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Contracting

A FOIA request goes after years of confidential contractor information

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a reporter seeks four years worth of federal contractor reports. Now companies would have filed the reports and they concern their equal opportunity hiring records with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the Labor Department.

Contracts/Awards

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

Reporter's Notebook

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

Reporter's Notebook

The story of how one small business is barely hanging on to its hopes of winning a spot on NITAAC’s CIO-SP4

Commentary

If VA builds warehouse, distribution capabilities for sleep therapy, better patient care will not come

Reporter's Notebook

SBA ‘beats the odds’ by finalizing several major contracting regulations

Reporter's Notebook

DoD’s win in federal court doesn’t mean JEDI is out of the woods, experts say

bid protests - Alliant 2 GWAC

Reporter's Notebook

Bid protest win continues to show fragility of multiple-award contracts

FILE - In this March 20, 2012, file photo, a plane flies over Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, a federal appeals court overturned a decision in a long-running legal battle over whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java programming language to build its hugely popular mobile operating system, Android. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Reporter's Notebook

Oracle, DoD face-off over cloud contract rests on single award rationale

nasa

Reporter's Notebook

NASA’s transparency on acquisitions is a lesson others should heed

In this photo taken June 30, 2014, the Supreme Court building is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court seems divided over whether Internet search sites can be sued for publishing false information about people if the errors don't cause any real harm. The justices appeared to split along ideological lines Monday during arguments in a case that pits business groups concerned about exposure to costly litigation against consumer protection advocates who want companies held accountable for mistakes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Acquisition Policy

Supreme Court studies federal procurement and why agencies should care