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State Department Clears Saudi Arabia’s $2.8B FMS Request for System Logistics & Sustainment Support

GovCon Wire

The State Department has approved Saudi Arabia’s potential $2.8 billion foreign military sales request to purchase from the U.S. government follow-on logistics and sustainment support services for its air force’s aircraft fleets and existing platforms.

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It’s Time for Agencies to Get Serious About Their Hybrid Cloud Strategies

FedTech Magazine

Only 53 percent of IT leaders said their agency uses hybrid cloud with a “well-established” strategy, according to a joint MeriTalk and Hitachi Vantara Federal survey released earlier this year. Of the 150 decisionmakers surveyed between March and April, 91 percent cited operational challenges — data compatibility and downtime issues, in particular — with hindering strategic hybrid cloud adoption.

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Learn About 5G During Potomac Officers Club Navy Summit Panel

GovCon Wire

The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit presents an exciting opportunity to gain exclusive knowledge about one of the service branch’s top priorities: 5G. During this event, you will have the chance to hear from a variety of keynote speakers and panelists from across the Navy and industry.

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Court of Federal Claims asserts more jurisdiction over OTAs

Federal News Network

Other transaction agreements are not as protest proof as once thought. A recent decision by the Court of Federal Claims gives contractors a more specific path to file complaints over these non-typical federal buying efforts. While federal procurement lawyers say the court’s decision isn’t earth shattering or a significant change in legal precedence, the judge’s ruling cements the path for contractors to file protests of OTAs.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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More than 1,300 devices have been reported missing to USAID, document shows

FedScoop

The U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent federal agency that distributes foreign aid across the world, has seen more than 1,300 electronic devices go missing over the past three years, according to a document viewed by FedScoop. The document shows that the devices lost by the agency include multiple generations of Apple iPhones and iPads, and Iridium satellite phones, as well as hundreds of computers, primarily Dell and Lenovo products.

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Employees are Talking About Unionizing – Help!

Redstone Government Consulting

Employers generally strive to create an environment that is fair, safe, and pro-employee. So, when employers hear that their employees want to unionize, it truly puzzles and frustrates them, leaving them wondering - why is this happening? Employees often see unionizing as a way to negotiate from a position of strength over wages, safety, benefits, and other job-related issues that individuals acting alone cannot normally solve.

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Ron Ash to Succeed John Goodman as Accenture Federal Services CEO

GovCon Wire

Ron Ash, chief operating officer of Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) government-focused business arm, will succeed John Goodman as Accenture Federal Services CEO on Sept. 1. The company said Tuesday Ash will also take over the chairmanship of Accenture Federal Services’ board of managers from Goodman, who is set to step down from his roles on Aug.

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Ex-Pharma Exec Gets Jail For Insider Trading On Kodak Loan

Government Contracts

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former pharmaceutical executive from South Carolina to three months in prison Wednesday for taking over $500,000 of illegal trading profit based on his advance knowledge that Kodak would get a massive pandemic-era government loan.

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The software you can’t use at NASA

FedScoop

TikTok, WeChat, Grammarly, and Microsoft Yammer are just some of the tools that NASA employees are barred from using on agency devices, according to a document obtained by FedScoop that provides insight into software denials on the space agency’s networks. The list is a reminder of the myriad reasons why federal employees might not be able to access certain tools on their workstations, including agency policy directives, chief information officer decisions, and federal law.

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Newman Facing 2nd Suspension For 'Continuing Misconduct'

Government Contracts

A panel of Federal Circuit judges on Wednesday recommended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman remain suspended for another year based on her ongoing refusal to cooperate with an investigation into her health, or even acknowledge the court's concerns.

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Powering education, state, and local leaders: Insights from the AWS IMAGINE keynote

AWS Public Sector

From July 23–24 in Austin, Texas, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE conference for education, state, and local leaders brought together hundreds of technologists, innovators, and learners to discover how technology, paired with human ingenuity, can change the world. The no-cost conference featured some of the nation’s top thought leaders in education and state and local government.

