Federal News Network

JULY 24, 2024

“The IRTC decision is a natural extension of where the court was heading and it’s a straight forward application of the Tucker Act,” said Alex Sarria, a partner with Miller and Chevalier, in an interview with Federal News Network. Source: GAO Snapshot of governmentwide contracting for 2023. GAO says the Army spent more than $6.9

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Medical devices like heart monitors, which are under the purview of the Food and Drug Administration, have cybersecurity vulnerabilities that aren’t frequently exploited but nevertheless pose risks to hospital networks and patients, according to a recent watchdog report.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Health care providers that attempt to profit from kickbacks will be held accountable,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. In July 2023, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This settlement reinforces the importance of holding accountable health care providers who seek financial gain above quality patient care.” In July 2023, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

“GSA’s announcement of eight contracts awards for the commercial platform initiative represents the passing of a significant milepost on its journey to bring enhanced electronic commerce to agencies,” said Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, in an email to Federal News Network.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 13, 2024

billion settlement against Binance and nearly half of the agency’s enforcement actions in 2023 were related to crypto and digital assets. During the last fiscal year, digital asset cases accounted for almost 50% of the CFTC’s docket, and the majority of whistleblower tips that year were related to digital assets.”

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 19, 2024

On November 30, 2023, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (“DoD IG”) released a Special Report: Common Cybersecurity Weaknesses Related to the Protection of DoD Controlled Unclassified Information on Contractor Networks (the “Report”). If MFA is not used, NIST SP 800-171 requires use of complex passwords.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 16, 2024

18/14721, 10 January 2023 Nataliya Barysheva and Valentine Chessa, MGC Arbitration, ITA Reporters for France In the Moldova v. Alstom Transport et Société Alstom Network UK Ltd v. Société Stileks Scientific and Production Firm LLC, intervenante volontaire à titre principal pour la Société Komstroy, Court of Appeal of Paris, RG No.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A recent report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) demonstrates that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) whistleblowers continue to face high rates of retaliation. The recent GAO report reveals that the number of VA Whistleblower retaliation reports received by OAWP has increased from 577 in 2020 to 736 in 2023.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 19, 2024

This settlement demonstrates that those who would p rofit from defrauding government healthcare payors while taking advantage of vulnerable p atients entrusted to their care will be held accountable,” said U.S. In 2023, qui tam whistleblowers allowed the government to recover $2.3 Attorney King. More than $7.3 billion from fraudsters.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly useful in applications throughout the federal government. He has been in numerous leadership roles in the private sector for over 25 years, spanning accounting, finance, technology & operations management spheres.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 22, 2024

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) kicked off Sunshine Week on March 11 with remarks on the Senate floor about the importance of whistleblowers in promoting transparency and accountability. The post During Sunshine Week 2024, Senator Grassley Sheds Light on Whistleblowers appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 14, 2024

In November 2023, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam stated that he is “proud of the Division of Enforcement’s groundbreaking work in the digital asset space.” During the last fiscal year, digital asset cases accounted for almost 50% of the CFTC’s docket, and most whistleblower tips that year were related to digital assets.”

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 23, 2024

Whistleblower Network News contacted Mr. Gabriel to discuss his film. Despite facing threats and targeted violence, South African whistleblowers remain determined to bring accountability and transparency to powerful institutions.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Evidence from litigation , Freedom of Information requests and the UK’s Public Accounts Committee suggest the bandwidth taken up by the HPL and continual chasing from political referrals delayed pursuing other better, more credible offers. An analysis from the Spend Network in June 2020 tells a similar story.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

The 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO 14110) aims to promote the responsible use of AI while mitigating potential risks and ensuring the protection of civil rights and liberties.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Agencies today are faced with the challenge of modernizing legacy IT solutions to streamline workflows and increase the speed and quality of their services. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To achieve this, a secure, performant and highly-available hybrid network is required to connect on-premises to the AWS Cloud. Hybrid networking AWS Direct Connect is an AWS networking service that allows you to establish hybrid connectivity between on-premises and the AWS Cloud. Traditional hybrid network architecture.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Friday, October 27, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Advances in telecommunications capabilities are a major driver in Department of Defense programs. From creating secure private networks that U.S. From creating secure private networks that U.S. One of the next steps is O-RAN – Open Radio Access Networks.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

