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Outsmart Fraudsters: Arm Your Finance Team with the Latest Defense Strategies

Construction Business Owner

Outsmart Fraudsters: Arm Your Finance Team with the Latest Defense Strategies Discover cutting-edge tactics and tools to protect your business from evolving financial threats. mhodges Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:12 Is your finance team tired of constantly battling against fraudsters who always seem to be one step ahead?

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Why PPE is the Last Line of Defense

Construction Business Owner

Why PPE is the Last Line of Defense Believe it or not, the answer isn’t just wearing the right PPE. We have team members across Canada, the United States, and Mexico serving customers globally. Superior Glove is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

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Contract Void Ab Initio: Key Insights into the KBR vs. Corps of Engineers Affirmative Defense

Best Practices Construction Law

In a recent Board decision dated December 13, 2023, the United States Army Corps of Engineers sought to amend its answer in the case of APPEALS OF – KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC., The proposed amendment introduces an affirmative defense, contending that Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. under Contract No.

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Oshkosh Defense to Showcase JLTV at AUSA

Construction Equipment

Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will showcase its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) solution—the Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV)—at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.'

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

private interest sued the United States as a “bid protest to challenge the decision of the Department of Defense (“DOD”) to standardize its facility condition assessment needs through the Sustainment Management System (“SMS”)”2 2014: NNSA implements BUILDER with two pilots (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pantex Plant) 1 S. .;

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Redundancy is the first line of defense during power grid cyberattacks

CK Power

In fact, former secretary of defense Leon Panetta was widely criticized for a 2012 speech that forecasted the fallout of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure — from derailed trains to paralyzed financial institutions, water contamination to electrical blackouts. It’s too easy to dismiss the subject as a far-fetched dystopian nightmare.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. m (4 inches) thick slab, vapour barrier and welded wire fabric in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, c oncrete was found to be underestimated by 18% and vapour barrier by as much as 67%.