The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will meet Wednesday to consider a recent report on wasteful spending in contracts for the wars in Afghanistan in Iraq. In a 240-page report
MoreFederal agencies will aim to cut in half the window in which small business contractors get paid, the White House announced Thursday. Current policy states that contractors must be paid within 30
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Companies that win established contracts must offer employment to its predecessorsâ employees, the Labor Department announced Monday. The Labor Department issued its final rules on the Federal Register, mandating the inclusion of
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At least one of every six dollars of U.S. spending, totaling $30 billion, on contracts and grants in Iraq and Afghanistan has been wasted, according to the co-chairmen of the bipartisan Commission
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Federal agencies do not always take advantage of acquisition planning, leading to late contract awards and cost overruns, a Government Accountability Office report says. For its report released Aug. 9, the GAO
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The debt ceiling increase President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday is certain to cut $350 billion from the defense budget. However, according to Government Executive, federal contractors are left with uncertainty
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Both in-house security workers and contractors come with advantages and disadvantages for federal agencies, a Government Accountability Office report says. Homeland Security Today reports the GAO surveyed nine federal agencies that have
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Even if the federal government avoids default, federal agencies may have to pay millions of dollars in penalties to contractorhttp://www.executivegov.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=21799&action=edit&message=10s from late payments. Federal Times reports agencies may have to pay a
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The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded over a half billion dollars to companies that did not meet eligibility requirements for veteran-owned small businesses, a VA inspector general report says. Army Times reports
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