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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The first began in October 2018, when Thukral sought cash payments from the owner of an unnamed company working on a subcontract that he oversaw. The cash payments, which came out of the company’s earnings from the IRS subcontract, were made to Thukral between 2018 and 2020, exceeding $120,000 in total, the DOJ said.

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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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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Reichert joined the company in 2018 as vice president of strategy, was promoted to chief strategy officer in 2021 and became chief operating officer in 2024. Hexagon US Federal has appointed Chris Reichert as CEO and president.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A Florida appeals court Wednesday reinstated an indictment accusing a school superintendent of lying to a statewide grand jury convened in response to the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This resulted in a 2018 award that ordered Ecuador to pay 88% of the consortium’s liquidation value for the termination, excluding Petromanabi, a state-owned company that was a member of the consortium, with a 12% share, as it did not participate in the proceedings. Ecuador) in 2014.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

billion the total cumulative face value of the contract awarded SAIC in June 2018 under the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition […] Science Applications International Corp. has secured a contract modification worth up to $262 million for continued support services to the U.S.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In a report released Monday , the GSA’s Office of Inspector General flagged unreliable geospatial datasets that contain “inaccurate latitude and longitude coordinates” and data quality deficiencies, undercutting the agency’s compliance with the Geospatial Data Act of 2018.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Exemplary Public Servants awards were created in 2018, and since then, AC&C has selected exemplary leaders based exclusively on merit. If it has made an impact, nominate it. Nominees are judged on their accomplishments and the impact these actions had on their communities.

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

According to the DOJ, starting in 2018, QOL “distributed free Carbon-13 breath test kits to health care providers and asked providers to give the kits to patients with common gastrointestinal symptoms.”

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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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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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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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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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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The original statute that created the CDO Council — the OPEN Government Data Act within the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 — required OMB to issue guidance often referred to as “Phase II guidance,” which would have assisted agencies to implement open data and comprehensive data inventory requirements.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2018, the cell phone carrier Sprint agreed to pay $330 million to settle allegations brought forward by a whistleblower under the law. The study, “The Deterrence Effects of Tax Whistleblower Laws: Evidence from New York’s False Claims Acts,” was published in Management Science. The whistleblower was awarded $62.7

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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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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

11, 2018, and again on Sept. Federal agency direct hire authorities for STEM, cybersecurity and acquisition positions have been extended through the end of 2028, the Office of Personnel Management said in a memo released Monday. OPM had previously signed off on direct hire authorities for those positions on Oct.

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