WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Eastern Shawnee Companies LLC has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Defense advocating for enhanced participation of small businesses in federal procurement processes. The letter, sent in response to DoD's Notice of Request for Comments on Executive Order 14265, emphasizes the critical need for reform in defense acquisition practices, especially for companies owned by Native American tribes. ESC, a holding company owned by the Eastern Shawnee Tri more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding the recently issued Interim Final Rule for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations. The tribe, based in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, is raising concerns over the change, asserting it lacks adequate consultation with Tribal governments. The Interim Final Rule-effective immediately-was published without sufficient government-to-government e more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Selects Contractors to Supply Centers with Helium NASA has chosen a group of contractors to supply multiple agency facilities with liquid and gaseous helium for at least the next two years. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium contract is a fixed-price indefinite-delivery requirements contract with firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The awards have a total estimated value of approximately $105.1 milli more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- NorSun USA LLC has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce urging immediate trade action against imports of polysilicon and its derivatives from China. The letter addresses concerns related to national security, citing that over 99% of the global supply chain for solar ingot and wafer production is controlled by Chinese firms. In the letter, NorSun expresses appreciation for the department's investigation into the implications of polysilicon impor more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * NSF invests $29.2 million in EPSCoR Research Infrastructure collaborations for transformative impact across 11 jurisdictions The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced six major awards through its EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC), investing $29.2 million across 11 jurisdictions to strengthen research capacity and drive translationa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding its recently issued Interim Final Rule (IFR) for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, outlined in Docket No. DOI-2025-0004. The organization, which represents over 1,700 individuals and member companies in the oil and natural gas sector, advocates for updates to align NEPA with its Congressional mandates while taking in more ST