Raytheon Company, Space and Airborne Systems, protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. W58RGZ-06-R-0213, to provide the joint cargo aircraft (JCA) to the government.1 Raytheon maintains that the agency improperly evaluated various aspects of Raytheon's and L-3's proposals. We deny the protest.

MASAI Technologies Corporation (MTC) protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Denysys Corporation pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. W81XWH-06-T-02857 to provide computer and technical support for the Army's new medical logistics information system, known as the "Theater Wide Enterprise Logistics System" (TEWLS). MTC protests that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal and failed to adequately consider ...

KIC Development, LLC protests the award of a contract to Sergent Mechanical Systems, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCG88-07-R-623221, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, for construction services. KIC asserts that the agency improperly determined that the awardee had relevant past performance. We deny the protest.

The Department of Agriculture was not authorized to make annual payments to Conservation Security Program participants that exceeded the annual payment limits imposed by 16 U.S.C. sect. 3838c(b)(2). Any payment that exceeded the annual payment limit is improper and should be promptly resolved.

Paragon Systems, Inc. protests the issuance of a task order to NCLN20, Inc. pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 186419, issued by the Federal Protective Service (FPS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for armed security guard services at federal facilities located throughout the state of Arizona. Paragon argues that the agency misevaluated vendors' quotations in the area of past performance. ...

Zolon Tech, Inc. protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Vistronix, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. AG-3144-S-07-0012, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), for information systems development, support, and maintenance services. Zolon challenges the technical and price evaluations and the risk determination. We deny the protest.

Korrect Optical, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Safe-Lite Optical Company under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-246-07-RP-0002, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide eyeglasses to eligible veterans at VA Medical Centers in Veterans Integrated Service Network 6. The protester contends that Safe‑Lite's proposal was materially deficient for failing to offer the required number of frame styles. The ...

FitNet Purchasing Alliance, a small business, protests the cancellation and reposting of a reverse auction under solicitation No. 213-0220 by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for specific models of Zenith brand hospital-grade 20-inch television sets and Peerless brand mounts, to be delivered to the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Florida. FitNet asserts that the cancellation lacked a reasonable basis, and that when the VA subsequently ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 established that FCC should promote competition and reduce regulation to secure lower prices and higher-quality services for American consumers. FCC implements its policy aims through rulemaking, whereby the agency notifies the public of a ...

Previous GAO work on widespread improper premium class travel at the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State (State) have led to concerns as to whether similar improper travel exists in the rest of the federal government. Consequently, GAO was asked to (1) determine the magnitude of premium class travel governmentwide and the extent such travel was improper, (2) identify internal control weaknesses that contributed to improper ...

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In November 2006, about 18,000 undervotes were reported in Sarasota County in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District (FL-13). After the contesting of the election results in the House of Representatives, the task force unanimously voted to seek GAO's assistance in determining whether the voting systems contributed to the large undervote in Sarasota County. GAO agreed with the task force on an engagement plan, including the following ...

Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to WRS Infrastructure & Environment, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. PR-R4-06-10166, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for superfund emergency and rapid response services for the removal of hazardous substances. Kemron argues that, because EPA disclosed certain of its price information to WRS in the course of the procurement, the agency should ...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), established in 1968, provides property owners with some insurance coverage for flood damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for managing the NFIP. Given the challenges facing the NFIP and the need for legislative reform to ensure the financial stability and ongoing viability of this program, GAO placed the NFIP on its high-risk ...

The United States is the largest global food aid donor, accounting for over half of all food aid supplies to alleviate hunger and support development. Since 2002, Congress has appropriated an average of $2 billion per year for U.S. food aid programs, which delivered an average of 4 million metric tons of food commodities per year. Despite growing demand for food aid, rising business and transportation costs have contributed to a 52 percent ...

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides direct temporary housing assistance in response to disasters primarily through a combination of travel trailers and manufactured homes and for a period of up to 18 months. In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated much of the housing stock across the Gulf Coast region, leaving thousands of persons in need of temporary housing for lengthy ...

The Secretary of State has made foreign assistance a pillar of the department's Transformational Diplomacy Initiative and has sought better policy coordination, planning, and oversight by establishing a Director of Foreign Assistance (F Bureau). Even though the U.S. Agency for International Development has been the principal agency for development and humanitarian aid, the Department of State (State) has had a significant role delivering ...

Recognizing that millions of acres are at risk from wildland fire, the federal government expends substantial resources on thinning brush, trees, and other potentially hazardous fuels to reduce the fire risk to communities and the environment. However, questions have been raised about how the agencies responsible for wildland fire management--the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's (Interior) ...

Section 587 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 required GAO to address (1) the trends in the number of conscientious objector applications for the active and reserve components during calendar years 2002 through 2006; (2) how each component administers its process for evaluating conscientious objector applications; and (3) whether, upon discharge, conscientious objectors are eligible for the same ...