WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. A&R PACIFIC-GARNEY FEDERAL J.V. II, Tamuning, Guam (N62473-25-D-5203), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. AMA DIVERSIFIED CONSTRUCTION GROUP, Petaluma, California (N62473-25-D-5204), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest ar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following statement: * * * House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed his bill to extend authorization for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs into law: "We have been focused in our efforts to secure a seven-year extension for the highly successful Upper Colorado and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Programs. And  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. BETHEL DOWNSTREAM J.V., Anchorage, Alaska (N62473-25-D-5205), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsib  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. BONITA-FILANC J.V. I, Chula Vista, California (N62473-25-D-5206), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of respo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL INC., Anchorage, Alaska (N62473-25-D-5207), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of respo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. CJW CONSTRUCTION INC., Santa Ana, California (N62473-25-D-5208), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of respon  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Government Accountability Office General Counsel has publicly issued a bid protest decision involving Smokeys Helping Hand LLC, Denver, Colorado, on Dec. 4, 2024. Highlights Smokeys Helping Hand, LLC (SHH), of Denver, Colorado, protests the issuance of a purchase order to RGZ Forestry, LLC, of Medford, Oregon, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 140L3724Q0131, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for vegetation control service  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Rules Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-825) on a resolution (H.Res. 1612) for consideration of the Liberty in Laundry Act (H.R. 7673), Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act (S. 4199) and Senate amendments for a bill (H.R. 5009) to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Austin Scott, R-Georgia, on Dec. 10, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION The reso  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 18, 2024, from the Center for Biological Diversity. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Louis Aspey, Associate Chief Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250 RE: Comments in response to Request for Public Input About Implementation of the Conservation Practices to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the following public communication on Oct. 17, 2024, from Steve Kommrusch, director of research at Leela AI, Somerville, Massachusetts: * * * NIST team, As the principal investigator for Leela AI in the AISIC, I'm pleased to provide comments on the NIST AI 800-1 draft document. Leela AI works with state-of-the-art machine learning models and adds commonsense reasoning to create a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. ORION CONSTRUCTION CORP., Vista, California (N62473-25-D-5211), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of respons  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 19, 2024, from A Better Balance, New York: * * * To: Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Room Number N3626 Washington, D.C. 20210 Re: Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, 89 FR 70698, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings * * * Thank you for the opportu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 23, 2024, from the Center for American Progress: * * * TO: Mr. Andrew Levinson, MPH, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor FROM: Jill Rosenthal, Director of Public Health Policy Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, Senior Policy Analyst Kate Petosa, Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 23, 2024, from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: * * * To: Stephen Schayer, PhD, CIH Director, Office of Physical Hazards OSHA Directorate of Standards and Guidance 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210 Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009 * * * Dear Dr. Schayer, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Dec. 19, 2024. GUSTAV KEONI dba PRECISION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, San Luis Obispo, California (N62473-25-D-5210), was awarded a share of up to $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for new construction, repair and renovation of wet utility projects at various government installations across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th  more