Federal News Network
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Defense Department released the final rule for the long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program today, further paving the way for CMMC requirements to show up in contracts starting next year. The final CMMC program rule was released for public inspection today. It’s expected to officially publish in the Federal Register on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
FedInsider
OCTOBER 11, 2024
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ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Serco Inc. announced a re-compete contract award from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The $33 million, five-year contract with a 9-month base plus four one-year options will enable the continued delivery of psychological health outreach, the company said Thursday. Commenting on the contract, Serco Inc.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Metis Technology Solutions, a technical services company specializing in software engineering, aerospace engineering and systems development, has been awarded a potential $177 million contract by NASA to provide engineering services for the development and maintenance of software and hardware for aerospace research and development simulations.
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AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 11, 2024
This post explains how healthcare organizations and partners can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and scalable infrastructure for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the European Health Data Space (EHDS). This is the first of two posts describing an AWS reference architecture for EHDS. The second post will provide step-by-step technical guidance on how to implement this reference architecture on AWS.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Owl Cyber Defense has designated Federal Resources Corporation as a value-added reseller of its cybersecurity products in a bid to enhance its presence in the public sector market.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
LMI has received a potential $19.6 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the Office of Mental Health and Office of Suicide Prevention in enhancing research evaluation and clinical decision-making for veteran suicide prevention.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Astrion has appointed seasoned industry leaders to its new executive leadership team to drive innovation and advance growth initiatives. The company said Thursday the announcement of the new leadership team came a month after it closed its acquisition of mission engineering services provider Axient.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Melissa Smith, formerly part of Google subsidiary Mandiant, has joined cybersecurity firm SentinelOne as its vice president for technology partnerships and strategic initiatives.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), in collaboration with the ITA Board of Reporters , is happy to inform you that the latest ITA Arbitration Report was published: a free email subscription service available at KluwerArbitration.com delivering timely reports on awards, cases, legislation and current developments from over 60 countries and 12 institutions.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A former Florida congressman told a Miami federal judge on Friday that he's requested evidence from prosecutors that may exonerate him on criminal charges of failing to register as a foreign agent while lobbying for Venezuela, saying the discovery implicates classified information that may delay proceedings in his case.
Import and Trade Remedies
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In keeping with tradition, we are pleased to invite you to our annual Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference. The conference will provide valuable insights on the latest developments, challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing landscape of international trade. We are holding this conference in a split-hybrid format, with an in-person event in Santa Clara, CA, on November 12 and virtual panels on November 19-21.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Protesters to a $60.7 billion IT deal couldn't convince the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs arbitrarily limited spots to 30 companies, with a judge saying that argument should have been raised earlier.
Watson & Associates
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In today’s environment, you can be a federal government contractor working on a federal contract or a healthcare provider managing a busy practice, when you receive subpoena duces tecum from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), or Office of Inspector General (OIG) lands on your desk. Read more » The post How to Respond to a Subpoena Duces Tecum from Federal Law Enforcement appeared first on Watson & Associates LLC Government Contracts Blog.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP will get $92 million in fees from a $3.7 billion win in two class actions against the government over risk corridor payments under the Affordable Care Act, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge ruled Thursday, trimming the firm's renewed $185 million request.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Anduril Industries has launched Bolt, its new line of vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, drones. The Bolt base configuration for the autonomous air vehicle, or AAV, is man-portable and offers capabilities for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as search and rescue, Anduril said Thursday.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A Florida federal court's decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates last month will deprive relators of their ability to bring suits under the False Claims Act, limiting their capability to expose and rectify wrongdoings and potentially affecting billions in FCA recoveries, say Matthew Nielsen and Lily Johnson at Bracewell.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Mission Technologies division of HII has been selected to lead a microelectronics project under the CHIPS and Science Act. HII said Wednesday the project, awarded in partnership with the Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons Hub, under the Microelectronics Commons initiative, involves the development of the first broadband Digital Direct Waveform Synthesizer.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday finalized a rule implementing its sweeping Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, which will attach a minimum cybersecurity requirement to nearly all DOD contracts.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Viasat has started delivering satellite communications service to the U.S. Marine Corps through the ViaSat-3 satellite network. The company said Thursday the Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 and the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment have become the first military operational units to use the ViaSat-3 F1 satellite service.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In CC/Devas v. Antrix, the U.S. Supreme Court must decide whether a "minimum contacts" requirement should be implied in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, with the potential to dramatically change the legislative landscape through the establishment of a new and significant barrier to U.S. suits against foreign states, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology, or OSD ManTech, has awarded Beacon a five-year follow-on contract to use its technology transition management platform.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The federal government told a Texas federal judge Friday that its proposed deal with The Boeing Co. over allegations that it lied to safety regulators about the 737 Max 8's development is "the best the government could do," pushing back against vehement objection from crash victims' families, who called the deal "rotten" and "morally reprehensible.
Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 11, 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 – October 11th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday chided RTX for slow-walking the finalization of a settlement the defense contractor struck with a Connecticut company just before trial in a trade secrets dispute.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The U.S. Army has awarded eight companies positions on a potential $737.8 million contract to support the Defense Health Agency’s medical facility projects. According to award notices published in September on SAM.gov, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers competed the Medical Facilities Support Services IIIa contract as a total small business set-aside program.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Indicted Garden State power broker George E. Norcross III has asked a New Jersey state judge to transfer the civil racketeering suit brought against him and his attorney brother by a Philadelphia developer to the state's complex business litigation program.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 11, 2024
James Dawkins has been appointed executive vice president and National Nuclear Security Administration chief operations officer at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the executive shared on LinkedIn Saturday. In his new dual role, Dawkins will oversee the management and operating functions of NNSA missions and programs at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Japan's Nippon Steel said Friday it has agreed to sell its stake in a 50-50 joint venture with ArcelorMittal to the European steelmaker for just $1, as Nippon seeks to address any antitrust concerns over its planned $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Casey Cowell, executive chairman of ATLAS Space Operations, was named interim CEO of the software company that provides satellite ground communications and antenna network services for commercial and government agencies.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Impact Level 5 provisional authorization to generative artificial intelligence platform Ask Sage.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Coalition is excited to announce that we are once again hosting our Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Basic Training and Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel courses at the end of October! These two trainings, which are offered both in-person and virtually, are designed to equip attendees with essential knowledge and tools for navigating the complexities in government procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Hanwha Defense USA President and CEO Mike Smith said in a recent interview that while winning U.S.
American City & Country
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In January, Local 10 news in Miami reported that a former Miami-Dade School Board member used district-issued credit cards to rack up more than $100,000 in personal purchases that included everything from refrigerators to a trip to Disney World. This story could be mistaken for several recent stories regarding the misuse of a procurement purchasing card (p-card).
FedScoop
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Three House Republicans are asking the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide information about how it’s alleviating concerns with facial recognition when it comes to using it as a method of identity verification for accessing online federal services. In a letter to NIST Director Laurie Locascio this week, the leaders of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology asked the agency to share findings from its digital identity and facial recognition work related to its
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