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Critical PeopleSoft zero-day fuels extortion campaign against roughly 100 organizations

ShinyHunters, one of the world’s most prolific data theft and extortion groups, exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft suite to compromise organizations worldwide, stealing gigabyte…

1d ago·2 min read·322 words

Winspear Construction, LLC (B-423869)

You should not care. Categories: Subcontracting, process issue Date: 30 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423869 Winspear Construction protested the VA’s elimination of its proposa…

2d ago·2 min read·322 words

KE System Services, Inc. (B-423881, B-423881.2, B-423881.3)

You should not care. Categories: Interested party, LPTA, process issue Date: 22 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423881,b-423881.2,b-423881.3 KE System Services protested an Army …

2d ago·2 min read·280 words

The Lioce Group, Inc. (B-423797)

You should not care. Categories: Process issue Date: 22 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423797 The Lioce Group protested DLA’s award to Cartridge Technologies for a lease of mult…

2d ago·2 min read·287 words

The Cameron Bell Corporation d-b-a Gov Solutions Group (B-423841)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, corpoorate experience Date: 19 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423841 Gov Solutions Group protested the Navy’s issuance of …

2d ago·2 min read·278 words

CWTSatoTravel (B-423181.2; B-423181.3; B-423181.4)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation Date: 19 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423181.2,b-423181.3,b-423181.4 CWTSatoT…

4d ago·2 min read·304 words

FYI—For Your Information, Inc. (B-423774, B-423774.2)

ou should not care. Categories: Best value, incumbent advantage, key personnel availability Date: 19 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423774,b-423774.2 FYI, the incumbent provider…

4d ago·2 min read·319 words

Delphinus Engineering, Inc. (B-423203.4)

You should not care. Categories: Disparate treatment, cost realism, best-value tradeoff Date: 19 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423203.4 Delphinus protested a Navy award to Pris…

4d ago·2 min read·339 words

Solvere Technical Group, LLC (B-423785)

You should care. Categories: Personnel approach, cost evaluation, solicitation consistency Date: 18 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423785 Solvere protested a Navy SeaPort NxG ta…

5d ago·2 min read·237 words

CORE DC, LLC (B-423475.3)

You should not care. Categories: Small business set-aside, Rule of Two Date: 18 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423475.3 CORE DC protested DOJ’s decision to issue a Bureau of Pri…

5d ago·2 min read·270 words

Ask Sage, Inc. (B-423827)

You should not care. Categories: Multiple Award Schedule, jurisdiction Date: 18 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423827 Ask Sage protested GSA’s actions under an existing Federal …

5d ago·2 min read·285 words

Trump moves senior career officials to Schedule F without civil service protections

President Trump on 3 June 2026 signed an executive order converting roughly 8,000 senior career federal jobs into Schedule Policy/Career, stripping the incumbents of civil service protections and maki…

Jun 4·3 min read·417 words

OPM reaches the end of the beginning as it clears protests on its federal HR overhaul

For the first time in months, OPM can pick a winner. With one bid protest withdrawn and a second denied by the GAO, OPM can award a ten-year contract for Federal HR 2.0, its plan to replace the federa…

Jun 3·3 min read·495 words

Base Services of Athens, Inc. (B-423783, B-423783.2)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, best value Date: 17 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423783,b-423783.2 Base Services of Athens protested the Navy’s award of a f…

Jun 2·2 min read·327 words

GSA reorganizes Federal Acquisition Service around acquisition lifecycle, citing $115 billion in revenue and shifting buying patterns

GSA has restructured its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) into five mission-aligned offices, citing more than a decade of growth that has pushed FAS revenue past $115 billion in fiscal 2025 and expos…

May 29·3 min read·423 words

Notes on a procurement job not described by its posting

Or, job-posting that's jargon-general I am looking at a job description for a contracts director that the overview explains requires both comprehensive pre- and postaward experience. The position's d…

May 29·3 min read·562 words

HHS reshapes workforce as VA restarts EHR and CMS ramps up hiring

Three federal health agencies are remaking their workforces this spring, with the Department of Health and Human Services trimming performance bonuses, the Department of Veterans Affairs reviving a lo…

May 27·4 min read·637 words

ABSS Solutions, Inc.; CICONIX LLC (B-423805, B-423805.2)

You should not care. Categories: 8(a), ANC sole-source, new requirement Date: 16 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423805,b-423805.2 ABSS and CICONIX protested DHA’s decision to aw…

