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ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting – Agency Bid Protests

Public Procurement Intl

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET Venue: Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 This is a hybrid in-person/remote event. Register here for In-Person or Zoom Attendance Please join the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Public Contract Law’s Bid Protest Committee for our March 2024 meeting on “Agency-Level Protests.

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How AutogenAI Has Tapped a New AI Use Case in GovCon, With CEO Elizabeth Lukas

ExecutiveBiz

The use cases for artificial intelligence don’t stop multiplying in the government contracting industry and since its founding in 2021, AutogenAI has developed a new one: using AI to assist the proposal writing process. Noted business leader Elizabeth Lukas came aboard the company last fall as its Americas CEO. Recently, we sat down with Lukas to gain an understanding about AutogenAI’s unique offerings and inquire what the company’s performance tells us about the federal marketplace.

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V2X Finishes Strong in 2023, Hits $1B Record Revenue in Q4; Chuck Prow Quoted

GovCon Wire

V2X (NYSE: VVX) was among the big gainers on the NYSE on March 5, following the release of its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 results. In the three months ending Dec. 31, revenue grew 6.4 percent year-over-year to a record $1.04 billion. The top line rose 8 percent to $3.

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Vision 2024: Digital Transformation’s Greatest Hits – Tallahassee Replay

FedInsider

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE Florida is the third-largest state in the U.S. by population, and it continues to grow rapidly – from 2010 to 2020, its population grew by 14.5%. That kind of growth rate might be the envy of other states, but it also means increased pressure on the state government to deliver internet-based, user-friendly services for everything from child support services to renewing business licenses.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Leadership in Cyber Talent Management & Capability Acquisition Propels DOD’s John Sherman to 3rd Wash100 Win

ExecutiveBiz

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman has been inducted into the 2024 class of the Wash100 Award , his third straight win. Sherman is being honored this year for having worked to ensure that the DOD and the broader U.S. defense establishment possess the cyber talent and digital capabilities needed to preserve national security against threats posed by adversaries.

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Inside the Army’s Transformative New Data Architecture

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Army is currently working to implement its Unified Data Reference Architecture, which is designed to join a data mesh and data fabric in a way that would allow users to easily access data products across different formats and locations.

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Sid Fuchs Joins Greystones Group Advisory Board

WashngtonExec

Longtime industry CEO and board member Sid Fuchs has joined Greystones Group’s advisory board. Fuchs is a national security authority with over 35 years of experience building high-performance engineering and technology companies in the aerospace and defense sector. He’s also a former CIA officer. “Greystones brings together best in class commercial data analytics technology with [.

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Federal Highway Administration wants feedback on proposal to use cyber tool

FedScoop

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is seeking public comments on its proposal to allow transportation authorities to use a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tool to better address cyber incidents. The FHWA’s proposal to adopt CISA’s Cyber Security Evaluation Tool — which “authorities can use to assist in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from cyber incidents,” per a Federal Register posting — would meet a requi

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Lockheed Secures $220M Army Contract Modification for Precision Strike Missile

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential two-year, $219.7 million contract modification to supply surface-to-surface precision strike missiles to the service branch. Work on the PrSM Early Operational Capability Lot 3 requirement will occur in Grand Prairie, Texas, through March 6, 2026, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Conflict, Latent Ambiguity, Cost Realism

Government Contract Insights

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights a trio of U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions. The first decision, Deloitte Consulting, highlights the risk of severing a teaming partner after quote submission. The second, Kauffman and Associates, Inc., illustrates how a latent ambiguity in the solicitation can reset the competition. The third, Conti Federal Services, emphasizes that an agency’s upward cost adjustment must remain reasonable.

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XLA’s Nelson McClung on Delivering Foreign Aid in Challenging Environments

WashngtonExec

Nelson McClung knows how hard it can be to deliver foreign aid effectively in uncertain economic times. “Our clients have to adapt to an ever-changing international environment, which means they need to shift the focus of their programs and funding,” he said. As senior vice president and chief operating officer at XLA, McClung is helping [.

