Fri.Nov 08, 2024

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FAA seeks artificial intelligence-powered safety tool

FedScoop

The Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to search for potential applications of artificial intelligence meant to boost aviation safety, including with a new call for information from technology vendors. Earlier this week, the agency posted a request for information focused on tools that might use machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify safety risks.

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A Decade of Improvement at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs

GovLoop

Ten years ago, when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) became one of the first agencies to elevate customer experience (CX) to top priority, leaders created a path toward better serving veterans and their families through improved communications, easier access to information and a focus on restoring veterans’ trust in the agency. In doing so, it also created a path for other agencies to improve the experiences of their own customers.

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Blake Nelson Assumes Cloud & Data Center VP Post at Leidos

GovCon Wire

Blake Nelson, a 25-year industry veteran with vast experience in cloud technology, has been appointed vice president of the cloud and data center practice area at Leidos. The Reston, Virginia-based information technology company said Thursday the executive will spearhead the strategic growth of its digital modernization business, including its cloud technology offerings.

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Biz Owner Pleads Guilty To CBP Contract Kickback Scheme

Government Contracts

A software-testing business owner pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official in exchange for government contracts being funneled to his company.

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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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Top 4 Large Language Model Chatbots Dazzling the AI World

ExecutiveBiz

Artificial intelligence has been a presence in the government contracting world for decades now — at the recent Raymond James Defense and Government Conference, Parsons CEO and Wash100 awardee Carey Smith said it’s been an established part of the company’s toolbox for many years.

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Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Suit Against Texas Optometrist Results in $1 Million Settlement

Whistleblower Network News

On November 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced that Texas-based optometrist Dr. Tony Jacob agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $1 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to federal healthcare programs. Dr. Jacob operated a network of optometry practices in Central Texas and according to the government, these practices “submitted claims to TRICARE, Medicare, and Medicaid using the Na

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Jason Miller Joins PsiQuantum as Product Management SVP

GovCon Wire

Jason Miller, a nearly two-decade Google veteran, has joined quantum computing company PsiQuantum to serve as senior vice president of product management. Miller announced his move in a LinkedIn post Wednesday.

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Compensation for Professional Employees and You: GAO Sustains Where Agency Doesn’t Explain Why Proposed Decreased Compensation is Reasonable

SmallGovCon

While the federal government uses wage determinations for many occupations that contractors must abide by, things are different with professional occupations such as physicians, accountants, engineers, and (yours truly) attorneys. Contractors generally have more leeway with regard to how they pay their professional employees on a given contract. But it’s not unlimited.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector

Climate change is a global issue, but its localized impacts can vary significantly across different regions. While some areas are experiencing extreme drought, others are witnessing devastating flash floods. These extreme events, and water quantity and quality issues more broadly, are pressing concerns in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, further aggravated by the uncertain impacts of climate change.

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RTX Business to Develop Cybersecurity Tool Under DARPA Contract

ExecutiveBiz

RTX business BBN Technologies, a company offering technology research and development for national security, has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to bolster the cyber resilience of the Department of Defense.

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The key components of CISA’s Malcolm on Amazon EKS

AWS Public Sector

Understanding your network traffic is key to improving your security posture. Network traffic analysis tools are one way to dive into network findings and events. Malcolm is a powerful, open source network traffic analysis tool suite created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to aid public and private sector customers in improving their network security monitoring and incident response.

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Palantir & Partners to Provide Claude AI to Defense Agencies

ExecutiveBiz

Anthropic, Palantir Technologies and Amazon Web Services have entered into a partnership to make the Claude 3 and 3.5 family of artificial intelligence models available to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.

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Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Names Staci Peters as Business Services SVP

GovCon Wire

Staci Peters has taken on the role of senior vice president of business services at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, a Fluor-led company, according to her LinkedIn post Thursday.

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NYC's Suit Against Cos. Busing Migrants Gets Tossed

Government Contracts

A New York state judge on Friday tossed New York City's lawsuit accusing charter bus companies of transporting migrants from Texas without providing them care in violation of a state "pauper statute," saying the law unconstitutionally restricted the right to travel.

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The 2024 Fast 50 government contractors

Federal News Network

Ross Wilkers, senior reporter, Washington Technology Ross Wilkers, senior reporter for Washington Technology , joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a follow-up interview, this time addressing the Washington Technology Fast 50 contractors. The list includes fifty companies that submitted financial data to WashTech to verify their growth over the past 5 years.

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Gov't Says No Need For Continuous Contractor Registration

Government Contracts

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a rule Friday clarifying that contractors don't need to be continuously registered in a federal database between bidding and contract award, a contentious issue that has cost prospective contractors billions of dollars in federal deals.

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Cybersecurity & CMMC

Federal News Network

This week Michael Gruden, counsel at Crowell & Moring , joins Off the Shelf , for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on cybersecurity and the CMMC journey. Michael Gruden, counsel, Crowell & Moring Gruden provides a cyber retrospective, outlining the evolution of government cybersecurity requirements to the present-day implementation of CMMC.

