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Horizon cutting-room links: Friday, 12 September 2025

Horizon cutting-room links: Friday, 12 September 2025

"From Director Vought to a-11 Update, OMB Minimizing GAO’s Role," Federal News Network OMB is openly expressing its discontent with GAO in both public statements and regulatory updates. Director Russ Vought has made it clear that he does not believe GAO has a legitimate role in overseeing

DEI is gone at DOD, trumpets GAO report

DEI is gone at DOD, trumpets GAO report

So-called gay conversion therapy promised to turn even the thoroughbred gay straight using pseudoscience and a spirituality corrupted for the purpose. Before the game began, they move the goal posts: being “straight” isn’t so much a matter of being attracted to women, but an absence of attraction to men.

VMD Systems Integrators, LLC dba VMD Corporation (B-422384.3; B-422384.5)

VMD Systems Integrators, LLC dba VMD Corporation (B-422384.3; B-422384.5)

You should care. Category: Multiple Award Schedule, compliance, Date: 25 March 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422384.3%2Cb-422384.5 VMD Systems Integrators protested the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to eliminate its proposal from a competition for project management and cybersecurity compliance support services under

GovTranz, LLC (B-423249)

GovTranz, LLC (B-423249)

You should not care. Category: Noncompliant pricing, clarifications, SBA certificate of competency Date: 25 March 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423249 GovTranz, LLC, protested VA’s rejection of its proposal under an RFP for ground wheelchair transportation services in Atlanta, arguing that it was improperly excluded for omitting

United Capital Investment Group (B-423169; B-423169.2)

United Capital Investment Group (B-423169; B-423169.2)

You should not care. Category: Cost or price evaluation, price realism Date: 13 February 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423169%2Cb-423169.2 United Capital Investment Group (UCIG) protested DLA's award of a fixed-price fuel supply contract in Germany to Stonewin Capital LP, arguing that the agency

OSST, LLC (B-423223)

OSST, LLC (B-423223)

You should not care. Category: Unsolicited proposal rejection Date: 5 February 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423223 OSST, LLC, protested the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA's) rejection of its unsolicited proposal to establish a centralized federal referral transplant center for vision restoration. OSST argued that DHA’

GAO identifies $47M in Antideficiency Act violations across agencies in fiscal 2024

GAO identifies $47M in Antideficiency Act violations across agencies in fiscal 2024

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has detailed significant Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations in its fiscal 2024 compilation report. Violations spanning multiple agencies totaled $47 million and highlighted widespread challenges in federal fiscal compliance. The Navy faced scrutiny for $5.6 million in unauthorized expenditures supporting Marine Corps National Defense Cadet