AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Nonprofit Jacaranda Health, an AWS Health Equity Initiative customer, helps mothers and newborns in Sub-Saharan Africa get the care they need. In 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Health Equity Initiative as a three-year, $40 million commitment to help solve gaps in health equity. Since then, 229 organizations have contributed innovations to the program to help address disparities in social determinants of health around the world.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

Goal: Embrace a more flexible, agile and resilient workplace to accommodate workforce and mission needs. Charles Hardy, Chief Architect of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Public Buildings Service, is a licensed architect, workplace strategist and certified construction manager. As the agency’s lead executive in charge of workplace strategy, he oversees research and development of office innovations.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Executive Mosaic, the premier media and events organization in the government contracting sector, is honored to announce the 2024 edition of the highly anticipated Wash100 Award.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Randy Fields, former vice president and general manager at Cubic's digital intelligence unit, has joined Ultra Intelligence & Communications as VP and chief technology officer. "With my extensive experience in airborne datalinks, Joint Fires and tactical edge technology, I am thrilled to bring my expertise to this new role," Fields said.Fields is set to speak at the Potomac Officers Club's 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Parsons has secured a position on a $200 million multiple-award task order contract from the General Services Administration to provide program management and construction management services.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Dr. Michael Uohara, formerly chief medical officer at Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal business arm, has been appointed vice president of health at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH). Uohara will support Booz Allen's efforts to deliver mission-critical health and technology products and services.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

Metrics for customer experience (CX) can look radically different depending on the agency’s mission. How do you know which metrics you need to track success? During our latest CX Community of Practice session, Tori Leonard, UX Practice Manager, shared strategies for measuring your CX goals. Here are a few takeaways from that session: • The first step for creating and tracking metrics that matter should be foundational discovery research, Leonard said.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ryan Garner, an executive with over two decades of financial leadership in government contracting and technology industries, was appointed chief financial officer of ECS. He will be responsible for leading accounting and finance operations, contracts, compliance activities and other finance-related functions, the company said Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

The U.S. Army awarded five companies positions on a potential five-year, $464 million contract to support its environmental remediation activities. AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Arcadis, Parsons (NYSE: PSN), Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) and the joint venture Cape-CDM Smith were selected out of seven bids received through an online solicitation by the service branch.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

With artificial intelligence poised to be the hottest legislative and regulatory topic in 2024, expect the AI policymaking toolbox to continue to expand and evolve as stakeholders in the U.S. and abroad develop, deploy, use and learn more about these technologies, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2024

An arbitration agreement is an agreement to resolve disputes through arbitration. Its existence precludes disputing parties from bringing their dispute to court: see Article 3 of the Arbitration and ADR Law of the Republic of Indonesia (“Arbitration Law”), which stipulates that Indonesian courts have no jurisdiction to try disputes between parties bound by an arbitration agreement.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amid continuing business uncertainty, law firms should consider adopting a holistic employee experience strategy — prioritizing consistency, targeting signature moments and leveraging measurement tools — to maximize productivity and profitability, says Haley Revel at Calibrate Consulting.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 25, 2024

In June 2023, the Journal of Economic Perspectives published a paper titled “How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply. The post Weight and Value x Distance: Studying Global Supply Chain Use and Cost appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan announced Thursday that the agency will launch an inquiry into partnerships and investments made between artificial intelligence developers. During the FTC Tech Summit , Khan said that the FTC will focus on assessing if agreements between major cloud providers — such as Amazon, Microsoft and others — are influencing the “competition across layers of the AI stack.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 25, 2024

In 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the development of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, which was then implemented in 2020 as an interim rule. We blogged about that way back in 2020. This program was designed to give a certification to contractors based on the depth and effectiveness of their cybersecurity systems to help ensure that contractors implement required security measures.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the IRS’s digitization efforts amid tax season continue, a bipartisan pair of senators are pushing for another technological change aimed at easing the processing of returns. The Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, introduced Thursday by Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would require paper returns that are prepared electronically to include a scannable 2D barcode that the tax agency could easily convert to d

