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Small Business Research Programs: Additional Actions Needed to Incorporate Best Practices for Addressing Foreign Risks

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Federal Land and Water Management: Additional Actions Would Strengthen Agreements with Tribes

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Ukraine: U.S. State Department Has Taken Steps to Enhance Monitoring and Evaluation of Assistance

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Missile Warning Satellites: Space Development Agency Should Be More Realistic and Transparent About Risks to Capability Delivery

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Accessing Airports: Available Public Transit Options and Efforts to Promote Their Use

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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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Calvary Contracting, Inc.

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