WashngtonExec
MAY 29, 2024
Buchanan & Edwards and i3 joint venture BrightPoint LLC has won a position on the Department of Commerce’s Commerce Acquisition for Transformational Technology Services contract. This 10-year contract is valued at $1.5 billion. The Department of Commerce is involved in shaping trade, economic development and technology initiatives in the U.S. The CATTS program falls under the [.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Aircraft component producer TransDigm is acquiring Raptor Scientific, an L Squared Capital Partners portfolio company that provides aerospace and defense customers with test and measurement products. The acquisition is worth approximately $655 million and is expected to be financed using existing cash on hand, TransDigm said Tuesday.
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GovCon Wire
MAY 29, 2024
The Department of the Interior has selected four companies for a potential 10-year, $2 billion follow-on contract for cloud license and support services. The awardees under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are Accenture Federal Services, Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Smartronix and Zivaro, according to award notices published Tuesday.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Glen Ives will assume the CEO post at Castellum on July 1, taking over Mark Fuller’s role at the Vienna, Virginia-based cybersecurity, electronic warfare and software services company as the latter will step down to pursue other interests.
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Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Eastern Research Group has received an $85.3 million contract to provide environmental collaboration and conflict resolution services to the Environmental Protection Agency. The ECCRS contract will help the EPA Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center implement alternative dispute resolution techniques to prevent and resolve disputes with internal and external parties, according to solicitation documents.
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Federal News Network
MAY 29, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a request for proposals that industry finds puzzling. CMS terminated an existing call center contractor after two years. That award had taken three years to establish. CMS is requiring re-compete contractors to have labor harmony agreements. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin looks into this puzzle with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.
FedScoop
MAY 29, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services has designated Micky Tripathi, its national coordinator for health IT, as acting chief artificial intelligence officer while it searches for a permanent replacement, a department spokesperson confirmed to FedScoop. “Micky has been a leading expert in our AI work and will provide tremendous expertise and relationships across HHS and externally to guide our efforts in the coming months,” the spokesperson said.
SmallGovCon
MAY 29, 2024
If you’re a contractor thinking about protesting an award decision to the Court of Federal Claims (COFC), you have to show that the agency’s mistake prejudiced you in some way (the same goes for GAO, as we have explored before ). That is, you have to show that there was a substantial chance you would have received contract award if not for the agency’s mistake.
Whistleblower Network News
MAY 29, 2024
On May 16, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. The settlement resolves whistleblower claims brought forward by Richard Zelman, a physician formerly employed by Cape Cod Hospital, in a qui tam lawsuit.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 29, 2024
With the primary focus on citizen impact workloads, resiliency of applications is of paramount importance for any public-serving organization. For a lot of mission critical workloads, the service provider has to ensure that the entire system and processes are monitored 24/7/365 and notifications and support is maintained round-the-clock. Moreover, there are often stringent legal requirements, adherence to service level agreements (SLAs), and contractual obligations between multiple stakeholders.
GovCon Wire
MAY 29, 2024
Jen Rodriguez, a program manager with 26 years of combined military and industry experience, has been promoted to vice president of the Intel sector division at ManTech, GovCon Wire has learned.
FedScoop
MAY 29, 2024
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is elevating its acting chief information officer and former deputy CIO to the permanent CIO role, the agency said in a Wednesday release. Scott Flanders, who will assume the permanent CIO position Sunday, is charged with managing and employing technology to enhance “information access and strengthen agency performance,” the NRC’s release states.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
The electromagnetic spectrum is the basis for much of our modern communications, both for civilians and the federal government.
WashngtonExec
MAY 29, 2024
Applied Information Sciences announced the launch of the spin-off company Word Exploration Technologies, focused on pioneering generative AI solutions. Former AIS chief technology officer and co-founder Vishwas Lele will be WordX CEO. Brent Wodicka will take over as CTO of AIS, and Lele will maintain his position on the AIS board of directors. WordX’s first [.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Carrie Wibben announced on LinkedIn Tuesday she had been elevated to president of supply chain and third-party risk artificial intelligence company Exiger. Wibben previously served as president of the company’s government solutions business, a role that since been given to retired U.S. Air Force veteran Cameron Holt.
GovCon Wire
MAY 29, 2024
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond In a previous article in our CMMC series, we explored the key differences between the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and past Department of Defense cybersecurity initiatives, namely the NIST SP 800-171.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
BCS and Allegient Defense have merged and established a new entity that will deliver technology platforms and services to support the missions of energy and defense agency customers. BCS CEO Alain Williams will lead the new entity, which will operate as BCS Allegient.
