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US AI Safety Institute taps Scale AI for model evaluation

FedScoop

The U.S. AI Safety Institute has selected Scale AI as the first third-party evaluator authorized to assess AI models on its behalf, opening a new channel for testing. That agreement will allow a broader range of model builders to access voluntary evaluation, according to a Scale AI release shared with FedScoop ahead of the Monday announcement. Participating companies will be able to test their models once and, if they choose, share those results with AI safety institutes around the world.

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Federal Contracting Events You Can’t Afford to Miss in 2025

USFCR

Build Relationships, Win More Contracts Winning federal contracts requires more than meeting technical requirementsits about building relationships with government decision-makers who influence awards. Contracting officers, program managers, and prime contractors prefer to work with businesses they trust. The most effective way to develop these relationships is by attending Industry events.

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SpiderOak Books AFRL Contract for CASR Control System

ExecutiveBiz

SpiderOak, a company specializing in zero-trust cybersecurity services for next-generation space and tactical edge operations, has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to boost the U.S. Space Forces ability to seamlessly integrate commercial satellite networks during emergencies.

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Peter Nosek Appointed as Chenega SVP, Kris Singleton Becomes Astraeus Operations President

GovCon Wire

Chenega has appointed Peter Nosek as senior vice president, chief legal officer, and chief ethics and compliance officer. The Alaska native corporation also named Kris Singleton president of its Astraeus Operations subsidiary, according to the executive’s Linkedin post. Astraeus Operations, established in 2021, provides IT, cyber and engineering insights to both federal and commercial clients.

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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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Palantir, Enabled Intelligence Seek to Improve AI Model Accuracy

ExecutiveBiz

Defense technology company Palantir is further enhancing its Foundry systems capability to automate decision making of federal customers through access to the data-labeling services of startup Enabled Intelligence under a partnership between the two companies, DefenseScoop reported Wednesday.

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PSI Secures $156M VA Contract for EHR Test & Evaluation Support

GovCon Wire

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Planned Systems International a potential five-year, $156.1 million contract to provide support for the testing community overseen by the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, or EHRM-IO, Program.

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DOD’s New Communications Effort Is Going to Outer Space

GovCon Wire

5G connectivity has the potential to mitigate latency and enable large amounts of data to pass through communications systems, a bonus for the military.

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Lockheed Completes Early Design Review of Space Force Satcom Program

ExecutiveBiz

Lockheed Martin has completed the early design review for satellites supporting the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Commands Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension program. The company said Friday it partnered with SEAKR Engineering for the proposed MUOS satellites to design a new MUOS payload processor.

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Judge: Dominican Republic Should Pay $44M Landfill Award

Government Contracts

A magistrate judge in Washington, D.C., recommended Friday that a $43.6 million arbitral award issued after the Dominican Republic terminated a landfill concession should be enforced, saying there was no evidence that the tribunal failed to investigate allegations of underlying fraud.

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Gigaplex Remote Screening Technology Receives Patent

ExecutiveBiz

Gigaplex Remote Screening Technology, a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Small Business Innovation Research program, has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The joint venture, composed of Chertoff Group, SureScan and Xcelerate Solutions company VMD, said Saturday they were issued U.S.

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Michael Croll Joins Riverbed to Lead US Federal Market

GovCon Wire

Riverbed Technology has named Michael Croll, an enterprise IT go-to-market executive, as senior vice president of the U.S. federal market. Croll announced his move to the San Francisco-based IT company in a LinkedIn post published Monday.

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Fred Maier Elevated to DMI VP of Growth, State and Local

ExecutiveBiz

Fred Maier, a 20-year veteran of the information technology industry, has been elevated to vice president of growth, state and local at DMI. The digital services and information technology services provider said Saturday Maier will oversee the companys expansion across state and local agencies, focusing on fostering partnerships.

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Do Any DoD Class Deviations Affect Your Contracts or Subcontracts?

Redstone Government Consulting

What is a Department of Defense (DoD) class deviation? It is a deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) that affects more than one contract. They are issued by an authorized official and are used to deviate from the FAR or DFARS and offer flexibility in the acquisition process. Class deviations are supposed to be temporary.

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Dave Melvin Named UiPath VP of Public Sector North America

ExecutiveBiz

Dave Melvin announced on LinkedIn his transition to vice president of public sector for North America at UiPath, after previously serving as VP for the Department of Defense, aerospace and federal systems integration and the intelligence community.

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The Federal Funding and Accountability Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System is Retiring in Early March 2025

Redstone Government Consulting

The Federal Funding and Accountability Transparency Act (FFATA) requires prime contractors to report their first-tier subcontracts and grant recipients to report their first-tier subawards using the Federal Funding and Accountability Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System website.

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Future of Training is AI-Assisted, Fedstack EVP Says

ExecutiveBiz

Fedstack Executive Vice President Chris Coligado was featured in a recent episode of InsideAnalysis, a nationally syndicated radio show that tackles topics concerning the information economy. Talent Development Provider Fedstack is a newly-launched business unit of Smoothstack, an IT platforms provider.

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Atlanta's Inspector General Sued Over Financial Subpoenas

Government Contracts

A lobbyist and former campaign manager for a sitting Atlanta City Council member has sued the city's inspector general over allegations she violated state laws in issuing subpoenas for thelobbyist'sbank records to bolster a "frivolous" corruption probe.

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Guidehouse-AFERM Survey: Majority of Agency Professionals Cite Tech as Major Risk

ExecutiveBiz

A survey by Guidehouse and the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management has found that 80 percent of federal government professionals said technology will pose major risks to their agencies within the next three years.

