FedTech Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2019 the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3, the first update to FIPS 140 since the 140-2 update in 2002 Federal agencies are transitioning from the military-grade security of FIPS 140-2 to the new FIPS 140-3 standard.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In its search for commercial partners, the city needed to promote competition in a concentrated marketplace, learn more about the latest bike share technology and innovations, and provide better and expanded service at the same or lower budget.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Martinez joined Cisco in 2019 […] She will lead the federal sales organization, develop and execute sales strategies, drive growth, manage key government relationships and ensure alignment with Presidio’s broader business objectives.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

He succeeds Jim Brinker , a three-time Wash100 awardee who has been at the helm of Intel Federal since 2019. Christopher George , an experienced executive with expertise in the semiconductor industry, has been named president and general manager of Intel ’s (Nasdaq: INTC) federal business.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Boeing has agreed 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. Department of Justice court filing late Sunday.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Huntsville, Alabama-based contractor said Thursday Hammett previously led Radiance’s space group and he joined the company in September 2019

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Redstone Government Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

DoD issued a proposed rule dated August 15, 2024 ( DFARS Case 2019-D041 ) to amend DFARS to incorporate contractual requirements related to the Cybersecurity Maturity Module Certification (CMMC) Program. This implements a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 to enhance cybersecurity for the US defense industrial base.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JULY 10, 2024

Back in March of 2019, the CASB published a Discussion Paper to collect initial input on the need for CAS 408 and 409 based on the changes that had been made to GAAP since the 1970’s.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JULY 15, 2024

Back on March 13, 2019, the CASB published a Discussion Paper to collect initial input on the conformance of CAS to GAAP. Then on November 5, 2020, the CASB published a notice of proposed rulemaking specifically addressing operating revenue and lease accounting.

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WashngtonExec

MAY 28, 2024

Since 2019, Rodriquez served as deputy of this division. ManTech has promoted Jen Rodriguez vice president of its intel sector division. Rodriguez will report directly to ManTech’s Intel Sector President Barbara Haines-Parmele.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 29, 2024

According to the government, in 2019, Dr. Dreyer resigned from his position at Providence St. Dreyer and his surgical judgment from his time at Providence, but, recognizing that he was a ‘workhorse,’ made the decision to hire him and allow him to begin seeing patients and performing surgery at Deaconess Hospital in July 2019.”

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The GSA’s first of these blanket purchase agreements, COMET , came after the agency’s CIO Application Maintenance, Enhancements and Operations (CAMEO) project in 2019. In 2019, however, the GSA awarded 12 spots to both large and small businesses to modernize backend procurement systems. This RFQ is set to close Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office established the Project Pele endeavor in 2019 with the goal of producing a transportable micronuclear reactor. This energy source would be secure, environmentally sound and able to generate one to five MegaWatts of electricity for at least three years of full-power operation.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

When the Space Development Agency was stood up in 2019, it was mired in skepticism from across the Department of Defense.

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Art of Procurement

JUNE 20, 2024

In 2019, Pioneer Natural Resources, an independent shale oil producer in West Texas, was worth $24 Billion. Their CEO, Scott. The post Former Pioneer Oil CEO Scott Sheffield – Colluder or Scapegoat? appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The scandal, often called Fishrot , came to light in 2019 through whistleblower Jóhannes Stefansson. Odee’s spoof of Samherji’s corporate website was created on samherji.co.uk. Samherji’s lawsuit challenges the boundaries of parody.

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In FY24, they accounted for 59.87% ($464.2 billion) of all federal contracts. Other key agencies include the Department of Veterans Affairs, NASA, the Department of Energy, Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 11, 2025

billion (US$400,000) in 2019, and the budget tripled to Rp. In April 2019, ICW obtained photos, using Google Maps, showing one main dome and four smaller domes on the four sides of the building. In 2019, the local government held a tender to continue the construction of the center with a budget of Rp. billion (US$1.2

