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Budget

Protest Outcomes On Key Navy Programs Facing Possible Delay, GAO Says

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, October 21st, 2013

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Decisions that had been expected this month on protests over two major Navy contract awards could be delayed by more than two weeks because of the government shutdown that prompted the furloughing of the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) workforce. Like most of the federal government, GAO employees were furloughed on Oct. 1 and didn’t return to work until Thursday, hours after Congress voted to end the shutdown. The oversight agency that rules on industry protests is scheduled to issue determinations…

Army

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Army

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