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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

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Transportation Command asks the vendor, HomeSafe Alliance, to justify hundreds of instances over the past month in which movers have failed to begin military families moves on the agreed-upon dates, delivered their belongings late, or both. How are you getting that capacity? The recent show-cause notice from U.S.

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Hughes Director James Clevenger on LEO Satellite Connectivity, Hybrid Networks

ExecutiveBiz

James Clevenger , director of government sales at Hughes Network Systems , said government agencies transitioning to the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract should consider deploying low Earth orbit satellite connectivity to expand their broadband capacity and transport options.

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Telos Expands TSA PreCheck Enrollment Capacity With New Florida Locations

ExecutiveBiz

IT and cybersecurity company Telos Corporation has opened two new Transport Security Administration PreCheck enrollment and renewal locations in Florida. The TSA PreCheck program works to expedite security screenings at U.S.

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DoD’s multi-billion dollar moving contract faces another legal challenge

Federal News Network

Transportation Command to start a new full and open competition to handle the militarys moving needs. As we move forward, we expect HomeSafe to have the capacity required to support the program. Suit alleges CICA violations The suit asks the Court of Federal Claims to terminate the GHC contract and order U.S. 8 complaint.

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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. They turned their attention to sounding the alarm about the transport crisis , when they were approached by commuters’ rights groups who were also trying to organize at the time. But they didn’t stop there.

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DoD set to start ramping up new military moving contract

Federal News Network

Transportation Command officials said Tuesday. The positive feedback received from both customers and our transportation offices shows that we are headed in the right direction,” Andy Dawson, the director of TRANSCOM’s Defense Personal Property Management Office said in a statement. The expansion of work under the up-to-$17.9

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Digging out data to shine a light on public buying in Mongolia

Open Contracting Partnership

A group of journalists found links between politically exposed persons in a coal transportation company with the help of our tools. They revealed that only five beneficial owners (umbrella companies) owned 30% of the total “C permits” that authorize companies to transport coal between Mongolia and China.

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