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Mr. X and Ms. Y don’t substantiate a GAO protest re Island Creek's OCI and personal conflict challenges to a $110.7 million NAVAIR task order. buff.ly/y4sx7cL

GPT-5.5 Instant also “reduced inaccurate claims by 37.3% on especially challenging conversations users had flagged for factual errors.” buff.ly/N6c9esA

GAO denies Salient CRGT's challenge to GAO's own $95.4 million IT services task order, finding no price realism analysis was required and the agency equally waived degree requirements for both offerors' key personnel. buff.ly/ygRfz58

"On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that he is officially withdrawing his selection of Dr. Casey Means to be the next U.S. surgeon general." buff.ly/5ie3Csf

GAO dismisses Trans-Care's allegations of bribery in a VA ambulance contract award, finding the fifth-lowest bidder lacks standing to contest the lowest bidder's responsibility when three unchallenged intervening bidders remain in line for award. buff.ly/UENzwa3

GAO denies Valiant's protest of a $208 million Army linguist task order consolidating EUCOM and Kosovo requirements, finding the agency reasonably declined to assign strengths and was not required to amend the solicitation for anticipated FTE fluctuations. buff.ly/2VZ8uQ5

GAO denies Pivotal Point's protest of a VA telecom contract, finding no weaknesses does not automatically equal outstanding and the agency reasonably assessed a weakness for insufficient detail on personnel availability. buff.ly/LfhiuyX

GAO dismisses protest of a DOE 8(a) set-aside order, finding the challenge to the protester's exclusion based on SBA's eligibility determination falls outside GAO's bid protest jurisdiction. buff.ly/nlLPG7F

The idea that #Spirit "competed" against #Delta at DTW is laughable. Spirit existed there, because Delta allowed it. See also Sun Country at MSP, Southwest at SLC, and TBD at ATL (formerly Southwest). buff.ly/dqC1FhR

GAO denies protest of a Navy JOC cancellation at Naval Base Ventura County, finding the agency had a reasonable basis even though the cancellation occurred during a pending protest. buff.ly/tiH2yoF

GAO denies protest after VA properly rejected a proposal that omitted the VAAR 852.219-75 limitation on subcontracting certification, a material solicitation requirement that could not be corrected through clarifications. buff.ly/rYmiCse

"In 1996, Congress made it a lot harder for the FCC to take away a broadcast license, even when it’s up for renewal." buff.ly/vXeBcab

"The Big Four accounting firm [KPMG] informed staff Wednesday that it would be primarily letting go of consultants who specialize in regulatory risk advisory, customer operations and financial services." buff.ly/k2NrXSb

"In what is expected to be a monthlong trial in federal court in Oakland, Calif., Mr. Musk is arguing that OpenAI breached its founding contract when it took on Microsoft as an investor and started creating commercial products." buff.ly/vb4ZWD0

"The House voted this afternoon to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, putting an end to the agency’s record 76-day shutdown." buff.ly/Z8dLo5G

"There’s a widespread hunger in the country for populists and outsiders, and ordinary people don’t always think in the same ideological terms as pundits." buff.ly/Faus3jy

New research from the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) suggests that OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, which launched publicly last week, reached “a similar level of performance on our cyber evaluations” as Mythos Preview. buff.ly/n9dXUqP

7 AI firms cleared to provide tools for classified Pentagon networks buff.ly/YoHTgrf

DOD's rebrand to Department of War has already cost taxpayers ~$50M, with CBO projecting it could climb into the hundreds of millions. Roughly 7,600 statutory changes loom—plus signage, insignia, and contract template overhauls across federal procurement. buff.ly/whz1nxR

"The discount carrier hasn’t been able to get sufficient support between certain bondholders and the government to secure the funding to keep it in business, people familiar with the matter said." buff.ly/oAL6eUl