WASHINGTON, March 24 -- WPI Services LLC dba Systecon North America (Systecon), of Juno Beach, Florida, has lost its protest against the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command's award of a sole-source contract to Repkon USA Defense LLC, of Tampa, Florida. The contract, valued at $435 million, is for the design, construction, and commissioning of a domestic trinitrotoluene (TNT) facility in Graham, Kentucky. Systecon argued that the Army erred in determining that Systecon did not dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- MicroTechnologies LLC, of Delray Beach, Florida, has filed a protest with the General Accountability Office (GAO) challenging the Air Force's decision to award a task order to Trace Systems Inc., of Vienna, Virginia. The contract involves communications support for the Combined Air and Space Center Operations Center (CAOC). MicroTechnologies alleges that the Air Force's evaluation process was flawed, particularly concerning the analysis of professional employee compensat  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from Availity LLC, Jacksonville, Florida: * * * To: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Secretary of Health & Human Services U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Office of Civil Rights (OCR"), Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from the Endlink LLC, Fort Myers, Florida: * * * To: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: RIN 0945-AA22 * * * Dear Secretary Kennedy: On behalf of Endlink, LLC ("Endlink"), we appreciate the opportunity to offer the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 5, 2025, from Johns Hopkins Medicine: * * * To: Anthony Archeval, J.D. Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attn: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecu  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from the Florida Health Sciences Center Inc., dba Tampa General Hospital: * * * To: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Jr. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: Public Comment on NPRM - HIPAA Security Rule Updates (Docket No. HHS OCR-2024-0020) * * * Dear Secretary Ke  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has released the following public communication on March 12, 2025, from FitUSA Manufacturing, Ormond Beach, Florida: * * * The U.S. textile industry faces significant harm from unfair competition due to the exploitation of the Section 321 De Minimis exemption by foreign manufacturers, particularly those in China and India. This provision allows low-value shipments under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-fr  more