Key takeaways, trends from GAO’s 2024 bid protest report

Key takeaways, trends from GAO’s 2024 bid protest report

Every fall, the Government Accountability Office fulfills its obligations under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA) and reports to Congress the number of bid protests that were filed in the previous fiscal year. GAO’s annual report also identifies each instance in which a federal agency did not fully implement a recommendation made by GAO in connection with a bid protest during the prior year, and each instance in which a final dec…

Government Accountability Office Blocks Potential Congressional Repeal Of California EV Rules – California Globe

The Government Accountability Office announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions waiver request sent last month to Congress for review is not reviewable by them and that the previous Biden Administration’s approval of California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035 still stands. In the past several months, the California plan to make  all passenger cars zero emission by 2035 has been up in the…

Federal Agency Says Congress Can’t Overturn California Vehicle Emissions Rules Through Review - CollisionWeek

The Automotive Service Association reported that the Government Accountability Office (GAO), independent federal agency that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services to the U.S. Congress, released a report revealing its opinion that Congress does not have the authority under the Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s more stringent automotive emissions regulations. In December, when Joe …

Congress, Not the GAO, Gets to Decide on the California Waiver

On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office released a memo responding to an inquiry from several Democratic Senators regarding waivers for California under the Clean Air Act and the Congressional Review Act. This memo was inaccurately reported by some outlets as suggesting that a CRA vote on a California waiver decision would be “illegal” or that the memo “blocks” Congress from voting to disapprove of the waiver grant.  This reporting fun…