GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
SAIC’s Hilary Hageman grew up in Southeast Asia and Africa and witnessed the political instability that threatened her family’s safety in many of the countries in which she lived. She quickly gained an appreciation for the safety provided by the U.S.
FedScoop
MAY 16, 2024
The Biden administration’s plan to bolster the federal civilian workforce with more than 500 artificial intelligence professionals by the end of fiscal year 2025 could face a challenge when it comes to another one of its priorities: promoting a workforce that looks like America. While data is limited, the broader AI workforce and pipeline appears to have the same demographic underrepresentation issues that STEM careers experience , lacking diversity in terms of gender, race and ethnicity.
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Federal News Network
MAY 16, 2024
Sometimes federal procurements don’t go according to the rules. Sometimes its worse, when bribes and kickbacks come into play. That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. Now the strike force is expanding, with four new members. For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the Dan Glad, the director of the Strike Force.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
BAE Systems secured a contract with the U.S. Navy to design and develop the Dual Band Decoy, a radio frequency countermeasure that shields fighter jets from enemy attacks by disrupting enemy radar and luring missiles away. The decoy has a towed unit connected by fiber-optic cable to an aircraft’s electronic warfare equipment, BAE said Wednesday.
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GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Project Convergence materialized in 2020 with a goal of connecting Army sensors, command and control nodes and shooters at the tactical level. While the initiative was originally created to tackle Army-specific problems, its reach has dramatically expanded over time.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
EchoStar’s subsidiaries, Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, will deliver 5G wireless services and devices to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies under a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion U.S. Navy contract. As part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 program, the companies will facilitate DOD 5G usage across all 50 U.S.
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Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.
USFCR
MAY 16, 2024
Professional Services: Driving Government Efficiency Forward Government agencies are under increasing pressure to boost efficiency and streamline operations. The growing demand for professional services presents a golden opportunity for your firm to step in and offer valuable consulting, legal, and administrative support. This sector is ripe for innovation, and your expertise can play a pivotal role in transforming how government functions.
SmallGovCon
MAY 16, 2024
Once again, an initial awardee has had its award revoked because of a noncompliant joint venture agreement addendum. We see it happen regularly at SmallGovCon. And the decision in Colt-Sunbelt Rentals JV, LLC is yet another data point highlighting that SBA requires strict adherence to the joint venture agreement requirements in 13 C.F.R. § 125.8. Here, an incomplete joint venture agreement and its addendum resulted in a finding of affiliation which resulted in Colt-Sunbelt losing its small busin
Whistleblower Network News
MAY 16, 2024
On May 14, Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz released a memo sent to the Deputy Attorney General outlining concerns about the DOJ’s handling of whistleblowers with security clearances and its compliance with federal law. According to the DOJ Office of Inspector General (OIG), the DOJ and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) do not have the proper policies in place to protect employees who allege their security clearance has been suspended, revoked, or denied in
Art of Procurement
MAY 16, 2024
“The first casualty of war is truth—the second is empathy. Empathy has to call for backup. The backup is in. The post Empathy is Not a Soft Skill appeared first on Art of Procurement.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
The Department of Transportation has awarded six companies positions on a potential five-year, $600 million multiple award task order contract to support highway, bridge and road construction projects in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
Epirus has completed engineering developmental testing of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability – High-Power Microwave counter-drone system, which the aerospace and defense company has provided to the U.S. Army.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Naval Air Systems Command is seeking information on a follow-on multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide contracted maintenance, modification, aircrew and related services. The CMMARS contract will cover heavy depot maintenance for various Navy aircraft, aviation platforms and associated components, according to a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.
Scottish Government Procurement
MAY 16, 2024
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Today (16 May) is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of the day, is to raise knowledge and awareness about creating accessible content and to learn what you can do to help remove accessibility barriers. One of our outcomes for public procurement in Scotland is to be #OpenAndConnected. To be open, we aim to create digital accessible content that provides all users with access to the same information, regardless of any impairments the
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide diminishing manufacturing sources parts for the F-35 aircraft production and sustainment under a $79 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the procurement will support fighter jets of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, foreign military sales customers and non-DOD participants.
