GovCon & Trade
JANUARY 12, 2024
I recently provided comments for an article in the Anti-Corruption Report examining recent Department of Justice (DOJ) settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In two of the settlements, U.K.-based reinsurance brokers settled charges for more than $47 million in penalties and disgorgement; a third entity paid no fines and was only subject to disgorgement.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
AI is only as useful as the underlying technology that enables it. That’s where a cloud-to-edge infrastructure comes in. The key is to successfully leverage the power of both the data center and the edge to ensure that the right intelligence is provided, wherever users reside. In his latest GovCon Expert column, Intel Vice President and General Manager and 2023 Wash100 Award winner Cameron Chehreh argues that cloud-to-edge technologies are the way forward to maximize the utility of AI.
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ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Digital transformation services provider DMI has secured a $27 million contract to provide on-site application hosting and monitoring services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's data centers in Atlanta, Georgia. DMI said Thursday the contract encompasses software and data management enhancements to CDC applications to boost the delivery of health services to the public.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded eight companies positions on a potential 10-year, $23 billion contract vehicle to provide health care staffing support for Veterans Health Administration program offices, VA medical centers, veterans integrated service networks and related organizations.
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ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Gregory Price has been selected as chief operating officer of Akira Technologies , bringing more than 25 years of career experience to the company. In his new position, Price will help drive expansion and optimize operations for Akira, the Washington, D.C.-headquartered small business shared with ExecutiveBiz in an email sent Thursday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
Jennifer Damewood , a more than 15-year ERC veteran, was appointed vice president of business development operations at Astrion , an Oasis Systems-ERC combination focused on delivering services to defense, space and civilian government agencies. She most recently served as director of business development at ERC.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SmallGovCon
JANUARY 12, 2024
Touted as a “game-changer” when it was first introduced in 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s All Small Mentor-Protégé Program isn’t new anymore. Known now as simply the “SBA Mentor-Protégé Program,” it is still extremely useful for large and small contractors alike. View Preview Please join me and Gregory Weber as we explain the ins and outs of the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program, covering the program’s eligibility requirements, its potential benefits (including the ability to form speci
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
Will the U.S. Supreme Court overturn 40 years of doctrine telling courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting laws? That's what is at stake Wednesday when the justices hear two cases, both from fishing companies that have asked the court to turn its back or limit the impact of the 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council.
FedScoop
JANUARY 12, 2024
The GAO found that the State Department is addressing challenges at the new bureau tied to role definitions and hiring.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
The estate of a man who died after having his appendix removed at a federally qualified health center can't hold the government responsible for what the estate says was negligence by a federally employed doctor, with an Illinois federal judge finding the doctor didn't have enough involvement in the man's care.
SmallGovCon
JANUARY 12, 2024
Happy Friday! Boy, were we hit with a major snowstorm this week with very cold temperatures sweeping in from the north! We dug out just in time for a cold blast to arrive today and our Kansas City Chiefs have a playoff game at home this weekend, with the high expected to be a balmy 6 degrees! Brrr. I’ll be watching from my climate-controlled living room.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton will design, implement, operate and test a 5G cellular network and asset network platform in Guam under a two-year contract with the U.S. Navy. The private 5G network will support the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Naval Base Guam by delivering mobile and fixed wireless access, marking the company's full-scale implementation of 5G technology in the Indo-Pacific region, Booz Allen said Thursday.
Whistleblower Network News
JANUARY 12, 2024
On January 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $100 million settlement with global software company SAP SE over charges of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The SEC alleges that SAP engaged in bribery schemes in South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan. According to the SEC, “SAP, whose American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, violated the FCPA by employing third-party intermediaries a
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
An inconspicuous portion of the 2024 legislation establishing U.S. Department of Defense priorities grants the agency greater ability to scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, but knowing which deals will merit close inspection is a guessing game without regulatory guidance.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
The defense and government investment banking team of financial services company Raymond James has released a report highlighting the financial performance of several public companies in the government contracting market, recent mergers and acquisitions and major contracts awarded in 2023.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
A coalition of oyster fishers and growers and environmentalists is asking a Louisiana federal judge to overturn approvals for a major sediment diversion project that aims to address erosion, subsidence and sea level rise in the Barataria Basin south of New Orleans, claiming federal agencies botched their environmental reviews.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
The Department of Energy has issued a final solicitation for a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to carry out cleanup work at the West Valley Demonstration Project site in New York. The WVDP Phase 1B contract has an ordering period of 10 years and includes deactivation and demolition, waste disposition and soil remediation activities.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
The Air Force Research Laboratory has started soliciting information on potential industry sources that could provide research, engineering and technical management support for conducting analysis, development, integration, experimentation, evaluation and demonstration of space technologies. Responses are due Feb. 5. Hear government leaders, space experts and industry executives discuss the latest space technologies, commercial investments and urgent issues facing the space domain at the Potomac
