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GAO Tosses Protest Over $208M Border Wall Deal
Law360 (February 26, 2021, 10:11 PM EST) The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied Fisher Industries protest over a $208.5 million task order to build a segment of border wall, saying the Army Corps of Engineers wasn t required to give the company the same rating as on a similar deal.
The higher ratings given to Fisher unit Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. on what the company called an almost identical previous order had not created a standard the Corps was required to follow because different staff had been involved in assessing the proposals for each order, the GAO said in its Jan. 7 ruling, which was released Friday..
Montgomery, Alabama uses CDC guidelines to unsafely reopen schools
The Alabama Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee is hosting a special meeting at 2 p.m. CST this Saturday, February 27, which is open to all educators, parents, students and other workers. Dr. Benjamin Mateus, who has written extensively on the COVID-19 pandemic, will discuss the political motivations behind the new CDC guidelines on school reopenings, how they are at odds with the science, and answer questions from attendees.
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Montgomery, Alabama Superintendent Ann Roy Moore announced Monday that teachers must return to school buildings as of March 29, with students following in early April. The policy reversal takes place amid a spike of over 1,250 new COVID-19 cases in the state and after at least 30 Alabama educators have lost their lives to the virus.
Cartels need firearms to support their business, said Scott Brown, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Phoenix. When they find people that are either willing to flagrantly violate the law or skirt the law or not practice due diligence, that is enabling the cartels to be armed and to have a destructive impact both in Mexico and the U.S.
At least 70% of weapons seized in Mexico – including many guns used by cartels in massacres – were made in or came through America, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Some officials in Mexico and agents in the U.S. suspect the actual percentage is much higher.
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