Fair Practices in Contracting Task Force

- Thursday, August 25 - The City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services (DPS) in collaboration with the Government Procurement Compliance (GPC) Forum will host the 9th Annual Procurement Vendor Fair which provides education, resources, and networking opportunities for local business owners who are interested in doing business with government entities. This event will provide businesses the opportunity to learn about contracting opportunities with the City of Chicago, its Sister Agencies, Cook County Agencies, and State of Illinois and Federal agencies. We will also provide educational business workshops for participants, including business fundamentals, programs and incentives, certification requirements, and financial assistance. Come out and network with other business owners and learn how to do business with government agencies.

City of Chicago 2022 Procurement Vendor Fair Department of Procurement Services in collaboration with the Government Procurement Compliance Forum will host the 9th Annual Vendor Fair!

The wealth data “highlights the inequalities in the recovery in the sense that high-income workers not only have jobs that for the most part have come back; they also have savings that have continued to grow,” said John Friedman, an economist at Brown University who is co-director of Opportunity Insights. The richest one-tenth of Americans owned more than two-thirds of the nation’s wealth, according to Fed data through the end of March, the latest period for which figures are available. The top 1% owned 31%.

Soaring wealth during pandemic highlights rising inequality WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to...