FedScoop

MAY 3, 2024

Technology breakthroughs and U.S. leadership in research and development are hindered due to poor R&D infrastructure across the federal government, according to a new report from the White House. Released Thursday by the Office of Science and Technology Policy , the National Science and Technology (NSTC) subcommittee on Research and Development Infrastructure said in its report that old and “inadequate” infrastructure at the federal level is responsible for agencies’ inability to “meet their

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

The U.S. Navy has awarded 10 companies spots on a firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract worth $249 million.

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FedInsider

MAY 3, 2024

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE It may seem ironic, but government agencies at all levels wrestle with the difficulty of compliance with regulatory requirements even as they issue regulations for others (sometimes including themselves) to meet. For example, just as the healthcare industry follows HIPAA, so too do Veterans Administration hospitals – along with all federal, state, local, tribal and territorial health organizations.

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Government Contracts

MAY 3, 2024

A Florida federal judge refused to dismiss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's suit accusing mortgage servicer and lender Freedom Mortgage Corp. of violating federal law by submitting inaccurate government mortgage loan data.

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FedScoop

MAY 3, 2024

The IRS believes it will soon be forced to scale back its business system modernization efforts, writing in a report this week that Inflation Reduction Act funding for that work will run out by fiscal 2026. In its annual update to the IRA Strategic Operating Plan , the tax agency said it is reliant on IRA funds for digitization and other technological innovations after the appropriations process for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 zeroed out its money for modernization.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

John Jansen, formerly managing director of the Europe, Middle East and Africa business unit at Luminator Technology Group, will assume the role of CEO at Advanced Technology International in July. ATI said Thursday Jansen will succeed Chris Van Metre and serve as a board member in addition to his CEO position.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

Qi “Soso” Yang was appointed senior vice president of the research administration and innovation management unit at HJF after holding the post on an acting basis for four months. Yang is tasked to drive award management, technology transfer and industry clinical trial services of HJF, the nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine said Thursday.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advanced regulations that will guide critical infrastructure companies and other organizations in required reporting of cyber breaches and ransomware incidents with its recent notice of proposed rulemaking. These proposed rules, complying with the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, aim to address a number of challenges that have made improving organizations’ overall cybersecurity posture difficult.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential five-year, $7 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide modernization and sustainment support services for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget signaled a tipping point in the government’s embrace of artificial intelligence when it recently issued guidance to agencies on use of the emerging technology. As agencies move into this new era of AI-driven innovation — and original equipment manufacturers position themselves to meet growing demand — technology procurement decisions are taking on greater significance.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 10-year recompete contracts to Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T (NYSE: T) and Secure Federal Operations to provide priority telecommunications support services for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during natural disasters and national security emergencies.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 3, 2024

On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament voted for the EU to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”). Three days earlier, Ecuador had voted to keep the country’s constitutional ban on investor-state arbitration. These events mark the last chapters in the increasingly turbulent tale of investment treaties and investor-state arbitration. Over the past few years, that tale has progressed toward a tipping point.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Eric Wolf, formerly a vice president at American Systems, has been named VP of innovation at the Chantilly, Virginia-based information technology and engineering services provider.

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Government Contracts

MAY 3, 2024

Guatemala's newly elected government has decided not to have Greenberg Traurig as its counsel in its fight against a construction and engineering firm's bid to enforce $31 million in arbitral awards, according to a Friday filing in a D.C. federal court.

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GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

While government agencies have instituted return-to-office policies, most continue to allow employees to work remotely a portion of each week. In short, the hybrid workplace is here to stay. The challenge now is to develop a security strategy that protects agency resources regardless of where employees are located. Here’s a quick use case of how Monroe County, Georgia, successfully left its traditional hub-and-spoke security architecture behind: Monroe County’s outdated firewalls and tradi

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Government Contracts

MAY 3, 2024

Victims of an alleged "brazen and intricate" international scheme to steal an entire $1.4 billion Panama Canal port project by way of sham Delaware companies and claims urged a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday to convene a temporary restraining order hearing next week to sidetrack the effort.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commercial Data Program seeks to determine the availability of new vendors that can address the requirements under the Radio Occultation Data Buy II multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and has issued a request for information for the effort.

