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Diversity of Thought & Agency Success

FedInsider

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Building a diverse workforce is about more than ensuring that different demographic groups are represented. There is increasing evidence in the global business community that companies with greater diversity in their employees significantly outperform those with little diversity. The same is true of federal agencies.

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How the DOD Is Transforming its Cloud Service Offerings Approval Process

GovCon Wire

The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program evaluates the security of Cloud Service Offerings, or CSOs, prior to their deployment in U.S. government organizations.

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First-Time Wash100 Winner Paul Courtney Awarded in 2024 for DHS Acquisition Acceleration

ExecutiveBiz

Executive Mosaic is ecstatic to recognize Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer Paul Courtney with the 2024 Wash100 Award. Courtney earns the award due to his growth-minded leadership of DHS acquisition activities, which upholds a commitment to fostering private sector collaboration. Now that the full Wash100 list is available, the popular vote contest has begun.

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Michelle Styczynski-Hamblin Named Raytheon VP of APS Operations & Supply Chain

GovCon Wire

Michelle Styczynski-Hamblin, a two-decade veteran of RTX (NYSE: RTX) and its former iterations, has been named vice president of APS operations and supply chain at the company’s Raytheon business arm, according to a LinkedIn post published Friday.

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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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RTX Receives $75M Army Contract for Coyote Anti-Drone Interceptors

ExecutiveBiz

RTX has secured a $75 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce and deliver interceptors designed to enable the U.S. military to neutralize enemy drones. The contract covers the provision of 600 Coyote 2C anti-drone interceptors to support the service branch's counter-unmanned aircraft systems mission, the Army said Friday.

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Library Of Congress Must Revisit $450M Software Deal

Government Contracts

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has backed protests by Deloitte and another company over $450 million in Library of Congress software development contracts, saying the agency made several errors in how it assessed and compared bids.

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DNI Avril Haines Earns 4th Consecutive Wash100 Award for National Intelligence Leadership

GovCon Wire

Executive Mosaic is pleased to honor Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines for the fourth consecutive time as an inductee into the Wash100 Award for elite government contracting leaders. In 2024, she is recognized for leading the intelligence community in fighting disinformation and strengthening its resilience.

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Bringing New Insights to DEIA Initiatives

GovLoop

To commit to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives, public sector leaders must work through some important considerations related to their workforce, finance processes and policies. Three common challenges agencies can face are: Data fragmentation: This results from organizations’ reliance on multiple systems for human resources (HR) and financial processes, which limits their ability to capture, track and analyze DEIA data.

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Standing, Brand-Name or Equal, Insufficient Documentation

Government Contract Insights

This month’s bid protest roundup highlights one decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and two decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Commercial Cloud Is the Tip of the Iceberg for Private-Public Partnership in IC, Says CIA’s La’Naia Jones

GovCon Wire

Around 2010, when the first cloud migration wave was really taking hold in the federal government, the intelligence community was hesitant to fall in line. But what began tentatively has blossomed into a fruitful, near-decade-and-a-half collaboration between commercial providers and the Central Intelligence Agency, said Chief Information Officer La’Naia Jones.

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Adverse Inference, the Wrong Way to Lose a Size Protest

SmallGovCon

An adverse inference is a penalty that the Small Business Administration (SBA) can enforce as part of a size protest. During a size protest determination, SBA will ask the protested company lots of questions. Sometimes, a protester will not answer those questions, either on purpose or due to oversight. Depending on the circumstances, SBA can apply an adverse inference if a protested company fails to respond to questions.

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Top Space Execs to Watch in 2024

WashngtonExec

Space exploration is soaring to new heights. In 2023, Congress allocated $25.4 billion to NASA, a 5.6% hike from the previous year. Additionally, lawmakers approved a $26.3 billion budget for the U.S. Space Force. Recognizing that exploring the vast unknown requires a joint effort, the nation frequently collaborates with both GovCon and private space companies. [.

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Three ways government agencies can modernize with IDP powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector

As talent shortages grow, job vacancies are commonplace across governmental agencies. Add the challenge of retaining existing talent and government agencies face a perfect storm. Due to a technology called intelligent document processing (IDP), agencies can accomplish their missions faster—even as vacancies mount. IDP automatically captures data from documents and data sources, then quickly analyzes and organizes this information for further processing.

