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National Defense August 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Forecast Calls for Stormy Business Climate Bad news keeps piling up for Pentagon contractors. In the past six months alone, the defense-contracting sector has been buffeted by draconian budget cuts and by proposed new rules.
National Defense August 2013 Steff Thomas	Next-Generation Bio-Surveillance Program's Costs Questioned; Future Remains Murky A plan to field "laboratories in a box" in U.S. cities that can sniff the air for signs of a biological weapon attack have been put on hold, and a Department of Homeland Security official said he has no idea when it will get underway again.
National Defense August 2013 Sarah Sicard	Lawmakers Question Future of Port Worker ID Card Program If implemented, new Defense Department regulations could leave contractors to foot the bill for the use of counterfeit parts.
National Defense August 2013 Sarah Sicard	Surplus C-27J Spartans Could Mean Big Windfall for Coast Guard The Coast Guard is looking to benefit from the Air Force's retirement of the C-27J Spartan transport aircraft.
National Defense August 2013 Valerie Insinna	Proposed Rules on Counterfeit Parts Puts Onus on Industry If implemented, new Defense Department regulations could leave contractors to foot the bill for the use of counterfeit parts.
National Defense August 2013 Valerie Insinna	Companies Combine Video Analysis Software to Meet Customer Demands General Dynamics Mediaware and Sentient Vision Systems are integrating their video processing and target detection technologies in hopes of saving customers time and money.
National Defense August 2013 Valerie Insinna	Marine Corps Seeking New Vehicle for Aircraft Rescue Oshkosh Defense -- which manufactured the P-19 fleet currently used by the Marine Corps to conduct firefighting and rescue missions at its airfields -- in May received an estimated $192 million contract to build a new model.
National Defense August 2013 Stew Magnuson	Work Begins in Earnest To Create Nationwide Public Safety Network Congress in the 2012 Tax Relief Act granted a highly coveted block of radio spectrum to public safety agencies for their exclusive use, and threw in $7 billion to help kickstart the effort. Now comes the hard part: actually building it.
Information Today July 2, 2013 George H. Pike	Why Patent Litigation Was on the Upswing in 2012 2012 was a "banner year in patent litigation," with increases in the number of patent infringement lawsuits filed in the federal courts and larger damage awards.
On Wall Street July 1, 2013 Kenneth Corbin	Panel Weighs Bill to Block Dodd-Frank New draft proposal is part of a House movement to reign in the legislation.
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