Federal News Network

JUNE 12, 2024

The House Homeland Security Committee advanced a raft of new legislation today, including a bill aimed at cutting major Chinese battery manufacturers out of the Department of Homeland Security’s supply chain. The committee today voted to approve a bill from Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fl.), “Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act.” The bill would block DHS from procuring batteries from six Chinese companies over concerns about human rights abuses, as well as supply chain and cyber

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Core4ce will help the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic provide the Department of Defense with full-scale Cyber Security Service Provider services over a five-year period. The company said Tuesday it received a $90 million other transaction authority production contract to support CSSP operational environments across the NIWC network.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Artificial intelligence is unlocking new opportunities for federal agencies and government contractors. But what does an AI-powered future look like? Jim Gwiazda, vice president of public sector at Equinix, sat down recently with Executive Mosaic to answer this question. Gwiazda joined Equinix at the end of 2022 from MetTel.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 12, 2024

Cost plus contracts can run into trouble when the government takes five years to audit indirect costs. That is what happened to a Navy contractor, and now it has a million-dollar dispute. They are now in court. For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince. Interview Transcript: Eric White Cost-plus contracts can run into trouble when the government takes five years to audit indirect costs.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Daniel Simms, formerly a vice president at Valiant Integrated Services, has joined technology consulting company Acuity International as chief operating officer, according to his LinkedIn announcement.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Boeing announced plans to open and operate a new engineering facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, or ERAU, in Daytona Beach, Florida, soon. Once the facility is erected within the university’s Cici & Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace, Boeing said Tuesday that its employees will perform engineering work for military aircraft programs and advanced technology capabilities.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Jim Lee, a former executive at Maxar Technologies, was named senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Seagate Technology. The data storage innovator said Monday Lee was SVP, general counsel and corporate secretary during his five-year stint at Maxar and will now lead Seagate’s legal team in his new role.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Chris Brady had to make room in his already robust display of Wash100 Awards for a fifth trophy. Jim Garrettson, founder of the award and CEO of Executive Mosaic, hand-delivered the coveted GovCon accolade recently to General Dynamics Mission Systems, where Brady is president.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Technology industry veteran William Vass has been selected to succeed Susan Penfield as chief technology officer of Booz Allen Hamilton. Beginning June 17, Vass will lead the development of Booz Allen’s mission-focused artificial intelligence, cyber, software and data-centric offerings, the firm announced from its McLean, Virginia headquarters on Wednesday.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 12, 2024

On June 5, the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) announced that the U.S. Coast Guard has taken corrective actions “to address its use of unlawful non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) entered into with sexual assault survivors and others.” In 2023, CNN reported that an internal Coast Guard investigation, dubbed “Operation Fouled Anchor,” had “uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials” but that the

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FedScoop

JUNE 12, 2024

A new bill from a bipartisan pair of senators aims to accelerate small business use of artificial intelligence, assigning new responsibilities to both the Commerce Department and the Small Business Administration to provide training in the technology. The legislation from Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., titled the Small Business Artificial Intelligence Training and Toolkit Act, would have the Commerce secretary work with the administrator of the SBA on creating AI trainin

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Government Contracts

JUNE 12, 2024

Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 12, 2024

For WashingtonExec's Top DOD Executives to Watch in 2024, we identified the best of the best who provide the tools, strategies and systems to succeed. This selection is based not only on their accomplishments but also on their impact on the defense community and their vision for the near-term future. These leaders, some having served the country themselves, bring the experience, knowledge and expertise the Pentagon needs to stay on the cutting edge.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 12, 2024

The rise of cloud computing has brought many benefits to healthcare businesses, such as increased flexibility, scalability, and accessibility. However, with these benefits come challenges to meet regulatory and compliance requirements surrounding data privacy and security. Further, these requirements are complex because they vary both geographically and regionally, increasing the time to release and maintain a solution that meets both the technical and administrative controls necessary to adhere

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

For your customer experience (CX) efforts to succeed, you need to understand how to build them in a way that supports your agency’s mission. That includes ensuring that your customers can easily reach you their way, including through website and chat touchpoints. During the most recent CX Community of Practice session, Denise Kitts (Executive Director, Enterprise Management and Design, Veterans Experience Office, Veterans Affairs Department) had a few tips to share on identifying opportunities f

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 12, 2024

K12 and primary schools across the US have experienced increased cyber threats in recent years, with cyberattacks jumping from 400 to 1,300 over a three-year period. As a result, sensitive information—including personal family issues, behavioral data, and financial information—was stolen by hackers and disclosed. The negative impacts of a cyberattack can be long-lasting, with loss of learning ranging from three days to three weeks and recovery time requiring anywhere from two to nine months.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JUNE 12, 2024

The Costpoint group at Redstone Governtment Consulting concluded a great event with Deltek in April during which DCAA representatives gave a keynote session on Accounting System Requirements (or SF1408). Just reading the SF1408 can be confusing or make the requirements seem complicated. However, if you understand the basics and know how Deltek Costpoint can achieve the requirements it can be easier to ensure you are ready for a DCAA review.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 12, 2024

It took 16 years of negotiations for India and the European Free Trade Association (“EFTA”)—comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein—to clinch a free trade agreement (“FTA”). The newly minted FTA is expected to boost the extant levels of trade between the two countries. The formal name of the signed agreement is the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (“TEPA”).

