GovCon Wire
MAY 23, 2024
Data is the new gold, according to GovCon industry executives and leaders. And as organizations see more and more data, the need to process, understand and leverage it becomes increasingly important.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
KBR has secured a spot on a 10-year, $43 billion Defense Health Agency contract vehicle. As one of 11 awardees on the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, KBR will compete for task orders focused on health and wellness support for service members and their families, the company announced from Houston, Texas on Thursday.
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USFCR
MAY 23, 2024
Research and Development: Pioneering Public Sector Innovations In a world driven by technological advancements and scientific breakthroughs, the government's investment in research and development (R&D) across key sectors such as technology, healthcare, and energy marks a golden era for innovation. This guide underscores how your R&D efforts can meet federal needs, propelling public service into new realms of efficiency and effectiveness.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
The U.S. Navy has awarded 22nd Century Technologies a task order worth over $47 million to provide information technology and management services in support of the military branch’s human resources platform.
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Whistleblower Network News
MAY 23, 2024
Death of a Whistleblower , a film by South African director Ian Gabriel , is making headlines across film festivals and with African audiences. This high-energy political thriller follows investigative journalist Luyanda Masinda (Noxolo Dlamini), who, after witnessing her lover and fellow investigative reporter assassinated by the group he was investigating, joins forces with a secret military whistleblower.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
Heather Wilson, the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, was elected to the board of directors of Lockheed Martin, effective May 22.
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SmallGovCon
MAY 23, 2024
The nonmanufacturer rule is one that is commonly misunderstood in the federal government contracting realm. But it is also one we encounter quite often in our role assisting federal contractors. Despite its seemingly straightforward definition, being classified as a “nonmanufacturer” entails more than simply not being the manufacturer. On June 6, please join my colleagues, Nicole Pottroff & Greg Weber, as they dissect the complexities of this rule and answer your questions.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 23, 2024
Following our previous post on dispute resolution in carbon markets, the ICSID Tribunal in Koch Industries, Inc. and Koch Supply & Trading, LP v. Canada , ICSID Case No. ARB/20/52 (“Koch v. Canada”) recently dismissed the Claimants’ USD 31.3 million claims arising out of a cap-and-trade emissions programme on jurisdictional grounds. The Tribunal’s key findings included that the emission allowances held by Koch Supply & Trading, LP (“KS&T”) under Ontario’s Cap-and-Trade Program (“OCTP
FedInsider
MAY 23, 2024
Having a completed checklist can give agencies a sense of security, but with today’s explosion of data and potential attack from an unexpected vector, have they been falsely “lulled into complacency?” This week on Feds At the Edge, we sit down with Travis Rosiek, Chief Technology officer with Rubrik to discuss the importance of strategic protection, especially during vulnerable times like employee departures and holidays.
SmallGovCon
MAY 23, 2024
Please join Federal government contracts attorneys John Holtz and Stephanie Ellis for this informative webinar, hosted by the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship , on June 5 at 10:00 am CDT. The SBA’s Mentor Protege Program allows two or more businesses to come together and form a joint venture to bid on small business set-aside government contracts.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
Google Public Sector has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for over 100 additional Google Cloud services and capabilities designed to support various federal mission use cases.
GovCon Wire
MAY 23, 2024
Scott Swilley, a former senior program manager at ECS, has been named director of business development at Figure Eight Federal, a provider of training data for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
Northrop Grumman‘s Common 50 High Performance large solid rocket motor system recently underwent a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Designed entirely digitally with the use of model-based systems engineering, C50HP upper stage solid rocket motor was developed in part for the Next Generation Interceptor program, Northrop said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
MAY 23, 2024
Nokia has closed its acquisition of Fenix Group in a transaction that expands its portfolio of tactical communications platforms for defense customers. Mike Loomis, president of Nokia Federal Solutions, said in a statement published Wednesday the completion of the acquisition marks a key step in advancing the company’s U.S. strategy and growing its defense business.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to six companies to perform studies to support the development of ground infrastructure and on-orbit subjects for electronic warfare test and training environments as part of the Advanced Space Technology for Range Operations – Electromagnetic Range program.
GovCon Wire
MAY 23, 2024
BV Investment Partners has made a majority investment in CyberSheath, a provider of information technology and cybersecurity compliance services to defense contractors.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2024
Betty Sapp, former director of the Department of Defense’s National Reconnaissance Office, has joined the board of directors of BAE Systems. In a statement Wednesday, BAE’s Board Chair Kelly Ayotte, said, “Her vast knowledge of government, the intelligence community and our industry, as well as her service in the U.S.
