FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

After deciding on a rocky mountain pass near Mt. Hood in Oregon earlier this year that he would join the General Services Administration as the agency’s new FedRAMP director , Pete Waterman has wasted no time in pursuing a slew of changes for the cloud services compliance program. In an interview with FedScoop, Waterman said he’s planning to dedicate the next several years of his career to ushering in those changes, including with an updated FedRAMP roadmap coming in the next two months and the

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Pentagon's stringent new cybersecurity rule for its contractors threatens to drive away companies that may struggle with the added costs of compliance, while exacerbating concerns about an already-shrinking defense industrial base.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $15 million to global technical standards organization ASTM International to establish a center of excellence focused on critical and emerging technologies. Using the award, ASTM will work with other standardization partners to set up what will be known as the Standardization Center of Excellence.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Solicitor General's Office will defend private citizens' ability to sue for E-rate fraud on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the solicitor general's request to participate in oral arguments in an AT&T subsidiary's challenge to the law's application.

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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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FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Friday, November 15, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE The premise of Moore’s law is that the speed and capability of computers can be expected to double every two years. Unspoken but implied is that new technologies will be introduced at a similar clip – along with new, sometimes unforeseen, challenges. Cybersecurity professionals know all about Moore’s law.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Fifteen Takeaways from Holland & Knight on the publication of the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program rule by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Leaders in higher education recognize that generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), cloud computing, and other advanced technologies are rapidly changing how education and research happen on campus. Whether through data-driven administrative decision-making, generative AI infrastructure for research, or enhanced learning tools for the classroom, higher education institutions are developing and applying technology in innovative and helpful ways.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) and Scottish Borders Council are set to host the 3rd annual Meet the Buyer South event on 29 October at The Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. Focusing on one-to-one in-person networking, Meet the Buyer South 2024 will allow your business to connect with “real” buyers, procurement teams and decision makers from across the public sector, as well as private contractors with supply chain opportunities and business support providers, all under one roof.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the defense landscape, and especially at the tactical edge, communications are critical to the success of the mission. But often, our nation’s warfighters are in denied and degraded environments with barriers to connectivity and communications. The solution to this challenge is decentralized comms, according to SpiderOak CEO Dave Pearah.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Printing remains an important part of the workday for most federal users, whether they are working onsite at their agency or remotely from a home office. Stats as far back as 2009 show that federal employees on average print about 30 pages per day, totaling thousands of pages per user, per year. Advances in technology have made work more digital, but at least in the federal government there is still a lot to print, from critical items such as contracts to day-to-day office documents.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3 billion) of its current IT spending.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On 15 October 2024, Norton Rose Fulbright hosted a breakfast panel discussion on the topic of “ Hot Cakes and Hot Takes: Trends and Developments in Asia’s Energy Sector ” in Brisbane as part of Australian Arbitration Week. The panel was moderated by Dylan McKimmie , Head of Arbitration and Co-Head of Energy, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia and comprised: Matt Lee , Lawyer, Lindsay Francis & Mangan (formerly Principal, Burford Capital); Shanna Svensson , Team Lead, Global Litigation Asia Paci

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Rancher Government Solutions has introduced a hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, platform specifically designed for stronger security in U.S. government and military use. Called Harvester Government, it is fully compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards and Security Technical Implementation Guides, RGS said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Domo Tactical Communications has appointed Mike Stucki, a more than two-decade leader in the aerospace and defense market, as vice president of business development within the military sector. Stucki announced his appointment at DTC in a LinkedIn post published Monday. The U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency a $6 million contract to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system onto the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter designated as MX. Once the aircraft is upgraded, the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has named Gil Griffin as vice president of strategy and business development for its space and airborne systems segment. Griffin confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Monday.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has showcased the UH-72B Lakota helicopter‘s ability to carry specialized cargo under its Aerial Logistics Connector rapid prototyping program contract, which aims to develop and test advanced aerial logistics for warfighters.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Federal agencies have made great strides in modernizing their digital infrastructure, tapping the power of the cloud and switching to software-as-a-service applications. Yet, by many measures, the aim of those efforts — to improve the public’s and employees’ digital experience — has fallen short of getting agencies where they need to be. Why is that, and what can be done to help agencies achieve the service outcomes the public and employees expect?

