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U.S. GAO upholds Harris protest about FBI contract plan Tuesday, October 6
2015-10-07 07:37:43| Wireless - Topix.net
The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Tuesday upheld a protest by Harris Corp filed against the FBI's plans to award a sole-source contract to rival Motorola Solutions Inc for two-way radios under a larger umbrella contract. The congressional agency said the FBI violated federal regulations when it notified vendors that it planned to award two contracts worth $335 million to Motorola, shutting out four other companies that were authorized to supply equipment under a bigger contract with the Department of Homeland Security.
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GAO Report Sees Climate Risks to Army Corps Projects
2015-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Thousands of dams, levees, hurricane barriers and flood walls built across the country by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may be at risk from extreme weather and sea level rise driven by climate change, but the Army Corps has only just begun to assess how vulnerable they are and suffers from a lack of funding, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The Army Corps may not be the most prominent of federal government agencies, but the dams, levees and other infrastructure it...
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GAO denies bid protest from CACI
2015-06-23 00:01:16| IT Services - Topix.net
The Government Accountability Office last week denied CACI Technologies' protest over the Navy's rejection of a proposal from the Arlington-based company.
F-35 Engines From United Technologies Called Unreliable by GAO
2015-04-27 13:25:41| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. F-35 engines from United Technologies Corp. are proving so unreliable that U.S. plans to increase production of the fighter jet may be slowed, according to congressional auditors.
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GAO: Newer aircraft vulnerable to hacking
2015-04-15 05:47:12| Wireless - Topix.net
Hundreds of planes flying commercially today could be vulnerable to having their onboard computers hacked and remotely taken over by someone using the plane's passenger Wi-Fi network, or even by someone on the ground, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. One of the authors of the report, Gerald Dillingham, told CNN the planes include the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft, and all have advanced cockpits that are wired into the same Wi-Fi system used by passengers.
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