Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (June 26, 2020). TPLF has no longstanding historical precedent, and its potential to shift control of a qui tam action even further away from the Executive Branch has become a concern for the government in recent years. Ethan Davis, Remarks on the False Claims Act at the U.S. In Ruckh v. 3d 1089 (11th Cir.

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FedScoop

APRIL 3, 2024

This is the second time that NASA and OPM have teamed up for the astronaut application process, the first being in 2020 when OPM reportedly assisted with a manual review of applications for NASA’s partially automated application process. For the astronaut position, OPM reported that NASA received over 12,000 applicants during the 2020 cycle.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to the DOJ, “Chua submitted two PPP loan applications on behalf of Allstar Health Providers in May 2020, and in both applications, she certified that the company would not receive more than one loan prior to Dec.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 instructed NSF and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to form a task force that published a roadmap…

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GovCon Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Project Convergence materialized in 2020 with a goal of connecting Army sensors, command and control nodes and shooters at the tactical level. While the initiative was originally created to tackle Army-specific problems, its reach has dramatically expanded over time.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Raul Fernandez, a board member at DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) since 2020, has assumed the role of interim president and CEO of the Ashburn, Virginia-based technology services company. He succeeds Mike Salvino, who will also step down as chairman of the board and serve in an advisory role through the end of March to facilitate

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Martin has been with L3Harris for over three years, initially joining as senior director of BD for the reconnaissance mission systems sector in October 2020.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Kiwus brings to the role experience with the CIA in security and operations and he retired from the agency in 2020. Jon Paul Kiwus, a CIA veteran with three decades of agency service, was named program manager of the national security division at Constellis , a risk management and mission support services provider.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Fredric Reynolds, a member of the board of directors at RTX (NYSE: RTX) since April 2020, has been named lead independent director at the Arlington, Virginia-headquartered defense and aerospace contractor. He will replace Dinesh Paliwal, who will step down from the board on Dec.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

In an emailed response to FedScoop, Amazon spokesperson Duncan Neasham said: “We imposed a moratorium on police departments’ use of Amazon Rekognition’s face comparison feature in connection with criminal investigations in June 2020, and to suggest we have relaxed this moratorium is false.

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Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A similar prohibition, Section 889(b)(1), effective on August 13, 2020, is imposed on loan and grant funds, and prohibits agencies from expending any such funds on covered telecommunications equipment or services.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Bone joined Alteryx in 2020 and has since built and led a team of HR professionals supporting the company’s talent acquisition, workforce

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But when COVID-19 struck in 2020, the center’s home base of Fort Eisenhower, Ga. “Our classes are like a conveyer belt,” says Todd Boudreau, deputy commandant of the Cyber School, part of the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence. formerly…

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

The rapid adoption of remote work in 2020 led agencies to permanently change the way they operate, with remote and hybrid working environments now here to stay. It’s already been more than two years since the pandemic forced a dramatic shift in organizations’ workplace operations, and federal agencies were no exception.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission decided in 2020 to open 1.2 Those components currently prioritizing the increased bandwidth that comes with the transition generally have high device density on their networks. gigahertz of spectrum covering the 6GHz band for unlicensed use to enable Wi-Fi 6E to deliver performance increases.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Handle provides updates on his whistleblower retaliation case since Turner profiled him for Whistleblower of the Week back in 2020. Handle and Turner also discuss the establishment of the Lamplighter Project, which provides support to law enforcement whistleblowers.

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FedScoop

JULY 9, 2024

In a 2020 executive order , the agency was instructed to take steps to improve the nation’s positioning, navigation, and timing services, which rely on a bevy of satellite infrastructure currently in Earth’s orbit. Hampshire, the agency’s chief science officer, said in a statement.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Since then, various federal agencies have issued guidance on how to enhance IT supply chain security.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Leading the charge of the solutions corporation Doug Wagoner, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2020. A seasoned industry player

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Office of Management and Budget guidance released in 2020 called on federal agencies to migrate to IPv6 across all information systems and services. Per the 2020 OMB memo, “full transition to IPv6 is the only viable option to ensure future growth and innovation in Internet technology and services.”

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This change took effect on November 16, 2020. Applying the November 2020 Two-Year Rule to the JV is proper because the JV submitted its offer after November 2020–in 2022. Note, the Two-Year Rule, used to be the Three-in-Two Rule, which limited joint ventures to three awards within a two-year period.

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

The CTO role has been unfilled since Ed Simcox departed in 2020. The reorganization will establish an Office of the Chief Technology Officer under ASTP/ONC and “reinstitute” the role of a CTO, according to the announcement.

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Redstone Government Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This implements a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 to enhance cybersecurity for the US defense industrial base. 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.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2023

percent attrition rate in fiscal 2020. Earlier this year, the Partnership for Public Service reported that the federal workforce attrition rate jumped to 6.1 percent for fiscal 2021, up from a 5.5 The government is also having a hard time attracting younger workers.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 21, 2024

since 2000, peaking at 69% of all ballots cast in 2020 during the pandemic before “returning to the long-term trend” of 50% in 2022, according to the Center for Election Innovation and Research. 21, according to TargetSmart’s TargetEarly dashboard , more than 13 million early votes have been cast for the 2024 election.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This BPA was used to launch an agencywide contract-writing system and modernize its point-of-sale system in 2020. 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. This RFQ is set to close Wednesday.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 29, 2024

In September 2020, the CFTC filed an action against David Cartu, Jonathan Cartu, and Joshua Cartu, along with their off-shore companies—All Out Marketing Limited, Blue Moon Investments, Ltd., and Orlando Union Inc.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

9, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 397 at 5.) As a general matter, GAO presumes government officials act in good faith. A protest claiming bias must prove the CO’s actions were motivated by bias or bad faith using convincing proof ( INTELiTEAMS, Inc., B-418123.4,

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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. A privacy impact assessment for the TIPS database, which was approved in 2020, does not mention any use of artificial intelligence.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

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. 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.

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The proposed rule also implements OMB Memorandum M-21-07 Completing the Transition to internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), dated November 19, 2020. This revision is being made to strengthen and standardize contractual requirements for cybersecurity across Federal agencies.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 27, 2024

Coast Guard in December 2020. The DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that Maersk illegally fired a seaman who reported a variety of safety concerns to the U.S.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 26, 2024

The new bill amends the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 , which was introduced by Rep. Our legislation would expand research on responsible AI education and focus on community and technical colleges as training centers for our emerging AI workforce.”

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Last Friday, September 29, the FAR Council published a proposed rule that would update the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2020 changes to rules on when small businesses must recertify their status in connection with orders under multiple-award contracts.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Mark Penley, and Ryan Vassar are four out of eight former employees who reported Paxton to the FBI in 2020 over allegations of bribery, tampering with government records, obstruction of justice, harassment, and abuse of office and were subsequently removed from his office. James Blake Brickman, David Maxwell, J.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But even federal agencies already familiar with telework experienced some technological turmoil in spring 2020 and took lessons from that experience.

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Total SBIR & STTR $4,731,141,770.47 $4,521,650,478.15 $5,705,785,758.71 $6,235,909,563.14 $2,167,075,873.80 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 SBBIR Phase I $293,139,194.97 $253,641,239.59 $248.732,362.42 $244,694,78.75 $77,335,808.27 in FY 20 to $6.3B

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