A column at FortWayne.com discusses how local school systems are reviewing how they determine wages on their construction and maintenance contracts. A Federal law requires them to pay prevailing wage, and in most of the US that means localities defaulted to union wages. Obviously these will be larger then non-union shops. Now several school systems are interpreting the law to say that it is...
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The AP reports that due to a foreign object being found in the fuel line of a V-22 Osprey preparing for delivery to the USMC that DoD and Boeing have shut down the two lines at the Philadelphia plant. This plant assembles the V-22 tilt rotor aircraft for the USMC and USAF as well as makes the CH-47 helicopter for the Army. Earlier this year a worker was found to have sabotaged two CH-47...
We had previously written about Amendment 54 in Colorado here. This bans those entities receiving sole-source government contracts in the state from making political contributions. It is even more controversial as it considers union contracts sole-source. The Amendment faces several court challenges at the state and Federal level as an infringement on free speech. Right now it is in effect...
The Heritage Foundation has a good, short paper on fraud and inefficiencies in the Defense Budget written by Dr. James Jay Carafano. The paper is located here. Anytime a new administration takes over there is a focus on saving money by doing things better and cutting out fraud in government budgets. The defense budget and procurement process has been reviewed and reformed several times since...
The US Patent & Trademark Office awarded a contract to V-Tech Solutions to provide call center support to their Contract Center. The contract is worth over $7 M and is for five years. TMCNet.com reports on the award. This is just another example of the wide variety of products and services that the Federal government purchases. The contract requires V-Tech Solutions to not only provide...
The Department of Defense continued its relationship with NACE International by extending a contract for training and certification in corrosion protection. NACE International, an organization that grew out of the “National Association of Corrosion Engineers”, is the world’s leading authority on corrosion protection and prevention. Surface Finishing.com has the press...
Business Week is reporting that due to the delays in awarding the KC-X replacement tanker contract Boeing will have to reduce its work force in Wichita by 800. The job cuts will be across the board affecting white and blue collar alike. Wichita, KS is where Boeing does its military modifications and upgrades to its civil airliners. The KC-X contract was awarded to EADS last Summer. The...
With the new requirement that any company being awarded a defense contract worth over $100,000 verify that no illegal aliens are working on the contract as discussed here, Immigration Tracker has released software called Tracker I-9. This software will be able to take the data from Form I-9 and interact with the existing E-Verify system set up by Homeland Security. See MarketWatch.com for the...
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) awarded a follow on contract to SRA for continued support in the area of tracking the possession, use and transfer of biological agents and toxins. The Washington Business Journal has the details. SRA will provide laboratory services to the CDC in this area. This is considered a re-award to SRA although the last contract was actually given to the...
BAE makes helmets for the US military. Many are made by this company in Pennsylvania. The Federal Prison Industries (FPI) also makes helmets. Now CitizensVoice.com reports the two entities are having an argument about who should get the contracts to produce this key item of personal protection. The reasons that FPI is taking the majority of new business is two fold. First, FPI is cheaper...
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