FedScoop

JUNE 11, 2024

USAID Administrator Samantha Power met this week with OpenAI’s head of global affairs, according to an agency press release , a move that comes as the international development organization continues to invest in artificial intelligence while also raising concerns about the technology’s privacy, security, bias, and risks. The Monday meeting with OpenAI’s Anna Makanju focused on artificial intelligence’s impact on global development, the release stated.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

Federal services contractors are scratching their collective head over a State Department gambit. State put out a solicitation to sponsor three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). But what the department wants doesn’t sound like anything industry or government couldn’t do already. That’s according to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin ‘s guest, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Patrick Roddy, former president of American Facilities Professionals, was appointed executive vice president of operations at J&J Worldwide Services, a CBRE government and defense business. The company said Tuesday Roddy, a retired U.S. Army infantry colonel, brings to the role over two decades of military service experience, having led Army units across the globe.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Dr. Tom Karako, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), will speak on a panel at the 2024 Army Summit. He is known for his profound missile defense and international security expertise.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 11, 2024

On June 7, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $12 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with CityMD, the largest provider of urgent care practices across New York and New Jersey, over allegations that CityMD submitted false claims to a federal program for uninsured COVID-19 patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) program provided claims reimbursement to healthcare providers who provided treatment and testing for COVID-19 pat

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Artificial intelligence advancements are catalyzing innovations that ripple across multiple sectors. Particularly in the federal government and government contracting industry, AI is changing the game for the workforce, cybersecurity, cloud, decision making and so much more.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Founded on the eight-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Mark Drever and partners developed Xcelerate Solutions with the intent of focusing its enterprise security, strategic consulting and digital transformation services to protect national security.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

Brian Loggins joined Reinventing Geospatial, Inc., in 2019, and headed up business development until his recent promotion to president. He has a broader set of responsibilities now, but the mission remains essentially the same. RGi is helping government make sense of what can sometimes seem like an overwhelming volume of geospatial information. “Whether it’s military [.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Merlin Labs has received a potential five-year, $105 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to design, test and integrate a system that could demonstrate reduced aircrew capability.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

The Potomac Officers Club is hosting its highly-anticipated 2024 Army Summit on June 13, bringing together the country’s top Army officials, defense experts and industry leaders to discuss the Army’s most significant challenges, opportunities, strategies and initiatives.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Adopting artificial intelligence and machine learning tools “isn’t just beneficial,” but “imperative” for Department of Defense organizations, according to VivSoft Chief Architect Samuel Kim.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

Edge computing ensures that federal clinicians operating out of rural areas, war zones, submarines or even the International Space Station (ISS) can access the data they need to make lifesaving decisions in real time. Technologists refer to IT environments in such remote places as “disadvantaged networks” because data transfer is difficult. Still, it’s not impossible if an agency moves to a distributed architecture allowing for analytics at the periphery — as close to the source as possible.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

The U.S. Small Business Administration on June 6, 2024, published a Final Rule to eliminate self-certification for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses whose federal government contracts or subcontracts count toward agency or subcontracting goals.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

On January 23, 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal (“CoA”) dismissed an action for annulment of an arbitral award on public policy grounds, namely a violation of EU competition law. The ruling casts further light on the standard of judicial review applicable to annulment proceedings in France. In particular, it is instructive with regard to the interaction between competition law and arbitration.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

This week on Amtower Off Center , host Mark Amtower is joined by Brian Stauffer, CEO of Paperless Innovations at Actus , for a wide-ranging discussion on issues regarding the government purchase card- SmartPay. Topics include: The possible increase in both micro-purchase and simplified acquisition threshold Issues confronting the agency comptroller regarding audit-ready data Oversight and audit issues from a cost and burden perspective The post All things SmartPay first appeared on Federal News

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Anduril Industries will invest over $75 million to expand its solid rocket motor production facility in McHenry, Mississippi. Anduril said Monday that the investment would increase the annual production capacity of propellant mixing and solid rocket motor from 600 to over 6,000 tactical-scale solid rocket motors.

