The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday placed export curbs on 32 organizations abroad, including those in Canada and Germany, over their failure to help Washington, D.C., verify where sensitive U.S. technology is going and for what purposes.
The U.S. and Argentina struck a deal averting tariffs on Argentine grape juice, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday, right before it was scheduled to finalize duties on products that it said were benefiting from unfair trade practices.
The Defense Information Systems Agency reasonably cancelled a contract that it had to rework twice amid fierce legal opposition, after determining the deal didn't have enough safeguards to prevent conflicts of interests, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said.
An immigration detention center in Louisiana unjustifiably restricted residents' legal visitation and calls, U.S. Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog said in a report detailing a slew of facility misconduct that compromised the health, safety and rights of the detainees.
A Texas magistrate judge stood by the U.S. Coast Guard's award of a $430 million dredging contract to a company using some foreign-made parts, saying the service branch reasonably cleared the contractor's intended vessel under "Made in America" requirements.