Contracts & Procurement

Local Officials Near DOE Sites Express Concern Over Procurement Policies

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Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
5/1/2015
Warning that the Department of Energy’s current contracting approaches are “increasingly insupportable,” local officials near DOE sites expressed concern this week over the Department’s procurement policies.…

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A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

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The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

House Armed Services Panel Approves FY16 Defense Authorization Bill

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.

DOE Plans to Pursue Separate Defense Waste Disposal Met With Skepticism

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At River Protection

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

At Oak Ridge

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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