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GovLoop

JUNE 11, 2024

Have you heard? GovLoop is now accepting applications for its next group of Featured Contributors. The program is an opportunity for current and former government employees, as well as industry representatives, to write on topics about which they’re passionate. It’s a chance to share your knowledge with — and be recognized by — GovLoop’s community of 300,000+ public sector employees, industry partners, and knowledge experts.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Kepler Communications has validated optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder data relay satellites in low Earth orbit. The company said Tuesday the satellites equipped with Space Development Agency-compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals were able to create links during a commissioning and early operations phase.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security aims to be the “non-DOD AI leader” within the federal government, according to the agency’s Deputy CIO Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz. “The Secretary really wants DHS to be the non-DOD AI leader,” said Bartz, referring to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyber Summit.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Rancher Government Solutions is offering its open-source hyperconverged infrastructure designed for cloud-native applications to government customers as an alternative to VMware and other legacy systems. Harvester is a unified management framework built on Kubernetes that enables information technology operators to run virtualized and containerized workloads without relying on hardware HCI alternatives, Rancher Government said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Brittany Morgan, a technical architect at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said artificial intelligence could help government agencies ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of modern data centers. “AI can be used to identify potential equipment failures so agencies can replace components before they break or wear out,” Morgan wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 11, 2024

Baltimore, Maryland-based digital services provider Fearless has formed a board of advisers comprising industry and government experts who will offer strategic vision and perspective as the company seeks to transform into a billion-dollar digital transformation enterprise by 2030.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 11, 2024

It All Adds Up Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin continue their discussion of TINA. In this episode, they dive into the definition of cost or pricing data. Spoiler alert: the devil’s in the details. “It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments. Listen : Crowell.com | PodBean | SoundCloud | Apple Podcasts The post Government Contracts appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. has announced its successful defense of an approximately $2.7 million international arbitration brought against it by Pure Energy Solutions Ltd., saying an arbitrator decided it didn't breach the two companies' fuel supply agreement.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

J&J Worldwide Services, a CBRE government and defense business, appointed Patrick Roddy as executive vice president of operations. “We are excited to add Patrick to our leadership team,” said Steve Kelley, CEO and president of J&J Worldwide Services. “Now that J&J is part of CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions segment and their Government and Defense Services [.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

Dish Network deserves a say in whether the whistleblower claims accusing it of using sham companies to scam the government out of some $3.3 billion are dismissed — and the Justice Department's suggestion that it doesn't is "facially absurd," the company has told the court.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

Accenture Federal Services has won a Transportation Security Administration Security Operations Flexible Agile Scalable Teams blanket purchase agreement with a ceiling value of $170 million. TSA’s Security Operations is responsible for the security of the nation’s transportation systems, and for ensuring all modes of transportation, including freight railroad, passenger rail, mass transit, maritime and pipelines, [.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

Raytheon for years has violated age bias law by advertising positions explicitly meant for recent college graduates despite public statements acknowledging that the aerospace company needs thousands of additional workers, a 67-year-old job applicant alleged Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

Clarity Innovations and Chameleon Consulting Group merged to provide next-generation systems and cyberspace products and services to the Defense Department and Intelligence Community. Clarity, a portfolio company of Capitol Meridian Partners, provides national security software, data and cyber engineering platforms. Chameleon provides full-spectrum cyber operations solutions and services.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

A Feb. 6 jury selection date has been set in a federal corruption case accusing a former Connecticut state budget official, lawmaker and beleaguered attorney of extortion and bribery in connection with millions in school finance projects.

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GovLoop

JUNE 11, 2024

The concept of evidence-based policymaking — the idea that policies should be developed and refined based on hard data, not just hunches — can play a critical role in helping state and local agencies identify and mitigate systemic issues that undermine government’s ability to serve all constituents. As agencies become more adept at collecting, managing and analyzing data, they are able to answer critical questions that previously proved elusive.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

A canine screening company has urged the Federal Circuit to immediately issue a formal mandate after it revived the company's eligibility for disputed U.S. Postal Service mail screening contracts, seeking to block the USPS from transferring work away from the company.

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Extract Systems

JUNE 11, 2024

Digital transformation in government agencies is revolutionizing the way records are stored, accessed, and preserved, making information more accessible and fostering collaboration. This shift enhances the efficiency of public administration and the delivery of citizen services. However, the transition to digital record-keeping presents challenges. While digital records are easier to share and edit, this increased accessibility also introduces data security risks.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

An environmental group is suing the Bureau of Land Management to invalidate drilling permits in and around Colorado's Pawnee National Grassland, claiming the agency has given up authority to regulate the surface impacts of certain wells in violation of its federal mandates.

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Select GCR

JUNE 11, 2024

If you’re exploring contract types that any government agency uses, understanding the distinctions between fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, and other specialized contracts is paramount. This guide cuts through the complexity, offering a concise overview of each contract type’s structure and purpose in federal procurement. Designed for contractors and businesses of all sizes, we spotlight the risks, opportunities, and considerations that govern successful government engagements without overwhelmi

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Government Contracts

JUNE 11, 2024

The Ninth Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Milheiser decision, vacating six mail fraud convictions, clarifies that the key question in federal fraud cases is not whether lies were told, but what they were told about — thus requiring defense counsel to rethink their strategies, say Charles Kreindler and Krista Landis at Sheppard Mullin.

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