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Contracts/Awards

A plan emerges to lower the prices on military spare parts

The Senate version of the 2023 defense authorization bill contains something called a progress payment incentive pilot program to create more transparency in contracting.

Defense News

How the Pentagon got gouged on spare parts prices

Federal Newscast

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown

Federal Newscast

GAO says VA needs plan for coming retirement wave

Federal Newscast

House Committee chairman wants investigation into Border Patrol Facebook group

Federal Newscast

Social Security’s death records continue to be inaccurate

Defense

New DoD policy aims to crack down on alleged price gouging by TransDigm

Robert Wilkie

Federal Newscast

Veterans Affairs told it should stop posting disciplinary actions on its website

Congress

Federal Newscast

First look at new ideas to modernize Congress

Glenn Fine, inspector general, Defense Department

Defense

TransDigm agrees to reimburse Pentagon following allegations of price gouging

EEOC featured

Federal Newscast

EEOC employees union wastes no time presenting issues to new chairwoman

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing, RAF Mildenhall, U.K., performs a flyover during the Mi Amigo 75th anniversary flypast event at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, U.K., Feb. 22, 2019. The aircraft flew over the park where thousands of U.K. residents honored the memory of the ten fallen U.S. Airmen who died when their war-crippled B-17 Flying Fortress crash landed to avoid killing residents and nearby children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima)

Defense

Pentagon hunting for other instances of price gouging in wake of damning spare parts audit

Staff Sgt. Immanuel Garcia, a metal worker with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command welds a support beam to support the pipe the Marines are replacing on Sep 19, 2018 in Trujillo, Honduras. The water valve was stuck at 80% shut-off effecting 6 local communities containing roughly 8,000 people. The Marines repaired the pipe to return water to the local communities.

On DoD

IG: 4,400 percent profit margins show need for reform in DoD spare parts market