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United States: DOW Awards A Nearly $7 Billion Oracle Agreement To Accelerate The Arsenal Of Freedom

Today, the Department of War (DoW) announced a historic up to 10-year, near $7 billion Enterprise Software Agreement (ESA) with Oracle, further advancing the Arsenal of Freedom. Negotiated by the Department of the Navy, this first-ever, direct award contract with Oracle for the Department’s on-premises Oracle usage serves to consolidate licensing and will improve visibility […]

United States: U.S. Department of Education Removes Disparate-Impact From Title VI Regulations

Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced significant deregulatory actions to ensure equal educational opportunities and treatment for students across the country. In accordance with Executive Order 14281, the Department is rescinding several disparate-impact provisions from the Department’s regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 […]

United States: Sanctioning Over 50 Targets Linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

In a historic action to degrade narco-terrorism, the United States is sanctioning over 50 Mexican individuals and entities linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) – striking at critical leadership of one of the most violent and dangerous narco-terrorist organizations in our Hemisphere. These sanctions disrupt a wide range of CJNG’s criminal and terrorist […]