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This Day in GovCon History: June 7, 1958: SS Edmund Fitzgerald Launched
I was doing some research on a heavy-hitting article about songs by, for or about government contractors, when for some reason I thought of Gordon Lightfoot's The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. (If you're not familiar with the song or woul ...
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This Day in GovCon History, June 14, 1988: "Operation Ill Wind" Raids
June 14, 1988, is the date of the first FBI raids in the Operation Ill Wind military procurement investigation, when the agency executed dozens of search warrants at nationwide locations such as contractor headquarters, consultants' homes and of ...
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This Day in GovCon History, May 25, 2011: JFK Calls for American on Moon
May 25, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's "Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs." Held before a joint session of Congress, the speech is best known for President Kennedy's statement, "I believe that ...
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This Day in GovCon History, May 11: Ellsberg's 'Pentagon Papers' Charges Dropped
May 11, 2011 is the 38th anniversary of U.S. Judge William M. Byrne dismissing all charges against Daniel Ellsberg , the original Bradley Manning/Julian Assange, for his role in the release of the “The Pentagon Papers.” The former Ma ...
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This Day in GovCon History, May 3: Washington, D.C. Incorporated
May 3, 2011 is the 209th anniversary of Washington, D.C.'s incorporation by Congress. The city is the only one to be incorporated by Congress, and with the exception of Brasilia, Brazil and Canberra, Australia, the only world capital to be largely d ...
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This Day in GovCon History, April 12: Space Shuttle Takes Off
April 12, 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of STS-1 , the first U.S. space shuttle launch, as well as the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space. The Space Shuttle Columbia was built by Rockwell Int ...
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Sequestration as Kickstarter for IT Innovation?
Sequestration, the $1.2 trillion poison pill that the Congress and the White House built after last year’s Supercommittee failure to find agreement on cutting the nation’s budget, might become a colossal hangover for the nation on January 3, 2013. ...
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GovWin Recon: May 18: Romney/Obama Small Biz Contracting Policy; Shared Services; Defense Authorization Act Up for Vote
Where Obama, Romney stand on small biz contracting [NECN/AP] – The campaign staff of Mitt Romney told AP that the three main ways he would seek to help small business contractors as president would be ending favoritism , reversing the ...
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This Day in GovCon History, August 25, 1916: National Park Service Created
August 25, 1916 is the day President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill creating the National Park Service (NPS) within the Department of the Interior. Interior had previously lacked the organization to effectively manage the then 14 national parks an ...
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This Day in GovCon History, May 20: Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act Signed
May 20, 2011 is the second anniversary of the signing of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. In addition to addressing fraud in the mortgage, securities and commodities and financial industries, the act also covers fraud associated w ...
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