FedScoop

MARCH 17, 2025

The post DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows appeared first on FedScoop.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Jenny Miller, Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has secured an $80 million contract to upgrade U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters with a next-generation avionics system under the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program. The upgrade includes Mosarc, Collins’ Modular Open Systems Approach-compliant technology, designed to simplify integration and keep pace with evolving battlefield needs.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

The Department of Government Efficiency has asked a D.C. federal judge to reconsider an order requiring it to share requested records with a watchdog group, doubling down on its position that DOGE is not an agency subject to public records law.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Jeremy Wensinger, V2X V2X has won a spot on the U.S. Navy’s Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract 2.0, a key contract vehicle for global logistics support. “This award reaffirms our commitment to delivering mission-critical solutions that strengthen global security and ensure warfighters have the resources they need,” said Jeremy C.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday endorsed a legal challenge aimed at bringing down the whistleblower provisions in the False Claims Act, arguing there is a "manifest conflict between the modern FCA's qui tam provisions and Article II's text.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Madison Bahmer, Two Six Technologies Madison Bahmer Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, Two Six Technologies Madison Bahmer and his team have worked to standardize approaches, techniques and infrastructure related to Two Six Technologies applications. “Our teams come from a variety of different backgrounds and skill sets, and being able to establish common ground to stand on makes interoperability across our product suite that much easier,” he said.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Luis Ibarra, PingWind Inc. Luis Ibarra Chief Technology Officer, PingWind Inc. In a boost to PingWind’s status as a trusted partner, the company obtained ISO 9001, 20000 and 27001 certifications under Luis Ibarra’s leadership, plus CMMI Level 3 for Service and Development appraisals, while simultaneously driving efforts toward CMMC Level 2 certification. “These accomplishments demonstrate our commitment to delivering high-quality cloud services, managing IT effectively, and pro

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

A doctor and his Ringgold, Georgia, practice have agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary chelation therapy.

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USFCR

MARCH 17, 2025

Winning a government contract can be a major opportunity for small businesses, but understanding contract types is key to success. Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contracts are one of the most common government contract types, offering a set payment amount that doesnt change, no matter the contractors actual costs.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

A Maryland federal judge extended her temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Office of Personnel Management from turning over sensitive personal information on federal employees to Department of Government Efficiency workers Monday, giving herself another week to rule on the workers' preliminary injunction request.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Jennifer Flynn announced on LinkedIn Thursday that she has been selected as the new vice president and chief information officer at Raytheon, an RTX business. Career at RTX Flynn has been with RTX for only two years. She joined the company in 2023 and took on the role of chief technology officer at Raytheon.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

The D.C. Circuit seemed to have its doubts Monday about the Peruvian city of Lima's argument that it should overturn the confirmation of a $200 million arbitral award over a failed toll road construction project because the lower court ignored its claim that the contract was acquired via bribe.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Mark Serway, president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal and a previous Wash100 awardee, said federal agencies should adopt technologies that rely on modern data management platforms to reduce costs while ensuring the delivery of public services amid the budgetary pressure from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

Nearly 15 years after its adoption, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pay-to-play rule is not working as intended a notion recently echoed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and the commission should reconsider the strict liability standard, raise the campaign contribution limits and remove the look-back provision, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Amazon Web Services has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its AWS Verified Access and Amazon EMR Serverless offerings. The company said Friday that AWS Verified Access received a Moderate level authorization in the AWS US East and US West commercial regions and a High authorization in the AWS GovCloud regions.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest over a $435 million U.S. Army contract to design and build a TNT production facility, saying the Army reasonably rejected a bidder for security concerns over ties to China.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

General Dynamics Information Technology and Amazon Web Services have entered into a new partnership on providing cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity services to government customers.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

Ginnie Mae and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have urged a Texas federal court to grant them summary judgment in a Texas bank's lawsuit, which alleges the government wrongfully extinguished the bank's first-priority lien for nearly $30 million of collateral, saying the court already upheld the authority to terminate the lien.

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FedScoop

MARCH 17, 2025

The Internal Revenue Service spent millions of dollars earmarked for business systems modernization on the operations and maintenance of legacy IT systems, according to a watchdog report released last week. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that from August 2022 through September 2023, $4.6 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds that were supposed to go toward modernization were inappropriately diverted instead to three legacy systems.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

A bargaining unit representing maintenance workers for the city of Pittsburgh claims an amendment to the city charter requiring them to live within city limits should be thrown out, pointing to a court ruling that tossed a similar requirement for Pittsburgh police officers.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 17, 2025

Included in the Continuing Resolution bill signed into law on March 15 is a provision extending an emergency fix to the funding issue threatening the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program. A funding crisis has threatened the program for years and the emergency fix which was originally passed in 2021 expired on March 14, threatening the CFTC Whistleblower Program from collapse.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

