The U.S. Government Accountability Office nixed twin conflict of interest challenges to Booz Allen Hamilton's $860 million information technology deal with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, agreeing with investigators that the contract was detached from a subsidiary's related work.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said an attorney's technical issues don't permit bypassing its online bid protest filing system, saying that alternative protest methods are intended only for systemwide shutdowns.
A New York federal court refused to free U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from claims of illegally delaying a Canadian investor's green card petition, saying it would be "premature" to rule on the agency's processing times without further scrutiny.
A U.S. Department of Labor appeals board refused to allow a company to hire 100 foreign housekeepers, ruling that the business undermined its claims for a temporary employment need by seeking to revise the application after its denial.
Federal prosecutors charged seven people with helping the Russian military defy U.S. sanctions to obtain sensitive technology that can be used for nuclear and hypersonic weapons development and quantum computing, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Tuesday.