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COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens Positive Train Control Implementation
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 4:40pm | 653Read More...The COVID-19 pandemic could hamper freight and passenger railroads' ability to meet the December 31 deadline on positive train control (PTC) implementation, according to an April 30 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), chairman of the...
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How To 'Fix' Governments: Just Look To Yelp And Google
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 11:41am | 279Read More...Americans want government services to be as easily accessible as Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) or Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), a Wall Street Journal report said, citing Neil Kleiman, a professor of policy at New York University. The ease with which the public can go to Yelp for...
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Amazon Wins Over IBM in $600 Million CIA Cloud Contract Dispute
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 11:25am | 460Read More...When the CIA gave a $600 million cloud computing contract to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) earlier this year, IBM (NYSE: IBM) appealed to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) – stating that Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) bid does not fall within the set criteria within the contract. While GAO stated...
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Duplicate Programs Cost U.S. Government $100 To $200 Million
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 10:08am | 250Read More...As Democrats and Republicans continue to bicker about the degree of spending cuts amid the fast-approaching March 4 deadline, a report by the Wall Street Journal reveals significant inefficiencies in government programs that consume billions of taxpayer dollars every year. Republicans are currently...
