{"id":2117,"date":"2006-03-03T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-03T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/03\/03\/starting-a-supplier-diversity-program\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:14:45","slug":"starting-a-supplier-diversity-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/starting-a-supplier-diversity-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting A Supplier Diversity Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I am excited about this article, in particular, I am even more excited about a follow-up article I\u2019m working on. 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