Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Leads generated from insiders are critically important to any financial enforcement program,” said Young. Introduced in July by a bipartisan group of senators , the CFTC Whistleblower Fund Improvement Act of 2023 addresses the funding crisis undermining the CFTC Whistleblower Program.

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Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 11, 2024

This became a reality in December 2023 when the DoD issued a final rule consolidating the four clauses into DFARS 252.245-7005, Management and Reporting of Government Property. The new clause had an effective date of January 22, 2024.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 27, 2023

APTAC supports the APEX Accelerators by providing important information, professional networking, comprehensive training and a voice in national government contracting assistance. The post Event Announcement: APTAC’s 2023 Fall Training Conference first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Hope to see you there!

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). 94 PA 2023). This is an important issue that may require further discussion in a separate post. 20 PA 2023).

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 26, 2024

On June 24, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of the Whistleblower released its Annual Report for the 2023 Fiscal Year. During FY 2023, the IRS Whistleblower Program awarded $88.7 million awarded in FY 2023 more than doubles the $37 million awarded in FY 2022. The fact that it takes an average of 11.26

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat hunting is becoming more important than ever for government agencies as federal cybersecurity officials warn of threats that nation-state actors may pose to election systems this year. Evidence emerged last year that state-sponsored hacking groups had even breached agencies.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

However, the FBI must complete its AFEDT process to obtain a better understanding of its AI needs and evaluate how it can use AI to improve intelligence collection and analysis.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Yes, the number of protests are down, mostly due to the deluge GAO received in 2023 from the ongoing saga that is the CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) from the National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). In 2023, GAO received more than 350 protests alone over CIO-SP4.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

On December 18, Kirkus Reviews announced its Top 100 Indie Books of 2023. On December 6, Readers View gave the book 5 stars , noting: “‘ Rules for Whistleblowers: A Handbook for Doing What’s Right ’ by Stephen Kohn is an eye-opening book that will lead you to a better understanding of the important role whistleblowers play in our lives.

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Integration Integrity Networking Import 96

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, our annual community survey became even more critical for us as we shaped our new organizational strategy, which we are very excited to share with you next month. These will be important points to double down on in our new strategy. Both our 2023 score and our final strategy count landed on an average 6.9

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Here are some key points from this year: (1) the key effectiveness metric, showing numbers of sustains and corrective actions at GAO, was up even higher to 57% for the 2023 fiscal year and (2) total bid protest numbers are up slightly, reversing a downward trend in total protest numbers from the last few years. Call us at 785-200-8919.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It contains some important insights for how GAO bid protest numbers have changed from prior years. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. This is down from 2025 in FY 2023 but up from 1658 in 2022. Cases and protests are down from FY 2023.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Kulkarni, along with his colleague at Kaiser Permanente, Cynthia Cifuentes, are co-chairing the 2023 Greater Washington Heart Walk for the American Heart Association. 4 and explains why heart health is so important. Kulkarni discusses the event coming up on Nov.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Nominations are now open for the Future of Government Awards 2023 , a global awards program that celebrates practitioners, teams, and leaders who are transforming people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves. Nominations will close on December 14, 2023.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 10, 2023

These leaders are undoubtedly supporting one of the government’s most important missions: to secure and defend the nation’s citizens, economy and institutions. National security leaders play key roles in the modernization, protection and defense of the technologies that fuel missions on land, sea, air and space.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 2, 2024

In this webinar, John Holtz and I will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2023 and the first part of 2024.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

In 2021 and 2023, OCP partnered with ACIJ to assess the urbanizations real effects. To answer these questions, civic group ACIJ (Civil Association for Equality and Justice) developed a methodology using open data and citizen participation to monitor progress. Grecia Guzmn, Villa 20 resident Today, Villa 20 is changing.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to announce the 2023 recipients of the Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Awards! The recipients of the 2023 EIP Awards demonstrated exemplary dedication, expertise, and commitment to advancing the partnership between government and industry.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The $74 million award is one of the largest in the history of the IRS Whistleblower Program and nearly equals the total amount awarded to whistleblowers in the 2023 Fiscal Year. During FY 2023, the IRS awarded $88.7 At the same time, the time taken to process mandatory awards has increased, as of FY 2023 it is up to an average of 11.29

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Between January and December 2023, suspicious digital transactions reported by TransUnion’s public sector clients rose from 4.2% TransUnion’s Vice President of Public Sector Identity, Stuart Levy, stresses the importance of efficient identity verification. Download the full report.

