FedScoop

AUGUST 21, 2024

Technologically speaking, society has come a long way since an old lady fell down in her house and couldn’t get up. The Veterans Health Administration is doing its part to put some distance between that memeable late-80s/early-90s image and the current needs of and potential solutions for the aging population it serves. “We’re actually figuring out how to have your house be an integral part of your health,” said Joe Ronzio, deputy chief health technology officer for the VHA.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

The General Services Administration recently announced the first round of awards for Oasis+, with the Total Small Business Pool recognizing 1,383 awardees. Notably, 180 of these were joint ventures from the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP), providing more evidence that companies leveraging combined capabilities, resources and past performance are well positioned to win federal contracts.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

NetCentrics has appointed Steve Wieland as its new chief technology officer and vice president of technology and solutions. In a Tuesday LinkedIn post, the new CTO said he started the new job this August, coming from his most recent stint as division chief of future operations and plans at the U.S. Cyber Command.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

Mentor-protégé arrangements provide a great way for small businesses to win federal work along with their larger business mentors. The popular program goes back decades. But mentor-protégés aren’t guaranteed to win. In one recent protest case, the problem was the buying agency wasn’t convinced the the protégé could actually do the work. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more details.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

The FBI has awarded cBEYONData a position on the second iteration of the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The ITSSS-2 BPA, which has a one-year base period and up to seven option years, will serve as the FBI’s primary vehicle for procuring IT services, cBEYONData said Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

Tom Lash assumed his current role as CEO of Vibrint in February 2023, bringing three decades of experience in the technology sector and a long history of serving national security and intelligence-focused clients to the company. At Vibrint, he is responsible for driving innovation and cultivating technology partnerships to advance the company’s growth strategy.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2024

Imagine an Army division conducting a 475-mile air assault, supported by a brigade command post of four vehicles leveraging technologies such as 5G wireless to access cloud capabilities. The layered, unified network is secured, allowing for a forward observer to receive intelligence and call for fire — where warfighters radio in for artillery support — with a shot occurring in under three minutes.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has received a potential five-year, $1.54 billion contract from the U.S. Army to produce heavy tactical vehicles for the military branch. The Department of Defense said Tuesday Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal in Michigan conducted an internet solicitation and received one bid for the fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 21, 2024

July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and whistleblowers, advocates and government officials gathered on Capitol Hill to celebrate. The National Whistleblower Day event is available to rewatch on C-SPAN , but National Whistleblower Center is also rolling out videos of keynote speeches on its YouTube channel. During his speech at the National Whistleblower Day celebration on Capitol Hill, Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger reiterated his call for a permanent National Whistleblower Day.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

Ethiopia has been on the pursuit of market liberalization in an effort to boost economic growth. We have been witnessing a wave of new laws in Ethiopia with significant implications to a market that has long been closed to foreigners. In April 2024, a law passed by the Investment Authority opened the import, wholesale, retail and export (of raw coffee, khat, oilseeds, pulses, hides and skins, forest products, poultry and livestock bought from the local market) sectors to foreign investments.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 21, 2024

On August 15, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a California Law firm, The Bloom Firm, and its senior managers, Lisa Bloom and Braden Polloc, agreed to pay $274,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations. The government alleges that the firm knowingly submitted false information to support a loan forgiveness application for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

When the Space Development Agency was stood up in 2019, it was mired in skepticism from across the Department of Defense.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

“In architecture, every decision comes with a trade-off. Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. They strive to improve the human condition in innumerable ways, yet they cannot raise capital like a commercial organization, so they have to make the most of the resources they have.

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship is hosting this helpful, virtual workshop on August 28 at 10:00am CDT. Joint ventures can be a powerful tool for companies to jointly compete for proposals and combine the best of their capabilities to perform their awards. This webinar, presented by federal government contracts attorney, Gregory Weber , will address the benefits of joint venturing, eligibility, how past performance comes into play, and the differences between a joint ventu

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

At Amazon Web Services (AWS) , we enable nonprofits of all sizes around the world to harness the power of cloud technology, helping them advance their mission and serve their beneficiaries. One way in which AWS and its partners help is by ensuring that nonprofits are running the most appropriate AWS services for their needs. Often, serverless technology plays an important role in running a cost-efficient environment with the agility to scale in response to changes in demand.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

Northrop Grumman has completed the first flight campaign of its Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor, which is designed to perform radar, electronic warfare and communication functions simultaneously in support of warfighter operations. The company said Tuesday the flights demonstrated EMRIS’s open architecture in collaboration with government partners using a government-provided aircraft.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

Dave Gore has joined General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business as vice president of growth within the subsidiary’s intelligence and homeland security division. Aaron Bedrowsky, senior VP of IHS at General Dynamics IT, said in a LinkedIn post Monday that Gore’s leadership experience will be instrumental to the division’s growth.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a contract modification worth up to $262 million for continued support services to the U.S. Air Force’s cloud computing capability. The modification brings close to $1.

