FedScoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

comes after the 2018 law expired Sept. Despite the National Quantum Initiative being set up as a 10-year effort, the 2018 bill authorized the centers for only five years, according to a June report from the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. The 2018 National Quantum Initiative Act enabled the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Army Futures Command was initiated in 2018 to prepare the U.S. Army for future fights and make sure it’s developing strategies that will be resilient to threats decades from now. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Wednesday, BG John Cushing, commanding general of U.S.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 23, 2024

The agency said that during the evaluation period from December 2018 to September 2023, only a small number of “approved” CBP users were able to use smart phone location data and that cell phone geolocation data was not collected in bulk.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, as GAO reported in 2018, VA whistleblowers are subject to pervasive retaliation. Meanwhile, the number of retaliation reports received by OSC has decreased in number – from 901 in 2018 to 515 in 2022. Between 2018 and 2022, 69% of OSC cases involving VA employees included allegations of whistleblower retaliation.

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Government Contracts

JULY 24, 2024

has finalized its agreement to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud safety regulators about the 737 Max 8's development, avoiding a criminal trial over a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to a U.S. The Boeing Co. Department of Justice court filing Wednesday evening.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 9, 2024

A former at a Washington Boeing factory, Pierson blew the whistle to his supervisors back in 2018 about the alleged rushed production of the 737 MAX aircraft. In August of 2018, Pierson left Boeing, citing inadequately answered safety concerns as a primary reason for leaving.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 26, 2024

Michael Palensky Senior Vice President of Contracts, Maximus Michael Palensky joined Maximus in 2018 after an impressive public sector career, which included leadership roles with the Agriculture Department and Commerce Department and 17 years as a leader for the Census Bureau.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 22, 2024

Michael Palensky Senior Vice President of Contracts, Maximus Michael Palensky joined Maximus in 2018 after an impressive public sector career, which included leadership roles with the Agriculture Department and Commerce Department and 17 years as a leader for the Census Bureau.

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Telles.eu

JUNE 30, 2023

And since it is my first time going back since 2018, it will be great to catch up with old faces and also my students from the procurement masters at Belgrade University who will be receiving their certificates on Friday.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 15, 2024

According to the government, from 2013 to 2018, former Orthopedic Surgeon Kevin Schoenfelder billed spinal surgeries to government health programs, including Medicare, TRICARE, and Veterans Affairs, when they were not medically necessary. The case stems from a qui tam lawsuit filed by Dr. Daniel Nehls in 2018.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Reports of large-scale cyberattacks such as the Russian breach of SolarWinds, the passage of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 and the signing of President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order have kept cyber supply chain risks top of mind for policymakers and federal agencies.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 23, 2024

effective June 3, after serving as the region’s top executive since 2018. Airbus SE announced that C. Jeffrey Knittel is retiring as chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc., Former JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes will succeed him. Hayes brings 35 years of global aerospace leadership experience to Airbus. He served in a series of [.]

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Government Contracts

MARCH 14, 2024

An FBI agent told a California federal jury on Thursday in former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan's federal bribery trial that Chan lied to him during a 2018 interview immediately after he was warned that lying to the bureau is a crime.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 14, 2024

Court of Federal Claims has tossed an open-source gun group's lawsuit alleging that the federal government failed to follow a 2018 settlement allowing the group to publish firearm blueprints, rejecting the group's contention that dismissing a final claim would be unfair.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 18, 2024

A former lobbyist received a "brazen" text from then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar in 2018 seeking a bribe from his developer client, according to testimony heard on Monday by a Los Angeles federal jury considering racketeering and bribery charges against another former city official, Raymond Chan.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Army under a contract awarded in 2018. Leidos concluded the on-orbit demonstration of the Lonestar tactical space support vehicle designed to provide space-based situational awareness for warfighters. Leidos said Tuesday its subsidiary Dynetics developed the Lonestar TSSV for the U.S.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In 2018 Ivalua invested heavily to accelerate its already significant level of innovation, increasing R&D resources by 94%. in “ The Forrester Wave : Supplier Risk And Performance Management (SRPM) Platforms, Q1 2018.” The number of partner certified consultants and engineers more than doubled in 2018.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Before joining American Systems in 2018, he was director of enterprise capture management at Perspecta. Nouri’s new leadership responsibilities will include mergers and acquisitions, legislative affairs and other business development areas, the company said Monday.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The document is considered implementation guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA), the 2018 law that…

