Showing posts with label contract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contract. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2025

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business

The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA…

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Federal employees weigh new terms of Trump's resignation offer : NPR

Adding to the confusion, some of the sample contract language diverges from the first email, which came from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the subject line "Fork in the Road," and other guidance presented to date...


Thursday, July 6, 2023

Biden brings in Sperling to calm looming Detroit showdown - POLITICO

The upcoming contract talks between the Big Three automakers and a newly energized United Auto Workers union threatens to pose a political threat to Biden's reelection campaign...

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Space Force delays $12B deal with contractor after court rules company acted fraudulently: report | TheHill

... The scrutiny focuses on NSTXL's earlier partnership with an events management firm as part of a contract with the Navy. NSTXL ended its relationship with the events firm after the firm supposedly failed to perform its contractual responsibilities...

Sunday, October 25, 2020

'Epic Level of Corruption': Postal Service Quietly Awards $5 Million Contract to DeJoy's Former Company | Common Dreams News

The U.S. Postal Service last month quietly awarded a $5 million contract to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's former company XPO Logistics, raising fresh allegations of unethical activity by the Trump megadonor as he continues to come under fire for causing nationwide mail delays that could impact next month's election.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/24/epic-level-corruption-postal-service-quietly-awards-5-million-contract-dejoys-former

Saturday, June 27, 2020

A Company Run by a White House “Volunteer” With No Experience in Medical Supplies Got $2.4 Million From the Feds for Medical Supplies — ProPublica

A $2.4 million deal to supply the Bureau of Prisons with surgical gowns was the second multimillion dollar contract for coronavirus supplies that went to somebody who did work for the White House but had little relevant experience.
https://www.propublica.org/article/a-company-run-by-a-white-house-volunteer-with-no-experience-in-medical-supplies-got-2.4-million-from-the-feds-for-medical-supplies

Trump Suggests Navy Chose Wisconsin Firm to Help Him

IN WHAT SOUNDED like a confession that his administration is corruptly using federal funds to boost his re-election campaign, President Donald Trump told workers at a shipyard in Wisconsin on Thursday that “one of the big factors” in the Navy awarding a $5.5 billion contract to their firm was, “your location in Wisconsin, if you want to know the truth.” https://theintercept.com/2020/06/25/trump-suggests-navy-sent-5-billion-wisconsin-firm-help-win-election/


Saturday, January 11, 2020

EPA employees push 'bill of rights' to protect scientific integrity | TheHill

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unionized employees have drafted a bill of rights, asking the agency to recognize the need for scientific integrity, research into climate science and the ability to enforce environmental laws without political interference. The bill of rights comes as the agency and the union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), sits down to hammer out a new contract following complaints from employees that the EPA unilaterally imposed the last one without their consent.....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/477164-epa-employees-push-bill-of-rights-to-protect-scientific-integrity

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Trump border wall $400 million contract handed to company owned by Republican donor who promoted firm on Fox News | The Independent

A construction company owned by a Republican donor has been given a $400m (£308.5m) contract to build sections of Donald Trump’s border wall. The Department of Defence has announced Fisher Sand and Gravel Co, from North Dakota, will build new barriers in Arizona following reports that Mr Trump repeatedly pushed for the company to be given the contract, despite concerns from engineering officials.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-wall-contract-fox-news-republican-donor-fisher-sand-gravel-arizona-a9230346.html

Monday, October 28, 2019

It’s impossible to give the Trump administration the benefit of the doubt - The Washington Post

When previous administrations took controversial steps, there was a general assumption, even among critics, that they were acting in what they believed to be the public interest. When this administration makes contentious decisions — such as awarding a $10 billion Pentagon contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon, or probing the origins of an investigation into Russia’s attack on the 2016 election — the presumption of goodwill has been replaced by a presumption of ill will and illegality. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/26/its-impossible-give-trump-administration-benefit-doubt/


Sunday, October 27, 2019

Trump Ordered Mattis to “Screw Amazon” Out of Pentagon Contract, Book Alleges – Mother Jones

On Friday, the Pentagon awarded a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft. People had been expecting the contract to go to Amazon and the switcheroo led many to assume President Trump intervened, given his regular complaining about Jeff Bezos and the “Amazon Washington Post.” ....
https://www.motherjones.com/impeachment/2019/10/trump-ordered-mattis-to-screw-amazon-out-of-pentagon-contract-book-alleges/








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