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Washington Aerospace Industry Strategy
In May, the Governor's Office of Aerospace released the Washington Aerospace Industry Strategy, detailing a blueprint for maintaining Washington's edge in this important industry. The strategy focuses efforts into four sections: Growing and Diversifying Washington's Aerospace Cluster, Cultivating a Deep and Talented Aerospace Workforce, Fostering a Culture of Aerospace Innovation, and Linking Washington's Aerospace "Support Chain". This Washington Aerospace Industry Strategy will be updated annually, reporting on progress. The full strategy is available on the Washington Aerospace Partnership website.
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Performance First: Making a Business Case for Supplier Diversity
The Prosperity Partnership recently released an online, self-paced educational version of the Performance First program, developed in partnership with the University of Washington and the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council. The nine steps of the program, consisting of videos, presentations and readings, are designed to help corporations from our region's leading industry clusters improve their procurement and purchasing systems with regard to minority- and women-owned businesses.
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Washington Defense Partnership
The Washington Defense Partnership held its spring/summer meeting on Tuesday, June 4th. The day began at Coast Guard Base Seattle with a briefing from CAPT Scott Ferguson and visits to the Joint Harbor Operations Center and the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service. The Coast Guard portion of the day wrapped up with a tour of CGC Midgett.
Following the visit with the Coast Guard, participants returned to PSRC for a business meeting chaired by Carol Evanoff, retired Regional Director of Lockheed Martin. Discussions centered around what was happening at a federal level with updates from the staffs of Senator Parry Murray and Representatives Del Bene, Larsen, Kilmer, McDermott, Smith and Heck. The group determined that the fall meeting should focus on discussing legislative issues affecting the military on both a federal and state level.
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