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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

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Transportation Command asks the vendor, HomeSafe Alliance, to justify hundreds of instances over the past month in which movers have failed to begin military families moves on the agreed-upon dates, delivered their belongings late, or both. The recent show-cause notice from U.S.

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Using ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine on Amazon EMR to predict rideshare demand

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Rideshare demand prediction is a well-explored topic in academia and industry, with abundant online resources offering diverse modeling frameworks tailored to different geographic contexts. A challenge with rideshare demand prediction, however, is that the trip data required to calibrate or train models can be exceptionally large.

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DoD set to start ramping up new military moving contract

Federal News Network

Transportation Command officials said Tuesday. The positive feedback received from both customers and our transportation offices shows that we are headed in the right direction,” Andy Dawson, the director of TRANSCOM’s Defense Personal Property Management Office said in a statement. The expansion of work under the up-to-$17.9

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Whistleblower Receives $4.8 Million in Hahn Air Lines Settlement

Whistleblower Network News

Join NWC in Taking Action: Demand that Congress strengthen the False Claims Act Further Reading: Hahn Air Lines Agrees to Pay $26.8M In discussing the settlement, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Million in Hahn Air Lines Settlement appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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FBI, DHS supporting New Jersey drone response with detection methods

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The sightings of what people have thought to be drones in recent weeks have sparked furor and lawmaker demands for answers. Northern Command, a component of the Defense Department focused on homeland protection and defense, confirmed to DefenseScoop that it is monitoring the situation. New Jersey and New York lawmakers, including Sen.

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The FAA is developing an air traffic tool built for the space age. It may need help

FedScoop

In Florida, home to several international airports, the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, “the closure of airspace to accommodate commercial space launches now happens often enough to noticeably affect airline schedules,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained back in May. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.,

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Impulse Space Raises $150M in Series B Funding

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In-space transportation services provider Impulse Space announced raising $150 million from its Series B funding round. Scott Nolan, a partner at Founders Fund, said, “The satellite market is demanding […] Scott Nolan, a partner at Founders Fund, said, “The satellite market is demanding […]