{"id":1113925,"date":"2021-11-16T11:44:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/linked\/124474"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:44:30","slug":"deloitte-ava-labs-link-up-in-bid-to-streamline-natural-disaster-reimbursements","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/deloitte-ava-labs-link-up-in-bid-to-streamline-natural-disaster-reimbursements\/","title":{"rendered":"Deloitte, Ava Labs link up in bid to streamline natural disaster reimbursements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"articleIAB\">\n<div in-article-ad track-impression ga-event-action=\"ad-impression\" ga-event-category=\"Advertisement\" ga-event-label=\"banner_id:111809,banner:iab_medium_rectangle\" class=\"d-flex d-print-none flex-column justify-content-center\">\n<p><small>advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"mobileView\"><a ga-on=\"click\" ga-event-category=\"Advertisement\" ga-event-action=\"ad-clicked\" ga-event-label=\"banner_id:111809,banner:iab_medium_rectangle,url:https:\/\/www.bitstamp.net\/?utm_source=theblock&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=retail&amp;utm_content=displayadtakeover_displayad450x450\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitstamp.net\/?utm_source=theblock&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=retail&amp;utm_content=displayadtakeover_displayad450x450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/deloitte-ava-labs-link-up-in-bid-to-streamline-natural-disaster-reimbursements.jpg\"> <span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"41.947552447552\">\n<p><span>Professional services firm Deloitte announced Tuesday a partnership with Ava Labs to create a blockchain-based disaster recovery platform.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new platform, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cayg.app\/\">Close as You Go<\/a> (CAYG), aims to streamline disaster reimbursement applications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/post\/108178\/india-law-enforcement-agency-ed-crypto-exchange-wazirx-fema\"><span>FEMA<\/span><\/a><span>), with the goal of saving these agencies millions of dollars typically lost to noncompliance with federal procurement requirements, benefit duplications and missing documentation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBy guiding local government users through workflows and immutably documenting all these items upfront, these users minimize the risk of deobligations, adverse findings, and clawbacks that often result later in the process from these common issues,\u201d John Wu, CEO of Ava Labs, told The Block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CAYG went live on November 16 and is being piloted in the natural disaster-prone southeastern United States. \u201cCounties can move faster when the time comes to submit those requests, since all the documentation has been pre-validated, immutably stored and reviewed in advance,\u201d Wu says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deloitte\u2019s partnership with Ava Labs follows other organizations trying to use distributed tools like blockchains to augment natural disaster relief. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In April, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/news+\/101717\/danish-red-cross-volcano-catastrophe-bond-blockchain\"><span>Danish Red Cross<\/span><\/a><span> opted to put its volcano catastrophe bond \u2014&nbsp; 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