May 27·2 min read·275 words

H2 Technology Group, LLC (B-423777, B-423777.2)

You should not care. Categories: Technical demonstration, unequal treatment, best value Date: 15 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423777,b-423777.2 H2 Technology Group protested a…

May 27·2 min read·262 words

Tribal Health, LLC (B-422738.2; B-422738.3)

You should care. Categories: IDIQ, process issue Date: 12 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422738.2,b-422738.3 Tribal Health protested HHS’s sole-source issuance of a nine-month t…

May 26·2 min read·350 words

Markon LLC (B-423767; B-423767.2; B-423767.3; B-423767.4)

You should care. Categories: Cost or price evaluation, past performance Date: 12 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423767,b-423767.2,b-423767.3,b-423767.4 Markon protested the CIA’…

May 26·2 min read·283 words

Centurion Analytics, LLC (B-423755; B-423755.2; B-423779; B-423779.2)

You should care. Categories: Organizational conflict of interest, former officials Date: 12 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423755,b-423755.2,b-423779,b-423779.2 Centurion protes…

May 23·2 min read·290 words

JSToogood, LLC d-b-a Joint Strategic Technologies--Costs (B-423600.3)

You should not care. Categories: Protest costs, corrective action, meritorious claims Date: 11 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423600.3 JSToogood asked GAO to recommend reimburse…

May 23·2 min read·326 words

CSlope Solutions, LLC (B-422249.2, B-422249.3, B-422249.4)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, corrective action, source selection Date: 10 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422249.2,b-422249.3,b-422249.4 CSlope protested th…

May 23·2 min read·215 words

Tiger Natural Gas, Inc. (B-423744, B-423744.2, B-423744.3)

You should care. Categories: Technical acceptability, discussions, reverse auction Date: 10 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423744,b-423744.2,b-423744.3 Tiger Natural Gas protest…

May 23·2 min read·360 words

Oready, LLC (B-423758)

Oready, LLC (B-423758) You should not care. Categories: Solicitation terms, recruiting, restrictive solicitation Date: 8 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423758 Oready protests …

May 23·2 min read·321 words

Integral Federal, Inc.—Reconsideration (B-423672.2)

You should not care. Categories: Jurisdiction, reconsideration Date: 8 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423672.2 Integral Federal requests reconsideration of GAO's dismissal of it…

May 4·1 min read·72 words

Tactical Engineering - Analysis, Inc. (B-423731)

You might care. Categories: Cost realism, best value tradeoff Date: 5 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423731 Tactical Engineering protests the issuance of a Seaport NxG task orde…

May 4·1 min read·75 words

Island Creek Associates, LLC (B-423301.3)

You might care. Categories: OCI, personal conflict, timeliness Date: 5 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423301.3 Island Creek Associates challenges the issuance of a $110.7 millio…

May 4·1 min read·68 words

Salient CRGT, Inc. (B-423283.3)

You should care. Categories: Labor mix, price realism, key personnel, past performance Date: 5 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423283.3 Salient CRGT protests the issuance of a ta…

May 1·1 min read·74 words

FH Cann & Associates, Inc. (B-422308.5, B-422308.6)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, number of awards, quality control Date: 3 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422308.5,b-422308.6 FH Cann protests the establis…

May 1·1 min read·70 words

FEMA walks back Noem's purge ahead of hurricanes and the World Cup

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is rolling back the staff cuts orchestrated by former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem, reinstating workers and recalling disaster personnel it had pushe…

May 1·1 min read·87 words

Musk v. Altman: tea, temper, and a Stargate cameo as Tesla CEO testifies in OpenAI trial

In a four-week trial before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Elon Musk spent three days on the stand as the first witness in his suit to block OpenAI's planned fourth-quarter 2026 …

May 1·1 min read·94 words

$50 million and counting, DOD legislative proposal scopes statutory cost of Department of War rebrand

A Department of Defense legislative proposal sent to Capitol Hill this month pegs the cost of renaming DOD to the "Department of War" at roughly $50 million to date, with the figure expected to climb.…

Apr 30·1 min read·94 words

Ambulance Management Services, Ltd. d-b-a Trans-Care Ambulance (B-423804)

You might care. Categories: Procurement integrity, IFB, interested party Date: 2 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423804 Trans-Care Ambulance protests the award of a VA contract f…

Apr 30·1 min read·72 words

Valiant Government Services, LLC (B-423740, B-423740.2)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, disparate treatment, amendments Date: 26 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423740,b-423740.2 Valiant Government Services, the…