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Government Contracts

MAY 3, 2024

A Florida appeals court on Friday revived Hernando County's lawsuit against a local county fair association over a broken contract to redevelop a county fairgrounds property, ruling that it is not clear the lawsuit is time-barred.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

Maxar Intelligence has launched its first two high-resolution Earth imagery and mapping satellites with solar arrays onboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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Government Contracts

MAY 3, 2024

Two Connecticut dental practices and their co-owners have settled a federal false claims lawsuit accusing them of making illegal payments to a patient recruiter to generate business through Medicaid, agreeing to fork over about $187,000 over five years, plus 4% interest.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

Integral Federal, an intelligence and national security services provider, has relocated its headquarters from Rockville, Maryland, to McLean, Virginia, in a bid to bolster operations and drive innovation.

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GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Governments collect and analyze a lot of data. But they don’t always integrate it into the policymaking process. That can make programs less effective. “Whoever makes decisions, having them see the value of using information is super important,” said Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, Director of Evaluation and Impact at the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

BlueHalo has entered into a partnership with London-based maritime technology company Kraken Technology Group to develop uncrewed maritime vehicles. Under the partnership, BlueHalo’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities will be incorporated into Kraken’s littoral security platforms to create uncrewed surface vehicles and uncrewed surface/subsurface vehicles, the former announced from its Arlington, Virginia headquarters on Friday.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

HII (NYSE: HII) has posted $2.8 billion in revenues during the first quarter of 2024, a 4.9 percent increase from the prior-year period, and reported an operating income of $154 million, up 9.2 percent compared to the previous year.

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GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Adopting the cloud successfully in your agency is a multi-step journey, and following a well-thought-out strategy can pave the way to mission success. It’s understandable that your journey may move faster or slower than other agencies, depending on what your time, staffing and budget restrictions allow. Along the way, though, there are three must-have stages to optimize your cloud environment that should be taken into account: Assess, Discover and Migrate : At this stage, you evaluate your exist

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Fourteen small businesses have secured spots on a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to provide facility deactivation, decommissioning and removal services.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

SAP National Security Services has received Impact Level 4 provisional authorization from the Defense Information and Systems Agency for its cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Christopher Calio officially assumed the CEO post at RTX (NYSE: RTX) on May 2, adding it to his president post and succeeding Gregory Hayes, who will continue to serve as the defense contractor’s executive chairman.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

Thomas Falk, formerly chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark, has been elected to join the board of directors at Lockheed Martin as independent lead director, succeeding Daniel Akerson, who retired after five years in the role.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

The 2024 5G Forum is one of the Potomac Officers Club (POC) ‘s most auspicious and anticipated events. Happening on May 22, 2024, the summit will feature the most notable experts on 5G.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 3, 2024

Investment firm Leonid Capital Partners has announced extending a new $20 million term loan to satellite vehicle maker ABL Space Systems.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Bcore, a platform company of NewSpring Holdings, has acquired 2 Twelve Solutions in a transaction that expands its digital transformation offerings, user-centric platforms and operational capabilities in support of clients and their national security missions. Bcore said Wednesday 2 Twelve supports service branches through its digital transformation and rapid prototyping capabilities.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 3, 2024

No discussion of the effective administration of Federal procurement can ignore the reality that the Executive Branch and Congress have leveraged the procurement system to affect important social policy goals. For example, leveraging takes place through the implementation of goals for small business acquisition and acquisition from socioeconomically challenged firms.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Lynn Martin, former vice president of go-to-market at Google Public Sector, has joined Workday to serve as group vice president leading the government sector of the Pleasanton, California-headquartered provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources.

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Federal News Network

MAY 3, 2024

No discussion of the effective administration of Federal procurement can ignore the reality that the Executive Branch and Congress have leveraged the procurement system to affect important social policy goals. For example, leveraging takes place through the implementation of goals for small business acquisition and acquisition from socioeconomically challenged firms.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Joe Bogosian, former project lead for Safran Defense USA, was appointed president and CEO of the U.S.-based defense and space business of the French multinational aerospace and defense company Safran, according to his LinkedIn post. Bogosian has been with Safran for over 15 years, initially serving as president and CEO of its U.S.

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