Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), whose district includes the Oak Ridge Site, has tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, there are a batch of new cases at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C. Fleischmann announced in a Sunday press release that he has tested positive for the ...
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Lawmakers have reached a deal on a $2.3 trillion spending package that includes a pandemic relief stimulus bill and $696 billion for fiscal year 2021 defense appropriations, covering funds for 96 F-35s and an additional Virginia-class submarine. The $900 billion emergency relief package in the ...
A newly proposed $908 billion COVID-19 relief package from a bipartisan group of senators includes extending a provision allowing defense contractors to submit pandemic-related claims for reimbursement through the end of April 2021. The proposal, unveiled by lawmakers on Monday, does not look to ...
All the primary federal government and private sector entities involved in the government’s effort to develop, produce and distribute vaccines for COVID-19 are receiving cyber security services from the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community, a DHS official said on ...
There were 270 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, including another fatal case, among National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contractor employees and civil servants as of the end of the Thanksgiving holiday week, an agency spokesperson said Monday. The fatal case was at the Los Alamos National ...
Department of Homeland Security acquisition teams have increased their use of innovative procurement practices despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the department is working to scale up these efforts moving forward, a DHS official said on Tuesday. During fiscal year 2020, 38 DHS procurement ...