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GovCon Expert Warren Linscott on How Small Businesses Can Leverage an ERP to Drive Growth and Maturity

GovCon Wire

By Warren Linscott, Senior Vice President & Chief Product Officer at Deltek Over my career, I’ve closely followed the growth paths of small businesses in the government contracting space. I’ve seen several behaviors and practices that contributed to successfully growing their business.

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CGI Federal’s Victor Foulk on 3 Principles Agency Leaders Should Consider in AI Implementation

ExecutiveBiz

Victor Foulk, vice president of emerging technologies at CGI Federal, said chief AI officers and other federal agency leaders should consider three principles as they design and implement their artificial intelligence programs to strike a balance between mission execution and performance and security risks of implementing AI tools.

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What new White House guidance on grants means for agencies that hand them out

Federal News Network

Now that it have been 10 years since issuing them, the White House has updated what is known as Uniform Guidance on grants and federal assistance. One reason for the update: reducing regulatory burden on both agencies and grantees. For some highlights, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin Dan, the uniform guidance is a little bit outside of FAR and contracting concerns.

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New Army Center of Excellence Reimagining Acquisition Strategy; Leonel Garciga Quoted

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Army is looking to solve some key challenges for its contractors with a new digital center of excellence and a small “cell” unit to help with software development and acquisition specifically.

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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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Walking With My Dog Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Government Contracts

Thanks to my dog Birdie, I've learned that carving out an activity different from the practice of law — like daily outdoor walks that allow you to interact with new people — can contribute to professional success by boosting creativity and mental acuity, as well as expanding your social network, says Sarah Petrie at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

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8(a) Business Development Program: What Is It and How Does It Work?

ExecutiveBiz

The 8(a) Business Development Program is a government assistance initiative regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). It helps small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals secure government contracting opportunities. Learn more about the 8(a) program, how it works, its advantages for aspiring business owners, and its application process.

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NIST Updated Its Cybersecurity Framework. What Does That Mean for Agencies?

FedTech Magazine

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s February release of version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Framework is a milestone in the evolution of cyber standards, expanding them to encompass all sectors. CSF 2.0 is the first major overhaul of the framework — a published set of guidelines, best practices and standards for reducing organizations’ cyber risk first introduced in 2014 — which widens its scope beyond critical infrastructure entities to all entities.

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Indirect Rates for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Redstone Government Consulting

You are putting together a proposal in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a grant or cooperative agreement. It’s pretty simple. Just estimate direct labor, equipment, other direct costs, and my indirect rates. Correct? Well, maybe, but your indirect rates can be complex.

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OSTP unveils national STEMM strategy centered on improving workforce diversity and opportunities

FedScoop

White House officials on Wednesday announced cross-sector actions aimed at enhancing competitiveness and access across the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) fields. The Office of Science and Technology Policy said in a fact sheet that it had secured hundreds of commitments with non-federal organizations to assist in areas of need within STEMM, such as improving representation in entertainment, ensuring inclusive workplaces, enabling related programs to be more ac

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DOJ Must Listen to the Whistleblower Community in Developing Whistleblower Program

Whistleblower Network News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the midst of a “90-day sprint” to develop a whistleblower award program. A DOJ Whistleblower Program based on proven best practices has the potential to revolutionize the agency’s enforcement of corporate crime and corruption. Time and time again, whistleblower programs which fairly and consistently award and protect qualified whistleblowers have proven to be unmatched in their ability to incentivize insiders to come forward and disclose fraud and misco

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Renaissance Learning improves operations and scalability by migrating to AWS

AWS Public Sector

Renaissance Learning is a global leader in the pre-K–12 education technology (EdTech) space. Renaissance delivers its products to 16 million students across the world, and its digital solutions are used in more than one-third of US schools and 100-plus countries. As part of its cloud consolidation strategy, Renaissance decided to migrate DnA , its standards-based assessment creation and administration solution, from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Advocates Raise Concerns Over Unnecessary Delays in IRS Whistleblower Awards

