This year, ACT-IAC's Imagine Nation ELC was our largest conference ever, with more than 1200 in-person attendees! We also had more sessions than ever, and The Buzz is excited to bring a selection of recordings from this year's event to our podcast audience.

This session features the presentation of the Federal Acquisition Institute's 2023 Chief Acquisition Officers Council Awards. After a brief introduction, moderator Christine Harada, Senior Advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, sits down with all our award-winners for a robust panel discussion around the important work they've done in 2023.

Awardees:

• Individual Award - James Greer, AWARE Program Manager, IRS
• Team Award - Bonnie Evangelista and the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace Team, Department of Defense
• Small Business and Procurement Individual Award - Darlene Bullock, Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization, DHS
• Small Business and Procurement Team Award - Anthony Lomelin and Team
  Indian Affairs Acquisition Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Lisa Wilusz Program Management Excellence Award - Mouncef Belcaid & Peggy O' Connor and Team, Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Program Management Division, FirstNet Authority, Department of Commerce
• Sustainable Acquisition Award - Gabriel Rangel, General Services Officer, U.S. Embassy of Tanzania

Congratulations again to all awardees! 

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Intro/Outro Music: See a Brighter Day/Gloria Tells
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