FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

rule by fall 2024 in response to increasing cyberattacks on its supply chain by foreign adversaries. The Pentagon plans to finalize its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Alex Major and Franklin Turner will cover the “Greatest Risks in the Supply Chain in 2024 and Beyond” during Federal Publications Seminars’ 2024 FPS Government Contracts Year in Review at The Westin Tysons Corner in Tysons Corner, VA.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bill Mertz Chief Procurement Officer, Peraton Bill Mertz is responsible for all aspects of the companys procurement organization, including supply chain operations, strategic sourcing and subcontractor management.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Global alternative asset firm TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) has agreed to place up to $228 million strategic majority investment in supply chain risk intelligence provider Sayari to support the latter's new platform launch and global expansion efforts.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 14, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news there is buzz about AI procurement, supply chain risks, and timing changes on the 8(a) and WOSBS programs from SBA. We hope you have been staying cool and have some fun things planned for the weekend.

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Public Procurement Intl

APRIL 26, 2024

Stockholm City Hall photo: Julian Herzog Andrea Sundstrand David Drabkin, Daniel Schoeni and Christopher Yukins spoke at the “Upphandlings-Konferensen” (“Public Procurement Conference”) held in Stockholm on April 25-26, 2024. The conference was very kindly hosted by Professor Andrea Sundstrand of Stockholm University.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As 2024 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 sectors 2024 achievements. Id just like to say thank you very much for everybody’s hard work during 2024.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 6, 2024

5, and we want your help finding the most impactful supply chain executives. The deadline to submit nominations for the Pinnacle Awards is Sept.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 5, 2024

We hope you enjoyed the holiday and are looking forward to what 2024 brings. This week in federal government contracting news saw more insights on the new CMMC regime as well as important trends for 2024. This week in federal government contracting news saw more insights on the new CMMC regime as well as important trends for 2024.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Kate Grimes Vice President of Contracts & Administration Operations, ICF In 2023, Kate Grimes launched a digital modernization initiative to drive business enablement across these disciplines to improve both internal operations and client delivery, leading the development through implementation of a cloud-based, enterprisewide source-to-pay platform (..)

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 17, 2024

On April 1, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued a final rule updating the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add Part 40 on information security and supply chain security.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“The first year, we anticipate still having that self-assessment being acceptable with the annual affirmations,” Bostjanick said during Federal News Network’s Risk & Compliance Exchange 2024. And then in year two, we’ll start seeing more contracts with the CMMC Level 2 certification.

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

It’s that time of year again: the House and Senate have each passed their respective version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 (“NDAA”) ( H.R. The NDAA is a “must pass” set of policy programs and discretionary authorizations to fund Department of Defense (“DoD”) operations.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Kent Crabtree Vice President of Procurement and Vendor Management, Maximus As Maximus continues to increase annual revenue and set new company records, the companys procurement team kept pace under the leadership of Kent Crabtree.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 24, 2024

Effective January 1, 2027, COTS items will be exempt from the updated prohibition unless they are 50% or more covered material (not just tungsten) by weight. Key Takeaways Now that the final rule has clarified requirements, companies should consider: Reviewing their supply chains for prohibited covered materials and products.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Learn “What’s Next” After the Election at the 2024 Fall Training Conference, Nov. 20-21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) kickoff the Healthcare Day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference on November 21. Happy Veterans Day!

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Today, I have the privilege of announcing our 2023-2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant winners. Fair Trade USA is combining the power of AI and ML and their rich data warehouse to allow their partners to better evaluate supply chain risks and see their impact in the existing Partner Portal.

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USFCR

JANUARY 23, 2024

This initiative underscores the DoD's commitment to elevating cybersecurity standards across its supply chain. The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes this and has responded with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0, an evolution of the original CMMC framework.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 29, 2024

Recovering from a pandemic, ongoing supply chain challenges and ever-changing national priorities, contractors and government officials have been navigating some tricky terrains.

