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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Sunday April 18, 2021 ( 3 items )  

GAO Denies Protest by OBXtek of Virginia
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a decision on April 8, 2021, denying a bid protest dated March 23, 2021, filed by OBXtek Inc. of McLean, Virginia. According to the GAO, OBXtek Inc. "protests the issuance of a task order to Beshenich Muir & Associates, LLC (BMA), also a SDVOSB, of Leavenworth, Kansas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RS3-20-0044, which was issued by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, for program management, administrat  more

GAO Issues Report on Graduate Medical Education
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-21-329) entitled "Graduate Medical Education: Programs and Residents Increased during Transition to Single Accreditor; Distribution Largely Unchanged". The report was sent to Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, Republican leader of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, Rep. Tom  more

House Conducted 13 Committee Hearings on April 14
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. House of Representatives conducted 13 committee hearings on April 14, 2021: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE--THE YEAR AHEAD Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a hearing entitled "The U.S. Department of Agriculture--The Year Ahead". Testimony was heard from Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture. APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Comm  more