GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Defense Information Systems Agency has added four companies to a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide satellite-based services and capabilities to the U.S. Space Force.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 13, 2023
What do Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector customers need to know about the State Risk and Authorization Management Program ( StateRAMP) and how can you use AWS to help meeting StateRAMP requirements? In this blog post, learn a quick recap on what StateRAMP is and how it differs from the similar Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ( FedRAMP ).
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GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Raymond James Defense and Government Conference held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on Thursday brought together some of the most influential executives, government officials and thought leaders in the government and government contracting industry.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
CGI Federal has concluded a real-time pilot set in a planetary-scale Metaverse space with the U.S. Marine Corps. To conduct the pilot, CGI and partner organizations Microsoft and Battle Road Digital incorporated the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center logistics and asset management systems with digital twins, the company announced from Fairfax, Virginia on Friday.
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GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The U.S. Army has released a sources sought notice for a design bid build construction project with a $250 million to $500 million estimated value and fiscal year 2025 anticipated schedule. According to the SAM.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Stratolaunch a contract to support the inaugural flight test of the company's second reusable Talon-A hypersonic vehicle called TA-3. The award came on the heels of a 2022 AFRL contract to facilitate the first flight of the initial configuration of the TA product line.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Identity, credential and access management provides " a consistent view of identity " in mission partner environments, making communications more efficient, enhancing command and control and increasing lethality, according to Charles White , chief technology officer of Fornetix. White made the remarks in a column published Wednesday where he commented on an article by General Dynamics Information Technology Business Development Director Eric Tapp about ICAM and its role in establishing a
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $379 million contract to produce and deliver eight MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to the Armada, Spain’s naval force. The aircraft will serve as an upgrade and supporting fleet to the Spanish navy’s SH-60B Seahawk fleet, Lockheed said Thursday.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Salman Rashid , a 25-year financial and consulting industry veteran, has been selected to succeed Josh Heid as chief financial officer at construction engineering company Woolpert. Rashid will oversee the company's financial, legal and administration functions and help drive acquisitions and organic growth in his new position.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
In space, new commercial entrants, an increasing number of satellites on orbit and cutting-edge technological advancements are contributing to a more competitive and opportunity-rich domain than ever before.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Ricardo Lorenzo , chief technology officer at Parsons , said the company helps military customers build, operationalize and employ artificial intelligence systems for multi-domain missions. According to Lorenzo, Parsons builds operational AI capabilities designed to function within real-world hardware and communications-constrained environments, interact with legacy software systems and operate on disparate and unreliable sensor feeds.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Suzette Kent, former federal chief information officer and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has joined the newly established Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Center of Excellence at StackArmor.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Saronic has raised $55 million during a Caffeinated Capital-led Series A funding round and will use the investment to support autonomous surface vessel research and development and expand platform production capacity. According to the maritime autonomy company, the funding reflects its commitment to delivering autonomous surface vessels to bridge capability gaps.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Stellant Systems, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire the power systems technology product line of Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) for $40 million.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The General Services Administration is making a major push into enterprise application security this year, its top security official says, amid a broader government push to ensure agencies only use secure software. GSA has made headway in implementing a zero trust architecture through the adoption of a secure access service edge (SASE) solution, modernized user and device directories, and new enterprise single sign-on solutions.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 13, 2023
After seeing the acceleration of generative artificial intelligence, agencies are increasingly interested in what AI pilots have to offer. Some, such as the Department of Homeland Security, want to automate data collection from PDFs, processing tens of thousands with generative AI to sort them into groups. The use case of interacting with information collected in this manner in a ChatGPT-esque interface is called enterprise chat data, and it’s making unstructured data accessible to nonexperts.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Security breaches are a near daily occurrence costing industries and governments billions annually. In the latest incident, hackers attacked a California healthcare provider , shutting down emergency rooms across the country. And earlier this summer, the federal government confirmed that several agencies were impacted by the MOVEit software hack allegedly carried out by a Russian ransomware gang.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Satellite communications (satcom) serve a wide range of industries such as telecommunications, broadcasting, military, aviation and maritime, and emergency services. Satellite operators provide bandwidth allocation to each of these segments. However, a key concern is to maximize the utilization of capacity to meet demand while avoiding overprovisioning.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Biden administration said Friday that it has selected seven regional clean hydrogen hubs to receive $7 billion in federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in an effort to accelerate the domestic market for low-cost, clean hydrogen.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
4 GovCon Titans Share Market Predictions at Raymond James Conference; DARPA Selects 6 Companies for $1.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 13, 2023
US Foods Inc. agreed to pay more than $721,000 total in back pay to nearly 1,000 women to resolve claims that the company discriminated against female applicants during the hiring process at five facilities, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 13, 2023
On October 12, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an $18 million whistleblower award to an individual who voluntarily provided original information and further assistance which led to successful enforcement actions by both the CFTC and another agency. The CFTC Whistleblower Program offers monetary awards to qualified individuals.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 13, 2023
On 29 September 2023, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”)’s recently published Federal Law No. 15 of 2023 (“Amendment Law”) entered into force, effectively amending Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 On Arbitration (“2018 Arbitration Law”) that was adopted a mere five years earlier. The 2018 Arbitration Law was itself a long-awaited and significant rehaul of legal principles, which confirmed a number of nuances that had been adopted by the courts and was welcomed for aligning the UAE with
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The space business of Sierra Nevada Corp. has appointed Wes Collier as vice president of proliferated systems, marking a shift from his previous position as VP of product development, according to his LinkedIn post published Thursday. He is tasked with the oversight of Sierra Space’s proliferated low Earth orbit systems segment.
