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Federal acquisition insight and opinion
Horizon cutting-room links: Monday, 23 June 2025
Trump administration wields False Claims Act against universities
Oracle launches defense ecosystem to assist small tech firms with sales to DOD
Times asked did ACLU, trans left, push too for failure at Supreme Court
Boeing ramps up political donations amid mounting scrutiny
GSA expands TDR to remove dreaded PRC from Schedules
Horizon cutting-room links: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Senate budget bill grants Trump sweeping powers to reorganize agencies, lay off federal workers
Airbus orders and Boeing's sleep at Paris air show
New Yorker goes deep on Musk’s DOGE days
AI-enabled GAO Protest Log
OReady, LLC (B-422910.2)
You should not care.
Category: Simplified acquisition procedures, compliance, quality-control plan
Date: 18 June 2025
URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422910.2
OReady, LLC, a woman-owned small business from Las Vegas, protested NOAA’s award of a contract to ULU Hi-Tech, Inc., under RFQ No. 1305M324Q0286 for Linux system
Compotech, Inc. (B-423368)
SOS International, LLC (B-423366.2)
Sancorp Consulting, LLC (B-422985.4; B-422985.5)
DirectViz Solutions, LLC (B-423366; B-423366.3; B-423366.4)
AIX Tech, LLC (B-423417; B-423417.2; B-423417.3)
BTAS, Inc. (B-422624.2; B-422624.6)
Travel news and analysis
Horizon cutting-room links: Monday, 23 June 2025
"Trump’s pick to lead Customs and Border Protection confirmed by Senate," Government Executive
Trump's appointed leader for Customs and Border Protection has been confirmed by the Senate , amid ongoing discussions about the Transportation Department's controversial funding directive tied to immigration enforcement. As states
Boeing ramps up political donations amid mounting scrutiny
Horizon cutting-room links: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Airbus orders and Boeing's sleep at Paris air show
US airlines quietly sold passenger data to CPB for traveler surveillance
Delta boosts Seattle-Asia routes with Airbus A350, eyes expansion
José Andrés enters hotel industry with the Bazaar House in Georgetown
Sluggish bookings and sponsor pullbacks cloud WorldPride DC 2025