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Colo. Nixes Suspension Of Medicaid Ride Company

Government Contracts

Colorado's Medicaid agency rescinded the six-month suspension of a transportation company that provides nonemergency rides to patients ahead of a hearing Monday on the company's bid to block the suspension.

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Defense Tech Startup Anduril to Raise Capital, Increase Valuation to $28B

ExecutiveBiz

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has signed a term sheet to raise up to $2.5 billion in capital, potentially raising its valuation to $28 billion, CNBC reported Friday. Unnamed sources revealed that the company could double its August 2024 valuation of $14 million. In June 2024, Anduril announced plans to raise $1.

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Navigating The Ins And Outs Of Gov't Contracting SAM Site

Government Contracts

Recent developments at the U.S. Government Accountability Office highlight the importance of government contractors knowing how to navigate the online System for Award Management and maintaining an up-to-date registration, says Matthew Moriarty at Schoonover & Moriarty.

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Air Force to Raise CADDIE C-130J Procurement Contract’s Ceiling to $25B

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Air Force has announced its intent to add another $10 billion to the ceiling value of a potential five-year, $15 billion contract for the development and integration of the Lockheed Martin-built C-130J military transport aircraft. In a Jan. 31 notice published on SAM.

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SpaceX Says It Has Been Harmed By Coastal Commission

Government Contracts

SpaceX has argued it should be allowed to move forward with its suit alleging the California Coastal Commission wrongly tried to block the company's rocket launches, saying it had been harmed by the commission's allegedly unconstitutional actions.

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Rolls-Royce Secures $167M Navy Contract to Support SSC Craft

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Navy has awarded Rolls-Royce a $167.3 million contract to produce 40 MT7 turboshaft engines, ancillary parts, installation kits and a portable test tool inspection to support the Ship to Shore Connector Program, Landing Craft Air Cushion 100-class landing craft.

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Fed. Circ. Revives Cotter's Radiation Injury Suit Indemnity Bid

Government Contracts

The Federal Circuit on Monday revived Cotter Corp.'s bid for federal indemnity after settling claims related to alleged exposure to radioactive residue stemming from the Manhattan Project, saying a Court of Federal Claims judge read an indemnification statute too narrowly.

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Remedies When The Government Ceases Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

Procurement Notes

Jay Blindauer Whether a procurement, grant, or cooperative agreement, [1] if the at-issue arrangement qualifies as a contract, the Government cannot simply cease performing contract payments. For a grant or cooperative agreement that is not a contract, the Government has more flexibility to halt payments. Even so, the Administrative Procedure Act may make the Governments non-payment subject to judicial review.

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Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

Government Contracts

Hogan Lovells succeeded in persuading the U.S. Government Accountability Office that an $896 million contract for transportation services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children wasn't properly awarded, landing it among the2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

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Q&A: GAO CIO Beth Killoran Oversees Her Agency’s Cloud Migration

FedTech Magazine

Beth Killoran took office as CIO of the Government Accountability Office in May 2023 after serving as deputy CIO of the General Services Administration. Her career in the federal government spans nearly 30 years, starting in the Department of Treasury as an IT infrastructure specialist. She transitioned to the Department of Homeland Security with the formation of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and eventually became a senior executive in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

Government Contracts

Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywoods inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices

FedScoop

Federal employees would be banned from using the Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek on their government-issued devices under new legislation from a bipartisan group of House lawmakers. The No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act , introduced by Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., Darin LaHood, R-Ill., and 16 of their House colleagues Friday, comes after weeks of panic in Silicon Valley following the revelation that the Chinese startups AI models were comparable if not more advanced than

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What Day 1 Bondi Memos Mean For Corporate Compliance

Government Contracts

After Attorney General Pam Bondis flurry of memos last week declaring new enforcement priorities on issues ranging from foreign bribery to diversity initiatives, companies must base their compliance programs on an understanding of their own core values and principles, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors.

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Building zero trust for the Department of Defense: Insights from Les Call, Director of the DoD CIO ZT PfMO

AWS Public Sector

In todays digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. Traditional security models require more efficiency, which is why departments like the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are mandating zero trust architectures across their agencies.

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Dave Hansen Named Auria CTO

GovCon Wire

Space operations provider Auria has appointed technology leader Dave Hansen as chief technology officer. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, Enlightenment Capital-backed Auria said Hansen and his team will drive growth by pooling resources and pursuing the development of new technologies and capabilities for customers.

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Amentum Wins Spot on GSA OASIS+ Contract

WashngtonExec

Sean Mullen, Amentum Amentum has won a spot on the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus program for all eight domains. OASIS+ is a government-wide multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity acquisition program for non-IT services. It is designed to help agencies access a full range of service requirements that integrate multiple service disciplines with commercial and non-commercial requirements.

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Choosing Litigation Over Settlement in a Federal False Claims Act Case: What You Need to Know

Watson & Associates

Facing a Federal False Claims Act (FCA) investigation or lawsuit puts businesses, government contractors, and healthcare providers in a difficult position. The decision to settle or litigate your case is complex and stressful, and there is no perfect answer. While settling may seem like the safest route, it comes with. Read more » The post Choosing Litigation Over Settlement in a Federal False Claims Act Case: What You Need to Know appeared first on Watson & Associates LLC Government Co

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Nominate Your Favorite CFOs for WashingtonExec’s 2025 Chief Officer Awards!

WashngtonExec

Image: Zolak/iStock Did you hear? Moving forward, WashingtonExec is combining its two highly anticipated award ceremonies into one exclusive industry event! Were excited to introduce the better-than-ever Chief Officer Awards bringing together the best of the best from our previous Chief Officer Awards and Pinnacle Awards into one all-encompassing celebration.