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Hawaii Energy Systems, LLC State and Local Fiscal Projections Federal Borrowing Unpacking the Financial Report What Remains To Be Done Key Reports Report Suspected Fraud Americas Fiscal Future Key Areas Retirement Security Key Areas Area Ratings Meeting Strategic Challenges Highlights Hawaii Energy Systems, LLC (HES), of Aiea, Hawaii, protests the issuance of justifications and approvals (J&As) for the use of other than full and open competition in connection with solicitations for requirements in Hawaii and Guam, by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering C...

As explained previously, various forums have jurisdiction or authority to hear bid protests: agencies, the U.S. Accountability (GAO), and the U.S. Court Federal Claims (COFC)....

The rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos already was intense. Now it’s extending to the moon. Christian Davenport © Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images SpaceX founder Elon Musk; Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. In a flier distributed on Capitol Hill last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX warned that legislation now being considered would reward “Jeff Bezos with a $10 billion sole-source hand-out” that would tie up NASA’s moon plans and hand “space leadership to China.” Bezos’s Blue Origin space company countered quickly and forcefully. “Lie.” “Lie.” “...

Contractors interested in contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should be aware that FAA bid protests are different from protests involving other federal agencies....

Highlights Protection Strategies, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Knoxville, Tennessee, requests that we recommend the firm be reimbursed its reasonable costs of pursuing its protest. Protection Strategies challenged the issuance of a task order to Armada Ltd., by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15JPSS20Q00000014, which was issued for various security services. The protester alleged that the agency engaged in unequal discussions, improperly evaluated the awardee's quotation, relied on a flawed independent government cost estimate...