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

She joined the company in June 2019 and led enterprise project management functions to transform its development, processes and Anne Guevara was elevated to the role of vice president of PM capabilities at BAE Systems‘ U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) discovered the unlawful possession of a golden eagle talon and other bird parts in Kilauea, Hawaii in July 2019. According to WNN’s exclusive reporting , from November 2019 through August 2022, FWS only paid out twenty-one whistleblower awards in total. Thanks to a brave whistleblower, the U.S.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Agencies initially found success with the MEGABYTE Act with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee determining in 2020 that 13 agencies saved or avoided spending more than $450 million between fiscal 2017 and 2019.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The district court finally unsealed Weiner’s FCA complaint in August 2019—approximately seven-and-a-half years after initial filing—but never issued an express order that Weiner serve Siemens AG with the summons and complaint. Because the complaint was unsealed in 2019, they maintain, the service period has long since lapsed.”).

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I also think a lot of companies under COMET didn’t have capabilities to bid back in 2019,” said Gissa Sateri, the director of the civilian business unit at SAIC. “I COMET blasted through expectations GSA awarded COMET in October 2019 to 12 companies for a range of IT services focused only on the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

in 2019, and headed up business development until his recent promotion to president. Brian Loggins joined Reinventing Geospatial, Inc., He has a broader set of responsibilities now, but the mission remains essentially the same. Whether it’s military [.]

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And they appear to show that the FBI was looking at this tool from 2019 to 2020, and then picked up interest again in the technology relatively recently. But a September 2019 email obtained by FedScoop indicates that MITRE’s algorithms were “up and running” on FBI servers.

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 23, 2024

South Carolina Residents Ordered to Pay $50,000 Fine and More Than $400,000 in Restitution Following Their Conviction in “Rent-A-Vet” Construction Fraud Scheme Targeting the United States Department of Veterans Affairs GSA releases FY 2025 CONUS per diem rates for federal travelers Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril Prime Contractors (..)

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

From 2019 to 2022, the sustain rate hovered around 13-15%. Increase in the sustain rate. In FY 2023, the sustain rate increased to 31%. Again, the report caveated the increase with the GAO sustaining 119 protests involving the CIO-SP4 procurement. Without the 119 sustains, the sustain rate would remain at about 14%.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 19, 2024

One reason that agencies have continued to use cloud services that are not FedRAMP authorized is that OMB has not adequately monitored agencies’ compliance with the program, as we recommended in our December 2019 report,” the report said. GAO has labeled that recommendation a priority.

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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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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 10, 2025

In 2019, AWS Marketplace worked with legal, procurement, and sales leaders from our buyer and seller communities to develop the SCMP, a pre-negotiated agreement designed to capture common ground between buyers and sellers.

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FedScoop

JUNE 7, 2024

The IRS first piloted AI techniques for sampling tax returns in NRP audits during the 2019 filing season. The tax agency selected 4,000 returns for audit through that new AI-powered methodology, while an equal share was chosen through its traditional selection process.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 24, 2024

The new document expands upon procedures first laid out in 2019 for reporting financial anomalies to the Office of the Auditor General. On January 24, the Vatican issued new procedures on whistleblowing , recognizing the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing corruption and financial misconduct.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2019, the then Pakatan Harapan (PH) Government introduced the National Anti-Corruption Plan 2019-2023 (NACP), a comprehensive five-year roadmap aimed to combat corruption and address critical governance challenges. Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2019, the U.S. In 2019, the U.S. According to reporting by WNN, FWS only paid out four whistleblower awards under the ESA from November 2019 through August 2022. This is part of a series of WNN exclusives on whistleblower awards paid out by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to wildlife whistleblowers.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, a 2019 report by the Office of the Inspector General for Veterans Affairs revealed that these bodies were failing to fulfill their missions of protecting whistleblowers. Since then, GAO has released annual reports on the handling of whistleblower retaliation cases by OAWP and OSC.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2019, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded $2,000 to a whistleblower who exposed the true killer of a Wyoming grizzly bear. According to WNN’s exclusive reporting , from November 2019 through August 2022, FWS only paid out twenty-one whistleblower awards in total. Fish and Wildlife Service to wildlife whistleblowers.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Despite a lifetime of excellent health, stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer eventually ended his grand adventure, following a May 2019 diagnosis. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2019, he struggled with the emotional and spiritual roller-coaster of terminal illness. In retirement, Mike also launched another career as a U.S.

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