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In Depth Newscast – Aug. 31

If your company wins a federal contract from an incumbent contractor you must hire the incumbent’s employees, under a new final rule issued by Labor. The ...

Federal News Network Staff

August 31, 2011 6:46 pm

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If your company wins a federal contract from an incumbent contractor you must hire the incumbent’s employees, under a new final rule issued by Labor. The rule applies to service contracts valued at more than $150,000. Labor estimates $40,000 contractors and sub-contractors will fall under the rule every year.
The Commission on Wartime Contracting delivers its final report to Congress today. The Commission says as much as $60 billion has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan. The commission gives 15 recommendations for eliminating waste and fraud.
The Defense Department has to spend $37 million to expand the overloaded power grid at Bethesda Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The center won’t be able to power the $781 million in improvements needed to meet the BRAC requirements. The Washington Examiner reports, Congress wants an answer from the Defense Department on whether the electricity issues at the substation could lead to brownouts or blackouts at the hospital.
Your agency may be a year and half late in complying with a security mandate to keep hackers from hijacking your web site’s users. More than three quarters of federal websites AREN’T using security measures to stop the hijacking. NextGov reports the leader of the General Services Administration’s dot-gov internet domain, Lee Ellis, says the delays come from a lack of technical understanding.