HHS-OIG remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to ensure that those who submit false claims are held accountable.” “The The False Claims Act is an important tool to deter and hold accountable those who submit fraudulent medical claims to the government,” said U.S. Attorney Dawn N.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 14, 2024

Introduced in March 2023, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act aims to address the delays and other issues plaguing the program. A strong IRS Whistleblower Program is key to closing down the tax gap and holding tax cheats accountable,” NWC’s letter states. According to NWC’s letter, “H.R.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Our order holds SAP accountable for misconduct that spanned seven jurisdictions and persisted for several years and serves as a stark reminder of the need for global companies to be attuned to both the risks of their business and the need to maintain adequate entity-level controls over all their subsidiaries,” said Charles E.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 9, 2024

The Justice Department will hold accountable those contractors who knowingly fail to satisfy cybersecurity requirements.” On July 25, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 12, 2024

In 2023, CNN reported that an internal Coast Guard investigation, dubbed “Operation Fouled Anchor,” had “uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials” but that the findings of this report were kept secret. “I

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

State Department just released its 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for India , which outlines the high rates of politically motivated killings and “arbitrary deprivation of life.” The primary aim seemed to be to shut us down from seeking accountability,” explained Venkatesan.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 1, 2024

According to the CFTC, starting around September of 2020, Empires Consulting used the company’s website and social media accounts to solicit individuals, referred to as “pool participants,” to trade commodities futures, options, and digital assets with Empires X. derivatives markets,” wrote whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Friday, October 20, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Communications security is one of the foremost priorities in any battlespace. This is one reason the Department of Defense is keen on building out 5G capabilities, because of its ability to create secure private networks anywhere it is deployed.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 28, 2024

Boynton reaffirmed the DOJ’s commitment that “those who are obligated to pay money to the United States, whether in the form of travel fees or other types of payments, are held accountable for what they owe.” Million in Hahn Air Lines Settlement appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 25, 2024

To ensure appropriate processes and full compliance, they partnered in late 2023 with Kite Consult to drive the transformation and migration project, including replacing their end-of-life SAP-based patient health record (PHR) system and modernizing their legacy Citrix infrastructure.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 1, 2024

On April 12, 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency (DigIF) for satellite operators using Software Defined Radios (SDRs) with AWS Ground Station. Customers using Wideband DigIF delivery to Amazon EC2 need to provision AWS Ground Station Agent (agent) on Amazon EC2.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

OCTOBER 2, 2023

.| Willard InterContinental Join Fox Rothschild’s Federal Government Contracts & Procurement attorneys, BRG’s Government Contracts professionals, industry leaders and government representative for targeted sessions and networking at our fourth annual Federal Contract Symposium. You can register for the event here.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

CYBERCOM embraces the non-traditional as acquisition program grows - Federal News Network ) Senate plans to find a permanent home for pandemic-fraud fighting tools are getting support in the House. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)

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FedInsider

MARCH 25, 2024

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” was issued in May 2021, it included directives for agencies to establish several incident response and logging procedures, including sharing information on incident detection and response, by August 2023.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 31, 2024

This settlement demonstrates our commitment to hold accountable contractors who cause the Government to overpay, and who enrich themselves at taxpayer expense.” On July 25, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 10, 2024

As today’s settlement illustrates, the Justice Department is committed to holding pharmacies accountable for their role in the nation’s opioid crisis.” Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “As The whistleblowers will receive 17% of the government’s recovery as their share of the settlement.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 16, 2024

According to the SEC, “from March 2020 through July 2023, JPMS regularly asked retail clients to sign confidential release agreements if they had been issued a credit or settlement from the firm of more than $1,000.

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