Holland & Knight: Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Nov. 1, 2023, announced that cybersecurity readiness would be used as an evaluation factor for contracts involving the use of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
FedInsider
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The cybersecurity slogan for zero trust is a simple one: Never trust, always verify. This slogan fits into the Department of Defense mindset, which is always focused on how to reduce risk, but it’s a challenge to apply it to the federal government’s largest agency. An important tool in pursuing zero trust is to implement microsegmentation – partitioning a network into small, isolated sections to reduce the attack surfa
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GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Amentum is working on task orders from the State Department to provide training, professional development, engineering, design and build services under the Africa Peacekeeping Program. The company said Wednesday it received $165 million in awards to train the armed forces in the country of Benin and construct military bases for the Somalia National Army Danab.
Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Because of military aid to Ukraine and, presumably Israel, the U.S. defense industrial base is strained right now. Manufacturers of platforms and ammunition must deal with a list of regulatory and legal challenges. For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with attorney Justin Chiarodo, a partner at Blank Rome. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin And we think of the defense industrial base has strained in terms of capacity to manufacture what’s needed around the world and, you know, mi
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GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Department of the Interior has awarded General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business a potential 10-year, $2.54 billion contract to support the Indian Health Service’s health IT modernization effort. The award of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was announced through a notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
“Innovation is positive disruption…And give us true innovation and solve problems, not incrementally automate the things that we already know how to do,” said the U.S. Army's Young Bang at ExecutiveBiz’s Army Acquisition Priorities Forum on Wednesday. To gain more insight into the research and development work that goes into various DOD components’ arms and technology production, be sure to attend the Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31.
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ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Jim Taiclet , president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the U.S. needs to prevent future armed conflict by investing in digital technologies. "What we're trying to do at our company is be a bit of a path finder, to drive 21st century digital technologies into our armed forces and national defense," Taiclet told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Global mission services company V2X hosted the Honor Our Veterans Breakfast on Tuesday in a display of gratitude toward the many company team members who have served, as well as the veteran population of the U.S. at large. Military service members past and present were offered a spread of fresh fruit, baked goods and other refreshments.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
A Cognosante project team has moved over 350 Department of Veterans Affairs production applications to the VA Enterprise Cloud five months ahead of the deadline. VA intended to transition its systems to VAEC by 2024 and tapped Cognosante to develop and execute a cloud migration strategy, the company said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Michael Drews, a more than two-decade Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) veteran, has been appointed vice president of NC3 advanced capabilities and mission strategy at the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor’s space business. He announced his new role in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend has been selected as an advisory board member at MAG Aerospace , a provider of command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings. He brings over 40 years of military experience to the company, having served in leadership positions in platoons, corps and joint task forces , the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The U.S. Army has awarded NIKA Technologies, GoldenWolf and Cherokee Nation Federal Consulting positions on a potential seven-year, $840 million contract to support the Defense Health Agency by providing services for medical facility projects.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Rocket Lab USA has inked an agreement with the Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron mission featuring a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle constructed by Australian company Hypersonix. The DART AE vehicle, capable of achieving speeds of up to Mach 7 with non-ballistic flight patterns, is set to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island as early as the first quarter of 2025, Rocket Lab said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Greg Cioffi, a marketing and sales executive with over 25 years of experience, was appointed vice president of strategic growth at Brillient, according to his recent LinkedIn announcement.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Cloud platform provider TechnoMile unveiled GovSearchAI during Elevate 2023, the company's annual customer conference. GovSearchAI is an artificial intelligence-powered platform that works to help government contractors identify the federal contracting opportunities they would be in a position to win, TechnoMile said Thursday.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The U.S. General Services Administration has announced it will drop 23 properties across 16 states from the federal real estate portfolio, a move that it says will save the government more than $1 billion over the next decade.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
BWX Technologies has partnered with Lockheed Martin and Space Nuclear Power Corporation to contribute to an Air Force Research Laboratory program focused on advancing technologies for spacecraft employing nuclear electric power systems. Under the collaboration, the company said Wednesday it will produce and test nuclear fuels and components as well as support design and system integration at its facilities in Lynchburg, Virginia, in support of the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit N
Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
According to the National Retail Federation, 43 percent of people started doing their holiday shopping in October, leading the NRF. The post Is it the most wonderful time of the supply chain year? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Federal IT solutions and services provider Concept Plus has received a growth investment from Blue Delta Capital Partners. Concept Plus said Wednesday that its “strategic growth evolution” will be supported by the venture capital firm's minority-ownership investment.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The cyber landscape is constantly evolving and changing as new threats, technologies and advancements emerge.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Encountering Innovation has quickly become one of the top US Pitch Events for Innovators/Inventors to present and showcase their technology to US Government Tech Scouts for special funding. Tech Scouts from the Department of Defense, Service Labs, Academia, and most US government agencies prioritize attending this week-long event to listen to pitches, examine poster board displays, discuss government needs, and chat with innovators from 8+ states during lunches and evening networking events.
