WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Eighteen State Attorneys General and a county attorney submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) opposing its Interim Final Rule, which aims to rescind numerous regulations associated with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This public comment letter argues that the DOI's recent actions, referred to as the Rescission Rule, could severely undermine environmental protections and public participation in federal decision-making.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by 1st SBC Solutions LLC, of Leesburg, Virginia, regarding a contract award to Agovx LLC, of Bethesda, Maryland, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service. The protest concerned a task order for information technology services. 1st SBC Solutions, an 8(a) small business, challenged several aspects of the award, contending that the IRS failed to conduct meaningful discussions, improperly  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- A bid protest filed by Integral Federal Inc., of McLean, Virginia, challenging a U.S. Army contract award to the Survice Engineering Co. LLC, of Belcamp, Maryland, has been dismissed by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO determined it lacked jurisdiction because the value of the awarded contract was below the legal threshold for such a protest. Integral Federal had contested the U.S. Army's decision to issue a task order for research and development services to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has dismissed a protest from Emerge Solutions Group LLC, a Rockville, Maryland-based company, challenging the terms of a U.S. Department of Defense solicitation. The protest was filed against the Defense Health Agency concerning a request for proposals for clinical systems and data processing. Emerge Solutions contended that the solicitation was flawed because it did not require an evaluation of professional compensation plans, a stand  more