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ford has led iNovex operations since joining the company in 2018 and brings over 15 years of experience with the intelligence community. iNovex, a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, has promoted Matthew Ford to president and chief operating officer.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here are a few numbers for your agency to consider when it comes to ransomware: 330 individual ransomware attacks on government organizations took place between 2018 and October 2022. $5 17 days was the average downtime government organizations lost, varying from six days in 2022 to over 20 days in 2018.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The reauthorization, the sponsors say, would build off the accomplishments of the 2018 law in an effort to ensure U.S. competitiveness against China and Russia. “As

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Founded in 2018, Ipsolon designs and manufactures high-performance, ultra-small form factor software-defined radios for use in mission-critical spaces constrained by harsh environments. “As Arlington Capital Partners-backed BlueHalo announced it has acquired Ipsolon Research.

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Government Contracts Navigator

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Burrows ● Effective December 4, 2023, a new interim rule will prohibit contractors from delivering or using covered articles and sources subject to exclusion or removal orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (“FASCSA”).

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

billion, with the consultancy firm continuing its operations under the current leadership of CEO Scott McIntyre, maintaining the management continuity established since its 2018 acquisition by Veritas Capital. Bain Capital Private Equity will acquire Guidehouse in a deal valued at $5.3

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Art of Procurement

JUNE 13, 2023

In 2018 Harvard Business Review predicted that in 5-10 years automation would likely replace the supply chain function. The post Building a Resilient Supply Chain with Better Data appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

2024), the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), which held that the government’s 2018 claim was not time-barred by the Contract Dispute Act’s (CDA) six-year statute of limitations. Sec’y of Def. , 4th 1140 (Fed.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 4, 2024

A mentor-protege joint venture that began bidding on small business contracts in 2018 was ineligible for a 2022 deal despite a U.S. Small Business Administration regulatory change in 2020, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 4, 2024

Like many local agencies, the Auditor’s Office in Travis County, Texas, needed to do more with less: While a dynamic housing market increased the volume of property tax refunds by 25% annually since 2018, the office received no extra funding to complete its legally required audits.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

As executive director of telehealth services within the VA’s Office of Connected Care, Galpin says the department’s “ambitious” 2018 plan for its standard video application, VA Video Connect, saw 65 percent of its primary care and mental health providers conduct at least one video visit with a patient ahead of the public health emergency.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

And so this authority that dates back to 2018 was intended to help relieve some of the burden for those companies, even if they’re modifying their products or services in a way that makes them no longer technically commercial, having a lower burden to allow them to participate and have a lower barrier to entry is a Defense Department priority.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 22, 2024

The third group of documents allegedly consist of a Boeing report of direct communications between Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines in December 2018. “So here you have people building the plane in one site, the other site rushing to deliver electrical parts. I mean think about that.” According to Pierson, it is “the most damning of all.”

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 5, 2024

Notably, Avenger Products LLC has a track history of OSHA violations that amount to 40 citations and $254,189 in penalties between June 2018 and December 2019. ” The DOL is seeking for Avengers Products and Kittrick Corp.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

Mr. Azam pointed to the NACP as playing an important role in the country’s ascension in the index from 61st in 2018 to 51st in 2019, its highest rank in two decades. billion) between 2018 and 2023. This estimate would yield average losses of around US$11.7 Since then, Malaysian authorities have increased the sum to over US$1 billion.

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FedScoop

JUNE 20, 2024

In the circular, OMB highlighted critical data modernization efforts in progress, such as The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 , often referred to as the Evidence Act. “We’re specifically just addressing how data gets shared into the [HDE] — and this is a governmentwide effort versus an agency-specific effort.”

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

Kirsten Dalboe, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s chief data officer, and Robert King, the Department of Energy’s CDO, have been appointed to council chair and vice chair, respectively, the organization announced Thursday.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

On November 17, 2023, DoD issued for public comment Proposed Rule, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Case 2018-D074, Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts.

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