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Iridium Communications has named Kalliroi Landry, a retired U.S. Space Force colonel, as government programs director, Fierce Network reported Monday. In this capacity, Landry will facilitate engagement with Department of Defense communities to advance data sharing, collaboration, transparency and adoption of commercial platforms.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A Department of Defense report has found that defense spending in fiscal year 2023 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., including DOD contract obligations, payroll spending and grant awards, totaled $609.2 billion, reflecting a $50.5 billion increase from the previous fiscal year and accounting for 2.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Intelsat provided the U.S. Army with fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications support during a 12-month pilot program that was recently completed.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The team of Iridium Communications and General Dynamics Mission Systems has secured a $491.6 million contract modification from the Space Development Agency to provide ground management and integration support for SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Iridium said Tuesday its share of the contract modification is valued at $239 million over a period of five years.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new initiative that aims to accelerate the development of mission-critical technologies. The company said Monday that ModSTAR will build a digital hardware models catalog from different programs. Lockheed sees ModSTAR as a companion to ARISE, its digital engineering simulation environment launched in 2023.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Texas federal judge overseeing prosecutors' criminal case against The Boeing Co. on Tuesday said he needs more information on a provision of the proposed plea deal regarding how the U.S. Department of Justice would select an independent monitor in compliance with the agency's diversity and inclusion policies.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Leonardo DRS and BlueHalo, a company specializing in space, counter-unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous systems, electronic warfare, cyber and artificial intelligence/machine learning, conducted a live-fire demonstration of the new C-UAS Directed Energy Stryker in Socorro, New Mexico, last month.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When thinking about the use of artificial intelligence in government, it is important to consider its tactical and strategic impacts, together and separately. While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Department of Transportation plans to add $50 million to the ceiling of a contract awarded to KBR to provide mission information technology support services for the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to a notice posted Thursday on SAM.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Core4ce has acquired Azimuth Corp., a company specializing in military electronics, optics, sensors, and biotech R&D and support. This transaction bolsters Core4ce’s data-driven national security focus by integrating Azimuth’s R&D and operations expertise. Together, they will improve capabilities in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, AI/ML, threat protection and warfighter support.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security went all-in on customer experience, or CX, with the September 2023 establishment of a new CX office within its Office of the Chief Information Officer. Headed by Executive Director Dana Chisnell, the CX Directorate leads the delivery of easy-to-use, accessible and responsive tools to DHS customers.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A Colorado state judge entered an emergency order Monday forcing a Colorado aerospace company that sold its assets to California-based Interconnect Solutions Co. for $15 million to turn over its business accounts to ISC, which said the accounts are needed to perform work for customer Lockheed Martin.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The conventional wisdom about network and security operations has changed. Traditionally, the network operations center (NOC) and security operations center (SOC) largely have worked independently, each focusing on its own tasks, tracking its own data and using its own set of tools. In today’s environment, that is no longer wise. The problem is that this siloed approach leaves each team working with only limited visibility into the network environment, making it difficult to detect and res

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Whistleblowers who accused a medical device company of a kickback scheme said Tuesday that the government left them out to dry when it settled False Claims Act claims with surgeons for $3.3 million and refused to share any of it with them.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Looking to access federal contracts as a woman-owned small business? The EDWOSB certification is key. It empowers economically disadvantaged women to secure set-aside contracts. In this article, discover what EDWOSB certification is, its benefits, and how to get started. Key Takeaways EDWOSB (Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business) certification is aimed at providing federal contracting opportunities to women-owned small businesses that meet specific economic criteria.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Check out our Social Impact Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their engagement with social responsibility and commitment to pro bono service.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Radiance Ignite Technologies, a new joint venture between Radiance Technologies and Ignite Fueling Innovation, will offer defense and intelligence communities with a suite of services focused on technical intelligence, directed energy, space operations, electromagnetic spectrum operations, artificial intelligence and machine learning and systems engineering.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A continuing onslaught of legislation and litigation opposing corporate environmental, social and governance actions has created a fork in the road for law firms, with some choosing to scale back efforts and others pushing ahead with their internal ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion goals.

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