FedScoop

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to improve the U.S. pipeline for jobs in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies through the development of a workforce framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The “ AI and Critical Technology Workforce Framework Act ,” introduced by Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., would direct NIST to create a workforce framework for AI and assess whether other critical or emerging technology areas might also bene

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sarah Storelli, left, interviews Valerie Singer during the fifth episode of the AWS Behind the Cloud vodcast. The education industry witnessed rapid transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by student-centric, flexible learning. The industry made great strides in the digital divide, but there are still challenges that education leaders seek to address.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Executive Mosaic is proud to name Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden to its 2024 Wash100 list for her strategic, growth-oriented leadership strategy and her keen attention to military innovation. This is Warden’s ninth year appearing on the Wash100 list, placing her in the top echelon of all-time Wash100 recipients.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Digital services integrator Fearless secured a three-year contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention further develop, maintain and modernize the Enterprise Data Exchange, or DEX, platform, which is designed to support data ingestion, routing, validation, provisioning and streaming. DEX works to receive data from clinics, hospitals, laboratories, nonprofit organizations and government agencies and deliver that data back to the same entities through portals and application pro

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Avenu Insights & Analytics, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has acquired Judicial Innovations, a provider of cloud-based payment and case management software to government and private sector customers.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As of July 2023, RTX and SAIC veteran John Havermann is president and CEO of Fornax Advanced Materials. In this role, Havermann is deeply committed to securing Fornax as a go-to name in aerospace, defense and energy advanced materials manufacturing. The busy leader recently sat down with ExecutiveBiz to give us a peek behind the curtain at his new company, explain how it’s responding to the national security threats of the day and more.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Lockheed Martin released a video of a novel augmented reality training technology meant for integration with a TF-50 trainer jet simulator. The AR technology was provided by Red 6 , one of Lockheed's venture capital investments, the parent company said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cloud modernization, zero trust cybersecurity and 5G connectivity are at the top of the priority list for the Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer in 2024.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

John Ustica , president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies , has been included for the second time in Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 Award recognizing government contracting change-makers for 2024. A champion of digital twin technology , Ustica highlighted SGT's innovation to combine the power of physical and digital tools to meet the production cycle needs of the public sector.

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WashngtonExec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Avenu Insights & Analytics, which offers revenue recovery and administrative solutions for state and local governments, has bought Judicial Innovations. This is Avenu’s second purchase of a payment solution company in 2024, highlighting its dedication to improving government payment technologies and expanding its justice solution offerings.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Starlab Space, a joint venture of Voyager Space and Airbus, has named industry executive and former NASA astronaut Tim Kopra as CEO in a string of leadership appointments. Kopra, a U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Fourth Edition of the Washington Arbitration Week (“WAW”) took place from 27 November to 1 December 2023. This post presents the panel on “ECT Modernization or Collapse?”. Jose Antonio Rivas, SJD (WAW/Xtrategy), introduced the panel with a remark that, while the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) modernization process was ongoing, new ECT awards surfaced, and their enforcement proceedings were ongoing before different national courts.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rebellion Defense has received a subcontract from warfighter-focused engineering and design firm Fuse to deliver custom software technology services to the U.S. Navy in support of a program that seeks to enhance the Pentagon’s joint tactical network. The Washington-based technology company said Monday it will integrate its engineers and operators into Project Overmatch through its mission engineering service.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Erin Kocourek, an aerospace and defense industry executive, has been appointed vice president of business development for the national security and innovative systems sector at CACI International. She announced her move to CACI in a LinkedIn post published Monday.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

LeoLabs raised $29 million in a recent funding round that saw the participation of existing investors like Insight Partners, Velvet Sea Ventures and Space Capital, and the involvement of new ones like GP Bullhound , an investment banking company. LeoLabs said Monday that it provides space operators with insights concerning space safety, security and sustainability based on data collected by the company's proliferated radar network and processed by artificial intelligence algorithms, which w

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) welcomed Jason Williamson, a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, as senior vice president of growth for digital modernization and experience, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Saturday. His new responsibilities center on developing strategies and leading proposal and business development teams to shape the company’s growth and expertise.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

