This measure would designate April 3, 2016, to April 9, 2016, inclusive, as Women and Girls in STEM Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Women and Girls in STEM Week by encouraging and celebrating women in the STEM fields.
This measure would declare the week of March 7, 2016, through March 13, 2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
This measure would proclaim the month of March 2016 as Grand Jury Awareness Month in California, recognize those who volunteer in a grand jury, and encourage all Californians to learn about its role in the judicial system.
Existing law generally requires contracts by the state for the acquisition of goods and services be awarded pursuant to various procedures and requirements. Existing law exempts specified projects and types of contracts from those procedures and requirements. The California Council on Science and Technology is a nonpartisan, impartial, not-for-profit corporation, created in 1988 by legislative resolution. This bill would authorize state entities, as defined, to enter into contracts with the council for the council's assistance in translating scientific studies to inform public policy. The bill would require that a contract between the entity and the council be entered into on a noncompetitive bid basis and would exempt the contract from state contracting procedures and requirements.