Apr 30·1 min read·69 words

Pivotal Point LLC (B-423072.2)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, disparate treatment, corporate experience Date: 25 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423072.2 Pivotal Point, an SDVOSB, prote…

Apr 30·1 min read·71 words

Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. d-b-a Bode Technology (B-423754, B-423754.2)

You should not care. Categories: Sole-source, SBIR phase III Date: 21 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423754,b-423754.2 Bode Technology protests the sole-source award of a $28.5 …

Apr 30·1 min read·74 words

The Building People, LLC (B-423896)

You should not care. Categories: 8(a), SBA, eligibility Date: 20 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423896 The Building People protests its exclusion from competition from a DOE tec…

Apr 30·1 min read·75 words

Diversified Maintenance Systems, Inc. (B-423054.4)

You should not care. Categories: Cancellation, WOSB Date: 19 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423054.4 Diversified Maintenance Systems protests the Navy's cancellation of an RFP f…

Apr 30·1 min read·74 words

AAA General Contractors, LLC (B-423842)

You should not care. Categories: Limitation on subcontracting, ompliance, design-build Date: 18 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423842 AAA General Contractors, an SDVOSB, protest…

Apr 30·1 min read·70 words

Supreme Court narrows Voting Rights Act path for race-conscious redistricting

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais significantly narrows how section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be used to defend race-conscious redistricting, adding new uncertainty to cong…

Apr 29·1 min read·83 words

At-home brain stimulation has FDA approval, but clinical proof remains thin

The FDA’s clearance of Flow Neuroscience’s at-home transcranial direct-current stimulation headset marks a notable step for neuromodulation as a depression treatment, but the evidence remains more sug…

Apr 29·1 min read·89 words

Kimmel responds as FCC opens early review of Disney's ABC station licenses

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel renewed his on-air mockery of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, one day after Trump publicly demanded that Disney's ABC fire him over a joke about first la…

Apr 29·1 min read·94 words

Google’s Pentagon AI deal tests whether military models can outrun their risks

Google has signed an agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its Gemini AI model on classified systems, placing the company beside OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI in a fast-expanding DOD effort to bring com…

Apr 28·1 min read·91 words

FCC’s early ABC license review puts Disney in a First Amendment fight

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has ordered an early review of Disney’s ABC broadcast licenses, escalating a dispute that began with an FCC inquiry into Disney’s diversity, equ…

Apr 28·1 min read·90 words

Airbus maintains delivery goals amid engine shortages

Airbus, Europe’s leading aircraft manufacturer, reaffirmed its target of delivering 870 commercial planes this year despite ongoing supply chain issues involving Pratt & Whitney engines, reports the W…

Apr 28·1 min read·83 words

Continuity Global Solutions, LLC (B-422939.3)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, corrective action, Date: 17 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422939.3 Continuity Global Solutions protests the Army's reaffirmat…

Apr 8·1 min read·74 words

GSA rebuilding staff after DOGE-driven workforce cuts

Federal News Network’s [Jory Heckman checks in on GSA,][https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/gsa-looks-to-rebuild-workforce-after-widespread-layoffs-last-year/] which is moving to h…

Apr 7·1 min read·67 words

Bill puts federal lending on a shared platform

Bipartisan legislation introduced in March 2026 would consolidate the federal government's $5 trillion loan portfolio onto a single shared services platform, requiring agencies to migrate their progra…

Apr 7·1 min read·64 words

CIYIS, LLC (B-423146.2)

You should not care. Category: Experience, IDIQ, technically acceptable Date: 17 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423146.2 CIYIS, a small business, protests the Navy's decision no…

Apr 5·1 min read·69 words

AtechGov, LLC (B-423738)

You should not care. Category: 8(a), set-aside, Multiple Award Schedule Date: 17 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423738 AtechGov protests the USDA's issuance of an RFQ for IT sup…

Apr 5·1 min read·76 words

Castro & Company, LLC (B-423689)

You should care. Categories: OCI, impaired objectivity, technical evaluation Date: 13 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423689 Castro & Company protests the establishment of a BPA …

Apr 5·1 min read·72 words

Basic comes for air travel (or we’re all basic now)

Just as the so-called ultra-low-cost carriers (ULCCs), with their “unbundled” fares, started dying off (in the US, anyway), the network carriers have cribbed the fee-forward strategy, expanding basic …

Apr 4·1 min read·84 words

Forest Service reorg moves HQ to Salt Lake City from DC

The US Forest Service is abandoning its Washington headquarters and dismantling its regional office structure in a sweeping reorganization that agency leadership says will improve forest management, b…

