Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.
Category: Government Contracts and Procurement
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Trump Administration Wants Billion-Dollar Businesses to Qualify as ‘Small’
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Democratic Senators Ask Homeland Security for Details About Idled Planes
The New York Times – On the Runway:The request follows a New York Times story, which revealed that Homeland Security had spent $464 million on used jets that rarely fly.
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She Sewed the Blue Angels’ Suits for 40 Years. Then a Big Company Got the Job.
The New York Times – On the Runway:Jellie Whitehurst in Pensacola, Fla., was surprised to learn that after decades, the Navy had awarded a $1.7 million contract to a company in Virginia to supply the gear.
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U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses
The New York Times – On the Runway:The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
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Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
The New York Times – On the Runway:Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
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Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case
The New York Times – On the Runway:President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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The Chinese Company That Could Start a Trade War With Europe
The New York Times – Business:Nuctech’s rise from a Chinese state-backed start-up to a global border-security supplier has made it a lightning rod in trade and subsidy disputes.
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NASA’s Moon Base Plan Adds Two Rovers for Its Astronauts
The New York Times – Business:The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.
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Pentagon Seeks Help From Ford and G.M.
The New York Times – Business:Concerned about the slow pace and high cost of weapons production, Pentagon officials have begun talks with General Motors and Ford Motor about producing certain parts.
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Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety
The New York Times – Business:How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind.
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Are you a medical provider who has worked in an ICE detention facility? We want to hear from you.
The New York Times – Business:We want to get a better picture of what medical care for immigrants in detention is like.