VWV
MAY 23, 2024
The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. The Cabinet Office has now confirmed the 'go-live' date of 28 October 2024. The secondary legislation, The Procurement Regulations 2024 , which will underpin and provide further detail on the implementation of the Act, has now been laid in Parliament and will be debated by both Houses before being signed into law.
Public Contracting Institute
MAY 23, 2024
Hello and thank you for joining us for Episode 10 of Fun with the FAR Season 11! In our next session, we will cover FAR Part 16 (Types of Contracts). As we prepare for our 11th episode of Season 11, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think about: Contract types are grouped into two broad categories: fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contracts. The selection of contract type must take into account risk allocation, and should be tailored to the uncertainties involved in contract performance.
VWV
MAY 23, 2024
The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. The Cabinet Office has now confirmed the 'go-live' date of 28 October 2024. The secondary legislation, The Procurement Regulations 2024 , which will underpin and provide further detail on the implementation of the Act, has now been laid in Parliament and will be debated by both Houses before being signed into law.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh and co-host Mark HuYoung, managing partner of executive advisory firm Northwind Partners, sit down with guest Todd Stottlemyer as he shares what it was like growing up in a duplex just outside New York City as the son of a U.S. Foreign Service member and a stay-at-home mom. Stottlemyer, Acentra Health’s CEO, [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
An Alabama joint venture hauled the U.S. government into the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, alleging it was shut out of a Missile Defense Agency deal due to multiple errors the agency made when assessing the joint venture.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
For John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, his story starts with a medical scare on a soccer field in the first grade. An abdominal pain later proved to be a tumor on his kidney, and he’d spend 65 weeks in chemotherapy, endure several surgeries and visit doctors for years to come for [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
The families of four of the five marines killed in the June 2022 crash of an Osprey V-22 aircraft sued Bell Textron Inc., The Boeing Co. and Rolls-Royce Corp. Thursday in California federal court, alleging defects in the aircraft led to the fatal crash.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
In this episode of Humble Beginnings, we speak with Highlight CEO Aarish Gokaldas about his family history and upbringing in South Africa during apartheid. We hear how his family immigrated to North Africa from India and eventually made its way south, what it was like growing up in a racially segregated country and how these [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an independent state-owned teaching hospital's conduct cannot be challenged directly in the state's intermediate appellate court because it isn't considered an administrative agency, affirming the dismissal of two protests over the hospital's selection of a pharmacy vendor.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
In this episode of “Humble Beginnings,” we sit down with Sev1Tech CEO Robert “Bob” E. Lohfeld Jr., who shares tidbits about his upbringing in Maryland, the influence his grandmother had on his life and his foundational interest in all things international. Lohfeld talks about how moving from a large university to a private liberal arts [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a $5 million diving services deal to a company whose bid it irrationally rejected as unacceptable, despite initially finding the proposal acceptable.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
In this inaugural episode of “Humble Beginnings,” Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of Arcfield, takes us through the experiences, both professional and personal, that shaped the leader he is today and landed him at Arcfield. A self-proclaimed CIA brat born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised overseas before returning to Northern Virginia for high school, Kelly [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
Lockheed Martin Corp. asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to uphold a Florida district court's rejection of a proposed expert's testimony purporting to link a now-deceased former employee's multiple sclerosis to her work-related exposure to industrial solvents. perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene and styrene.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
In this episode of “Humble Beginnings,” Stephanie Mango, president of CGI Federal, takes us through her journey as a DMV native and daughter of two hardworking parents as she navigates changing academic interests, uncertainties and pivots. From math to accounting to IT, she found her specialty thanks to mentors, a trusted professor, a willingness to [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
The federal government agreed to stop fighting a ruling that awarded Citigroup $183 million in tax deductions for liabilities belonging to a failing bank it had acquired during the 1980s savings and loan crisis, according to an order Thursday by the Federal Circuit dismissing the appeal.
WashngtonExec
MAY 23, 2024
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh and co-host Mark HuYoung, managing partner of executive advisory firm Northwind Partners, sit down with guest Jon Rucker as he shares his upbringing in Northern Virginia as the son of a teacher and electrical engineer, and how these experiences impacted him. Rucker, CEO of Ultra Intelligence & Communications, also discusses the life [.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
Four Federal Circuit decisions in April that reversed or vacated underlying rulings provide a number of takeaways, including that obviousness analysis requires a flexible approach, that an invalidity issue of an expired patent can be moot, and more, say Denise De Mory and Li Guo at Bunsow De Mory.
Art of Procurement
MAY 23, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – May 24th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2024
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council's recent proposed rulemaking clarifies plans to ban government purchases of semiconductors from certain Chinese companies, creating uncertainty around how contractors will be able to adjust supply chains that are already burdened and contracted to capacity, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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