FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In the pre-GPT era of artificial intelligence, there wasn’t a ton for the National Archives and Records Administration — and its billions of unstructured documents — to do with the technology. According to Gulam Shakir, NARA’s chief technology officer, those more nascent AI tools “did not really fit” with the agency’s needs — namely the processing and management of massive “free-form” datasets lacking any logical formatting or rules.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Listen carefully and you can hear the buzz in the federal market about a new contract from the General Services Administration. It’s not another big governmentwide contract like Alliant 3 or the ASCEND cloud blanket purchase agreement. This one is the second generation of the COMET blanket purchase agreement that is going to be used only by GSA. “GSA saying this contract is a modernization effort and I think that is drawing a lot of interest from a lot of companies.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is seeking information about how autonomous artificial intelligence systems, known as agentic AI, might be used in the health care space. A recent request for information posted by the Department of Health and Human Services agency specifically asks for information on implementations of agentic AI, how multiple agentic AI systems work together, scalability, risks, and how autonomy is decided, among other things.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The 2024 version of the United Nations (UN) annual report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World found that about 29.6 percent of the global population, or about 2.4 billion people, were moderately or severely food insecure in 2022, meaning they did not have adequate access to food. Food security can be caused by a number of factors, including poverty, inflationary factors, violent conflict, and the effects of climate change.

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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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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 23, 2024

On May 17, 2024, Guyana passed the Arbitration Act 2024 (Act No. 6 of 2024) (“AA”). The AA repealed the outdated Arbitration Act, Cap 7:03, Laws of Guyana (Act No. 17 of 1916) , passed more than a century ago, and makes Guyana the latest Commonwealth Caribbean country, after Trinidad and Tobago, which passed new legislation in 2023 , to modernize its arbitration laws.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Three nonprofits dismissed their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking records related to unnecessary and "nonconsensual" gynecological procedures performed on immigrant detainees at an ICE detention center in Georgia, according to a notice filed Wednesday in D.C. federal court.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Matthew Decker, the former chief information officer for Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, is set to receive $250,000 as his share of a False Claims Act (FCA) settlement stemming from his qui tam whistleblower suit. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the $1.25 million settlement with Penn State on October 22. The DOJ alleges that Penn State violated the FCA “by failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in fifteen contracts or subcontracts involving the Department of D

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Data Center as a Service is gaining traction with agencies seeking the flexibility to gradually adopt cloud services while maintaining control over critical data and infrastructure. The DCaaS market is projected to hit nearly $290 billion by 2031, marking an 18.3% increase over 2024 numbers, according to Coherent Market Insights. Agencies already use DCaaS to enhance their data center capabilities and ensure compliance with increasingly stringent regulations around sensitive data handling.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Army wants to reduce the contract awarding process from the nearly two-year cycle — a notorious bottleneck for deploying technology to the field — to less than six months, said an Army contracting official. One of the ways the service is trying to achieve this is by moving away from overly prescriptive contract requirements to a more flexible approach that focuses on providing “characteristics of need” and allowing contractors to propose innovative solutions in return.

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I wrote an article in 2022, “ The Future Does Not Look Good For COVID-Related REAs. ” Well, it looks like things may have changed. On October 2, 2024, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) issued its decision in the Appeals of Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc. ASBCA Nos. 62712, 62713, and 62877. In this case, the Board “rule[d] the government … failed to carry its burden to establish the sovereign acts defense.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Conrad Symber has joined CGI as vice president, in which capacity he will work to spearhead the growth strategy efforts of the company’s national security and justice business unit. The new VP announced his new role in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Paul Wilkinson, a public sector growth executive, has been appointed senior vice president digital modernization practice area leader at Leidos, accordinig to his LinkedIn post shared Saturday.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A General Dynamics business has won a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $123.3 million in total to provide maintenance, repair and modernization support services for an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. According to an award notice published Monday on SAM.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Beacon Global Strategies has named Kaly McKenna, the first military fellow to the Defense Innovation Board, as a vice president. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, McKenna said she is excited to work with the leadership team at the Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm to drive innovation and address national security challenges.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Bradford Powell of Ultra Intelligence & Communications said recently that his company is working to ensure interoperability not just between existing military systems but between legacy and future technologies as well.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly one of the most disruptive and transformative technologies of our time. AI advancements are being made at unprecedented speeds, redefining the tech landscape and changing the pace of innovation.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Exovera, a subsidiary of SOSi, has launched the latest iteration of exoINSIGHT, which comes with enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities and expanded data holdings for the Indo-Pacific region.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