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Integration Integrity Import Data 67

Redstone Government Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2025

Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) FY 2023 Report to Congress shows that of the $186B incurred cost audited, there was only $1.1B Does the Government find most of the cost incurred by a contractor to be reasonable? I must say it does appear that way. in audit exceptions (.6%). So, the world is good, and we can move on.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 25, 2024

Makatse was honored for his bravery by Blueprint for Free Speech in their 2023 Whistleblowing Awards. Listen to this important episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , or Amazon. Subscribe on your favorite platform!

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Corruption Networking Import 104

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In fact, it is very important to keep in mind that (outside of those covering the now-prohibited rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage) the underlying social disadvantage regulations remain intact, in full force and effect. Call us at 785-200-8919. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 22, 2024

Johannah was honored for her bravery by Blueprint for Free Speech in their 2023 Whistleblowing Awards. Listen to this important episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , or Amazon.

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Corruption Government Contracts Networking Import 108

GovCon Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

At the 2023 AI Summit, from Potomac Officers Club, Central Intelligence Agency Director of Artificial Intelligence Lakshmi Raman discussed the importance of prioritizing AI in light of the mounting sophistication of near-peer adversaries like China and Iran’s autonomous arsenals. “AI-enhanced

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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.” billion sanction emphasizes how important whistleblowers can be in protecting public funds from fraud. Further Reading: CFTC Obtains $12.7

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Find out the latest health care technology trends at the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Healthcare Summit on Dec. Register here to attend this important event.

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Management Import IT 105

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) made more than 140 announcements at re:Invent 2023. Take advantage of generative AI 2023 was a big year for generative AI at AWS. Learn more Read the Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023 blog post for more information on announcements across analytics, databases, security, generative AI, ML, and more.

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Education Integration Integrity Data 75

ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Find out the latest health care technology trends at the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Healthcare Summit on Dec. Register here to attend this important event.

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Collaboration Electronics Import Data 104

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. Now, there’s just not enough time for me to mention every highlight of 2023.

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Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability Logistics 62

GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Wood Limited Receive Deferred Prosecution Agreements In November 2023, the DOJ unsealed Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) it entered into to settle allegations that Tysers and H.W. Correspondingly, this is yet another important factor to consider in determining whether to make a disclosure. Wood did not.

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Corruption Insurance Media Import 147

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This one is even more straightforward than the first one, but it is important nonetheless as it now gives us further insight into the HUBZone appeal system. HUB-102, 2023 (Dec. back in June 2023. HUB-102, 2023 (Dec. back in June 2023. This is important. Let’s take a little look. In P AE Applied Techs.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Using the formulation of objectives in the Procurement Act 2023 , this blogpost reflects on its kaleidoscopic view of the public interest. Objectives in the Procurement Act 2023 The Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) represents one of the UK’s attempts at ‘doing things differently’ post-Brexit. Equally, in ss.

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Procurement Public Procurement Public Goods Accountability 52

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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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

“The regulations are an important step forward. In April 2023, the NHTSA finally issued proposed rules for the whistleblower program. In its proposal released on April 14 2023, the NHTSA acknowledged previous input and demands from the NWC. Kohn , founding partner KKC and Chairman of the Board of NWC.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 16, 2024

Telecommunications providers that seek to participate in important FCC programs like the High-Cost Program must comply with applicable rules, including those governing how they report the costs used to calculate their subsidies,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Department of Justice toward this important objective.”

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Telecommunication Internal Control Networking Import 113

GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is the second enforcement-related release issued jointly by these three agencies, which, in March 2023, published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note on Cracking Down on Third-Party Intermediaries Used to Evade Russia-Related Sanctions and Export Controls. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws.

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