FedInsider
MAY 29, 2024
Years ago, anti-virus software updates were distributed via floppy disks through the U.S. Mail. Today, due to the vast and complex nature of cyber threats, continuous diagnosis and mitigation (CDM) is necessary. This week on Feds At the Edge, we explore how to deploy CDM solutions for federal agencies, starting with best practices and guidance for the transition.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 29, 2024
Several recent developments across the EU portend increased availability of third-party funding by parties to EU-seated arbitral proceedings, albeit within a context of regulation of that funding beyond the self-regulatory approach of funder codes of conduct or the rules of funder organizations. Legalisation of Third-Party Funding of International Arbitration in Ireland Ireland, the only common law jurisdiction in the EU, has until recently been an outlier in the common law world by prohibiting
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled it had the authority to hear a novel dispute over a company's exclusion from an Army prize competition for artificial intelligence technology because the competition could have eventually led to a contract, but ultimately rejected the protest.
Public Contracting Institute
MAY 29, 2024
A contractor cannot assert government caused delays in a subsequent default termination, unless it has filed a claim for a time extension. Windamir Dev., Inc., ASBCA No. 63461, Dec. 21, 2023. Windamir sought more than $1 million in alleged damages in its challenge of the government’s default of its contract. But most of its appeal was dismissed. Windamir received an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract in 2019 for construction work at naval stations in Florida and Georgia.
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal court has approved a request from Honeywell International Inc. to drop its lawsuit over an $8.75 million performance bond whose issuer allegedly balked at paying to replace a bankrupt subcontractor for a long-delayed job at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.
WashngtonExec
MAY 29, 2024
Stephen Frost has rejoined Noblis as chief data engineer, where he’ll lead data strategy and scalable infrastructure to drive strategic objectives, technological advancements and research initiatives. In this role, he’ll also serve as a senior technical advisor to help scale distributed and open data architectures for our customers’ missions, the company said.
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
Prosecuting a range of fraud cases despite finite resources will remain a priority for Massachusetts Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy as he enters his second year in the job, he told reporters on Wednesday in a question and answer session at his office.
WashngtonExec
MAY 29, 2024
ICF won a human health and environmental risk assessment contract with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. The single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is a recompete award, has a ceiling value of $75 million and a term of seven years. “For over 30 years, ICF has supported EPA’s risk assessment programs, [.
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the White House from using $1.4 billion of border wall construction funding for barrier repair, rejecting requests from landowners, contractors and environmental groups to reconsider the scope of the ban.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a provider of propulsion and power systems for rockets, spacecraft and other space vehicles, is expanding its operations in Huntsville, Alabama. The subsidiary of defense company L3Harris Technologies said Tuesday that it aims to increase the production and deliveries of solid rocket motors to meet elevated demand.
FedInsider
MAY 29, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE All the elements of the U.S. healthcare system are under siege by hackers. A recent article in Modern Healthcare reported that “[o]ver the past five years, there’s been a 256% increase in large breaches reported to [the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] involving hacking and a 264% increase in ransomware.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Garrett Smiley, a federal information technology industry executive, has joined Maximus as vice president of digital infrastructure and technology strategy and chief of staff to the chief digital and information officer. He announced his move to Maximus in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
A Boston federal judge slashed an "exorbitant" $11.5 million fee request made by counsel for a False Claims Act whistleblower in a case involving lab testing company Fresenius Medical Care, hammering the attorneys for inflated hourly rates, inflated time entries and a host of questionable billing practices.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Applied Information Sciences has formed a new company dedicated to offering a generative artificial intelligence co-pilot designed to accelerate proposal development planning and writing.
GovCon Wire
MAY 29, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to release a final request for proposals for a recompete contract potentially worth over $100 million to provide enterprise engineering and operations support services to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 29, 2024
Leonardo DRS has secured a contract valued at over $26 million from the U.S. Navy to provide design agent and engineering services to modernize the service branch’s AN/SPQ-9B radar system. The company said Tuesday it will deliver system engineering, software development, hardware design, installation, safety, test, product updates, system upgrade and configuration management support.
GovCon Wire
MAY 29, 2024
Chenega‘s base and logistics services business has secured a $110 million hybrid contract from the U.S. Army for base operations support services over a five-year period of performance. The Department of Defense said San Antonio, Texas-based Chenega Base & Logistics Services was selected through a 413th Contracting Support Brigade-led online solicitation, which gathered three proposals.
Government Contracts
MAY 29, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission's chair proposed new rules Wednesday aiming to reduce the chances of spacecraft explosions that leave debris in orbit.
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