Mineral Co. Faces Investor Suit Over Gov't Contract Loss
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Mineral producer Compass Minerals International Inc. has been hit with a putative investor class action alleging the company failed to properly apprise investors about the likelihood that it would not secure a fire retardant supplier contract with the U.S. Forest Service ahead of 2024's fire season ..read more
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Judge Says NASA's Firewall Saves It From $554M Ethics Suit
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An unsealed filing shows the U.S. Court of Federal Claims backed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's decision to award a $554 million deal to an official's former employer based on the official's firewall from the deal ..read more
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Support For 9th Circ. Rehearing In Oak Flat Dispute Mounting
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At least 100 religious and nonprofit groups, law scholars, Native American coalitions and tribes are urging the Ninth Circuit to consider a full panel en banc hearing on a challenge to block a copper mining company from destroying a sacred Indigenous religious site in central Arizona ..read more
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Commerce Restricts Gun Exports To 'High-Risk' Countries
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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday issued a rule restricting exports of firearms and ammunition to "high-risk" countries, a move it said is intended to avoid U.S. national security and foreign policy interests being undermined by misuse of those weapons ..read more
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Ga. Residents Want In On $300M Monkey Farm Fight
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Four Georgia residents have asked a federal judge to let them intervene in a dispute over the construction of a sprawling primate-rearing farm in Bainbridge, alleging the local development authority that approved a $300 million bond deal for the project is colluding with the farm's backers to advance the project ..read more
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Stefanik Calls For DOD To Get Going On Critical Mineral Policy
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is urging the U.S. Department of Defense to speed up the implementation of a new policy to boost domestic processing of rare earth elements, which are critical for military equipment, and will make the United States less reliant on China ..read more
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FDA Decision Didn't Prejudice Would-Be Contractor, GAO Says
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a Virginia technology company's protest of the Food and Drug Administration's decision not to amend a digital communications support deal's performance period, saying the company didn't show it was competitively prejudiced by the decision ..read more
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Gov't To Use Tribal Energy Purchase Preference For First Time
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The Biden administration announced Thursday that it intends to purchase thousands of megawatts of carbon-pollution-free electricity certificates from tribal sources, marking the first time the government will use a nearly two-decade-old procurement preference for tribally sourced energy ..read more
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Biden Admin's Gas Venting Curbs Are Illegal, ND Says
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A North Dakota-led alliance of states has accused the Biden administration of pushing through limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector illegally disguised as a rule to reduce industry waste, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court ..read more
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3 Accused Of $36M COVID Test Fraud Scheme In Fla. Case
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Three owners of laboratories spanning the U.S. were indicted by a grand jury in Florida on federal charges that they conspired to defraud the U.S. government by more than $36 million in a scheme that involved submitting false COVID-19 testing claims to health care benefit programs ..read more
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