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Supply Chain Security: Actions Needed to Improve CBP Management of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program

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Federal Prisons: Improvements Needed to the System Used to Assess and Mitigate Incarcerated People’s Recidivism Risk

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Actions Still Needed to Improve Planning and Management of Its Native American Law Enforcement Unit

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Senate Disbursing Office: Procedures Related to 2025 Cash Count

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Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: DOD and DHS Should Update Guidance to Evaluate Instructor Recruitment and Pay

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Weather Safety: Agencies Face Challenges Related to Multilingual Weather Alerts, and AI Project Needs Better Planning

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Legal Decisions

Jan 27

Calvary Contracting, Inc.

We dismiss the protest because it fails to state legally or factually sufficient bases of protest.
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Jan 23

T3i, Inc.

We deny the protest.
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