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, a multi-tenant software-as-a-service offering from SailPoint Technologies, has been given moderate authority to operate by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The Intelligence Community is laser-focused on artificial intelligence. Its work in the AI space is guided by both the benefits it offers the U.S. government and threats presented by adversary use of these technologies.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Northrop Grumman has awarded Leonardo DRS a new full-rate production contract for additional Quantum Cascade Laser systems. Leonardo DRS said Monday that QCL is a commercial off-the-shelf laser that enables the Common Infrared Countermeasure system, a fifth-generation, laser-based infrared capability that works to protect U.S. Army rotary-wing aircraft by tracking and defeating incoming missiles.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

Priorities for States Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) publishes federal advocacy priorities that represent areas of focus for the upcoming year and how states can collaborate with federal agencies, Congress, the White House and strategic partners. 2024 priorities include: AI: States Lead the Way Continue Adoption of Dot Gov Domain Ensure Responsible Implementation of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Expand and Strengthen the State C

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Ultra Intelligence & Communications will provide rekey and remote management system updates for the U.S. Air Force’s fielded communications security devices under an other transaction authority agreement. The company said Tuesday the $31.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

On May 3, 2024, in Geospatial Technology Associates, LLC v. United States , COFC No. 16-346C, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied the government’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and, alternatively, for summary judgment due to alleged inaccuracies in a copyright registration, holding that plaintiff Geospatial Technology Associates, LLC’s (“plaintiff” or “GTA”) patent and copyright infringement claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498 raise issues that “must be addressed at trial.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

The board of directors at battery technology provider EnerSys will nominate Lauren Knausenberger, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at Science Applications International Corp. and a previous Wash100 awardee, as a class II director at the board’s annual meeting.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

In Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company , ASBCA No. 62209 (a C&M case), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Board) awarded $131,888,860 in damages plus applicable interest in connection with Lockheed Martin’s claim for the cumulative disruptive impacts it experienced in performing over and above work on the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

KBR‘s government services business unit has secured a potential five-year, $75.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA for safety and mission assurance, audits, assessments and analysis services.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

On May 13, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an instruction implementing policies and procedures that DoD will use to identify contractors (including uncleared contractors) requiring foreign ownership, control, and influence (FOCI) determinations, review related information, and address FOCI concerns. These policies and procedures were put in place pursuant to Section 847 of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act [1] (Section 847).

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Public Contracting Institute

JUNE 12, 2024

The best rule to follow when drafting a proposal is to check every requirement in the solicitation, and then have your work doublechecked by someone else (or another team) to ensure that all required items are included. Don’t make assumptions about what the agency wants—ask in writing. If you fail to include required items, your proposal may be disqualified or scored lower than you expect.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

Commerciality, Employee-Owned Businesses, Procurement Collusion Strike Force This week’s episode covers a final rule regarding commerciality and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems, a DOD pilot program involving employee-owned businesses, and an update on the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 12, 2024

Dr. Peter Beling is the director of the Intelligent Systems Division at the Virginia Tech National Security Institute and a professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

In Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States , the Federal Circuit considered Percipient.ai Inc.’s (Percipient) protest arising out of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) SAFFIRE procurement, for the improvement of the agency’s production, storage, and integration of geospatial intelligence data. Percipient’s protest was unusual—filed in 2023, it related to a task order NGA awarded to CACI, Inc.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Young Bang, a leading figure in the Army and government contracting sectors, was invited by the Potomac Officers Club to deliver the keynote speech at the 2024 Army Summit. Learn more about Bang’s career background, awards and industry contributions here. Who is Young Bang? Young Bang is the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 12, 2024

The former business manager of a Connecticut rehabilitation center will serve at least nine months in prison for stealing money from an elderly resident's bank account, state prosecutors said.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JUNE 12, 2024

Corporate attorney, Kevin Li, discusses the legal considerations of doing business in the US at the 2024 Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) Healthcare Investment Forum. SAPA is a global organization for pharmaceutical professionals promoting entrepreneurship, healthcare investment, and business cooperation in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Columbia University has told the Federal Circuit that a declaration from a former Norton Lifelock Inc. computer scientist shows that the company's former lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP are lying about his refusal to testify in the school's decade-long $600 million patent case in Virginia federal court.

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