This Womens History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

By Chris Crowder, Executive Vice President, GovCon, Unanet Winning contracts and growing your business with government stakeholders requires a well-structured approach to managing critical data and relationships while streamlining workflows and aligning internal teams. To successfully compete, government contractors should leverage every advantage to secure lucrative opportunities and build lasting partnerships.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 17, 2025

Private equity billionaire Stephen Feinberg was confirmed as deputy defense secretary on Friday by a 59-40 vote in the U.S. Senate.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

SAIC reported $1.84 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, reflecting a 5.8 percent organic growth, and saw its full-year FY 2025 revenue increase by 3.1 percent organically to $7.48 billion. Q4, Full FY25 Financial Highlights In an earnings statement published Monday, the Reston, Virginia-based government technology services contractor said it The post SAIC Reports Growth in Q4, Full FY25 Revenues first appeared on GovCon Wire.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 17, 2025

The highly anticipated English Arbitration Bill has received Royal Assent , with the Bill enacted as the Arbitration Act 2025 (2025 Act). The 2025 Act modernises and amends the Arbitration Act 1996 (1996 Act), with the substantive amendments coming into force through regulation(s) on a date to be announced. The 2025 Act provides welcome legal clarity on several key issues, reinforces the robust framework that regulates arbitrations in England & Wales and Northern Ireland, and ensures that Lo

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Technology firm Repkon USA has agreed to acquire McCormick Stevenson for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to strengthen its engineering and program management team. The Tampa, Florida-based company said Monday it expects the acquisition to conclude in May, pending regulatory review. Upon the deal’s closing, McCormick Stevenson will operate as an independent division The post Repkon USA to Acquire McCormick Stevenson first appeared on GovCon Wire.

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BLP

MARCH 17, 2025

Daniela Schoenfeld Associate Guatemala +502 2225 7000 +502 4002 4602 dschoenfeld@blplegal.com Contact card Resume Profile Daniela Schoenfeld is an Associate at BLP’s Guatemala office in Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation area. She has extensive experience in public administration, project management, advisory services to state entities.

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GovLoop

MARCH 17, 2025

Data security continues to evolve. In recent years, many government agencies have shifted from perimeter-based security to a zero-trust network architecture, with a focus on identity-based access management. While important, this strategy does not address the full scope of data security requirements. The next step is to evolve from security to resilience by developing a data-centric architecture that aligns with the full data lifecycle, said Greg Carl, Principal Technologist for U.S.

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GovSpend

MARCH 17, 2025

Nathan S. is the National Accounts Manager for the Business Solutions division of a multinational consumer goods company headquartered in the United Kingdom, specializing in health, hygiene and nutrition products. In a recent conversation with GovSpend, he defined how access to our public sector intelligence has helped his team better understand and take advantage of opportunities in the US market.

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GovLoop

MARCH 17, 2025

Internet connectivity is at the heart of most digital transformation efforts as agencies look to provide employees or constituents with quick access to applications or services. In the process, however, they end up with a growing web of connections that are increasingly difficult to track and secure. And unlike private sector organizations, which often can accept greater risk in the interest of better service, federal agencies need to keep the public trust front and center, said Anish Patel, Hea

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

MITRE and Sofar Ocean announced a collaboration to hasten the development of Bristlemouth, a new connectivity standard for marine technology that provides a modern hardware interface protocol and ocean-proof connector to support peer-to-peer network interoperability.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 17, 2025

An updated version of the EU AI model contractual clauses was published on 5 March 2025. Unfortunately, the update is really minor and almost solely focused on tightening the cross-referrals to the EU AI Act after its official publication, and marginal issues on clarity. The updated version is now accompanied by a Commentary on the model clauses. Regrettably, the Commentary does not shed light on the operationalisation of the model clauses beyond minimal aspects of internal consistency and consi

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Wayne Wilkinson, president and CEO of Integral Federal, accepted the 2025 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit. Wilkinson is a first-time recipient of the prestigious award annually given to the 100 most influential and impactful members of the government and government contracting industry.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a request for proposals for a potential seven-year, $2.39 billion follow-on contract for the delivery of supplies and services for the Targeted Requirement Execution, or TREX, 3 program. TREX 3 Contract Details According to the notice posted on SAM.gov Friday, the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price and multiple award contract includes seven, The post USSOCOM Issues RFP for Potential $24B TREX 3 Contract first appeared on GovCo

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Cybersecurity provider Castellum has appointed Tanya Bassett as vice president of business development and capture management, bringing over two decades of knowledge and experience in supporting Department of Defense programs. In her new role, Bassett will target bigger contract wins in the quarters ahead, Castellum said Wednesday.

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