FedScoop
MAY 16, 2024
In the digital age, government agencies are grappling with unprecedented volumes of data, presenting challenges in effectively managing, accessing and declassifying information. The State Department is no exception. According to Eric Stein, deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Global Information Services, the department’s eRecords archive system currently contains more than 4 billion artifacts, which includes emails and cable traffic.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
CGI Federal has secured a two-year, $76.5 million contract from the State Department to provide the Bureau of Consular Affairs with passport application processing services. The company will provide onsite administration, management and processing support at three passport centers and 24 passport agencies across the U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
HII and Amazon Web Services will expedite the development and delivery of next-generation sea power technologies, digital shipyard transformation projects, commercial space initiatives, warfighter training readiness and other mission-critical capabilities to defense and intelligence agency customers under a three-year strategic collaboration agreement.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Quantic Electronics, an Arcline Investment Management company, has acquired M-Wave Design, a manufacturer of radio frequency and microwave components for aerospace, defense and quantum computing applications. Ross Sealfon, CEO of Quantic, said in a statement published Wednesday that the M-Wave product portfolio complements the electronic component company’s product line.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Tech Scouting team has identified generative artificial intelligence, post-quantum cryptography, software domain awareness tools and autonomous swarms among the top 10 emerging technologies for defense and national security.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Mohamad Ali, formerly CEO of IDG, has been named senior vice president of IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) professional services and consulting arm, succeeding John Granger, who is retiring after two decades of service to the company.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland plans to release a request for proposals in August for the third iteration of a contract to procure manufacturing and development, engineering and maintenance services to support aeronautics and space-related testing at GRC’s laboratories and test facilities.
GovCon Wire
MAY 16, 2024
The board of directors of Aretum has promoted Rohit Gupta, most recently senior vice president and executive technologist at the government technology services contractor, to CEO. Bethesda, Maryland-based Aretum said Wednesday Gupta brings to the role over 25 years of leadership experience across information technology, finance, accounting, contracts, business development, recruiting and marketing areas.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
Michael Barnes, formerly a director at LeoLabs, has been appointed vice president of government sales of Digantara, an India-based space technology start-up focused on traffic management and space situational awareness, according to his LinkedIn post. In his new role, Barnes will lead Digantara’s government sales efforts in the U.S.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 16, 2024
The Brussels first instance court attracted significant attention in 2022 by deciding to set aside an UNCITRAL award regarding a claim brought against the Republic of Poland under the US-Poland bilateral investment treaty (“US-Poland BIT”). This was the first time we had seen a Belgian court set aside an investment treaty award. The first instance court decided in its 18 February 2022 ruling that the arbitral tribunal had violated Belgian international public policy in finding that Poland fail
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
The International Space Station National Laboratory is offering up to $750,000 in funding for research projects that would leverage the orbiting laboratory’s space-based environment.
Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
Two former Philadelphia nonprofit executives convicted for an embezzlement scheme weren't subject to double jeopardy when a judge rescheduled trial after several jurors left, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, reasoning that the court had no other choice.
WashngtonExec
MAY 16, 2024
Highlight Technologies and Katmai Professional Services teamed up to create Katmai-Highlight Government Services. This joint venture partnership connects to Katmai and Highlight’s Small Business Association-approved Mentor-Protégé relationship. “Given both companies’ commitment to stakeholder equity and client impact, our strategic partnership with Katmai Professional Services made perfect sense,” said Aarish Gokaldas, CEO of Highlight.
Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to reinstate a $71.1 million support deal, finding that the agency terminated the deal based on a federal watchdog's incorrect interpretation of the contract.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 16, 2024
Second Front Systems and Microsoft have joined forces to accelerate software as a service delivery for government agencies. Under the partnership, 2F said Tuesday it will integrate its Game Warden platform with Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud service to allow agencies to adopt innovative services faster and more securely while meeting government security standards.
Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
Two Florida brothers and one of their former employees are accused of running a years-long fraudulent scheme billing government healthcare programs and receiving millions of dollars after paying kickbacks to generate prescriptions for ointments that were not needed, according to a False Claims Act lawsuit.
WashngtonExec
MAY 16, 2024
Roger Ouellette, chief information security officer at V2X, won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Security Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite.
Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, businesses that depend on the bridge, the Port of Baltimore and related infrastructure for shipment and distribution of cargo should understand which common types of first-party insurance coverage may provide recoveries for financial losses, say Bert Wells and Richard Lewis at Reed Smith.
WashngtonExec
MAY 16, 2024
Carl Buffington, chief growth officer at Koniag Government Services, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Growth Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and [.
Government Contracts
MAY 16, 2024
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-approved project meant to increase river flow through an important Louisiana basin will ruin the area with fertilizer and sediment, environmental groups said in a new lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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