WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- A coalition of 194 environmental and conservation organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the White House Council on Environmental Quality expressing concerns regarding sweeping changes to the National Environmental Policy Act procedures implemented across numerous federal agencies. The letter highlights potential erosion of transparency and public participation in federal project decision-making processes that are vital to ensuring a healthy environment. S more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- A coalition of 228 tribes, environmental and conservation organizations submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of Transportation expressing deep concern over recent modifications to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementation procedures. The coalition argues that the changes, introduced by several key federal departments, undermine the core principles of environmental pro more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44975) on Aug. 7, 2025, entitled "The Blue Slip Process for U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations (1917-Present)" by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The blue slip process used by the Senate Judiciary Committee for U.S. circuit and district court nominations is of ongoing interest to Congress. Since at least 1917, the committee's more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by 1st SBC Solutions LLC, of Leesburg, Virginia, regarding a contract award to Agovx LLC, of Bethesda, Maryland, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service. The protest concerned a task order for information technology services. 1st SBC Solutions, an 8(a) small business, challenged several aspects of the award, contending that the IRS failed to conduct meaningful discussions, improperly more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The General Accountability Office has denied a protest from Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Virginia, concerning its exclusion from a competitive range for an Air Force contract. The contract is for modeling and support simulation services, and the protest was filed against the U.S. Air Force. SAIC argued that the Air Force failed to properly evaluate its proposal before establishing the competitive range. However, the GAO's decision, dated July 28, 2025 more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The General Accountability Office has denied a protest from Strategic Operational Solutions Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business from Ashburn, Virginia, regarding a contract for data management support services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Teracore Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Woodstock, Georgia. STOPSO had challenged the contract award, arguing that the DHS had unreasonably eva more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The General Accountability Office has dismissed a protest from Addx Corp., a small business in Alexandria, Virginia, regarding an information technology contract. The contract was awarded to KL3 LLC, a small business located in Apex, North Carolina, by the U.S. Air Force for IT architecture and engineering support for United States Strategic Command. Addx's protest challenged both the evaluation of its own proposal and the terms of the solicitation itself. However, the GA more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- A bid protest filed by Integral Federal Inc., of McLean, Virginia, challenging a U.S. Army contract award to the Survice Engineering Co. LLC, of Belcamp, Maryland, has been dismissed by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO determined it lacked jurisdiction because the value of the awarded contract was below the legal threshold for such a protest. Integral Federal had contested the U.S. Army's decision to issue a task order for research and development services to more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- A protest by Roku Management Consulting LLC of Glen Allen, Virginia, against the U.S. Navy has been dismissed by the General Accountability Office. RMC challenged its exclusion from a contract competition to provide financial management support services, alleging the Navy used unstated evaluation criteria. The Navy issued a request for proposals on January 21, 2025, for financial management support for its Military Sealift Command. The contract was to be awarded to the lo more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest from Emissary LLC, an Arlington, Virginia-based woman-owned small business, challenging a contract award by the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract, which is for technical support services for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, was awarded to Gemini Industries Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts. The GAO's decision found multiple issues with the eva more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by SOS International LLC (SOSi) of Reston, Virginia, challenging a major information technology contract awarded to Peraton Inc., of Herndon, Virginia. The contract, which was issued by the U.S. Army, is for IT and computing support services for the Army Intelligence Center of Excellence. SOSi argued that the Army had unreasonably evaluated proposals and conducted a flawed tradeoff analysis. The Army's evaluation g more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41909) on Aug. 7, 2025, entitled "Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress" by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary Multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC) are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limite more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41909) on Aug. 7, 2025, entitled "Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition - Background and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Issues for Congress Potential issues for Congress concerning MYP and BBC include whether to use MYP and BBC in the future more frequently, less frequently, or about as frequently as they are currently used; an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), Alexandria, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opposing Citizen Petition FDA-2025-P-2162-0001, drafted by GenBioPro Inc., and expressesing strong concerns regarding the safety of mifepristone, a drug approved for use in medical abortions, particularly due to its association with serious complications. Mifepristone has been under scrutiny since its approval in 2000, as it car more ST