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Redstone Government Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2024

For-profit organizations that receive grants must establish a cost accounting system that complies with the Cost Principles in FAR part 31.2, read our article Which Cost Accounting Regulations Apply When You Have Grants and Federal Contracts. Additionally, a for-profit organization with a grant must also comply with the 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and agency supplements for all other requirements under the grant, coope

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

Boeing has teamed up with BAE Systems to update the fly-by-wire flight control computers on the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. In a press release posted Tuesday, BAE Systems said the FCC hardware and software upgrade will enhance the processing power and cybersecurity and allow the future integration of new technologies.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 21, 2024

Cities and counties are beefing up their IT security, and that makes sense, says Augustine Boateng , interim chief information officer (CIO) in Memphis, Tenn. “It’s important to note that local governments have developed a reputation over the years for having lackluster cybersecurity; and not without good reason. As a result, we’re seeing more and more cyberattacks targeting cities, counties, and the like.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Deloitte & Touche a potential five-year, $184.8 million contract to provide support services for VA’s Cybersecurity Transformation Program.

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Public Contracting Institute

AUGUST 21, 2024

In an interesting case about an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”) awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals denied several arguments of the contractor alleging breach of contract, but refused to dismiss the claim and complaint because even if VA didn’t breach express provisions of the contract, the VA violated the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Space Systems Command has selected Sierra Space to support its project to deploy advanced technologies that could detect potential threats to U.S. satellites in orbit.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

A southern Georgia city is urging the full Eleventh Circuit to reconsider a panel decision that revived a white city manager's lawsuit claiming it unlawfully fired him to hire a Black woman, arguing the panel improperly extended the alleged discriminatory intent of one Black city commissioner onto other Black commissioners.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

Noblis MSD has secured a spot on a $982 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the 2024 Unmanned Surface Vehicle, or USV, Family of Systems.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

The federal government and Camp Lejeune litigants have told the North Carolina federal court overseeing claims over contaminated drinking water at the Marine base that there have been nearly 550,000 administrative claims filed with the U.S. Navy.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 21, 2024

Partner Kimberly Metzger presents at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference on SUD Patient Records and the “New” Part 2: A Closer Walk With HIPAA. The session covers how (and why) the confidentiality provisions of the CARES Act align Part 2 more closely with HIPAA and HITECH, how to practically implement the significant changes at covered organizations, the intended benefits to patients and providers, and the potential consequences

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Two groups are defending AT&T subsidiary Wisconsin Bell Inc. in its challenge to the use of the False Claims Act for E-Rate program reimbursement fraud, telling the Supreme Court in amicus briefs Tuesday that the Seventh Circuit's ruling in the case would make the FCA's qui tam powers too expansive.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 21, 2024

A recent data breach became public following a class action filed in the Southern District of Florida. The suit alleged that a background check company failed to prevent a cyberattack by a “criminal gang” which claimed to have hijacked the personal information of nearly 3 billion people. Scott Christie spoke with The Recorder and said that companies may need to reevaluate and adjust their use of Social Security numbers for their security procedures to mitigate the risk of legal liability.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Defense contractor RTX is fighting with a manufacturer over whether a trade secrets trial next week over the design of a mechanical bearing used in the U.S. military's "StormBreaker" bomb should be closed off to all "non-U.S. persons.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Department of State has approved Australia’s request to purchase 350 Javelin FGM-148F missiles as part of a $100 million foreign military sales deal. The deal also includes U.S. government technical assistance, technical data, repair and return services and other logistics and program support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

The corporate arm of India's space agency is trying to downplay how big of a circuit split the Ninth Circuit created when it ruled it had no jurisdiction over a $1.3 billion arbitral award, but the company's attempts are "unconvincing," an Indian satellite telecom has told the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) proposed new rules this week ( 56 N.J.R. 1684(a) and 56 N.J.R. 1699(a) ), finally implementing the legislature’s creation of reporting requirements for independent expenditure (IE) committees, which, as everyone knows, are becoming the major players in today’s policy debates in Trenton and Washington. These rules are the result of the Election Transparency Act enacted by Gov.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 21, 2024

A North Carolina federal judge on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit former workers lodged against a government contractor accusing it of illegally amending a policy to avoid providing employees with payouts when they left the company, saying the policy at issue is not governed by federal benefits law.

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