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Clearspeed Collaborates With Deloitte to Strengthen Risk Assessment in Public Sector

ExecutiveBiz

Clearspeed, a company that specializes in assessing risk in speech, is joining forces with Deloitte to bolster the risk assessment capabilities for federal agencies. The risk assessment company said Tuesday the partnership between Clearspeed and Deloitte’s U.S.

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LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments

AWS Public Sector

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. They can address these challenges when they collaborate and share resources to accelerate digital transformation. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal.

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Draper Partners With DARPA to Help Develop Microbe-Based Environmental Monitoring Sensors

ExecutiveBiz

Draper Laboratory is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on an initiative that seeks to produce sensor devices using engineered microbes to complement conventional sensors for environmental monitoring.

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Jeremy Ross Joins Client Solution Architects as Chief Growth Officer

GovCon Wire

Client Solution Architects has appointed Jeremy Ross, a business development and capture management leader, as chief growth officer. “I look forward to leveraging the power of technology in providing cutting edge IT modernization, cyber security, training and digital solutions,” Ross said in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.

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Burns & McDonnell, BWX Technologies Partner to Continue Developing Nuclear Microreactor Technology; BWXT’s Joseph Miller Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies to continue helping with the development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor, or BANR. Burns & McDonnell said Monday that its contributions to the effort will include development of the power cycle architecture, identification of critical components and site integration design.

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At the Dawn of a New Arbitration Era, the Old Law Shines Bright: A Landmark Judgment by the Lahore High Court in Waqas Yaqub v. Adeel Yaqub Case

Kluwer Arbitration

While Pakistan is heading towards promulgating a new arbitration law , developments continue to take place under the extant Arbitration Act, 1940 (“the Act”). Section 34 is one of the most availed provisions of the Act, which provides for the stay of court proceedings where an arbitration agreement exists between the parties. This provision can be invoked subject to two conditions: the applicant should have not filed a written statement; and the applicant should have not taken any steps in the

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Constellium Muscle Shoals Receives DOD Contract for Expanded Aluminum Casting Production

ExecutiveBiz

Constellium Muscle Shoals was awarded a $23 million contract by the Department of Defense to boost the domestic aluminum casting supply chain. The DOD said Monday the Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based aluminum sheet supplier is tasked with increasing the annual production capacity of aluminum casting and enhancing the mill supply capability.

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Boeing, DOJ Finalize 737 Max Plea Deal

Government Contracts

The Boeing Co. has finalized its agreement to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud safety regulators about the 737 Max 8's development, avoiding a criminal trial over a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to a U.S. Department of Justice court filing Wednesday evening.

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CTC Secures Option Year Under DOD Contract for Occupational Health Program Support; Ed Sheehan Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a first option year contract from the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Force Safety and Occupational Health for support services. CTC said Monday the contract entails continued management, analytical and technical support for a comprehensive safety and occupational health program.

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Ex-US Army Worker Gets 15 Years For $109M Fraud Scheme

Government Contracts

A former U.S. Army civilian employee will spend 15 years in prison for stealing nearly $109 million from a grant program meant for military dependents and their families to buy a fleet of luxury vehicles, jewelry and houses, federal prosecutors announced.

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Finance Executive Andre Maciel Joins Iron Mountain Board

ExecutiveBiz

Andre Maciel, a finance executive with years-long industry experience, has been elected to the board of directors of Iron Mountain, effective July 22. The Boston, Massachusetts-based information management services company said Monday Maciel is the global chief financial officer at The Kraft Heinz Company.

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Naval Engineers Urge 4th Circ. To Revive No-Poach Suit

Government Contracts

A pair of former naval engineers have urged the Fourth Circuit to revive their proposed class action accusing military shipbuilding contractors and related firms of using secret "no-poach" agreements, saying their suit was wrongly ruled untimely amid a cover-up of the alleged scheme.

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LMI Secures Air Force Contract to Support Fire Emergency Services Training and Development; Jonathan Baba Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

LMI was selected by the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command, 17th Training Group, 312th Training Squadron to support its mission of training and developing fire emergency services at the Department of Defense.