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 25, 2024

Now that the (more than likely) final of the EU AI Act is available, and building on the analysis of my now officially published new monograph Digital Technologies and Public Procurement (OUP 2024), I have put together my assessment of its impact for the procurement of AI under EU law and uploaded on SSRN the new paper: ‘ Public Procurement of Artificial Intelligence: recent developments and remaining challenges in EU law ’.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Data is key to a higher education institution’s ability to expose insights and improve student performance and outcomes. Helping institutions understand how data can be used and how it can propel institutions toward a brighter future is a priority for Amazon Web Services (AWS). With many data solutions available, AWS can help education institutions map out an individualized data journey by starting simple, unlocking existing data, and moving toward a fully data-driven institution.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 25, 2024

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – January 26th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

The former director of government sales for a major pharmaceutical company alleged in a retaliation lawsuit that he was fired for voicing concerns about the business illegally selling a drug to federal health care providers by marketing it for uses that aren't approved by regulators.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 25, 2024

Driven by the need for convenience, real-time conversations, and anywhere, anytime access, electronic messaging has become a go-to means of communication. In fact, instant messaging has become the preferred form of internal workplace communications, including email, according to Gartner’s 2022 Channel Benchmark and other research studies. The rise in remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic, a tech-savvy workforce, and the proliferation of apps that make it easy to text and chat on any device

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Government Contracts Navigator

JANUARY 25, 2024

Elizabeth N. Jochum ● American Material Handling, Inc.B-422171 The post 60-Second Sustains: American Material Handling, Inc. appeared first on Government Contracts Navigator.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will send to the International Space Station a commercial off-the-shelf supercomputer as part of an ISS National Laboratory-sponsored experiment meant to further assess high-performance computing in space and improve research capabilities on the orbiting lab.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Eric Richards was elevated to the role of vice president of defense growth at information technology services provider Agile Defense, where he previously served as strategic programs director for its Army account. He will be responsible for providing leadership for defense vertical pipeline development and management.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

MetTel and Mission Critical Solutions have teamed up to provide a package of managed network services and platforms designed to help a U.S. federal civilian agency enhance customer experience.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 25, 2024

NDAA, SDVOSB Eligibility, FedRAMP This week’s episode covers highlights of the NDAA for FY24, a Class Deviation relating to SDVOSB eligibility, an ASBCA decision involving pandemic-related claims, and DOD guidance detailing what it means for a cloud service provider to FedRAMP Moderate baseline “equivalent,” and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mike Fabel, a U.S. Navy and defense industry veteran, has joined Epsilon Systems Solutions, a provider of professional and technical services in support of commercial and defense customers, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Benjamin Pimentel is a U.S. Marine Corps Lead for Warfighter Engagement, FutureG & 5G at the DoD’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering. He is one of the speakers for the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D on January 31, 2024.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Building a public sector product pipeline requires understanding priorities in the short and long term, said Barry Duplantis, public sector general manager at collaboration platform Mattermost. In an interview on the Sales Game Changers Podcast, Duplantis explained the importance of security and other challenges in selling novel technology to government customers.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman can't take her challenge of her Federal Circuit suspension to an outside judge, a D.C. federal judge heard Thursday as he considers if he has the authority to intervene in the circuit's investigation of the 96-year-old's alleged "significant mental deterioration.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

ManTech has opened a new Google Workplace Practice dedicated to sharing best practices for advancing the adoption of secure workplace productivity and artificial intelligence across the government sector.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

A Colorado federal judge on Thursday rejected a joint venture's last-minute bid to concede liability on a $5 million claim ahead of a trial next week over a state toll lanes expansion, concluding his hands were tied even though it may be silly to forge ahead with trying the claim.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 25, 2024

A joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver small form factor radios that support Link 16 connectivity for Joint All Domain Command and Control operations.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Thursday that it took a nearly $1.56 billion hit on the initial production phase for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber, saying that the first batch of five of the aircraft would likely come at a loss.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 25, 2024

ECS has named Ryan Garner as its new chief financial officer. Garner will play a strategic role in the overall growth and management of the company and work closely with ECS’ president, the company said. He will oversee all accounting and finance operations, contracts, legal, pricing, procurement functions, financial planning and analysis, facilities management and [.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security inspector general reported Thursday that surgical procedures for noncitizens in government custody were not always properly approved, including two hysterectomies performed without documentation showing they were medically necessary.

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