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SAIC Partners With Aras to Enhance Digital Engineering Ecosystem

ExecutiveBiz

Science Applications International Corp. is integrating a product lifecycle management platform developed by Aras into its digital engineering software, ReadyOne. Aras on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with SAIC to create an end-to-end, single-source-of-truth architecture for critical infrastructure manufacturers and other industries.

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DIA Awards $205M HR Software Contract to Groundswell

GovCon Wire

The Defense Intelligence Agency awarded Groundswell, previously Collabralink Technologies, a 10-year, $205 million contract to replace its human capital management platform with a novel automated system. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was granted to Groundswell out of six competitive offers received by the agency, according to a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.

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Meet The Buyer 2024 brings businesses together for Scotland’s largest free procurement event

Scottish Government Procurement

The 15 th annual Meet the Buyer National event takes place on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. This free to attend event provides all businesses, including social enterprises and third sector organisations, with an opportunity to engage with Scotland’s public sector to discover upcoming contract opportunities, which make up part of the £14.5bn public sector annual spend in Scotland.

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GDMS Books $279M in Air Force Trusted Network Environment Support Contract

GovCon Wire

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems division has received a pair of U.S. Air Force contracts worth $279.3 million combined to help sustain and enhance the U.S. Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System.

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Product Spotlight: Safeguard Your Agency with the Verkada CD52 Dome Camera

FedTech Magazine

Physical security remains a major concern for federal agencies, as continuing threats of violence put workers and citizens at risk. The government secures thousands of federal buildings, several of which have been the targets of violent attacks — most recently, the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In 2023 alone, the Federal Protective Service kept 15,000 weapons, including more than 500 guns, from being brought into federal buildings, according to congressional testimony late last year

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Greg Dyer Appointed Accelera Solutions COO

GovCon Wire

Greg Dyer, formerly chief of strategy and president of government services at Aspetto, has been named chief operating officer at digital transformation company Accelera Solutions.

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Axonius Raises $200M in Funding for Product Innovation, Market Expansion Efforts; Dean Sysman Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Axonius , a cybersecurity asset management platforms provider, has raised $200 million in a Series E extension financing round and will use the capital to accelerate product innovation and expand its reach worldwide. Existing investor Stripes took part in the latest funding round led by venture capital firms Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners , Axonius said Tuesday.

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Gen. Stephen Whiting Decrees 4 Priorities to Guide SPACECOM

GovCon Wire

A day without an American presence in the space domain would be “catastrophic” to the country’s “prosperity, defense and security,” argued Gen. Stephen Whiting, who leads U.S. Space Command.

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Danny Polidi Joins Galorath as Practice Principal for Hardware & Systems Engineering; Matt McDonald Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Danny Polidi, a digital engineering executive with government contracting experience, has joined cost estimation and analysis company Galorath as a practice principal for hardware and systems engineering. In this role, he will oversee the development and implementation of transformational engineering tools designed to support the workforce development and cost optimization goals of commercial and public sector clients, Galorath said Tuesday.

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Bob Hughes Named Deltek President and CEO; Mike Corkery to Serve as Roper Technologies Group Executive

GovCon Wire

Bob Hughes, most recently chief customer and strategy officer at UKG, has been appointed president and CEO of Deltek, succeeding Mike Corkery in a leadership move that is set to take effect April 10.

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Accenture Seeks to Help Clients Meet AI Training Needs Through LearnVantage Program

ExecutiveBiz

Accenture has launched a program designed to help government and industry leaders identify skills gaps as well as reskill and upskill their workforces in data, artificial intelligence and other technologies by providing comprehensive tech learning and training services. Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.

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SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules Will Not Combat Greenwashing, But Opens Door for Whistleblowers

Whistleblower Network News

On March 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a new Climate Risk Disclosure Rule , which substantially waters down emissions reporting requirements for public companies compared to the version of the rule that was initially proposed in March 2022. The initial proposal included mandatory disclosures for Scope 1 and 2 (direct and purchased) emissions, as well as disclosures for Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions.