Apr 1·1 min read·87 words

CFPB faces major staff reductions under Trump administration

The Trump administration has filed a federal court request to cut more than half the remaining staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), representing a notable retreat from earlier pla…

Apr 1·1 min read·86 words

QA Engineering, LLC (B-423716, B-423716.2)

You should not care. Categories: LPTA, technical acceptability, quality control Date: 30 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423716,b-423716.2 QA Engineering, a small business, prot…

Apr 1·1 min read·72 words

Modesto Management, LLC (B-423728)

You should not care. Categories: Technical acceptability, standing, LPTA Date: 30 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423728 Modesto Management protests the award of a contract to E…

Apr 1·1 min read·73 words

Fidelity Contract Flooring, LLC (B-423730)

You should not care. Categories: SAM, small business, NAICS code, Veterans First Date: 30 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423730 Fidelity Contract Flooring, an SDVOSB, challenge…

Apr 1·1 min read·75 words

Ernst & Young, LLP (B-423491.2)

You should not care. Categories: Corrective actions, key personnel, timeliness Date: 26 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423491.2 Ernst & Young protests the scope of corrective a…

Apr 1·1 min read·77 words

SRM Group, LLC (B-423695)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, subcontractor Date: 25 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423695 SRM Group, the ten-year incumbent, protests the award of a contr…

Apr 1·1 min read·71 words

AT&T agrees to $2 billion in FirstNet upgrades under renegotiated Commerce deal

AT&T agreed to invest up to $2 billion in upgrades to the FirstNet emergency cellular network and lower federal rates expected to save the government up to $1 billion, the Commerce Department announce…

Apr 1·1 min read·87 words

TMZ spotlights candid camera at congressional vacationers

The [New York Times reported][https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/tmz-congress.html] that TMZ, the Hollywood-based celebrity tabloid best known for ambushing entertainers at airports and re…

Mar 31·1 min read·70 words

Pentagon's acquisition czars aim to fix, not replace, the system

The Pentagon has quietly introduced a new layer of acquisition oversight—senior four-star officers called Direct Reporting Program Managers, or DRPMs—to shepherd some of the military's most critical a…

Mar 31·1 min read·74 words

Blind item: Washington media edition (March 2026)

Ms. MAGA-soft barely caught a break with her AM Queen agreeing not to move her crown, but now rumors swirl the Sunday Sermon-giver has been spotted Rocking well after :30. Could a competitor’s talent-…

Mar 29·1 min read·54 words

Amentum Parsons Logistics Services LLC--Recon. (B-422697.14)

You should not care. Categories: Reconsideration, interested party Date: 18 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422697.14 Amentum Parsons Logistics Services requests reconsideration…

Mar 29·1 min read·71 words

AI reassurance and the mental health risk when the LLM is your copilot

The promise of AI chatbots as round-the-clock emotional companions is colliding with their relentless patience and validation, which may worsen some users mental-health issues. In a 29 March 2026 opi…

Mar 29·1 min read·87 words

Peraton Inc. (B-423639, B-423639.2, B-423639.3)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, OCIs, unstated evaluation criteria Date: 17 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423639,b-423639.2,b-423639.3 Peraton protests …

Mar 28·1 min read·69 words

OpenAI's adult-mode dilemma: Erotica, safety, and the monetization of ChatGPT

The Journal dives into OpenAI’s push to introduce sexually explicit conversation capabilities into ChatGPT—a plan it calls "adult mode"—despite fierce internal opposition, unresolved safety concerns, …

Mar 28·1 min read·84 words

Hegseth blocks promotions of Black and female Army officers, sparking legal and congressional backlash

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has unilaterally removed four Army officers—two Black men and two women—from an approved promotion list, blocking their advancement to brigadier general and igniting a f…

Mar 28·1 min read·88 words

DCA’s tower goes digital, bringing “electronic flight strips” to one of America’s tightest airspaces

Washington-area air traffic controllers have long managed aircraft movements with paper “flight strips”—narrow printed slips, one per flight, that controllers physically pass around and mark up while …

Mar 27·1 min read·87 words

SOFIS-TRG, LLC (B-423667)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, technical evaluation Date: 16 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423667 SOFIS-TRG protests the award of a contract to MilTrain JV…

Mar 27·1 min read·73 words

New Trump executive order targets DEI in federal contracts, subcontracts

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that would push the administration’s anti-DEI campaign deeper into the federal marketplace by requiring covered contracts to include a clause ba…

