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DoE Delays Decision About Extending Nuke Production Contract

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

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DoE Delays Decision About Extending Nuke Production Contract

Because of COVID-19, Consolidated Nuclear Security, site management and operations contractor for two of the Department of Energy's weapons-production sites, will wait perhaps until June to find out what fee it earned for 2019, and whether it is staying on the job. “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 national emergency, the contractor notification date for the CNS [Consolidated Nuclear Security] FY 2019 Performance Evaluation Report (PER) and fee determination letter has been extended,” a spokesperson for DoE's semiautonomous National Nuclear Security…

Congress

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Congress

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Pentagon

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