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30 Federal IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2023

FedTech Magazine

With a zero-trust deadline looming for civilian agencies, the increasing use of artificial intelligence and continuing threats from both nation-state and independent rogue actors, today’s federal IT influencers have a lot on their plates. 2024 adds another level of complexity as the presidential primary season nears.

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Former IRS staffer who managed IT contracts pleads guilty to bribery charges

FedScoop

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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CISA Director Informs on State of Election Cybersecurity

GovCon Wire

In 2016 and 2020, foreign influence on the U.S. Russian efforts were detected in 2016 in particular and Iranian activities were identified in 2020. presidential election was a concern.

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2020 The Year To Address The Elephant in Every Room – Data

ivalua

There is definitely an aspiration to reach the point where data can be used as a matter of course to influence strategic decisions, but of course, excel is not the best tool for this job. The post 2020 The Year To Address The Elephant in Every Room – Data appeared first on Ivalua.

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Competing global supply chain approaches

Federal News Network

As a result, there has been no shortage of procurement legislation and regulation prohibiting or curtailing the federal government’s purchase of Chinese products: Section 889 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (restrictions on the use of telecommunications equipment and services); Section 847 of the FY 2020 NDAA (..)

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I Know the Witnesses and I Will Believe Them; There is No Need for Cross-Examination: A Rare Example of Arbitrator Bias Before English Courts

Kluwer Arbitration

The case was a straightforward application of the relevant legal test under section 24(1) of the EAA, set out in the Supreme Court judgement Halliburton v Chubb [2020] UKSC 48 ( see previous coverage here ) nuanced by the particular facts of a non-lawyer arbitrator. The law in relation to apparent bias is well settled.

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In Praise of Grinders: They Get The Job Done

GovLoop

My personal reason is usually scope of influence – every time I find what I want to do stymied by the position I hold, I look for a path to promotion. This post was first published October 5, 2020. Others want to change their duties. Some people want to manage people. Others want to manage budgets. That’s Not The Only Way.

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