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*Virginia Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-10-14 ( 6 items )  
GAO Denies Peraton Protest Against GDIT Task Order for IT Services (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The General Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Peraton Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, challenging the award of an information technology lifecycle support services task order to General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. of Falls Church, Virginia. The task order, issued by the General Services Administration, is for IT services supporting the U.S. Strategic Command, primarily at Offut Air Force Base, Nebraska, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Pera more ST

GAO Dismisses Reconsideration Bid Protest by Amentum Parsons, Upholding Army Award to KBR (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office has dismissed a request for reconsideration filed by Amentum Parsons Logistics Services LLC, Arlington, Virginia, effectively upholding the U.S. Army's decision to award a major task order to KBR Services LLC, Houston, Texas, for military support services. The dispute centered on a task order for Army prepositioned stock (APS) support services across locations in Europe. Amentum Parsons, based in Arlington, Virginia, had challenge more ST

GAO Upholds Air Force Award Decision, Denying Protest From Alexandria's DCS Corp. (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The General Accountability Office has denied a protest from DCS Corp., an information technology and engineering firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, regarding a contract for global mobility and special mission planning systems. The decision affirms the U.S. Air Force's selection of three other companies, including MORSECORP Inc., Boeing Co. and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for the work. DCS Corp. had challenged its non-selection for the task orders, arguing that the Air  more ST

House Veterans' Affairs Committee Issues Report on Health Professionals Scholarship Program Improvement Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-264) on the Health Professionals Scholarship Program Improvement Act (H.R. 3767), which aims to amend Title 38 of the U.S. Code to provide for a time frame for the employment in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of participants in the Health Professionals Scholarship Program. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on Sept. 10, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R.  more ST

House Veterans' Affairs Committee Issues Report on Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-263) on the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act (H.R. 3400), which aims to amend Title 38 of the U.S. Code to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the U.S. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on Sept. 10, 2 more ST

McClellan Introduces Bill to Grant Federal Recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Introduces Bill to Grant Federal Recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia * In case you missed it, this Indigenous Peoples' Day: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 5327, the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, to extend federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia.  The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia exist more PR