Tag: General Services Administration

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Trump’s Former DC Hotel

May 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided on May 15 to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The case goes back to 2017, when Trump had just become president, and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. At that time, several Democrats…

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Feds Used Lax Security on 1 Million Americans’ Accounts Because of ‘Equity’: IG

March 8, 2023
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A technology arm of the federal government had lax security on about 1 million online accounts because it rejected using facial recognition technology over “equity” concerns, according to an inspector general’s (IG) report released on Tuesday. The General Services Administration’s (GSA) failed to provide other federal agencies accurate information about the level of security and…

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Opposition Growing to Biden Proposal to Expand Union Power in Federal Project Contracting

October 19, 2022
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Fifty Republican Members of Congress and 18 Republican governors are urging President Joe Biden to withdraw the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s (FARC) proposal to require unionized workforces on most government-funded construction projects. The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all “major” federal construction projects. Use of a PLA…

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