GovCon Wire
MAY 9, 2024
The ever-increasing pace of technological advancement has put pressure on the Department of Defense to ramp up its exploration of 5G, a technology that plays a major role in today’s digitally-driven battlefield.
Art of Procurement
MAY 9, 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 – May 10th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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FedTech Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
Agencies continue to work toward the goal of connecting all employees through the same network, no matter their location, to boost efficiency and security. The Census Bureau envisions more than 600,000 enumerators for the 2030 census connecting to a private 5G network — whether from a regional office or at someone’s doorstep — in lieu of the cloud. However, the timing for that shift is likely six years away.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Hector Collazo, former Sev1Tech and Agile Defense executive, has assumed the newly created chief technology officer post at IPTA, a federal information technology and professional services firm.
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GovCon Wire
MAY 9, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured an $861.3 million contract modification to produce and deliver additional high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and provide support services for the U.S. Army.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
VTG has booked a five-year, $130 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group to deliver a range of warfare systems engineering services. The prime contract covers end-to-end engineering services, spectrum management and test and evaluation support for Navy warfare, control and C5I systems, VTG said Tuesday.
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GovCon Wire
MAY 9, 2024
Vivek Malhotra, co-founder and most recently president of Fairfax, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm VMD, has joined Xcelerate Solutions as president. Xcelerate said Wednesday Malhotra’s appointment came three months after the company merged with VMD to expand its portfolio of information technology and security capabilities for federal government clients.
FedScoop
MAY 9, 2024
With requests for help on projects from more than 100 agencies in fiscal year 2023, the United States Digital Service is one of the most sought-after units in the federal government. Dealing with that level of demand often means tough choices for leadership with the White House-based IT consultancy service. “Frankly, there aren’t enough places for agencies to go across government when they have technical questions or need technical help, so we get a huge array of requests,” USDS Administrator Mi
Art of Procurement
MAY 9, 2024
When I prepare each episode of Art of Supply, I intentionally dig deep. Usually, along the way, I find a. The post The Surging Problem of AI Energy Consumption appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Scottish Government Procurement
MAY 9, 2024
We have reached one year since the launch of the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland (PPSfS). The strategy provides a clear vision and focused direction, supporting the whole Scottish public procurement community to align, to collaborate and to deliver positive outcomes with real impacts for the people of Scotland. Public Bodies have already made significant strides in embedding the strategy in their own governance arrangements.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 9, 2024
Lire cet article en Français Education institutions are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of technology solutions for schools worldwide. Education institutions and education technology (EdTech) companies are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) and our partners to build secure and immersive learning environments.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
HighPoint Digital, a provider of IT support and customer service offerings for the federal government, has named Sid Dhir as its new chief strategy and technology officer.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 9, 2024
Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. LLMs are advanced AI systems trained on vast amounts of text data, capable of understanding and generating human-like language, providing powerful natural language processing (NLP) capabilities for various applications.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Rocket Lab USA has started the test campaign for a new 3D-printed reusable engine for its Neutron medium-lift rocket at its test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The company said Monday the test campaign was initiated following the completion of the first full assembly of the Archimedes rocket engine.
WashngtonExec
MAY 9, 2024
WashingtonExec has awarded SAIC Vice President of Environmental, Social and Governance Integration Jeffrey Raver with the Longevity Award, which recognizes executives who made outstanding contributions to their companies throughout the years. Raver has been with SAIC for 35 years. Below, he shares how he got started with the company, the impact he has made, mentorship [.
