WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46906) on Nov. 23, 2021, entitled "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: * * * SUMMARY The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Procurement Program is intended to provide SDVOSBs greater access to federal contracting opportunities. The program is designed to help federal agencies achieve more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46906) on Nov. 23, 2021, entitled "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) SDVOSB Contracting Data As shown in Table 2, the dollar amount of contracts awarded to SDVOSBs has generally increased from year-to-year, and the 3% government-wide SDVOSB procurement goal was met for the first time in FY2012 and in each fiscal year since then. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSRep) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on Nov. 17, 2021, entitled "The Shot Heard Around the World - The Strategic Imperative of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy". The report was written by Andrei Iancu, senior adviser and cofounder of the renewing American innovation project. * * * Executive Summary In 2020, the United States won the global race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. But that historic victory could become a hist more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSPol) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on Nov. 23, 2021: * * * The White House today announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve in coordination with five other nations that are releasing additional volumes to shield Americans from high gas prices. Tyson Slocum, energy program director for Public Citizen, released the following statement: "The effectiveness of today's strategic petroleum release is eroded  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: This past Thursday, The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange held a breakfast discussion with three leaders who are working to facilitate a new free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. Those leaders were British Ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce, DCMG; U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH); and U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (TX-8). Ambassador Pierce, who became the fir more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 24 (TNSRes) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: During the past century, the Florida Everglades has faced habitat loss, declining biodiversity, and an ecological collapse. This area has been dramatically altered by water management decisions to improve flood management, urban water supply, and agricultural production across south Florida and now must compete for water with urban and agricultural areas. Southern Florida is now in turn polluted by contaminated  more PR