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Bid rigging cost Dell and Iron Bow $4.3M in Justice settlement

Bid rigging cost Dell and Iron Bow $4.3M in Justice settlement

Dell Technologies and Iron Bow Technologies will pay a combined $4.3 million to resolve allegations they manipulated Army contract bids through a deceptive pricing scheme that created a false appearance of competition while overcharging for computer hardware from 2020 to 2024: * Initial Setup (May 2020): Dell established a deal

Magellan Federal, Inc. (B-422803; B-422803.2)

Magellan Federal, Inc. (B-422803; B-422803.2)

Category: Technical evaluation, past performance Date: November 13, 2024 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422803%2Cb-422803.2 You should not care. Magellan Federal protested Army's award of a task order to Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI), for master resilience training, alleging errors in key personnel evaluations, unequal treatment,

KBR Services, LLC (B-422839)

KBR Services, LLC (B-422839)

Category: Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) Date: 22 November 2024 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422839 You should not care. KBR Services, LLC protested the terms of a Navy solicitation for base operation support services at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, arguing that the solicitation understated the Navy's needs, failed

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (B-422823; B-422823.2)

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (B-422823; B-422823.2)

Category: Technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation, best-value tradeoff Date: 18 November 2024 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422823%2Cb-422823.2 You should not care. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), protested VA's award of a task order for enterprise software development services to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, under

DCSA targets growing clearance backlog with tiger team and IT upgrades

DCSA targets growing clearance backlog with tiger team and IT upgrades

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is addressing a rising backlog of security clearance background investigations that has reached nearly 300,000 cases—the highest since 2019. FedNewsNetwork reports that average investigation times for secret and top-secret clearances far exceed agency goals, with secret-level investigations taking 68 days (target:

Drug companies escalate fight over 340B drug discounts to hospitals

Drug companies escalate fight over 340B drug discounts to hospitals

The dispute highlights conflicting interpretations of 340B’s purpose, as drugmakers push for tighter controls and transparency while hospitals rely on the discounts to fund care for underserved populations.

Musk and Ramaswamy push for five-day office weeks for feds

Musk and Ramaswamy push for five-day office weeks for feds

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s faux Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have proposed a mandatory five-day in-office workweek for federal employees. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, they argued that taxpayers should no longer fund the "Covid-era privilege" of telework and suggested