GovCon Wire
MAY 9, 2024
Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J) posted $4.3 billion in revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, reflecting a 4.7 percent increase from the same period the previous year. The Dallas-based company said Tuesday that its total backlog was $29.4 billion as of March 29, up 1.5 percent from the prior-year period.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
MAY 9, 2024
On May 3, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the prohibition on semiconductors produced by certain Chinese manufacturers, enacted in Section 5949(a)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (Section 5949) expanding on the prohibition on covered telecommunications equipment and services produced by Huawei, ZTE, and others from Section 889 of the FY 2019 NDAA
Public Contracting Institute
MAY 9, 2024
Hello and thank you for joining us for Episode 9 of Fun with the FAR Season 11! In our next session, we will cover FAR Part 15.4 (Special focus on contract pricing). As we prepare for our 10th episode of Season 11, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think about: FAR 15.4 price negotiations and procedures should be used by contracting officers to determine the price reasonableness of modifications offered under a sealed bid contract.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
MAY 9, 2024
On April 19, 2024, EPA signed the highly anticipated final rule designating two types of PFAS as hazardous substances under section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”). At the same time, David M. Uhlmann, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of the EPA, released an enforcement policy memorandum that provides “direction to all EPA enforcement and compliance staff about how EPA will exercise its enforcement
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
Stressing their work for the military, 3M Co. and several entities tied to what was once E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. have opposed a motion by the Connecticut Attorney General's Office to send a PFAS forever chemicals environmental pollution case back to state court.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 9, 2024
Previous posts have addressed advocacy techniques in arbitration (for example, see here , here , here , here , and here ). This is not an attempt to summarize them, but rather to present the topic in a different light. As psychologists have long discovered , information that provides imagery and vividness has a greater impact on inferences and memory retention.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday once again resurrected a proposed class action accusing Northrop Grumman of misinforming retirees about their pension benefits, ruling that the retirees have plausibly alleged that they received inaccurate benefit statements.
WashngtonExec
MAY 9, 2024
Accenture Federal Services won a 10-year, $789 million contract to support global U.S. Navy maritime forces by conducting unified cybersecurity operations across the SHARKCAGE environment, the Navy’s shared set of systems built to protect a single, common, continuous security perimeter. “The role of cybersecurity in modern maritime military readiness has evolved and expanded.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
Shareholders of an Indian satellite communications company are pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the analysis of a highly technical jurisdictional question as they look to revive their bid to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award against a state-owned division of India's space agency.
WashngtonExec
MAY 9, 2024
Science Applications International Corp. won a $232 million contract to develop signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Army. SAIC was awarded this contract under the Defense Department’s Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract vehicle. These DOD IAC MAC task orders are awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop [.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
An exasperated Federal Circuit judge on Thursday tore into the government's contention that a disputed cost accounting regulation has no bearing on Boeing's claim that the defense contractor was wrongly barred from offsetting multiple simultaneous accounting changes against each other.
WashngtonExec
MAY 9, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton won a blanket purchase agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development to support modernization efforts and EPA’s mission to protect human, health and the environment. Booz Allen was awarded one of four positions on the 7-year Scientific Modeling, Application, Visualization, Computational Science, Software, and Statistical Support contract, which [.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
A group of Florida families asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to reconsider its decision affirming a jury verdict that found defense contractor Pratt & Whitney was not liable for a cancer cluster near the company's former rocket testing site, arguing that the panel affirmed a legally deficient verdict form.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Viasat has selected space payload developer Loft Orbital as a partner for a flight communications demonstration mission that will showcase the former’s multi-orbit real-time space relay capability.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
Three engineering firms share responsibility with the city of Pittsburgh for the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge in 2022, a new lawsuit alleges, claiming the engineers failed to flag how dangerous and deteriorated the bridge was for years before it fell.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Leonardo DRS has secured a contract from Boeing‘s defense, space and security business to build and deliver next-generation aerial refueling operator stations for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker aircraft fleet. The company said Tuesday it will produce the AROS 2.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
A consulting firm that lost a $99 million National Archives and Records Administration contract based on a proposed manager's qualifications couldn't convince the U.S. Government Accountability Office that the worker's new employment for the contract winner warranted reconsidering the deal.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
DMI has partnered with autonomous test generation software provider Appvance to offer generative artificial intelligence for software quality testing to accelerate digital transformation initiatives across the public and private sectors.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
Oklahoma can't enforce a law prohibiting the state pension system from investing in companies that limit oil and gas industry assets, a state judge ruled, finding the retiree leading the suit is likely to succeed on arguments that the statute is vague and violates the state constitution.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 9, 2024
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Shift5 have joined forces to enhance the MQ-9A Reaper by integrating the latter’s platform, which features onboard cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities. GA-ASI said Wednesday the platform offers essential operational and cybersecurity insights, allowing operators to make informed decisions swiftly and securely.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2024
An insurer cannot yet avoid defending gas companies in personal injury litigation after a subcontractor caused an explosion injuring three people, an Indiana federal court ruled, reiterating a previous finding that the subcontractor's ultimate release from liability following a settlement has no bearing on the gas companies' additional insured status.
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