Whistleblower Network News

On April 18, Siri Nelson , the Executive Director of National Whistleblower Center (NWC), wrote a letter to Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing concerns regarding unneeded delays in whistleblower award payments under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program. In particular, NWC raises issues with the IRS’s rule on partial awards/multiple actions, explaining that it “has been a source of enormous frustration for tax whistleblowers – resulting in many whis

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SOSi Awarded Army Contract for Records Info Management System Support Services

ExecutiveBiz

SOS International will provide the U.S. Army Enterprise Services Agency with declassification and records management technical support services under an approximately $19 million contract. The company said Tuesday it will help modernize the Army Records Information Management System and related applications and assist in their cloud migration by conducting analytical, database and technical support.

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Chief Officer Awards Finalist Burton White: ‘Run Your Own Race, Chart Your Own Course’

WashngtonExec

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Burton White, CEO of Excella, and finalist in the Private Company CEO (annual revenue greater than $20 million and less than $100 million) category. Here, he [.

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Leidos to Support NGA Geospatial Processing Modernization Efforts Under $206M Award; Roy Stevens Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Leidos has won a potential five-year, $206 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help modernize geospatial processing.

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Intrepid Secures $446M Army Contract for Enterprise Business System Support

GovCon Wire

Intrepid has received a potential five-year, $445.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide support services for the General Fund Enterprise Business System. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama launched an online solicitation and received one offer for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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Databricks on AWS GovCloud Secures FedRAMP High Authority to Operate; Aaron Kinworthy Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Databricks has secured authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based data analytics tools to government customers. The authorization verifies that Databricks on AWS GovCloud complies with FedRAMP High baseline and other regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Databricks said Tuesday.

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Open Position: Assistant Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Blog

Kluwer Arbitration

The Editorial Board of Kluwer Arbitration Blog announces the opening of the following position with Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Assistant Editor for East and Central Asia. Experience and knowledge in international arbitration in, and related to, Korea is required, and broader expertise in the regions is a plus. The Assistant Editor reports directly to the coordinating Associate Editor and is expected to (1) collect, edit, and review guest submissions from the designated regions for posting on the

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Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace Gives cBEYONData ‘Awardable’ Status; Zhenia Klevitsky Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

cBEYONData‘s artificial intelligence/machine learning offering designed for predicting unmatched transaction root causes was assessed “Awardable” for Department of Defense work. The professional services firm said Tuesday its Humanless Unmatched Transaction, or HUnT, offering achieved the status through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

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Senate Revs Up For FAA Funding Fight

Government Contracts

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday inched toward advancing multiyear legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration's safety and airport improvement programs, accelerating debate on a package that would hire more air traffic controllers and enhance passenger protections amid high-profile aviation industry mishaps.

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Booz Allen Unveils Open-Source Version of AI Software Development Toolkit

ExecutiveBiz

Booz Allen Hamilton has released an open-source version of its software development toolkit meant to advance the design, development and fielding of artificial intelligence systems. The aiSSEMBLE Baseline is an AI development and management toolkit that includes foundational code and documentation publicly available to government, industry and academia, Booz Allen said Tuesday.

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Colo. Toll Lane Venture Says Aecom Can't Get Penalty Interest

Government Contracts

A Colorado joint venture that formed to construct a state toll lanes project told a federal judge that he erroneously awarded a design firm penalty interest on a $5.2 million judgment, arguing in a motion that the firm doesn't qualify as a subcontractor under Colorado law.

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Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Aircraft Development Effort Completes Three Milestones

ExecutiveBiz

Boeing‘s T-7A Red Hawk program completed in February a new software flight control law, one of three milestones that the trainer aircraft development effort has recently achieved. Boeing said Monday that following the flight control law’s development, the T-7A underwent over 10 test flights that saw the aircraft reach high angles of attack.

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Chief Officer Awards Finalist David Sterling: ‘Nothing Great is Gained by Doing What Everyone Else is Doing’

WashngtonExec

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is David Sterling, CEO of Royce Geo, and finalist in the CEO Private Company (greater than $20 million and less than $100 million) category. Here, he shares [.