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Co. Wants Gov't Sanctioned For Late Docs In Contract Dispute

Government Contracts

A contractor for the U.S. Air Force has urged the Court of Federal Claims to sanction the government after allegedly providing documents late and destroying other documents related to the company's suit alleging the Air Force wrongly terminated a support contract.

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Kevin Houley Joins Jefferson Consulting Group as VP and Defense Portfolio Lead

ExecutiveBiz

Kevin Houley has been named vice president and defense portfolio lead of Jefferson Consulting Group. In his new role, Houley will spearhead Jefferson Consulting Group’s advanced growth in the defense sector, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced Wednesday.

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Ex-Atlanta Official Asks 11th Circ. To Toss Bribery Conviction

Government Contracts

A former Atlanta city commissioner sentenced to 4½ years in prison for taking bribes from a local contractor in exchange for steering millions of dollars to the contractor's company told the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday that her conviction must be reversed given the U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding in Snyder v. U.S.

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HII Mission Technologies Awarded $65M DOD IAC Task for Research and Analysis Services; Andy Green Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

The mission technologies division of HII has been awarded a contract to provide specialized research and analysis to the deputy director for Joint Force Development, J7. The U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron awarded the $65 million task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center multiple award contract vehicle, the company said.

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Aerospace Co. Says Engine Buybacks Aren't Anticompetitive

Government Contracts

RTX Corp.'s subsidiary Pratt & Whitney urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a $450 million antitrust lawsuit from a "middleman" for used aircraft engine parts, arguing that Pratt & Whitney's decision to deal directly with numerous shops that break down old engines did not harm consumers or freeze the plaintiff out of the market.

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Nominate Climate Change Execs for 2024 Pinnacle Awards

WashngtonExec

Climate change executives are helping shape not only today’s world but also the future. From now through Sept. 5, WashingtonExec is accepting nominations for this year’s Pinnacle Awards, which will honor the best of the best in several categories — including climate change leaders. The Pinnacle Awards is an annual program that embodies the WashingtonExec [.

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SandboxAQ, Army to Use AI to Advance Battery Design, Alloy Material Development; Jen Sovada Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

SandboxAQ has signed two agreements with the U.S. Army to help the military branch advance the development of battery chemistries for next-generation power systems and alloy materials for armored vehicles using the company’s artificial intelligence-based platform.

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Nominate Cloud Execs for 2024 Pinnacle Awards

WashngtonExec

Cloud executives provide the leadership for implementing, rolling out and effectively leveraging the technologies that can help their organizations unlock their potential. The deadline to submit nominations for the Pinnacle Awards is Sept. 5, and we want your help finding the most impactful cloud executives. The Pinnacle Awards is an annual program that embodies the [.

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HunaTek Government Solutions Awarded $100M Navy Contract for Management Support Services

GovCon Wire

Distributed Computing System Solutions Provider, which operates as HunaTek Government Solutions, secured a potential five-year $99.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for management support services. The Department of Defense said the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers end-to-end and portfolio management support services for the Marine Corps’ Defense Agencies Initiative.

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HII Mission Technologies Wins $65M Contract to Support Joint Warfighting Development

WashngtonExec

HII’s Mission Technologies division won a $65 million task order for high-quality, specialized research and analysis for the Joint Staff J7, Deputy Director, Joint Warfighting Development. “HII’s live, virtual, constructive solutions prepare warfighters for cross-domain battle,” said Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Mission Technologies division.

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Matthew Hollandsworth Named VP of Security, Intelligence & Security Sector at BAE Systems

GovCon Wire

Matthew Hollandsworth, former director at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, has joined BAE Systems to serve as vice president of security, intelligence and security sector, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Hollandsworth brings to BAE experience in developing strategies for protecting personnel, information and assets.

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Acentra Health Taps Brett Barton as SVP of Client Experience

WashngtonExec

Acentra Health has named Brett Barton senior vice president of client experience, a newly created role. Barton will represent clients’ voices across multiple touchpoints to support continued growth for the company and elevate its brand, the company said. “Acentra Health’s vision is to be the vital partner for health solutions in the public sector,” said [.

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