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The cancellation of a contract for "wood office furniture manufacturing" for the IRS Special Operations Office [54] On February 13, Sen. Ron Wyden announced that DOGE was at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); an email was sent to the agency beforehand, asking officers to identify all "non-essential" contracts for termination. [ 55 ]
The Defense Base Act (DBA) (ch. 357 of the 77th United States Congress, 55 Stat. 622, enacted August 16, 1941, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651–1654) is an extension of the federal workers' compensation program that covers longshoremen and harbor workers, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 33 U.S.C. §§ 901–950.
Roughly half of that was attributed to a single $8 billion contract with Immigration & Customs Enforcement. The New York Times discovered this the contract in question was actually only $8 million, making the total dollar amount of cancelled contracts dramatically less than claimed. [14] DOGE has yet to explain the discrepancy.
FedBizOpps operated until 2019 as a source of information on government contracts. This is now SAM.gov. [273] Public announcements of awards allow for several exemptions, including contracts less than $3.5 million. [274] Historically, the procurement data has been criticized for deficiencies leading to a number of reforms. [275]
The A45 road between Bedford and Cambridge passed through the town centre until the 3-mile (4.8 km) St Neots Bypass opened in December 1985 (subsequently re-designated as the A428). There is major scheme for a new road connecting the Black Cat roundabout and the A428 at Caxton Gibbet , avoiding St Neots completely.
Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was an executive order of the Article II branch of the United States federal government, in place from 1965 to 2025, specifying non-discriminatory practices and affirmative action in federal government hiring and employment.
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
[4] [5] Although primarily a bassist with the Beatles, he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums, on various songs. After the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and went on to form the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. Under McCartney's ...