Mar 27·1 min read·79 words

Rep. Garcia presses OPM to withdraw forced-ranking rule

Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is pressing OPM to withdraw its proposed rewrite of federal employee performance appraisal rul…

Mar 27·1 min read·83 words

QED Systems, LLC (B-423634)

You should not care. Categories: Small business participation, proposal requirements, compliance Date: 16 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423634 QED Systems, a small business, p…

Mar 27·1 min read·70 words

Hive Group, LLC (B-423677)

You should not care. Categories: Compliance, page limitations Date: 16 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423677 Hive Group, a small business, protests its elimination from the com…

Mar 27·1 min read·75 words

Empower AI, Inc.--Costs (B-422971.5)

You should not care. Categories: Reimbursement of protest costs, corrective actions, unstated evaluation criteria Date: 15 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422971.5 Empower AI re…

Mar 27·1 min read·72 words

Development InfoStructure, LLC — d/b/a Devis (B-422776.2)

You should care. Categories: Multiple Award Schedule, rule of two Date: 15 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422776.2 Development InfoStructure, doing business as Devis, a small b…

Mar 27·1 min read·75 words

Loch Harbour Group, Inc. (B-423384.2)

You should not care. Categories: Compliance, Multiple Award Schedule Date: 12 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423384.2 Loch Harbour Group, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests its eli…

Mar 27·1 min read·73 words

Island Peer Review Organization, Inc., d/b/a IPRO (B-417297.2)

You should care. Category: Technical evaluation, process issue, IDIQ Date: 12 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-417297.2 IPRO, of Lake Success, New York, protests the issuance of …

Mar 27·1 min read·74 words

Federal judge blocks Pentagon's "supply chain risk" label on Anthropic, cites First Amendment retaliation

A federal judge on 26 March 2026 granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against DOD, temporarily reversing the government's designation of the AI company a supply chain risk, report…

Mar 27·1 min read·91 words

Massive Crime Stoppers data breach may expose millions of anonymous tipsters

A hacktivist group calling itself the Internet Yiff Machine claims to have exfiltrated 93 gigabytes of data—roughly 8.3 million anonymous tips—from P3 Global Intel, the cloud-based tip management plat…

Mar 26·1 min read·85 words

DCS Corporation (B-423482.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, IDIQ Date: 12 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423482.2 DCS Corporation protests its nonselection for an order under RFQ No. …

Mar 26·1 min read·72 words

Writing by neurodivergent and ESL writers often mislabeled AI-generated

Intelligencer highlights the mischaracterization of writing by neurodivergent and ESL writers as AI-generated. Emma Alpern theorizes that ESL writes “Queen’s English,” the formal, unemotional prose En…

Mar 25·1 min read·82 words

LaGuardia crash exposes persistent gaps in US runway safety systems

The deadly 22 March collision between Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and an airport firetruck at New York's LaGuardia Airport has intensified scrutiny of runway safety shortcomings the Federal Aviatio…

Mar 24·1 min read·82 words

DOD civilian job satisfaction plummets as survey reveals "layer cake" of workforce trauma

The Defense Department's civilian workforce is reporting a sharp decline in job satisfaction following a year of cuts, a hiring freeze, and persistent fears of further reductions in force, according t…

Mar 20·1 min read·93 words

Contractors allege Lewandowski sought payments tied to DHS contracts

Multiple Department of Homeland Security contractors complained to senior White House officials that Corey Lewandowski, a close ally of President Donald Trump and top adviser to former Homeland Securi…

Mar 20·1 min read·83 words

Federal Missions Solutions, LLC (B-423584; B-423584.2)

You should care. Category: Process issue, IDIQ, cost or price evaluation, other Date: 4 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423584 Federal Missions Solutions, LLC, protested the ter…

Mar 18·1 min read·75 words

Think Tank, Inc. (B-423427.2)

You should not care. Category: Process issue, other Date: 25 July 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423427.2 Overview: Think Tank, Inc., of Silver Spring, Maryland, sought reconsideration o…

Mar 17·1 min read·72 words

Alvarez and Associates, LLC (B-423591; B-423591.2)

You should not care. Category: Process issue, other Date: 7 July 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423591%2Cb-423591.2 Alvarez and Associates, LLC, protested the Department of Veterans Affa…

Mar 17·1 min read·72 words

Pivotal Point LLC (B-423072.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, past performance Date: 25 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423072.2 Pivotal Point LLC, an SDVOSB of Falls Church, Virginia, pr…

