Kathleen Miller
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...