SmallGovCon
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Happy Friday the 13th! It seems very fitting to have a Friday the 13th fall in the month of October, right? The pumpkins are being gathered from the patches in preparation of carving and I see Halloween decorations everywhere I go. It’s also conference season at SmallGovCon.com. I was in Iowa last month, John Holtz is headed to Nebraska next week for the Fall Meet the Buyers Government Contracting Conference and Nicole Pottroff will be going to Oklahoma the following week for the ICBS Conf
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Department of Defense seeks to determine the interest and ability of industry partners to provide research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and technical services in support of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering. The required services will be applied to the 14 technology priorities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, according to a sources sought notice posted on SAM.gov.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
OCTOBER 13, 2023
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa O. Monaco announced the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in connection with mergers and acquisitions (Safe Harbor Policy). Following other announcements from DOJ over the past two years aimed at encouraging voluntary self-disclosures, the Safe Harbor Policy was adopted because DOJ does not want to “discourage companies with effective compliance programs from lawfully acquiring companie
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a joint venture between Zolon Tech Inc. and Pioneer Corporate Services a $30 million contract for support services. Zolon PCS II will provide comprehensive information technology service management in support of the ACF Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Wiley Rein LLP's Scott McCaleb helped secure a landmark data rights markings settlement between Boeing and the U.S. Air Force and repelled a whistleblower suit against CGI Federal, landing him a spot among Law360's Government Contract MVPs of 2023.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Billy Nolen , former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been elected to the board of directors at commercial aviation services provider AAR Corp. The U.S. Army veteran brings over three decades of experience in aviation safety management, operations, certification and regulatory affairs.
Bestek Procurement
OCTOBER 13, 2023
In deze aflevering spreekt Willem met mr. dr. Erik Plas (Infense Advocaten) over wezenlijke wijziging in het aanbestedingsrecht. Hij promoveerde op dit onderwerp. Wat te doen met transparantie van wijzigingen? Hoe om te gaan met uitlegclausules en zijn ze strijdig met het aanbestedingsrecht? Is er afdoende ruimte? Moet het ‘mandje’ anders worden geïnterpreteerd?
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Boeing has partnered with NASA and United Airlines to conduct in-flight tests to examine how sustainable aviation fuel can impact contrails and non-carbon emissions and reduce carbon soot. The study will involve the Boeing-manufactured second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, which will fly using 100 percent SAF and conventional jet fuel stored in separate tanks.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The barbarism executed over the last week against our nation’s dear friend and ally, Israel, provides a shocking reminder to all people of good will that evil, the antithesis of life, always is lurking, always is seeking to infect the hearts and souls of men to undermine the precious gift that is our existence. It may seem crass or trivializing to speak of procurement at this time, but we must recognize that the procurement system, and our participation in it, is at the center of our nation’s ab
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The past week in London has seen AI crypto-asset firm Fetch.Ai bring legal action against the Danish software developer who sued the company last year, a medical technology company sued over a $35 million investment that went south, and Emirati shipping company Virgo Marine sink Reed Smith into a claim over the sale of an oil tanker. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
Whistleblower Network News
OCTOBER 13, 2023
On October 11, the Department of Justice announced that Victory Automotive Group Inc. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act , for which they “knowingly provided false information in support of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application it submitted.” The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was established by Congress in March 2020, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has retreated after an unfavorable court ruling and withdrawn a controversial interpretive rule that would have required states to review and report cybersecurity threats to their public water systems.
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