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Former AWS Exec Sam Choi Appointed Sales VP at Vibrint

ExecutiveBiz

Sam Choi , former senior manager/principal sales executive at Amazon Web Services , has joined Vibrint to serve as vice president of sales at the Hanover, Maryland-based provider of information technology services and IT consulting. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience and over five years of which were spent at AWS in senior management roles.

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Garland On AI Crime, And A Taylor Swift Tune For DOJ

Government Contracts

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday told a group of lawyers gathered in San Francisco that the U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up its hiring of computer scientists to fight artificial intelligence-driven crime and also revealed which Taylor Swift song he thought should be the department's anthem.

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Carahsoft to Make Cloudburst Anti-Crypto Fraud Offerings Available to Public Sector Customers; Alex Whitworth Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

The crypto fraud offerings of Cloudburst Technologies will be made available to public sector customers via a partnership with cyber-focused value added reseller Smartpoint Solutions and Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft said Tuesday that it will serve as public sector distributor under the partnership while Smartpoint will serve as a certified Cloudburst reseller.

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Top Calif. Antitrust Atty Says Criminal Cases On The Horizon

Government Contracts

California is poised to start prosecuting criminal antitrust cases under a Golden State law that is "broader" than federal law, a senior assistant attorney general for the California Department of Justice said Wednesday at a San Francisco conference.

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Box Adds Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to New Offering

ExecutiveBiz

Cloud content management tool provider Box has partnered with Microsoft to integrate the latter's Azure OpenAI Service into its new artificial intelligence offering for enterprise customers. Box AI uses advanced Azure OpenAI Service's large language models to generate content and actionable insights using data and reports stored in Box, the Redwood City, California-based company said Tuesday.

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DOJ Says Another Korean Co., Officer Behind Bid-Rig Scheme

Government Contracts

A second South Korean company and its CEO allegedly defrauded the Pentagon in a scheme to rig bids and fix prices for subcontract work on U.S. military installations in South Korea, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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Antenna Research Associates Receives Grant From Massachusetts Business Development Initiative; Logen Thiran Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Antenna Research Associates has secured a grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program. The funding will be used to supplant legacy equipment at ARA’s Pembroke facility, Logen Thiran , the company’s president and CEO, said on Wednesday.

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Conn. Ex-Postmaster Gets 4 Years For Vehicle Repair Scheme

Government Contracts

The former postmaster of Danbury, Connecticut, must serve four years in prison for using a town post office to run a bribery, kickback and embezzlement scheme that defrauded the government out of nearly $1 million for overpriced vehicle repairs and other illegitimate payments, a federal judge has ruled.

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Leidos Enters Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS

WashngtonExec

Leidos announced a multiyear Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services, which will leverage each company’s strengths to accelerate innovation for new and existing customers in public sector and select commercial markets. “We’re excited to build on our existing work with AWS and create innovative solutions for our customers,” said Steve Hull, president of Leidos’ [.

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GEO Tries To Keep Immigration Site Inspection Suit In Fed Court

Government Contracts

Private prison operator GEO Group argued this week that the Washington state labor department's lawsuit accusing GEO of unlawfully turning away inspectors from an immigrant detention facility should stay in federal court since GEO was merely following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructions.

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Top Space Execs to Watch in 2024: LMI’s Mark Eddings

WashngtonExec

Mark Eddings Senior Vice President of Space Market, LMI Mark Eddings’ biggest recent achievement was successfully navigating the subways and crowds in Manhattan with his five kids for an entire week, which he said gave him the momentum to build critical strategic partnerships across U.S. Space Force, intelligence community and commercial space companies.

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Chamber, Trade Groups Revamp Contractor Rule Challenge

Government Contracts

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a slew of trade groups revamped their lawsuit in Texas federal court accusing the U.S. Department of Labor of violating federal law when it issued its latest independent contractor rule, alleging it tried to circumvent a court's earlier ruling.

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Top Space Execs to Watch in 2024: SpiderOak’s John Moberly

WashngtonExec

John Moberly Senior Vice President, SpiderOak John Moberly’s recent major achievement was moving from no income from space clients to obtaining five contracts. These contracts offer solutions for the needs of five different organizations, all with significant potential for growth. Why Watch In 2024, Moberly and his team are heavily focused on executing these contracts [.