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. Steve is respected not only in the U.S.,

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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. The CFTC’s litigation against the individual defendants continues.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This post highlights the most significant arbitration-related decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC”) in 2023 that are of interest to the international arbitration community at large. Decision 4A_486/2022 (26 April 2023) concerned a tennis player (A.) as licensor and B. as licensee. Before the SFSC, A.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate It is hard to believe that ChatGPT isn’t even a year old yet, when you look at the tidal wave of new apps that have been released in its wake. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 12:00PM – 5:00PM EDT | 3 CPE | Washington DC Cybersecurity has always contended with evolving threats. Participants can earn up to 3 CPE credits in Information Technology.* Additional Information: Prerequisites & Advance Preparation : None required.

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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. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The federal government has a complex hiring process, governed by a host of regulations and policies. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Events on the world stage are also playing out in cyberspace. They’re also more brazen, and willing to get much more aggressive and personal to achieve their goals,” according to Mandiant in its 2023 report on trends in the global threat landscape.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Machine learning and artificial intelligence already are playing a significant role in reworking call centers, in government agencies and private industry alike. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate At the height of the pandemic in 2020, the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey found that almost half of federal employees worked remotely. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Select GCR

JANUARY 30, 2024

Impact on Job Creation and Innovation The substantial investment in our economy during 2023 had a cascading effect on job creation and innovation. Federal Agencies Supporting Small Businesses Various federal agencies played a pivotal role in the small business initiatives in 2023.

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The whirlwind of artificial intelligence tools in 2023 proved the government is eager to embrace the technology as soon as possible. In 2023, Kyle was named a Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech 100 Executive honoree and a WashingtonExec Top Chief Technology Exec to Watch.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Many government agencies wrestle with their legacy systems and outdated processes every day, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and data flow. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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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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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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FedInsider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. framework and implemented zero trust solutions at the network level. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 16, 2024

Its objective is to guarantee that contemporary communications networks are accessible to customers in high-cost, isolated, and rural locations at prices that are equivalent to those in cities. Million for Alleging Violations of FCC Rules appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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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. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Zero trust revolutionizes network security architecture because it is data-centric and designed to stop data breaches. While that is its primary purpose for government, it also increases agility for modern networks that traditional network designs can’t emulate.

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Select GCR

APRIL 16, 2024

Tailored programs, specialized financing, and supportive networks exist to leverage your military experience in the business landscape. Participants can further advance their entrepreneurial skills with follow-up courses such as ‘B2B: Revenue Readiness’ available online through Mississippi State University.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

The TAA provides a holistic approach to strengthening the supply chain, by taking advantage of the economic advantages and technical capabilities of our domestic sources and our allies, with the added benefit of providing domestic firms with the ability to participate in the procurements of allied countries.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 14, 2024

Summary City Colleges of Chicago (CCC)—the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation—participates in two no-cost Amazon Web Services (AWS) initiatives to advance and develop undergraduate technical programs. CCC faculty and students with AWS staff at the MLU EEP launch event in September 2023.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits parties who participate in federal healthcare programs, such as the Energy Program, from knowingly and willfully paying or receiving any remuneration in return for referring an individual to, or arranging for the furnishing of, any item or services for which payment is made by, the federal healthcare programs.”

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, the AWS Education Accelerator supports education technology (EdTech) startups who are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The central premise of Office of Management and Budget Memo 22-09 laying out the Federal Zero Trust Strategy is that no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is trusted. Controlling access is everything.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The growth in volume of data being generated every year is staggering. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

“Interviews with attorneys who participate in the program and a review of SEC decisions — along with court cases challenging some of those decisions — portray a program straining under the weight of its success,” the article states. National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is calling for the immediate passage of the SEC Whistleblower Reform Act.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 6, 2024

Penta), participated in a scheme that underpaid U.S. 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. The whistleblower, Angel Figueroa, will receive $600,000 of the $3.1 million civil settlement.

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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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FedInsider

JULY 23, 2024

Thursday, September 12, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to HIPAA Journal. Network servers, electronic medical records repositories, and email are the main assets breached when healthcare organizations are attacked.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 17, 2024

Individuals and entities that participate in the federal health care system are required to obey the laws meant to preserve the integrity of program funds and the provision of appropriate, quality services to patients.” Qui tam whistleblowers are eligible to receive between 15 and 30% of the government’s recovery.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the 2023 Fiscal Year, the program received a record 1,530 whistleblower tips. Under the order, Galles and the Tyche entities are to pay $5,327,173 in restitution and a $15,981,519 penalty. Since the CFTC Whistleblower Program was established in 2010, whistleblower tips have allowed the CFTC to recover over $3 billion from fraudsters.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

At the Constitutional and Unity Conference in Bangalore in February, participants in a closed-door session on whistleblowing emphasized the need to incorporate human rights defenders and journalists, among other groups, into whistleblower-organizing efforts and a comprehensive whistleblower protection law.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 18, 2024

According to the SEC, “from May 2020 to October 2022, the 17 charged individuals from Texas, California, Louisiana, Illinois, and Florida, acted as leaders of the CryptoFX network and solicited investors by variously promising that CryptoFX’s crypto asset and foreign exchange trading would generate returns of 15 to 100 percent.”

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Many government agencies wrestle with their legacy systems and outdated processes every day, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and data flow. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

had to reprint ballots for a May 2023 election after a proofing error. a programming error caused touchscreens and printouts to show different votes in November 2023. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Wednesday, January 17, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Cybersecurity professionals working for state and local agencies and educational systems are likely already aware that cyber attacks targeting their organizations are increasing sharply – the second quarter of 2023 saw a 40% increase over the first quarter of the year.

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