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The FBI is using AI to mine threat tips, but isn’t sharing much detail

FedScoop

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. Due to the significant volume of social media posts, only posts that score above a designated threshold are forwarded to the system for review.”

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Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade

FedScoop

Without a doubt, the VA and the veterans it serves would benefit from a functional inventory management system, and the department could make better use of taxpayers’ dollars if the system used to order medical supplies were connected to the systems that pay for and track them,” Rosendale said in his opening remarks.

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Friday Flash 04/12/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

In 2020, the Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates Executive Order (EO) was signed which urged Federal agencies to use skill-based assessments in hiring decisions. On March 6, 2024, the Federal Circuit vacated the CBCA decision on the threshold jurisdictional issue.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions Government Contractors Should Know

Government Contracts Legal Forum

This provision of the NDAA seems targeted at bridging the communication gap between the agencies by requiring that the parties to a proposed transaction over the HSR threshold provide a copy of their HSR filing directly to DoD. Section 862 amends the Small Business Act, specifically 15 U.S.C.

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EEO Spring Housekeeping is Here, Including Meeting the June 30, 2022 Deadline for Certifying Your Affirmative Action Program

Procurement Notes

26] Section 503 and VEVRAA AAPs also apply (when thresholds are met) to a construction contractor/subcontractor on a Federal construction project, but not for a construction project that is merely Federally-assisted. [27] 2020), www.dol.gov (last viewed June 13, 2022), available at [link]. [6] such opportunities.” [103] 7] 41 C.F.R. §

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Justice Department discloses FBI project with Amazon Rekognition tool

FedScoop

The Department of Justice has disclosed that the FBI is in the “initiation” phase of using Amazon Rekognition, an image and video analysis software that has sparked controversy for its facial recognition capabilities, according to an update to the agency’s AI inventory.

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