RTX ’s Pratt & Whitney business has concluded a critical design assessment of its engine offering for the U.S. Air Force’s future next-generation air dominance aircraft. The milestone marks a key step in bringing the company’s engine prototype, dubbed XA103, closer to completing a detailed design review as part of the service branch’s Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion program, RTX said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Six companies will compete for orders on a five-year, $200 million U.S. Army contract to build 110-foot stoplog slot cuts conversion along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation system in Arkansas and Oklahoma. U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Aalyria , along with local and foreign institutions, has demonstrated the capabilities of two network concepts aimed at interconnecting private and public sector communications-equipped assets from anywhere in the world. The company said Monday the demo forms part of a previously awarded contract to showcase the Hybrid Space Architecture and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concepts securely integrating assets from the Department of Defense, European Space Agency, Comtech, Eutelsat

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Redhorse has expanded the leadership team within its national security practice with the appointment of Michael Rauseo as vice president of national security growth and Lance Orr as VP of national security operations.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sigma Defense Systems has launched a development, security and operations platform designed to help defense and government agencies accelerate their digital transformation and software modernization initiatives. Sigma Software Studio is a DevSecOps platform authorized to operate across the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy enterprise, the company said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Crimson Phoenix, a portfolio company of technology private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired TekMasters and Seaford Consulting as part of a push to expand its service offerings and footprint within the Intelligence Community. Washington, D.C.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Calibre Systems has secured a prime contract from the U.S. Army to maintain and update the service branch's web-based cost estimation and analysis models and database tools. The company said Friday it will assist the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for costs and economics in maintaining the Army Force Organization Cost Estimating System and developing the Installation Status Report – Infrastructure cost factors for construction, renovation and sustainment projects.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A new report assesses the motivations driving agencies to modernize their data management strategies as they strive toward efficiency and innovation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

On 26 December 2023, Azerbaijan adopted a new Law on Arbitration (“the Law” or “the New Law”) that regulates both international and domestic arbitration. It is mostly based on the 2006 edition of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (“2006 UNCITRAL Model Law”) but contains certain important differences. This post discusses the most notable takeaways from the New Law.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Ninth Circuit erred in ruling it had no jurisdiction over a commercial division of an Indian space agency and, therefore, could not enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award, an Indian satellite company said in its request to stay the ruling while it takes the matter up with the U.S. Supreme Court.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The United States military is one of the largest forces with the most sophisticated capabilities in the world. Massive-scale operations and support require hefty budgets to be deployed successfully.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will have to reconsider a contract it awarded to a public relations firm after the U.S. Government Accountability Office sustained all four aspects of a competitor's protest over how their bids were evaluated.

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WashngtonExec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

LeoLabs, known for having the largest commercial catalog of objects in low Earth orbit, announced it raised an additional $29 million. This funding will allow LeoLabs to enhance its delivery of insights by investing more in advanced applications for end-users and partnerships, the company said. The company has changed space operations with its global radar [.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Planned Parenthood told the Fifth Circuit that a district court's bases for rejecting its immunity defenses should be rejected, in its opening brief in its appeal in a False Claims Act suit that accuses the group of improperly billing Medicaid programs in Texas and Louisiana for millions after losing its Medicaid credentials.

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WashngtonExec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Redhorse has announced a duo of executive promotions within its National Security Practice: Michael Rauseo has been named vice president of national security growth. In his new role, he will focus on expanding the practice, aiming to provide the Pentagon and Combatant Commands with data-driven decision support and digital transformation services. Lance Orr has been [.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The U.S. Air Force must revive a solicitation for a refueling tanker console, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered, agreeing with a bidder that the service hadn't met a condition to cancel the deal.

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WashngtonExec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sigma Defense, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital, has acquired Juno Technologies, a San Diego, California-based firm known for its IT engineering, systems integration, software development and technical support services to the Defense Department. This acquisition supports Sigma Defense’s goal to improve data fusion and analytics capabilities, particularly for DOD’s “sense, make sense and act” [.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday rejected a doctor's attempt to force prosecutors to turn over recorded phone calls with a telemedicine provider, finding that the requested materials weren't relevant and that she was trying to "manufacture" a way to have her fraud conviction overturned.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The 8(a) Business Development Program, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), presents a transformative opportunity for small businesses owned by economically and socially disadvantaged individuals. Participating in the program opens avenues for securing federal contracts through sole-source awards, eliminating the need for competitive bidding up to a designated threshold.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Two Native American tribes are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to separately argue their positions in seeking to uphold rulings that ordered the federal government to reimburse them millions in administrative healthcare costs, adding that the issues presented in the case are at the core of their ability to perform a critical service on their reservation lands.

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