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USAID helping Philippine space agency investigate satellite internet

FedScoop

With the support of USAID, the Philippine Space Agency three years ago launched its Introducing Non-Geostationary Satellite Constellations Test Deployments to Improve Internet Service program, boosting the country’s collective connectivity. Since then, thousands of people in the Philippines have been connected to the internet because of INCENTIVISE — another example of the aid agency’s increasing interest in satellite technology.

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LMI Secures Army Contract for GenAI Capability

ExecutiveBiz

Consulting company LMI has booked a contract from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software to help enhance the Army’s digital capabilities at Impact Level 5.

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Ramping up digital fraud prevention with advanced verification tools

FedScoop

In an era of increasing digital fraud, federal and state government agencies are ramping up efforts to strengthen identity verification and fraud prevention systems. Modern solutions integrating third-party consumer data and device intelligence are becoming essential to combat synthetic identities and safeguard public services, according to a new report produced by Scoop News Group for TransUnion.

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SBA Issues Proposed Rule to Require "Rule of Two" for Orders Under Multiple Award Contracts

Discussions & Clarifications

Today, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would expand the application of the "rule of two" (for small business) to orders under multiple award contracts. The proposed rule is welcome news for small businesses, particularly as the rule of two has been subject to competing interpretations in protest tribunals. C omments on the proposed rule must be received on or before December 24, 2024.

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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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Vigor Marine Awarded $294M Navy Contract for USS Kidd Support Services

GovCon Wire

A Vigor Industrial business has secured a $277 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for the USS Kidd, or DDG 100. The Department of Defense said Friday Portland, Oregon-based Vigor Marine will perform repair, maintenance and modernization services for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

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The Final Rule on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program is Here

Redstone Government Consulting

On October 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the final rule of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) requirements in Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, effective December 16, 2024. The Final Rule updates DoD national security regulations to ensure contractors have implemented cyber security measures to safeguard Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

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Pinnacle Award Finalist Jessica Maloney: ‘It’s Very Important to Empower Your Employees’

WashngtonExec

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Jessica Maloney, general manager of the civilian division at Sev1Tech, and finalist in the DHS Executive of the Year, Private Company, category. Here, she talks about [.

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ODNI Picks Recorded Future for Sentinel Horizon Program

ExecutiveBiz

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has selected Boston-based Recorded Future as a cornerstone partner for ODNI’s Sentinel Horizon program. Recorded Future said Friday the company’s selection marks the U.S.

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Zach Furness Rejoins MITRE as Chief Information Security Officer

GovCon Wire

Zach Furness returned to MITRE to assume the role of chief information security officer, the executive announced via LinkedIn post Friday. Most recently, Furness served as deputy CISO and director of cyber risk management at Children’s National Hospital. He joined the pediatric hospital in December 2020 as director of cybersecurity governance and risk management.

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Navy Taps General Dynamics Unit for UUV Mining Project

ExecutiveBiz

The mission systems business of aerospace and defense company General Dynamics will develop the U.S. Navy’s Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset, or MEDUSA, under a contract with a base value of $15.9 million for program tasks through September 2026.

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CGI Federal Names Brian Baney, Kevin Berens as Vice Presidents

GovCon Wire

CGI Federal has appointed Brian Baney as vice president of Army and other defense agencies and Kevin Berens as VP of Marine Corps business unit. The executive moves were announced via each executive’s LinkedIn post.

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GDIT’s Dave Vennergrund on Reducing AI Hallucinations

ExecutiveBiz

Generative artificial intelligence tools are powered by foundational large language models trained on massive general-purpose datasets that do not contain domain-specific data and so are susceptible to hallucinations, a major concern for government agencies, especially those involved in critical missions like defense, security and health, according to Dave Vennergrund, vice president of AI and data […]

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CMS Appoints Patrick Newbold as CIO

GovCon Wire

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named IT executive Patrick Newbold as chief information officer, effective Nov. 4, Federal News Network reported Friday. Newbold will join CMS from NASA, where he serves as deputy CIO.

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GovCon Index Lost Momentum Last Week

ExecutiveBiz

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index dropped by 2.29% last week, reversing course from a growth trend that lasted five weeks. This change lowered the average to $5,491.84. GovCon Index tracks and presents stock market data from 30 notable government contracting enterprises.

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State Department OKs $2B in Taiwan FMS Deals for Surface-to-Air Missiles, Radars

GovCon Wire

The State Department has approved Taiwan’s two foreign military sales requests worth approximately $2 billion combined for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, AN/TPS-77 and AN/TPS-78 radar turnkey systems, related equipment and services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has already notified Congress of the proposed FMS deals.

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Enveil & F8F Join Forces to Improve Use of Operational Data

ExecutiveBiz

Enveil and Figure Eight Federal —or F8F— will partner to broaden the availability of global data holdings for secure operational use. The Enveil-F8F partnership aims to deliver joint capabilities to allow customers to securely unlock information across a portfolio of mobile location data without jeopardizing mission integrity, the cybersecurity company announced Monday.

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NASA Says Sensor Co.'s Contract Breach Case Should Fail

Government Contracts

NASA has said the U.S. Court of Federal Claims should throw out a sensor business's breach of contract suit over commercialization and licensing deals related to patented NASA technology, saying certain milestones couldn't be reached under the pact.

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Gov't Says No Duty To Pay $69M In COVID Testing Claims

Government Contracts

The Health Resources and Services Administration has urged the Court of Federal Claims to toss a lawsuit alleging the agency owes a laboratory $69 million in unpaid claims under a COVID-19 program for the uninsured, saying there was no contractual duty to pay.