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Pa. Judge Won't Certify Class In Juvenile Facility Abuse Suit

Government Contracts

A Pennsylvania federal judge has declined to certify a proposed class of former residents of juvenile facilities operated by Abraxas Youth and Family Services who claim to have suffered mental, physical or sexual abuse between 2000 and the present, saying "fact-finding mini-trials" would be needed to adequately identify members.

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Gregory Fortier Elevated to Army Business Group SVP Role at SAIC

ExecutiveBiz

Gregory Fortier was appointed senior vice president of the Army business group at Science Applications International Corp. , where he previously worked as a VP for over two years. He joined SAIC as vice president of its fires, aviation and missile defense business portfolio.

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Tenn. Dept. Settles Claims It Ignored Kids' Citizenship Options

Government Contracts

A Tennessee federal court on Monday approved a settlement requiring Tennessee's Department of Children's Services to ensure undocumented children in its care can timely pursue legal status, resolving allegations the department irresponsibly let children age out of a special pathway to citizenship.

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Northrop Secures $123M Navy Contract for Counter-IED System Engineering & Maintenance

GovCon Wire

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential four-year, $123.2 million contract to sustain an electronic warfare tool designed to counter radio-controlled improvised explosive devices for the U.S. Navy, Air Force and government of Australia.

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At GSA’s Workplace Innovation Lab, Sustainability Starts with Power over Ethernet

FedTech Magazine

Federal employees visiting the General Services Administration’s Workplace Innovation Lab (WIL) might notice photovoltaic panels attached to some of the windows as part of a sustainability initiative. The green PV panels are made from recaptured ocean waste, printed with organic ink and convert absorbed solar rays into electric energy through semiconducting materials.

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Chance Saltzman: Navigating the Heights of the US Space Force Leadership

GovCon Wire

As technology continues to evolve, rising concerns for space dominance also grow. US Space Force’s top executive, Gen. Chance Saltzman, takes on a crucial role in handling the government’s most pressing problems in space. In 2024, Gen. Saltzman won his second Wash100 award for his exceptional service and contributions in the space sector.

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Countdown To RIDW24: Developments In Sports Arbitration In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia And Europe

Kluwer Arbitration

The first Riyadh International Disputes Week (“RIDW”) presents an excellent occasion for international, regional, and local experts and practitioners to meet and exchange their views regarding salient developments in the various areas of dispute resolution. The upcoming Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration Third International Conference and Arbitration (“SCCA24”) on 6 March 2024, which is scheduled as the event highlight of RIDW, will feature a panel discussion on “Sports, Entertainment and T

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Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: Training, Drills, Standards Key to Ensuring Cyber & Physical Safety in Schools

ExecutiveBiz

A lack of awareness in education institutions about what constitutes as a cybersecurity issue is one of the most impactful vulnerabilities affecting the sector, according to Tim Boltz , education market program executive at Carahsoft. Another issue affecting the education sector is the plurality of technologies meant to address specific security problems, resulting in "a disconnected mixture of security infrastructure" that makes regulation and management difficult, Boltz said in a colum

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Fornetix Elevates Nav Singh to Global Sales SVP Role

GovCon Wire

Nav Singh, formerly vice president for federal sales at Fornetix, has been promoted to senior VP for global sales at the Frederick, Maryland-based cybersecurity firm. In a LinkedIn post Friday, Fornetix said Singh will continue to grow the company’s core sales segment, including VaultCore, attribute-based access control as well as identity, credential and access management services.

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RBCI Tapped to Provide DHA With Program Support Services

ExecutiveBiz

RB Consulting Inc. , a Frederick, Maryland-based information technology and services company, has won a potential five-year, $35 million contract to provide a Defense Health Agency program management office with a range of support services. RBCI will conduct cybersecurity and risk management framework support, technology assessment and analysis and other services to help the DHA Integrated Clinical Systems PMO, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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Scott Weliver Assumes New Position at Dewberry Focused on DOD, VA Clients

GovCon Wire

Scott Weliver has been named vice president and executive client manager for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs at Dewberry. Weliver announced his new role at the architecture, engineering and construction services provider on LinkedIn.

