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Policy
Commerce Department Signs $2B CHIPS Act Deals With IBM, PsiQuantum, and Seven Others to Build America's Quantum Computing Ecosystem
The Department of Commerce has issued letters of intent with nine companies totaling $2.013B under the CHIPS and Science Act, with IBM leading at $1B plus a matching investment to build a quantum foundry in Albany, NY, alongside GlobalFoundries, PsiQuantum, D-Wave, and others.
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Policy
DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: What Federal Contractors Need to Know Beyond the IBM Settlement
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — established March 2025 — uses the False Claims Act to pursue federal contractors that misrepresent compliance with civil rights, equal opportunity, and nondiscrimination requirements in their contracts; the IBM settlement is the first but explicitly not the last action under the initiative.
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Policy
IBM Pays $17M in First False Claims Act Settlement Under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — DEI Hiring Practices at Issue
IBM resolved allegations that race- and sex-conscious DEI employment practices on federal contracts violated anti-discrimination requirements, marking the first settlement under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative launched in May 2025.
