The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded a $363,861 purchase order contract to Devereux Consulting, Inc. of Takoma Park, Maryland to provide privacy-protected conservation data analysis and support services. The contract calls for the contractor to acquire conservation practice data from the USDA, process and aggregate the data while protecting producer privacy, provide the aggregated data to Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions for annual reporting, and provide expert insights on using the privacy-protected data for research. This small business set-aside contract was awarded under NAICS code 541620 with a period of performance through December 2024 to support the agency's work in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to conservation data analysis for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.