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Facts In Emails Aren't Confidential For Deposition, Judge Says

Government Contracts

A government contractor implicated in allegations that the U.S. infringed patents for contactless data carriers must turn over portions of a former employee's emails because the correspondence contains facts not protected by attorney-client privilege, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled.

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SBA MUST USE TAX RETURNS FOR SIZE DETERMINATIONS

Public Contracting Institute

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) must use a concern’s tax returns when making a size determination, unless the returns are not available. Since many size standards are based on the receipts of the company, the SBA regulation on this is important. A recent case issued by the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) case demonstrated the importance of using tax returns.

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Atlanta's 'Cop City' Nears Completion, Outrunning The Courts

Government Contracts

A series of legal challenges and a protest movement that thrust Atlanta into the international spotlight appear unlikely to halt construction of the city's controversial public safety training center known as "Cop City," which is headed for completion in the coming months.

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NVIDIA Appoints Ellen Ochoa to Board of Directors

ExecutiveBiz

NVIDIA has appointed Ellen Ochoa, former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to the board of directors. In a press release Thursday, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said, “Ellen’s extraordinary experience speaks volumes about her role as a trailblazer and a leader.

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Special Master Recommends $7.8M For Flint Plaintiffs' Attys

Government Contracts

A Special Master has recommended that attorneys representing plaintiffs in the Flint Water Crisis litigation receive $7.8 million in fees for their role in securing a $25 million settlement with Veolia North America finalized last month.

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Advanced Space to Extend CAPSTONE Mission Under NASA Contract

ExecutiveBiz

NASA has awarded Advanced Space a contract to extend the mission of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, 12U cubesat.

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Colo. City Says Software Co. Trying To Dodge $20M Verdict

Government Contracts

A city in Coloardo has urged a federal court to force a software developer to turn over customer contracts and other documents to prove the company is not transferring assets to avoid paying a $20 million judgment, accusing the firm of playing a "corporate shell game.

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Yossi Carmel to Step Down as Cellebrite CEO

ExecutiveBiz

Yossi Carmil has announced his decision to resign as CEO and member of the board of directors at Cellebrite, a company specializing in end-to-end digital forensics and digital intelligence. The digital investigative services company said Wednesday it has started a formal search for its next CEO with the help of an executive recruiting firm.

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Judge Won't Pause Housing Order In LA Campus Suit

Government Contracts

A California federal judge has refused to pause his order requiring the federal government to put out contract offers for the construction of temporary housing on a Los Angeles campus that's at the heart of a class action filed by disabled, homeless military veterans who accused the federal government of misusing the property.

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Box Selected as ICM Platform Provider for NTSB

ExecutiveBiz

The National Transportation Safety Board has selected Box as its intelligent content management platform for NTSB.gov, allowing agency investigators to readily collect digital files and share them with the public.

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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals

Government Contracts

Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

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Agile Space Industries to Establish Space Test Center in Oklahoma

ExecutiveBiz

Agile Space Industries will build a space test center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to meet the demand from NASA, commercial space companies and the Department of Defense for advanced in-space rocket engine testing capabilities.

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AI Is Only Part of the Picture

GovLoop

At the state and local level, adopting AI remains only one of a long list of IT priorities. Even when AI is near the top, data and systems often need updates to prepare for it. Scot Barker, Chief Innovation Officer for Burlington, Vermont, carefully considers each AI application before using it. “I really have to dive into how I implement new technology on a limited budget,” he said. “There’s not a lot of room for me to say ‘It will be cool to explore this.'”

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Trellix GovCloud Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Authorization

ExecutiveBiz

Trellix‘s artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity platform for government agencies has secured a High Impact Level authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Thursday that the FedRAMP authorization opens the Trellix GovCloud Security Platform for immediate implementation across all federal agencies.

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Cybersecurity: A Menu of State Priorities

GovLoop

No state or local entity should assume that it’s too small or innocuous to undergo a cyberattack. Hackers will breach every government network eventually, and agencies that are underfunded and overconfident in their cyber defenses make successful attacks all-too-easy. To manage and recover from a cyber event, organizations need updated, coherent strategies — not faded handbooks pulled off a shelf.

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BlackSky Fully Acquires Satellite Producer LeoStella

ExecutiveBiz

BlackSky, a remote sensing company, has fully acquired satellite manufacturer LeoStella to continue supporting the development of the company’s imaging satellites, SpaceNews reported Friday. BlackSky previously owned 50 percent of LeoStella, and in a Nov. 7 earnings call the company announced it bought the remaining 50 percent from Thales Alenia Space to take full ownership.

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Procurement 6 – November 8th, 2024

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – November 8th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Godspeed Capital’s AEC Services Platform Acquires Florida-Based Healthcare, Government Infrastructure Firm

GovCon Wire

Stengel Hill Architecture, the architecture, engineering and consulting services platform of Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Mason Blau & Associates, a full-service architecture firm based in Clearwater, Florida. The private equity firm said Thursday MBA’s leadership will join the SHA team following the transaction’s completion.

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GSA Weighs 2 Sites For New Connecticut Federal Courthouse

Government Contracts

Federal officials are weighing two possible sites for a new $355 million federal courthouse to replace an aging one in Hartford, Connecticut.

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