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MAY 24, 2024

These are themes I explore in my recent book Digital Technologies and Public Procurement. So I am launching ‘a blog for a book’ competition. The top 3 blogs will receive a copy of the book. Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance (OUP, 2024). I look forward to reading your ideas!

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security” by Chuck Brooks is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand and take advantage of the next wave of technological progress. Brooks is a well-known executive and adviser who breaks down complicated technological trends into easy-to-understand insights.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 1932, Aldous Huxley published the book Brave New World. At the time, the actual world was perched between World. The post Tips for Surviving in a Brave New World appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Akimas systems engineering subsidiary has secured a five-year, $55 million contract from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to enhance IT and communications infrastructure essential to national security.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 5, 2024

MetTel has received a contract from the U.S. Postal Service to retire around 35 million to 80 million plain old telephone lines or basic analog landlines across 17,000 USPS locations.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has received a $344 million contract to build and deliver two Standard Missile variants with a common guidance section to U.S. and international military customers. The company said Thursday it will produce the SM-2 Block IIICU and SM-6 Block IU missiles on a common production line for the

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Art of Procurement

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the book “Good to Great,” Jim Collins wrote about the flywheel effect, a prosperous cycle of work and adjustment. The post Dodging the Urban Doom Loop appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Maximus has booked a five-year, $40 million task order from the Internal Revenue Service to modernize the IRS Enterprise Data Platform.

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Art of Procurement

JUNE 1, 2023

In his book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith. The post The Laws of Supply and Demand Meat at Tyson Foods appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A Bechtel subsidiary has secured a $772.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Navy with nuclear power plant components installed in aircraft carriers and submarines. Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. will perform contract work in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and Schenectady, New York, through September 2033, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers 500 FMU-139D/B fuze accessory kits, 50 FMU-139D(D-1)/B fuze system inserts, 2,000 FMU-139D(D-2)/B inert load crew training The post Northrop Books $198M Navy Contract for Full Rate Production of FMU-139D/B Bomb Fuze first appeared (..)

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 14, 2024

Boeing has secured a $264.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to provide services for F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A modernized version of the E-Gov Travel Service (ETS) called ETSNext, the system will provide a “more intuitive experience for booking federal travel” and improved access to commercially available features such as a mobile interface and charge card integration, according to the release. million transactions a year.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Credence Management Solutions has won a potential five-year, $898.7 million task order from the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide administrative, operational and technical support services for USAID’s bureau for humanitarian assistance, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

Army has awarded General Electric (NYSE: GE) a potential five-year, $1.13 billion contract to provide T700 series turbine engines for the service branch.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A subsidiary of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business won a potential $116 million contract to lead the procurement of a management decision software for shipboard and shore-based maintenance activities of the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

Vertex Aerospace has secured a potential 10-year, $265.2 million contract to support the operations of a human spaceflight training facility located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

IBM has received a $95 million contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development boost the capabilities of host governments in Europe and Eurasia to identify and respond to cyberattacks targeting the critical infrastructure sector.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 30, 2024

A Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) subsidiary has received a five-year, $480 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for the Maven Smart System prototype.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 23, 2024

Navy has awarded 22nd Century Technologies a task order worth over $47 million to provide information technology and management services in support of the military branch’s human resources platform.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

CACI International has secured a five-year task order worth up to $314 million from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and technology to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 2, 2024

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a $493.2 million contract to provide space systems engineering services to the U.S. Space Force.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has secured a potential five-year, $23.7 million contract to develop and demonstrate specialized unmanned underwater vehicle autonomy and simulation capabilities for the U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 6, 2024

Rebellion Defense has received a contract from the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems X unit to equip sailors with its proprietary software designed to better recognize and track targets during missions.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Aleut Environmental Remediation, a subsidiary of Aleut Federal, has secured a $48 million contract from the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured an $861.3 million contract modification to produce and deliver additional high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and provide support services for the U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 28, 2024

Maximus has received an $87 million task order under a blanket purchase agreement to provide the Internal Revenue Service with end-to-end development and modernization services.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 29, 2024

Alpha Omega has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service within the agency’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The contract involves the company’s Aerosonde UAS that the Naval Air Systems Command earlier booked […] Navy littoral combat ships, also known as LCS, under a task order worth up to $47 million.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 22, 2024

Honeywell has secured a potential eight-year, $70 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide spare parts for a company-built radar altimeter technology used in U.S. Army helicopters.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

“AT&T has The post AT&T Books $146M DHS Contract for Emergency Communications Services; Jill Singer Quoted first appeared on GovCon Wire.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $1.13 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to provide planning yard support services for the military branch’s DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received a $515 million contract modification to continue providing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with research, development and engineering services.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 15, 2024

booked approximately $284 million in contracts from the U.S. Science Applications International Corp. Intelligence Community between January and February. SAIC said Thursday the contract awards include work across the areas of data, engineering and artificial intelligence.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

CACI International, an IT and services company, has booked a potential $226 million task order for a range of support services to enhance the capabilities of the U.S. Southern Command Operations.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 21, 2024

CACI International‘s national security solutions business has secured a $54.2 million contract modification from the Space Systems Command to continue supporting the Satellite Control Network for another year.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 27, 2023

RTX business Raytheon has been awarded a $155.7 million task order to supply a total of 53 Joint Standoff Weapon Air-To-Ground Missiles to the U.S. Navy and the government of Bahrain. The Department of Defense announced Friday that it ordered six units to replace missiles for use by the U.S.

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