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Douglas Munro Promoted to Vice President & Accounting Chief at Mercury Systems

ExecutiveBiz

Douglas Munro has assumed the position of vice president and chief accounting officer at technology firm Mercury Systems , transitioning from the role of corporate controller. He succeeds Michelle McCarthy and will oversee accounting operations and financial reporting, Mercury said Thursday.

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Onepath Systems Becomes Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Albers Aerospace

GovCon Wire

Albers Aerospace has completed its deal to take over Onepath Systems, a turnkey services provider to the Department of Defense now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the former. As a result of the acquisition, Onepath will become part of Albers’ defense business, strengthening the parent company’s presence in the aerospace and defense markets, Albers said Thursday.

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Anduril’s New Line of Passive Airborne Sensors Features AI Detection Capability; Brian Schimpf Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Anduril Industries introduced a new line of imaging and targeting sensors designed for autonomous air vehicles and other airborne combat applications. The company on Thursday launched its Iris family of sensors , which features its proprietary Computational Pixel Imager technology.

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NSTXL CEO Tim Greeff Transitions to President, Unveils Key Leadership Changes

GovCon Wire

Tim Greeff, CEO and founder of the National Security Technology Accelerator, is transitioning to president in a move to revamp and expand NSTXL’s leadership team. Mark McIntosh, formerly chief operating officer at NSTXL, will assume the CEO role at the Los Angeles, California-headquartered government technology provider, Greeff announced in a blog post published Thursday.

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Northrop Books DARPA Contract to Build AI-Enabled Tactical Autonomy Capabilities

ExecutiveBiz

Northrop Grumman has received a $28.9 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop tactical autonomy capabilities for multi-ship, beyond visual range defensive and offensive air combat missions. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that Northrop will build an AI air combat capability that could work with existing sensors, electronic warfare and weapons within dynamic and operationally representative environments.

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GovCon Index Records 4th Consecutive Winning Week

GovCon Wire

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose 0.89% on Feb. 9, 2024, to mark four consecutive winning weeks since the week of Jan. 16. The index that tracks the performance of 30 notable government contractors closed at $4.741.09 or 1.935% higher than a week ago.

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GA-ASI Unveils New Off-Board Sensing Station Developed With AFRL

ExecutiveBiz

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory provided a preview of their novel off-board sensing station as part of the service branch's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The XQ-67A sensing drone underwent high-speed taxi tests in preparation for flight trials that were originally set for the first half of fiscal year 2024.

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Why You Don't Want to Miss Redstone GCI's Day with Deltek 2024

Redstone Government Consulting

Redstone GCI's Deltek Costpoint group is hosting Redstone GCI's Day with Deltek on April 11th. This FREE event will include sessions with Deltek and Redstone Government Consulting experts, networking opportunities, and 4 CPE credits. This year's event includes sessions on CMMC, system audit preparation, and even a live report writing training session.

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Recent Dubai Court of Cassation Judgments: Is Arbitration an Exceptional Means of Resolving Disputes?

Kluwer Arbitration

The United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) courts have traditionally held that arbitration is an exceptional means of resolving disputes. However, in recent years, there has been a significant shift in the UAE courts’ approach with decisions confirming that arbitration is not merely an exceptional means of resolving parties’ disputes, but an equal alternative to litigation.

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GAO Says Ambiguity Protest Too Late In HHS Comms Deal

Government Contracts

A Virginia-based communications firm has lost out on a marketing contract for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after the U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled that it had not provided a required rate agreement in its quote.

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Anduril’s New Line of Passive Airborne Sensors Features AI Detection Capability; Brian Schimpf Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Anduril Industries introduced a new line of imaging and targeting sensors designed for autonomous air vehicles and other airborne combat applications. The company on Thursday launched its Iris family of sensors , which features its proprietary Computational Pixel Imager technology.

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Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

Government Contracts

Hogan Lovells convinced the U.S. Government Accountability Office that a $1 billion contract for services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children was awarded based on a flawed evaluation, making it one of Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.