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House Republicans demand data from Energy Dept about ... - Federal News Network

by Peter Musurlian
Mon, Apr 10, 2023 08:00 ET
in Employment News, Press Release

  • House Republicans are demanding eight years of data from the Energy Department about employees who may have breached conflict of interest rules. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology leaders wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm last week seeking details about how DoE trains, manages and ensures employees do not work on projects related to stocks they own. The letter comes after a Wall Street Journal story that said more than 130 officials in the Energy Department collectively reported about 2,700 trades in companies, that ethics officers labeled as related to the agency’s work. The committee wants answers from DoE by April 19.(Letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm - House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs is adding almost half a billion dollars to the ceiling of a popular health IT contract. The Veterans Health Administration's Integrated Healthcare Transformation IDIQ contract is just three years old, but it has surpassed all expectations. So much so that VA is adding $450 million to the $1 billion ceiling of the contract and is preparing for version 2. VA said it originally anticipated that the next contract would be competed in the 2028-2029 timeframe. But now service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses should expect to compete for the next IHT contract this year. VA said it expects to brief industry on its strategy by the end of May. (Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ Contract -...


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