WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest from Emissary LLC, an Arlington, Virginia-based woman-owned small business, challenging a contract award by the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract, which is for technical support services for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, was awarded to Gemini Industries Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts. The GAO's decision found multiple issues with the eva  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester, Massachusetts, has submitted a comprehensive public comment letter addressing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) Notice of Intent concerning the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Project. This proposed project aims to establish an offshore wind energy facility off the coast of New York, but NMFS has raised concerns about its potential impacts on the region's ma  more