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DOD civilian job satisfaction plummets as survey reveals "layer cake" of workforce trauma

The Defense Department's civilian workforce is reporting a sharp decline in job satisfaction following a year of cuts, a hiring freeze, and persistent fears of further reductions in force, according to a survey released 19 March 2026 by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. The survey of

Contractors allege Lewandowski sought payments tied to DHS contracts

Multiple Department of Homeland Security contractors complained to senior White House officials that Corey Lewandowski, a close ally of President Donald Trump and top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, sought personal payments tied to the DHS contracting process, according to an NBC News investigation published 19 March

Federal Missions Solutions, LLC (B-423584; B-423584.2)

You should care. Category: Process issue, IDIQ, cost or price evaluation, other Date: 4 September 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423584 Federal Missions Solutions, LLC, protested the terms of an RFQ issued by the Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, for program, project, and mission

Think Tank, Inc. (B-423427.2)

You should not care. Category: Process issue, other Date: 25 July 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423427.2 Overview: Think Tank, Inc., of Silver Spring, Maryland, sought reconsideration of GAO’s earlier dismissal of its protest of a Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), RFQ

Alvarez and Associates, LLC (B-423591; B-423591.2)

You should not care. Category: Process issue, other Date: 7 July 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423591%2Cb-423591.2 Alvarez and Associates, LLC, protested the Department of Veterans Affairs’ RFQ No. 36C10B24Q0030, a GSA Schedule competition for an electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA) software solution supporting VA’

Pivotal Point LLC (B-423072.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, past performance Date: 25 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423072.2 Pivotal Point LLC, an SDVOSB of Falls Church, Virginia, protested the VA's award of a firm-fixed-price contract to 3Links Technologies, Inc. under RFP No. 36C10F24R0002 for telecommunications

Valiant Government Services, LLC (B-423740; B-423740.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, process issue, IDIQ, other Date: 26 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423740%2Cb-423740.2 Valiant Government Services protested the Army’s issuance of a time-and-materials task order for linguist services (EUCOM III) to the Mission Essential Group under a FAR

Ambulance Management Services, Ltd. d/b/a Trans-Care Ambulance (B-423804)

You should not care. Category: Process issue Date: 2 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423804 Ambulance Management Services, Ltd. d/b/a Trans-Care Ambulance, a small business based in Terre Haute, Indiana, protests the award of a fixed-price contract to Heartland Ambulance Service, LLC, under IFB No.

Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (B-423690; B-423690.2)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, past performance, cost or price evaluation Date: 20 November 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423690,b-423690.2 Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC (CLFS), an 8(a) mentor-protégé joint venture small business, protests the award of a contract to CCS

The Spectrum Group Members, LLC (B-423756)

You should not care. Category: Technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation, past performance Date: 4 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423756 The Spectrum Group Members, LLC, a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to FedWriters, Inc. under RFP No. HQ003425R0047, issued by

FH Cann & Associates, Inc. (B-422308.5; B-422308.6)

You should not care. Categories: Technical evaluation, cost or price evaluation, process issue Date: 3 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422308.5,b-422308.6 FH Cann & Associates, of Exeter, New Hampshire, protests the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service's award of

Trump bans Anthropic from federal use, designates AI firm a supply-chain risk

President Trump on Saturday, 28 February 2026, ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and directed the DOD to designate the company a supply-chain risk, a label normally reserved for firms from adversary nations such as China, reports the Wall Street Journal.  The dramatic

The Defense Production Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic pressure campaign, explained

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly given Anthropic a blunt choice: open its Claude AI technology for unrestricted military use by Friday or risk losing its government contract and being labeled a supply chain risk, reports the Federal News Network. Pentagon officials have also floated an escalation that would turn

Palantir link pulls Anthropic into Pentagon “all lawful uses” showdown

A behind-the-scenes dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon has escalated into talk of punitive action, with Palantir’s role as a key deployment channel sitting at the center of the rupture. Senior administration officials have discussed barring the AI startup from military use, according to reporting cited by Semafor. They