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Expansia as a prime contractor for a $46 billion multiple-award contract that will provide for the development of novel weapons capabilities, technologies and system concepts for the service branch. Work under the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract will focus on delivering rapid responses across all phases of weapons system procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
The Department of Defense has awarded SkyWater Technology 's subsidiary in Florida and the state's Osceola County a contract that would fund the tooling of the Center for Neovation semiconductor manufacturing facility. Work under the contract involves the acquisition and installation of equipment that would enable to use of Deca Technologies' fan-out wafer level packaging technology and the implementation of Deca's Adaptive Patterning design-during-manufacturing capability at
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has finalized its purchase of Regency Technologies , an information technology asset disposition services provider, in a transaction that expands its capabilities in IT asset lifecycle management and disposition. In November, Iron Mountain agreed to acquire Regency Technologies for approximately $200 million.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and two partners conducted in November a flight test to demonstrate the ability of the MQ-20 Avenger to carry out a multi-objective collaborative combat mission and close the find, fix, track, target, engage and assess engagement chain using various autonomy technologies. GA-ASI said Tuesday it had provided its weapon-target pairing and electronic warfare autonomy skills for the flight test, which took place at the company's Desert Horizon Flight Op
Federal News Network
JANUARY 12, 2024
Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small business size standard it detailed in the draft solicitation. The worry is the new size standard would exclude or make it nearly impossible for a large swath of small businesses to compete on the contract.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Draper will equip its unmanned autonomous systems with flight software and sensor-driven algorithms under a $26 million contract awarded through the Department of Defense's Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense. The company said Wednesday that UAS software capability additions are meant to enable collaborative CBRN reconnaissance missions in degraded operating environments.
How to Crack a Nut
JANUARY 12, 2024
I have put together a consolidated overview of the primary challenges for the implementation of the Procurement Act 2023, to be included as a country report in a forthcoming issue of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review. It brings together developments discussed in the blog over the last year or so, including the transparency ambition, the innovation ambition, and the training offer linked to the Transforming Public Procurement project.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Jim Bridenstine , formerly the administrator of NASA and a Wash100 winner, has assumed a position on the board of directors at Starlab Space , a joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus. He will work to contribute to the company's vision of establishing a continually crewed, free-flying space station, Starlab said Thursday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 12, 2024
Peraton Wins $889M ARCYBER Operations Support Contract; HPE Strikes $14B All-Cash Deal for Juniper Networks; Gen.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Peraton has announced the appointment of four new members of its advisory board. The company said Thursday that the appointments – all former government and military leaders – reflect its commitment to support national security missions of consequence.
Redstone Government Consulting
JANUARY 12, 2024
In August of 2023, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) changed what it called Mandatory Annual Audit Requirements (MAARS) 6 audits to Real-Time Audits of Labor. This change was to eliminate the mandatory part of the requirement and introduce greater flexibility based on the auditor’s risk assessment of the contractor.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
John Hennigan , formerly senior director of the Department of Homeland Security account at MindPetal Software Solutions , has been named vice president for business development at the Virginia-based digital modernization services provider. He will oversee growth strategy efforts for the company and its VerticalApps subsidiary, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday.
Kluwer Arbitration
JANUARY 12, 2024
Another year ends with set records for investment arbitration in Latin America. ICSID reported that, out of the new forty-five registered cases, twenty-one were brought against Latin American and Caribbean states (the annual report covers the fiscal year from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). In other words, almost fifty percent of the new cases registered arose out of disputes in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
The latest agreement between the Connecticut Attorney General's Office and the suspected ringleader of a purported $11 million drug kickback scheme involving two pharmacies and a handful of state government retirees omits a requirement that the defendant testify against remaining defendants, according to a motion filed Friday.
GovLoop
JANUARY 12, 2024
Artificial intelligence and analytics are already transforming the way federal health agencies meet their missions and support constituents. But to truly realize their health care potential, AI systems must be developed responsibly and in ways that warrant people’s trust. Let’s explore a case study featuring the Department of Veterans Affairs and how they’ve successfully used analytics and AI: The Problem: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the VA needed a way to track and react to positive cases a
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
An Idaho federal judge said Wednesday a conservation group waived its challenge of the U.S. Forest Service's decision to categorically exclude a logging and prescribed burning project in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest from environmental review under a Healthy Forest Restoration Act provision.
GovLoop
JANUARY 12, 2024
Zero trust is an architecture and a methodology to follow over time to secure your agency’s systems. For agencies to understand where to start and what needs to be done first, it can be helpful to reference a common model, architecture or strategy as the basis for their zero trust tenets and requirements. Here’s one real-life example of a federal agency using zero-trust principles and zero trust network access (ZTNA) to protect their data: Challenge: A federal agency moving to incorporate
Government Contracts
JANUARY 12, 2024
Labor and U.S. manufacturing requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act have inserted another pressure point into deals between clean energy developers and the firms they hire to build their projects given how significantly those requirements can boost, or reduce, the value of their projects' tax credits.
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