Australia Pacific Business Connections

Huawei | June 24, 2020

The U.S. government sees no loopholes in a new rule aimed at crimping global chip sales to China’s Huawei and will “aggressively” crack down on any bid to disobey the intent of the curb, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday. The rule, released in May, expands U.S. authority to require licenses for shipments of some foreign-made chips to the telecoms equipment giant. It was drafted after China hardliners in the administration became frustrated that Huawei’s black...

TikTok | July 23, 2020

U.S. federal employees would be barred from using Chinese-owned mobile video app TikTok on government-issued devices under a bill that passed a U.S. Senate Committee on Wednesday, as lawmakers feared the security of users’ personal data. The “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” from Senator Josh Hawley was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and will be taken up by the U.S. Senate for a vote....

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

iQor | April 07, 2022

The Philippines Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recognized iQor Santa Rosa with the Government Safety Seal Certification for the BPO sector in the province of Laguna. This is the second such certification for iQor, which was the first BPO to receive this recognition in Region 4A (Calabarzon Region) when iQor Dasmarinas received the certification. Companies in the manufacturing, utilities, and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries are eligible for the certification based on ...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Dcode Capital | June 20, 2022

Dcode Capital, the affiliated investment arm of Washington D.C.-based federally-focused accelerator Dcode, announced it has invested in two high-growth, commercially successful technology companies with the potential to transform the U.S. government: UrbanFootprint, the world’s first Urban Intelligence platform, and Tamr, the leading cloud-native data mastering solution. In failing to adopt commercial technology, the federal government wastes billions of dollars and misses k...