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QinetiQ US Secures $95M Army Contract for Aerial Target Systems

GovCon Wire

QinetiQ US has received a U.S. Army contract worth approximately $95 million to produce and deliver aerial target systems to the military branch in support of its training and testing activities. The company said Monday it will compete for task orders under the Aerial Target Systems 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded by Army Contracting Command-Orlando.

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DC Circ. Won't Revisit Quinn Emanuel's $486M Award Fight

Government Contracts

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP lost its bid to get the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its decision in a dispute over the firm's authority to represent a port operating in a long-running legal spat with the Republic of Djibouti, according to an order issued Monday by a divided panel of judges.

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Top HR Execs to Watch in 2024: ICF’s Caryn McGarry

WashngtonExec

Caryn McGarry Chief Human Resources Officer, ICF Faced with a time of unprecedented challenges to mental health and personal well-being, Caryn McGarry is supporting ICF employees through a refresh of the company’s DEI program. The program was revamped to have a strong focus on belonging, while HR programs were prioritized to help employees grow and [.

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Feds Defend DEI Monitor Provision In Boeing Plea Deal

Government Contracts

The U.S. Department of Justice said it will consider diversity and inclusion when it picks an independent compliance monitor for The Boeing Co. under a proposed plea agreement in the company's criminal conspiracy case, reassuring a Texas federal judge that the selection process will be rigorous.

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Top HR Execs to Watch in 2024: IT Concepts’ Jun Choi

WashngtonExec

Jun Choi Senior Vice President of Human Capital Services, IT Concepts Over the past five years, IT Concepts experienced tremendous growth, providing expertise and strategic partnerships in human capital, data science, IT and management consulting services. ITC prioritizes customer and employee experiences with a multifaceted approach rooted in design thinking, true alignment, agile management and [.

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Gov't Defends GSA's Ohio Office Lease Award

Government Contracts

The federal government has urged the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to swat down a bid protest from a company claiming the General Services Administration unfairly awarded a 15-year office lease in Ohio to another company.

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WATCH: State of Digital Modernization in Health IT with Tonia Bleecher, Kathryn Wetherby

WashngtonExec

In this virtual video panel series, WashingtonExec sits down with industry and public sector leaders to discuss current challenges, innovations and initiatives top of mind across the government IT landscape. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Tonia Bleecher, senior vice president and division leader at ICF, and Kathryn Wetherby, deputy director of the Marketplace IT [.

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Pennsylvania Judge Yanks Delaware River Port Approvals

Government Contracts

A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "arbitrarily and capriciously departed from its own procedures" in authorizing plans for a new port on the Delaware River in Delaware, downriver from Philadelphia, ordering the agency to conduct a closer review of the project.

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Pinnacle Award Finalist Tonie Powell: ‘Our Operations Must Run Smoothly to Deliver Timely, Effective Solutions to Our Clients’

WashngtonExec

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Tonie Powell, operations office manager and executive assistant to the president/CEO of Magellan Federal, and finalist in the Executive Assistant of the Year, Private & Public [.

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Flint Bellwether Delayed On Eve Of Trial, Again

Government Contracts

A Michigan federal judge delayed Monday a bellwether trial set to determine if a water engineering firm was professionally negligent for its role in the Flint water crisis one day before jury selection was scheduled to begin and without explanation.

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Evolution of Kosovo’s Investment Arbitration Law: Defining the Foreign Investor and the State’s Role in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Kosovo Law No. 04/L-220 on Foreign Investment (hereinafter, the “2014 Law on Foreign Investment”), which safeguarded foreign investors as a key element in promoting international economic cooperation and attracting foreign capital, has now been replaced by Law No. 08/L-209 on Sustainable Investments (hereinafter, the “2024 Law on Sustainable Investments”).

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Judicial Committee Best Venue For Funding Disclosure Rules

Government Contracts

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

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The US is leading its counterparts in digital transformation at scale, GSA’s Shive says

FedScoop

HERSHEY, Pa. — In recent weeks, General Services Administration CIO David Shive has met with the heads of digital services entities of more than a dozen of the United States’ most innovative counterparts: Estonia, Indonesia, Canada, Australia and more. From those meetings, Shive learned the U.S. is at the top of the class in one very important measure: digital transformation at scale. “There are a few countries out there that are getting it right, you know — Estonia, Singapore, place

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Q&A: Federal Agencies Turn to Multiple Security Tools for Defense in Depth

FedTech Magazine

If there was ever any doubt that agencies are prime targets for cyberattacks, a June 2024 Government Accountability Office report certainly sets the record straight. “Urgent Action Needed,” the GAO’s dispatch to Congress begins. “Risks to our nation’s essential technology systems are increasing.” In fact, in fiscal 2023, agencies reported more than 32,000 cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a jump of almost 10 percent over th

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AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance launches in Malaysia to stimulate the tech talent ecosystem

AWS Public Sector

In October 2024, at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Day Malaysia, the region’s AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance was launched. In collaboration with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) , the Tech Alliance aims to modernize tech programs of study at Malaysian higher education institutions, connect learners to in-demand tech jobs, and support the development of a highly-skilled tech workforce.

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AI’s future depends on who’s at the table — not just who’s in the Oval Office

FedScoop

Some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent voices and influential players are working overtime to influence the election. To hear them tell it, the future of American innovation — including our leadership on AI — will be decided on Nov. 5. But the truth is, regardless of who wins the presidency, the essential questions for AI regulation will remain the same: Who will write the policies that propel AI forward?

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The future of flying: FAA’s final air taxi rule could have cities looking more like ‘The Jetsons’

American City & Country

Changes are coming to city and county airspace that could turn a science-fiction dream into a reality. For the first time since the helicopter was introduced in the 1940s, a new civilian aircraft category has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, and it has the potential to make air taxis à la “The Jetsons” more commonplace in the U.S.