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2024

Enter the SBOM After some dramatic supply-chain breaches in which hackers exploited vulnerabilities in commonly used software to attack all users of those applications, the government has emphasized the SBOM — software bill of materials.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Join us at the Fall Training Conference, Nov 20 – 21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition is pleased to announce that multiple sponsorship packages are still available for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Market Outlook: What’s Next? Less than Three Weeks Away!

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JULY 22, 2024

On 27 June 2024, the UK Court of Appeal (“CA”) notably overturned a High Court decision by finding in favour of the World Uyghur Congress (“WUC”) in a case on forced labour and human rights abuses in overseas supply chains.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Federal Acquisition Security Council would be empowered to better protect the federal supply chain from adversarial technology companies and products under a new bipartisan bill from a quartet of House lawmakers. The Federal Acquisition Security Council Improvement Act of 2024 — from Reps. James Comer, R-Ky.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Following our recent overview of topics to watch in the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2024, available here , we continue our coverage with a “deep dive” into NDAA provisions related to cybersecurity and software security in each of the Senate and House bills. semi-conductor manufacturers.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

million increase to the fund’s collections in fiscal 2024, with the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) retaining $7.5 “‘Best value’ also reflects the current realities of how ordering activities use the GSA [schedules] program per its ordering procedures in the FAR.1 This proposal entails increasing the AWTF credit from 5% to 7.5%.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

MOT Regulation 36 will come into force within 90 days after 11 December, which falls on 10 March 2024. Any delays of the import license application system may result in financial losses, supply chain challenges, and eventually affecting the companies’ ability to meet the domestic market demand. 25 of 2022.

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Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On January 4, 2024, the U.S.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

Tom Temin Yeah, GSA is certainly not the GSA of our fathers and grandfathers in terms of the contracting opportunities that offers and maybe you’re biased, but review what you think are some of the strengths that it brings towards headed into 2024. So supply chain risk management and elimination becomes a very important discipline.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

And SBA has in mind here that agencies might establish a process to address supply chain or national security risks so that they wouldn’t be bound to set aside orders for small businesses if there’s some bigger purpose for not doing so. Finally, agencies are also going to be able to establish their own specific exemptions.

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Import and Trade Remedies

APRIL 3, 2024

We invite you to join us to gain practical insights and analysis on significant developments across: antitrust and competition export controls, sanctions and foreign investment customs and FTAs anti-bribery, corruption and economic crime ESG, supply chain and product compliance View the detailed agenda for all sessions during the conference.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 12, 2024

The House Homeland Security Committee advanced a raft of new legislation today, including a bill aimed at cutting major Chinese battery manufacturers out of the Department of Homeland Security’s supply chain. The committee today voted to approve a bill from Rep. Under the legislation, the ban would begin on Oct. 1, 2027.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 6, 2024

The 15 th annual Meet the Buyer National event takes place on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Meet the Buyer 2024 Alongside headline partners, Scottish Government and Scotland Excel, over 55 exhibitors have already signed up to engage with suppliers on the day. However, all are welcome!

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

But I think, if you think about the timing when we did the survey in January, appropriations for 2024 were not done yet. They’re still dealing with pretty significant supply chain issues, even though we’re having the COVID pandemic pretty much in the rearview mirror. And that has an outsized impact on small business.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 7, 2024

5, and we want your help finding the most impactful supply chain executives. This year’s Pinnacle Awards Sept. The Pinnacle Awards is an annual program that embodies the WashingtonExec spirit of highlighting successful executives and businesses saving money and fostering innovation for federal clients across the region.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The current system resulted from a redesign of the NHS supply chain that has been operational since 2019 [for details, see A Sanchez-Graells, ‘ Centralisation of procurement and supply chain management in the English NHS: some governance and compliance challenges ’ (2019) 70(1) NILQ 53-75.] billion savings by 2023-24.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 20, 2024

JoAnne Dukeshire Senior Vice President of Business Enablement, Arcfield According to Arcfield CEO Kevin Kelly, behind every winning government contracting business is a dedicated team of contracts, pricing and supply chain professionals that ensure operations run smoothly and strategies are legally and financially sound.

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