Mar 17·1 min read·71 words

Valiant Government Services, LLC (B-423740; B-423740.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, process issue, IDIQ, other Date: 26 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423740%2Cb-423740.2 Valiant Government Services protested…

Mar 17·1 min read·73 words

Ambulance Management Services, Ltd. d/b/a Trans-Care Ambulance (B-423804)

You should not care. Category: Process issue Date: 2 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423804 Ambulance Management Services, Ltd. d/b/a Trans-Care Ambulance, a small business based…

Mar 17·1 min read·75 words

Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (B-423690; B-423690.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, past performance, cost or price evaluation Date: 20 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423690,b-423690.2 Chugach Logistics and F…

Mar 17·1 min read·77 words

The Spectrum Group Members, LLC (B-423756)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation, past performance Date: 4 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423756 The Spectrum Group Members, LLC, a …

Mar 17·1 min read·73 words

FH Cann & Associates, Inc. (B-422308.5; B-422308.6)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation, process issue Date: 3 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422308.5,b-422308.6 FH Cann & Associates, o…

Mar 17·1 min read·78 words

Trump bans Anthropic from federal use, designates AI firm a supply-chain risk

President Trump on Saturday, 28 February 2026, ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and directed the DOD to designate the company a supply-chain r…

Feb 28·1 min read·86 words

The Defense Production Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic pressure campaign, explained

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly given Anthropic a blunt choice: open its Claude AI technology for unrestricted military use by Friday or risk losing its government contract and being la…

Feb 27·1 min read·90 words

Palantir link pulls Anthropic into Pentagon “all lawful uses” showdown

A behind-the-scenes dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon has escalated into talk of punitive action, with Palantir’s role as a key deployment channel sitting at the center of the rupture. Senior…

Feb 19·1 min read·83 words

White House moves to tighten HHS management ahead of midterms

The White House and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. are reshuffling senior leadership at HHS ahead of the midterm elections to tighten operations and sharpen the department’s …

Feb 13·1 min read·89 words

DHS trades barbs with Cardi B in a Nicki-coded clapback

Homeland Security’s official account jumped into a pop-culture pileon after Cardi B went anti-ICE before a Palm Desert crowd, reports Vulture. DHS responded with a barb about Cardi’s past admissions …

Feb 13·1 min read·63 words

CNO: "I need my stuff"

Defense One's Lauren C Williams covers the WEST Conference in San Diego, where Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle delivered a blunt message to the maritime industrial base: if the Navy awards…

Feb 13·1 min read·81 words

Intercept-driven whistleblower complaint puts DNI Gabbard, Kushner in congressional crosshairs

A highly classified whistleblower complaint involving Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard centers on a foreign-intelligence intercept collected last spring, according to US officials fami…

Feb 13·1 min read·77 words

Southwest’s assigned seating crackdown sparking passenger backlash on half-empty flights

Southwest’s shift from open seating to assigned seats is building a powder keg as passengers are being told to stay put, even when dozens of seats and whole rows are empty, reports View from the Wing.…

Feb 12·1 min read·94 words

New US attorney for upstate NY hired, fired on same day

The Times reports judges installed Donald T Kinsella, as US attorney for the Northern District of New York to replace Trump appointee John A. Sarcone III, "whom a judge found last month was serving in…

Feb 12·1 min read·92 words

Microsoft launches Arm-only branch of Windows 11 for new Snapdragon X2 PCs

Microsoft is carving out an unusual new lane for Windows-on-Arm: Windows 11, version 26H1 will ship only on new Arm PCs, starting with systems built around Qualcomm’s newly announced Snapdragon X2 El…

Feb 12·1 min read·92 words

Border laser test triggers El Paso airspace shutdown

We now know why the El Paso airport abruptly closed late Tuesday: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel deployed an antidrone laser on loan from DOD without giving FAA officials sufficient tim…

Feb 12·1 min read·87 words

Supplying Demand, LLC (B-423810, B-423810.2)

You should not care. Categories: Pricing, compliance, clarifications, discussions Date: 24 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423810%2Cb-423810.2 Supplying Demand, LLC, a service‑di…

Feb 5·1 min read·63 words

Trump administration finalizes rule reducing job protections for 50,000 federal workers

The Trump administration completed a rule on 5 February 2026 creating a new employment category that strips approximately 50,000 senior federal employees of long-standing civil service protections, ma…

Feb 5·1 min read·77 words