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House passes three-month highway bill without Ex-Im renewal

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House passed a three-month highway funding bill as members prepare to leave for an August recess without considering a long-term...

General Dynamics gets shot at $12B U.S. ship program

WASHINGTON - General Dynamics Corp. has been awarded one of three initial contracts in a $12.1 billion U.S. Coast Guard ship program, with competitor...

Prov. Equity affiliate risks U.S. contract ban after fraud charge

WASHINGTON – US Investigations Services LLC, the company that vetted Edward Snowden, risks a federal contracting ban following U.S. fraud accusations, according to former...
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA will announce in his State of the Union address Tuesday night that he plans to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Obama to lift minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contractors hired in the future, an initiative to...
U.S. DEFENSE CONTRACTORS -- including Providence-based Textron Inc. and its subsidiary Bell Helicopter -- saw the value of their government contracts fall 11 percent in the year ended Sept. 30, the largest annual decline since records began in 1984. / COURTESY TEXTRON INC.

Federal contracts slump to Reagan-era pace amid cuts

WASHINGTON – Government spending cuts last year contributed to the fourth straight annual decline in federal contracting, the longest stretch since Ronald Reagan was...
FEDERAL CONTRACTOR USIS, which vetted both Edward Snowden and Aaron Alexis, the Washington Navy Yard shooter, is owned by Providence Equity Partners. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management said the company's background investigation of Alexis was "in compliance with all investigative standards." The case will pass to the Department of Defense for final review when the investigation is complete. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/RICH CLEMENT

Prov. Equity contractor vetted Snowden, Navy Yard shooter

WASHINGTON - The same federal contractor that vetted Edward Snowden, who leaked information about classified U.S. spying programs, also performed a background check that...
WALTHAM, MASS.-BASED RAYTHEON has won a $136.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the upgrading of weapons systems, the company announced Wednesday. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ALASTAIR MILLER

Pentagon contracts little changed in August as cuts sap spending

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department awarded $17.6 billion in contracts in August, little changed from July and one-third less than the same month...
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