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Unanet CEO Craig Halliday Accepts 2024 Wash100 Award From Execuive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

ExecutiveBiz

Unanet CEO Craig Halliday was presented with his 2024 Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the accolade, which annually recognizes the 100 most influential and impactful leaders who have contributed to the growth of the federal government marketplace.

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Chief Officer Awards Finalist Manuel Mendez: ‘Seek Out Opportunities Which Allow You to Gain Diverse Experiences’

WashngtonExec

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Manuel Mendez, chief financial officer at Integral Federal, Inc., and finalist in the Private Company Chief Financial Officer (annual revenue greater than $20 million and less [.

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Billionaire Energy Co. Founder Sues Booz Allen Over IRS Leak

Government Contracts

Energy Transfer co-founder Kelcy Warren accused government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton of failing to supervise an employee who stole Warren's private tax information and that of thousands of other wealthy people while on assignment at the IRS, according to a complaint in Maryland federal court.

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Top CSOs to Watch in 2024: Telos Corp.’s Christopher Pursell

WashngtonExec

Christopher Pursell Chief Security Officer, Telos Corp. Christopher Pursell led Telos Corp. to achieve the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, which directly resulted in strengthening Telos’ Corporate Security program. He greatly enhanced cooperation and understanding of what the security department is there for, fostering greater interdepartmental collaboration and cohesiveness.

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Food Supplier Can't Shake Off $5M DOD Bid-Rigging Claim

Government Contracts

A food supplier must face a U.S. Department of Defense agency's efforts to recoup the purported $5 million lost to an ex-employee's bid-rigging scheme, after a contract appeals board ruled the contractor was required to provide fair, unrigged prices.

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Top CSOs to Watch in 2024: GE Aerospace’s Jennifer Moore

WashngtonExec

Jennifer Moore Chief Security Officer, GE Aerospace Jennifer Moore played a pivotal role in ensuring a safe, secure and smooth transition as General Electric separated to become three independent companies: GE HealthCare, GE Vernova and GE Aerospace. Her work has focused on developing the global security strategy and a strong network of security experts at [.

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How to Manage Low Performers

GovLoop

Negative, unproductive or unengaged team members don’t carry their weight and will affect the group’s morale and effectiveness. As a supervisor, it can be stressful and awkward to manage a “bad apple.” But left unchecked, these poor performers will jeopardize the team and even the organization. Victoria Bowens (Director, Strategic and Community Engagement, Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness, U.S.

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Leidos Wins $206M NGA Exploitation Services Program Contract

WashngtonExec

Leidos has won a contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Exploitation Services Program to modernize geospatial processing. The single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is called Maru. It has a ceiling value of $206 million if all task orders are exercised over a 5-year period of performance. “Geospatial analysts and data scientists face a deluge [.

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Feds Say Conn. Psychologist's Fraud Was His 'Way Of Life'

Government Contracts

A Connecticut psychologist who pled guilty to defrauding his state's Medicaid program of $1.6 million in January should spend three years and one month in prison for a scheme that was "a way of life" rather than a momentary lapse in judgment, the government said in a sentencing memorandum.

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WATCH: Appian’s Ben Allen on Recently Launched ProcureSight Solution for Government

WashngtonExec

WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Ben Allen, public sector solutions vice president at Appian, to discuss the company’s recent launch of ProcureSight, a standalone data service that leverages Appian AI, data fabric and semantic search to make it easier to find and process public procurement data sets from sources like USASpending.gov and SAM.gov.

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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

Whether you’re planning to use more AI or just want to improve analytics and tighten cybersecurity, good data management must be the foundation for your efforts. In 2024, agencies will need to get their data in shape to make the most of it. The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data. Since then, agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD) have developed their own policies to implement those goals.

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Godspeed-Backed SAS Expands Missile Defense Capabilities With Willbrook Buy

GovCon Wire

Special Aerospace Services, a portfolio company of Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Willbrook Solutions, a Huntsville, Alabama-headquartered provider of analytics services to defense, civilian and intelligence sectors.