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DoE Nuke Agency Puts CARES Act Relief Language Into Prime Contracts

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

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DoE Nuke Agency Puts CARES Act Relief Language Into Prime Contracts

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Not much sooner than Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette provided the guidance for doing so, the agency's semi-autonomous nuclear-weapons agency added language to prime contracts enabling operators of nuclear weapons sites to bill the government for paid time off given to workers who couldn’t do their job because of COVID-19. The agency had not posted the language of the COVID-19 modifications by deadline Wednesday, but a federal procurement database shows the prime contracts for the major National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)…

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