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  - 2008-05-01

  Challengers Award entries set record Ninety-three companies have entered a record 126 entries to compete for the Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award, making the 2008 competition the largest ever for entries. "Throughout manufacturing history, innovation is the key ingredient to continued success in our business," says Charles R. Tommy Tomkins, IWF...

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• Office furniture industry takes action: globalization, government reform and the green movement are just some of the issues affecting North American office furniture manufacturers

  - 2006-10-01

  Despite reports that U.S. office furniture growth slowed in August, the year-end outlook for the industry continues to be positive, with North American manufacturers anticipating close to 10 percent increases in both production and consumption. According to the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Assn., 2006 office furniture production is...

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• FEDERAL PRISON AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SINGLE CHANNEL GROUND

  - 2006-08-16

  Federal Prison Industries Inc., Washington, D.C., was awarded on August 11, 2006, a $9,969,333 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of single channel ground and airborne radio system components. Work will be performed in Big Spring, Texas (50.13 percent), Danbury, Ct. (.43 percent), Fairton, N.J. (3.95 percent), Lexington, Ky. (.80 percent), Loretto,...

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• USA: UNICOR AWARDED CONTRACT FOR TACTICAL VEST CONVERSION KITS.

  - 2006-07-16

  UNICOR Federal Prison Industries Inc., Washington, D.C., was awarded on July 12, 2006, a delivery order amount of $17,276,250 as part of a $24,390,000 firm-fixed-price contract for outer tactical vest conversion kits in desert camouflage. Work will be performed in Yazoo City, Miss. (45 percent),...

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• USA: FEDERAL PRISON AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SINGLE CHANNEL GROUND.

  - 2006-04-16

  Federal Prison Industries, Washington, D.C., was awarded on April 12, 2006, a $25,524,238 firm-fixed-price contract for single channel ground and airborne radio system components and installation kits. Work will be performed in Fairton, N.J. (2 percent), Danbury, Conn. (7 percent), Lexington, Ky. (20 percent), Lompoc,...

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• Correcting corrections.(Opinion)(Correction notice)

  - 2006-04-10

  The latest conclusions from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel about conditions for prisoners doing computer recycling are alarming. Officials for the office wrote a letter to President Bush asserting that inmates and staff have been exposed to toxic chemicals in computer recycling programs, and concerns...

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• Prison e-cycling project may go national.(recycle electronics )

  - 2006-02-13

  Byline: Joe Truini Federal prisoners could be a big help in reducing electronic waste. Federal Prison Industries Inc. and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality have launched a pilot project to recycle electronics statewide at no...

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• FEDERAL PRISON AWARDED CONTRACT FOR RADIO SYSTEM

  - 2005-07-06

  Federal Prison Industries Inc., Washington, D.C., was awarded on June 29, 2005, a $97,357,327 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System, EPLRS, and FHMUX Iks and associated ancillary items. Work will be performed in Danbury, Conn. (42 percent), Edgefield, S.C. (1 percent), Fairton, N.J....

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• Congress continues to dismantle UNICOR

  - 2005-07-01

  Despite concerns raised by some members of Congress and the Bush administration about the negative impact that federal legislation that removes Federal Prison Industries' status as a mandatory source of supplies and services to federal agencies is having on inmate vocational programs, efforts to restrict sales of Federal Prison Industries...

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• Prison furniture loses government procurement preference

  - 2005-01-01

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed a bill Dec. 8 that repeals the preference for Federal Prison Industries over private companies By law, FPI, also known as Unicor, has had the first shot at federal contracts for the products its inmate employees make. For the past 10 years of the...

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