Walmart is strengthening its commitment to American jobs and communities with its investment of an additional $350 billion in products made, grown, or assembled in America, supporting the creation of over 750,000 U.S. jobs. To support this commitment and our America at Work initiative, Walmart hosts an annual Open Call event for innovative, shelf-ready products.
What is Open Call? Walmart’s Open Call is an exciting and unique opportunity for selected American entrepreneurs to meet face-to-face with Walmart and/or Sam’s Club merchants and potentially get their products into the hands of millions of our customers. This event provides information to potential suppliers, offers great networking opportunities, and gives businesses of all sizes from across the nation a chance at the big break for which they have been looking with Walmart.
The application period runs until August 18, 2023, with Open Call scheduled to take place on October 24-25, 2023. | | | | The Governor's Small Business Summits aim to help Texas small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs reach new heights by connecting them with the resources and information needed to start, strengthen, and grow a business. These events offer a variety of sessions bringing together local, state, and federal resource partners to provide key insights on critical business topics. They also provide an opportunity to network with other business owners and meet experts who will share timely, relevant, and actionable advice on a multitude of small business subjects.
McAllen - August 10 Marshall - August 24 Horizon City - September 7 Fredricksburg - September 21 Beaumont - October 5 San Angelo - October 19 San Antonio - November 9 | | | | IRS WARNS TAXPAYERS OF A NEW SCAM
WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers today to be on the lookout for a new scam mailing that tries to mislead people into believing they are owed a refund.
The new scheme involves a mailing coming in a cardboard envelope from a delivery service. The enclosed letter includes the IRS masthead and wording that the notice is "in relation to your unclaimed refund."
Like many scams, the letter includes contact information and a phone number that does not belong to the IRS. But it also seeks a variety of sensitive personal information from taxpayers – including detailed pictures of driver's licenses – that can be used by identity thieves to try to obtain a tax refund and other sensitive financial information.
"This is just the latest in the long string of attempts by identity thieves posing as the IRS in hopes of tricking people into providing valuable personal information to steal identities and money, including tax refunds," said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. "These scams can come in through email, text, or even in special mailings. People should be careful to watch out for red flags that clearly mark these as IRS scams." | | | | MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PROGRAM
We appreciate everyone who is interested in working with the City of Irving. It is a goal to conduct workshops that build upon the next, in hopes that our MWBE program is providing tools to aid all businesses in a great partnership, to perform many different projects across our various departments to a great standard. Although our MWBE program target audience is minority and women-owned businesses for city goals, the program will create and share resources with all businesses in hopes to bridge the gap and further partnerships amongst prime and subcontractors. First Tuesday of Every Month 9/5, 10/3, 11/7, 12/5 at 10:00 AM | | | | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | | | DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO HOLD ONLINE SEMINARS TO EDUCATE CURRENT, PROSPECTIVE FEDERAL CONTRACTORS ON PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers, and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
As part of the division’s effort to increase awareness and improve compliance, the seminars will include recorded training videos on a variety of Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act topics that participants can view on demand. The division will then offer live Q&A sessions to provide additional information.
Q&A sessions on compliance issues will be offered as follows: - Davis-Bacon Act: June 27 and Sept. 13.
- Service Contract Act: June 28 and Sept. 14.
| | | | We are delighted to invite you to an event designed specifically for you! As a business owner, you understand the vitality of timely insights, strong partnerships, and access to resources. Keeping that in mind, we have designed an event to enlighten and empower you to take your business to the next level.
| | | | TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS | | | The TCEQ application process for the 2024 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards is now open. The submission deadline is August 25.
The Texas Environmental Excellence Awards honor achievements in environmental preservation and protection. As the state's highest environmental honor, the Office of the Governor and commissioners from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recognize outstanding projects from ten diverse categories. | | | | The Small, Minority, Women, and Veteran Business Owners (SMWVBO) Conference is a forum to develop relationships, acquire knowledge, and access opportunities that exist with public and private sector entities for the procurement of goods and services. A forum to further enhance the knowledge of procurement staff of the availability and ability of local firms with the desire to do business. This event is free to the public thanks to the tremendous contribution of Bexar County and our sponsors. All Sponsors and Exhibitors are required to have contracting opportunities and/or a registration process available for small, minority, veteran, and women businesses. | | | | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | | | Household energy insecurity impacts millions of U.S. households every year. Energy insecurity, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, includes three conditions: (1) difficulty paying energy bills (2) reduced or foregoing basic necessities like food and medicine to pay an energy bill, or (3) kept home at an unsafe temperature because of energy cost concerns. | | | | | | | | |
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