Whistleblower Network News
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
On November 7, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) launched a Whistleblower Program offering monetary awards to qualified individuals who provide information about securities law violations. “Often, people who break the law in the investment market or evade our sanctions can’t do it without others noticing,” BCSC chair Brenda Leong told the Vancouver Sun.
Spend Network
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Not long ago, blockchain technology was touted as the go-to technical solution to a raft of government problems. From social security to smart contracts, blockchain was going to be the product that could revolutionise public services.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
For certain activities — collaborating online with others, watching a presentation or videoconferencing, for example — a bigger display creates a better experience. This is especially true in the federal government as agencies adopt hybrid working environments, where everyone needs to be an active part of the team regardless of whether they are in the office or at home.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Potomac Officers Club is looking ahead to one of its most anticipated events of the year: the annual Artificial Intelligence Summit. 2024’s edition will be held on March 21 and you can register here now.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Treasury Department tapped the Technology Modernization Fund for the first time to finance its ongoing transition to a hybrid cloud solution. Employees will finally have the compute power to access terabytes of data from their desktops and experience a significant reduction in latency when the Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network cloud modernization project is complete.
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
According to the U.S. Census, there were 16.2 million military veterans in the U.S. in 2022, representing 6.2% of the total civilian population aged 18 and over. This Veterans Day, WashingtonExec is highlighting the ways in which the GovCon industry is recognizing and supporting the veteran community, around the holiday and year-round. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh chats [.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Federal agencies are on a constant modernization journey. To navigate this dynamic environment successfully, federal agencies increasingly turn to integrators with managed service program delivery expertise. These partners are pivotal in helping agencies make significant progress in addressing their most pressing IT infrastructure, application and security needs.
Great Government Through Technology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
In celebration of Veterans Day, I want to thank our Veterans for their service and dedication. I’m grateful for the sacrifices they have made for us. Our Veterans exemplify the qualities that enable our country to overcome the greatest obstacles. GSA partnering with Veterans GSA is dedicated to supporting Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) in the federal IT market.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Defense and national security experts said at a recent conference that mission partner environments , which rely on trusted networks to communicate and share sensitive and classified data, can enhance their security with the help of zero trust architecture. Industry leaders, including Darren Pulsipher , chief solution architect for Intel's public sector business, and Charles White , chief technology officer of Fornetix , were part of a panel at the TechNet Indo-Pacific Conference hosted by
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
According to the U.S. Census, there were 16.2 million military veterans in the U.S. in 2022, representing 6.2% of the total civilian population aged 18 and over. This Veterans Day, WashingtonExec is highlighting the ways in which the GovCon industry is recognizing and supporting the veteran community, around the holiday and year-round. WashingtonExec’s Rachel Kirkland speaks [.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Jim Taiclet , president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the U.S. needs to prevent future armed conflict by investing in digital technologies. "What we're trying to do at our company is be a bit of a path finder, to drive 21st century digital technologies into our armed forces and national defense," Taiclet told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview.
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
According to the U.S. Census, there were 16.2 million military veterans in the U.S. in 2022, representing 6.2% of the total civilian population aged 18 and over. This Veterans Day, WashingtonExec is highlighting the ways in which the GovCon industry is recognizing and supporting the veteran community, around the holiday and year-round. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits [.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Tadgh Smith is a distinguished leader in the homeland security space. With over 30 years of experience, he has proven to be effective in his current role as Deputy Assistant Director for the Law Enforcement System and Analysis (LESA) at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
WashngtonExec
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
According to the U.S. Census, there were 16.2 million military veterans in the U.S. in 2022, representing 6.2% of the total civilian population aged 18 and over. This Veterans Day, WashingtonExec is highlighting the ways in which the GovCon industry is recognizing and supporting the veteran community, around the holiday and year-round. In this Veterans Day [.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Prosecutors have asked a Connecticut federal judge to order a nearly $1.2 million forfeiture from two TD Bank accounts after fraudsters swindled the New Haven school board out of $5.9 million and allegedly funneled the cash through TD Bank accounts and a cryptocurrency website.
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