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New rules take effect for agencies buying from AbilityOne contractors

March 28, 2024 from, Take, Buying, rules, effect, Agencies, Contractors, AbilityOne0 comment

New rules have taken effect for procurement from AbilityOne contractors. Those are the companies, mostly non-profits, whose employees have disabilities. The rules were ordered by Congress back in 2017 and they bring more competition to the program. For details, The Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with the Executive Director of the AbilityOne Commission, Kim Zeich. Interview Transcript: Kim Zeich The AbilityOne program provides employment opportunities to individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities through the Federal Acquisition System. Historically, the AbilityOne program has been an exception to competition…

A Senator Who Loved to Kibitz

March 28, 2024 Senator, loved, Kibitz0 comment

Say what you will about Joe Lieberman, the self-described “Independent Democrat” senator from Connecticut and onetime Democratic vice-presidential candidate. He was many things—honorable, devout, sanctimonious, maddening, and unfailingly warm and decent—all of which have been unpacked since his death yesterday, at 82. He elicited strong reactions, often from Democrats, over his various apostasies to liberal orthodoxy. But what I’ll miss and remember most about Lieberman was that the man loved to kibitz. It is something of a lost art, at least the in-person version, which has largely given over to…

Why Is Marxism—But Not Madison—Being Taught at Montpelier?

March 28, 2024 Taught, Montpelier, Marxism—But, Madison—Being0 comment

James Madison is the Father of our Constitution, and the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Madison’s Montpelier provides educational programming for teachers, law enforcement officers, and others. That seems appropriate. After all, not only did Madison—our country’s fourth president—help draft the Constitution, but he also served as a key delegate at the Constitutional Convention, authored the Bill of Rights, and urged ratification of the Constitution through his practical and philosophical arguments in The Federalist Papers. But these accomplishments are, at best, downplayed at his historic home. Montpelier…

MoveOn Statement on Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr’s Expected VP Running Mate

March 28, 2024 Jr’s, Running, Expected, Statement, Mate, Shanahan, MoveOn, Nicole0 comment

Washington, D.C. – In response to conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that Nicole Shanahan will serve as his vice presidential running mate in his dangerous, spoiler, third-party presidential bid, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “Let’s be 100% clear: Robert Kennedy Jr. will not be president. He has no path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win. And adding Nicole Shanahan to the ticket doesn’t change that equation. “All Kennedy and Shanahan can do is be spoilers and help hand the keys to the…

White House blasts new ban on flying BLM, gay pride flags at embassies

March 24, 2024 pride, Flying, flags, House, White, Blasts, Embassies0 comment

President Biden signed a $ 1.2 trillion spending bill into law Saturday but not without regrets, as the White House blasted a provision tucked inside the legislation that will prevent his State Department from flying Black Lives Matter or gay pride flags at foreign embassies. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended government shutdown threat

March 24, 2024 passage, Senate's, after, ended, Biden, $1.2, government, earlymorning, Threat, Signs, package, Trillion, shutdown, funding0 comment

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $ 1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the…