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Federal Procurement: Additional Data Reporting Could Improve the Suspension and Debarment Process
Federal government purchases of contracted goods and services have grown to more than $300 billion annually. To protect the government's interests, the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR provides that agencies can suspend or debar contractors for causes affecting present responsibility--such as serious failure to perform to the terms of a contract....
Best Practices: Using Spend Analysis to Help Agencies Take a More Strategic Approach to Procurement
"Spend analysis" is a tool that provides knowledge about who are the buyers, who are the suppliers, how much is being spent for what goods and services, and where are the opportunities to leverage buying power. Private sectors companies are using spend analysis as a foundation for employing a strategic...
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Three US soldiers killed as violencein Iraq escalates
Three US soldiers and an interpreter have been killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, bringing to 25 the number of Americans killed in Iraq this month and underlining that Iraq remains a very dangerous place for the US army, despite a drop in the number of attacks on...
Gates to oversee dispute on $35B tanker contract
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates pledged to oversee a disputed $35 billion tanker contract after congressional investigators on Wednesday detailed numerous mistakes the Air Force made in awarding the deal to Northrop Grumman and its European partner over Boeing Co. In a redacted 67-page report, the...
GAO finds 6% of Medicare providers owe back taxes
WASHINGTON -- More than 27,000 health care providers -- hospitals, nursing homes and doctors -- who care for the elderly owe more than $2 billion in unpaid taxes even as they continue to collect Medicare payments from the government, a federal watchdog agency has found. In some cases...
Boeing wins key battle over refueling tanker
WASHINGTON -- Boeing scored a major victory Wednesday in its battle to wrestle back a $35 billion Air Force contract from Northrop Grumman and its European partner. The Government Accountability Office upheld Boeing's protest of the refueling tanker contract and recommended the service hold a new competition....
US oversight office backs Boeing protest over $40bn deal
A US government oversight office plunged one of the defence industry's most lucrative and bitterly contested contracts into chaos yesterday when it backed a protest from Boeing against the US Air Force's decision to award a $40bn (20.4bn) in-flight refuelling aircraft replacement programme to its European rival EADS. ...
GAO advises redo of bid, a triumph for Boeing
In a big win for Boeing, congressional investigators Wednesday recommended that the Air Force redo a bid process that awarded a $35 billion aircraft contract to Northrop Grumman Systems and EADS, the Europe-based parent company of Airbus. Boeing had contested the Air Force's awarding of the contract --...
Report: Feds need better privacy data safeguards
WASHINGTON -- The government does not have adequate privacy protections for the personal information it collects, shares and stores as part of the effort to fight terrorism, according to a new report by a federal watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office GAO says that new laws are needed...
US watchdog upholds Boeing protest over tanker contract
WASHINGTON AFP — A congressional audit Wednesday backed Boeing's protest over a huge aerial refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman, and recommended the Air Force review the deal. The decision could wrest the 35-billion-dollar contract from Northrop and its European partner EADS in a battle fraught with...
US watchdog upholds Boeing protest over tanker contract
WASHINGTON AFP — A congressional audit Wednesday backed Boeing's protest over a huge aerial refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman, and recommended the Air Force review the deal. The decision could wrest the 35-billion-dollar contract from Northrop and its European partner EADS in a battle fraught with...
US watchdog upholds Boeing protest over tanker contract
WASHINGTON AFP — A congressional audit Wednesday backed Boeing's protest over a huge aerial refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman, and recommended the Air Force review the deal. The decision could wrest the 35-billion-dollar contract from Northrop and its European partner EADS in a battle fraught with...
Boeing Statement on Tanker Protest Ruling
ST. LOUIS, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing was informed today that the Government Accountability Office GAO found in Boeing's favor on a number of issues related to its protest of the U.S. Air Force's award of a $35 billion contract to supply the service with its next-generation aerial...
CAGW Calls for Full Review of Air Force Acquisition Process After Tanker Ruling
WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today called for a no-holds-barred congressional investigation of the procurement process at the U.S. Air Force following the decision by the Government Accountability Office GAO to uphold the Boeing Company's protest of the $35 billion refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman. The...
Border security is a myth
From the beginning, the tough talk about beefing up security along the southern border of the United States has had a half- hearted quality to it. The government really wasn't ready to dedicate the time, money and personnel to get the job done. A cynic would say border security was...
Northrop Grumman States A Favorable GAO Ruling Should End All Tanker Delay
KC-45 Program Must Move Forward WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation said today that if the Government Accountability Office GAO rejects the protest filed against the Air Force selection of the Northrop Grumman KC-45 aerial refueling tanker, there should be no further delay in...
New tanker delays could pose 'real problem': Pentagon
WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon said Tuesday that any further delay in the renewal of its fleet of aerial refueling tankers would be a "real problem," ahead of a ruling on how the contract was awarded. The Government Accountability Office GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, is currently...
Reports say illegal U.S. entry not difficult
Undercover investigators testing how tough it is to cross the borders into the U.S. had a better than nine-in-10 chance of pulling it off using oral assertions and counterfeit identification, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The report was released the same week as...
Alabama Aircraft Industries Announces Protest Decision
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. AAII (NASDAQ: AAII) learned today that the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO denied a protest filed by the company on March 11, 2008. In its protest, AAII was challenging the selection of Boeing over AAII for a billion dollar contract to maintain the...
Northrop Grumman KC-45: Why We Won - Superior Air Refueling
Highlighting reasons the U.S. Air Force selected the KC-45 Tanker as best for our men and women in uniform. WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force found Northrop Grumman Corporation's bid to build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers superior to Boeing's in...
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