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. In this post, we explore the challenges of big data analytics and showcase how ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine , a spatial analytics library for the Apache Spark environmen

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CACI International shareholders have elected Charles Szews and Scott Morrison to its board of directors. The company said Monday Szews and Morrison will serve as independent directors on the board effective immediately. Szews last served as CEO of Oshkosh before retiring in 2015. He joined the specialty vehicle manufacturer in 1996 as vice president and chief financial officer.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

General Dynamics saw its third-quarter 2024 revenue increase 10.4 percent to $11.7 billion and reported operating earnings of $1.2 billion and $3.35 in diluted earnings per share, up 10.2 percent from the prior-year period. In an earnings report published Wednesday, the Reston, Virginia-based defense and aerospace contractor said it achieved a companywide backlog of $92.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Knexus has secured a five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for the delivery of generative AI services built on Google Cloud AI models. The company said on Oct. 16 the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to boost the agency’s operational efficiency.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems has received a potential $386 million other transaction agreement from Space Systems Command to deliver a second plane of six Epoch 1 satellites for medium Earth orbit. “Once on orbit, Epoch 1 satellites will play a vital role in delivering advanced missile warning and tracking capabilities,” Lt. Col.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Science Applications International Corp. has invested in Proteus Space and entered into a multiyear strategic partnership with the satellite design and manufacturing company to enhance and scale the deployment of MERCURY, a digital/physical twin system powered by artificial intelligence and used for designing satellite buses.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

An Avangrid Inc. unit hasn't sufficiently rebutted the Connecticut government's claims that it's taking too long to clean up the long-defunct English Station power plant site in New Haven under a partial consent order, a state court judge has ruled.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

BAE Systems and Aerospike are collaborating to create technologies that could enhance operational efficiency and accelerate critical decision-making response times for the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. The team will create data mesh technologies to optimize the Army’s Unified Network, Army Data Platform and other data-centric mission needs, BAE said Tuesday.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has backed the Defense Logistics Agency excluding a company from a solicitation for deployment of disaster relief generators, saying the DLA reasonably found conflicts of interest involving the company's work on a related contract.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As the government develops systems that address data privacy challenges and regulation efforts, implementing artificial intelligence technologies has become a top priority amongst officials throughout the enterprise. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Homeland Security Summit on Nov.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Wednesday that he won't, for now, set aside more than $242,000 in legal fees he ordered a lawyer representing the owners of an insolvent government contractor to pay in a clawback lawsuit, saying that since the sanctions order was appealed to the district court, he doesn't have jurisdiction.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Raft has secured a contract from the Pacific Air Forces to upgrade the 613th Air Operations Center in Hawaii with advanced software to help meet mission objectives.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Pennsylvania State University will pay $1.25 million to settle a False Claims Act suit accusing it of failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements for defense and NASA contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CACI International shareholders have elected Charles L. Szews to the board of directors as an independent director on the board. “We are pleased to welcome Charles, whose extensive experience in finance, audit, operations, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions strengthens our leadership team and enhances our ability to consistently deliver shareholder value,” said CACI Chairman [.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The U.S. Government Accountability Office's August decision in Matter of: HPI Federal LLC serves as a reminder of the importance of verifying Trade Agreements Act compliance — and of understanding the parameters of an agency's acceptance of an offeror's TAA representation, say Amy Hoang and Sarah Barney at Seyfarth.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Martin Dowd speaks at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education program discussing Advanced Commercial Leasing. This full-day program is presented in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section and addresses critical commercial real estate leasing topics. MORE INFORMATION The post Advanced Commercial Leasing appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A Transport Workers Union affiliate urged a Colorado court to rethink its recent decision dismissing the union's claims against the state challenging a settlement with Southwest Airlines over a sick leave law, arguing the judge wrongly analyzed the statute's exemption for workers covered by a labor contract.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 23, 2024

AMERICAN SYSTEMS has won a $42 million task order by the U.S. Air Force under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule. The contract is awarded under the Department of the Air Force at Hanscom Air Force Base, and includes a base year plus four years that started in September. Under the contract, AMERICAN SYSTEMS [.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Federal prosecutors told a Georgia federal jury Wednesday that in the coming days, they'll soon hear from "four women who served their country," who placed their trust and care into the hands of a longtime physician with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and in return were sexually assaulted by him.

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