has enabled Shell to leverage its efforts to ensure the highest possible impact – including the protection of more than 13 million acres of wetlands.

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New York, NY, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (via NGO Wire) The United Nations today released a new Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) analysis of food insecurity in Yemen, which paints a bleak picture of a country once-again facing the spectre of famine, while humanitarian organizations struggle to secure funding to meet the growing crisis. 

Key findings from the report include:

• One in six people is expected to face Phase 4 food insecurity – an emergency phase one step away from famine – by early 2021, a 38 percent increase from today (from 3.6 million to 5 million people) 
• 98 percent of districts are expected to experience crisis or extreme levels of food insecurity in early 2021, three times the level of extreme food insecurity in early 2019 
• Unfulfilled financial pledges from global donors and a 52 percent funding shortfall are forcing vital services to close

Providing insight from Action Against Hunger’s long standing work on the ground in Yemen, Jon Cunliffe, Middle East Regional Director for Action Against Hunger, said:

“This latest analysis shows what aid-workers have known for some time: Yemen is going backwards and the threat of famine once again looms large. Hunger levels are exploding, conflict is intensifying, and unkept financial promises mean that life-saving services are being cut, despite the overwhelming need.  

“How would you tell a mother who has fled the fighting that you will no longer be able to deliver the water that her family lies on for survival? Imagine saying this to an estimated 50,000 people. This isn’t hypothetical, but just one example of a program we may be forced to close at the end of the year because the UN and aid agencies aren’t receiving the financial support we need.  

“This report must be a wake-up call to global leaders. The world needs a better way to deal with hunger. The current approach isn’t working and they must do everything in their power to secure a ceasefire and plug this financial gap.  

“Without concerted diplomatic pressure and an increase in funding, Yemen will continue its slow march towards famine.”

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Shayna Samuels, [email protected], 718-541-4785

Notes to editors

• Action Against Hunger has been working in Yemen since 2012 and is operational in Hajjah, Hodeidah, Aden, Al Khokha, and Sana’a. 
• Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist, leading the fight against child hunger by treating more young children for life-threatening hunger than any other charity.
• In 2019, Action Against Hunger supported more than 17 million people across 46 countries.
• For more information visit Action Against Hunger.

Contact:

Shayna Samuels
718-541-4785
[email protected]

Denver, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Following a nationwide search, Colorado Community College System (CCCS) Chancellor Joe Garcia today announced Dr. Marielena DeSanctis as the next president of Community College of Denver (CCD). 

Dr. DeSanctis, a distinguished scholar who has led academic, equity, and innovation programs in various roles, brings demonstrated leadership and commitment to advancing access to higher education, increasing student success, and closing equity gaps.

Dr. DeSanctis will officially begin her term as president of CCD on January 15, 2021. She will succeed Dr. Everette Freeman, who is retiring December 31 after seven years of service.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. DeSanctis and are confident that she will provide the right energy, expertise, and collaborative leadership for CCD,” said Garcia. “With six years of experience as an engineer for a top manufacturing company and over 22 years as a leader in education, Dr. DeSanctis exemplifies deep understanding of issues facing students and higher education, a bold vision for the future, and the executive experience to manage the intersection of sustaining financial health and innovation.”

The search team worked diligently over several months to screen, interview, and conduct community forums – which were open to staff, faculty, students, and the public – in order to identify those most suited to be considered for the role of president.

“The search committee and I express our appreciation to those who participated in the presidential search process, which resulted in a field of strong candidates and allowed us to make an outstanding choice for the institution’s new leader,” said Garcia.

Currently, Dr. DeSanctis serves as the Provost and Senior Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Student Services at Broward College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Florida. During her tenure, she guided the institution through research-based best practices that significantly improved outcomes between Pell and non-Pell eligible students and cut in half the gap between passing courses for Black and White students; implemented a new college readiness and enrollment program in partnership with the local school district focused on supporting schools with high rates of racial/ethnic minorities and Free and Reduced Lunch eligibility; stewarded shared governance principles and practices; and successfully advocated for large grants and gifts, including ten TRIO grants, a Gates Foundation grant, and a public-private partnership that yielded a multi-million-dollar revenue stream for the college.

Dr. DeSanctis expressed her eagerness to start working with CCD’s dedicated and talented faculty and staff on behalf of the institution’s hard-working students, as well as immersing herself in the Denver community.

“I am honored and humbled to be selected by the Chancellor to take on this important role for both the college and the surrounding community,” said Dr. DeSanctis. “With over 50 years of rich history, CCD is an incredibly strong and vibrant institution, and it will have an enormous impact on the future of the city and state. The CCD community has done a lot in recent years to prepare for the next chapter and I am excited to become a part of this transformative work.”

Dr. DeSanctis and her husband, Lance, look forward to joining the Denver community and Community College of Denver family.

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About the Community College of Denver

Community College of Denver (CCD) is a leading point of entry to higher education for the city and county of Denver. CCD provides cost-effective, high-quality college education, along with access and opportunity for non-traditional students, workforce development, training resources for local organizations, and community partnerships. CCD is a federally funded Hispanic-Serving Institution. Learn more at www.ccd.edu. 

About Colorado Community College System

The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is the state’s largest system of higher education, delivering more than 1,000 programs to over 125,000 students annually through 13 colleges and 40 locations across Colorado. Our open access mission ensures all Coloradans who aspire to enrich their lives have access to quality higher education opportunities. The System Office provides leadership, advocacy and support to the colleges under the direction of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE). Join us in changing the way Colorado goes to college.

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