FedTech Magazine
APRIL 4, 2024
To prepare for the total solar eclipse in 2017, NASA focused on technology that would keep its livestreams running for those who couldn’t see it in person. This time, the agency has looked at how to spend less money for even better service. About 12 million people watched the eclipse on NASA sites on Aug. 21, 2017, the first to cover much of the U.S. in more than a century.
Art of Procurement
APRIL 4, 2024
China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort. The post Even with +1, China is still #1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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FedTech Magazine
APRIL 4, 2024
In recent months, federal agencies and regulators have stepped back to assess the digital landscape in which they operate. And it seems that there are many opportunities to streamline. Many IT leaders will perhaps be unsurprised by the emergence of this trend. Over the past few years, circumstances have combined to create an urgent need for rapid tech investments without a great deal of oversight or coordination.
FedInsider
APRIL 4, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Critical infrastructure services in North America face accelerating threats from both nation-states and other sophisticated threat actors. Governments globally are grappling with how to best balance incentives, support, and direct oversight. Meanwhile, critical infrastructure owners and operators face significant challenges with technology, staff resources, and expertise to better manage cyber resilience.
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FedScoop
APRIL 4, 2024
The post Federal government affected by Russian breach of Microsoft appeared first on FedScoop.
Whistleblower Network News
APRIL 4, 2024
On March 22, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for a $7 million enforcement action taken against the U.S. Bank, N.A., a swap dealer, and against Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an introducing broker. The NCA signals that the CFTC is now accepting whistleblower award claims for the case.
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FedScoop
APRIL 4, 2024
The agency sees ways that AI could help protect cyber networks, but also ways it could be an ethical quagmire or a tool for enemies of the United States.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
TCOM has acquired Equinox Innovative Systems, a Columbia, Maryland-based manufacturer of multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles, in a transaction aimed at expanding the former’s technology offerings to include tethered and untethered drone systems.
FedInsider
APRIL 4, 2024
With the release of Chat GPT, there was an explosion of people lauding the benefit of vacuuming up previous knowledge and presenting it in many formats at the touch of a button. As technology evolved, headlines everywhere sang the praises of possibilities with Generative AI, but serious glitches such as producing narratives with factual inaccuracies make for troubling results.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth has been named to Executive Mosaic’s prestigious 2024 Wash100 list in recognition of his GEOINT leadership and his work spearheading space and intelligence innovation efforts. This marks VADM Whitworth’s third consecutive Wash100 Award. Vote for Frank Whitworth to win the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition at Wash100.com!
Government Contracts
APRIL 4, 2024
Two years after the largest fire in New Mexico's history — a disaster caused by the U.S. government's mismanagement of prescribed burns — the Federal Emergency Management Agency must remedy its grossly inadequate relief efforts and flawed legal interpretations that have left victims of the fire still waiting for justice, says former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
Christopher George is Intel Federal LLC’s President and General Manager. Working closely alongside Intel’s product, research, and manufacturing divisions, he guides the organization toward innovation and progress. With leaders like Chris George paving the way for innovation, the government contracting industry has experienced advancements in recent years.
USFCR
APRIL 4, 2024
The USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) presents a significant opportunity for entities involved in supporting local food systems. With $10.5 million in funding available, the USDA expects to support approximately 150 projects that focus on the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises.
SmallGovCon
APRIL 4, 2024
If federal contracting had a proverbial town square, it would be SAM.gov. So much federal contracting activity flows through or starts there. A large portion of SAM is contractor information. Contractors are required to be on SAM and are expected to keep their profiles on SAM updated. A “hot off the presses” GAO ruling has confirmed that the timing of SAM registration can make or break a contractor’s winning bid.
USFCR
APRIL 4, 2024
“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” –Daniel Webster The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is offering approximately $10.5 million in funds to domestic entities owned, operated and located within the 50 U.S. states and its territories that sell their agricultural products at farmers markets.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
Vinay Malkani, a technology industry leader, has assumed the position of president and CEO at Appen‘s wholly-owned subsidiary Figure Eight Federal, GovCon Wire has learned. “[Malkani is a] natural leader and the outstanding choice as we seek to build trust with the public sector and lead the AI transition within the U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
OROS Labs , the creator of Solarcore insulation, has announced raising $22 million at the close of its Series B funding round , which was led by Airbus Ventures. The thermal product developer said Wednesday that the fresh funds will support its expansion in consumer, commercial and government industries.
Open Contracting Partnership
APRIL 4, 2024
In the United States , the federal government alone spends over $600 billion annually on public contracts. Given its scope and scale, government contracting has a vast, untapped potential to address many of the most significant challenges from improving the state safety net to increasing equal opportunities for local businesses. It is one of the biggest public procurement markets in the world, yet, as in many countries, procurement is an overlooked, underfunded, and understaffed government funct
GovTribe
APRIL 4, 2024
GovTribe studied data from over 260,000 unique users and millions of interactions to find the top 20 opportunities in the federal market heading into April 2024. Let’s start by diving into the top three.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of company veterans Delie Minaie as a senior vice president and Onik Quddus as a vice president. The appointments were announced individually via LinkedIn.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
An RTX subsidiary has secured a $40.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to enhance the technology readiness of the Controlled, Advanced, Distributed Radio Frequency Effects initiative. The competitively procured contract is in support of the potential integration of CADRE into the Next Generation Jammer program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 4, 2024
Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered small business Edgesource has acquired Newbrook Solutions, a Chantilly, Virginia-based provider of software development services to defense and intelligence agencies. Newbrook brings a team of security-cleared experts in service management, software engineering, process engineering and systems engineering and technical advisory services, Edgesource said Wednesday.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
Baird Managing Director Jean Stack accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award in a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. For 11 years, Wash100 has annually recognized the success of the most impactful leaders in the government contracting industry. Winners are chosen for both their past achievements and their potential to continue to shape the field.
Art of Procurement
APRIL 4, 2024
China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
Northrop Grumman has entered into a partnership with EpiSci to develop and deliver tactical autonomy tools for unmanned and uncrewed aerial systems to U.S. and international customers. Under the agreement, Northrop will integrate EpiSci's TacticalAI software into its aeronautics system architecture to advance the development and deployment of secure autonomous systems designed to meet warfighters' mission requirements.
Art of Procurement
APRIL 4, 2024
China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort. The post Even with +1, China is still #1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
Carahsoft Technology , under a partnership agreement, will distribute Ardalyst 's defense industrial base-compliant cybersecurity service through its reseller partners to the public sector and government contractors. Tesseract can develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs tailored to fulfill Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification compliance requirements for small and mid-sized enterprises both on on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures, Carahsoft said Tuesday.
Art of Procurement
APRIL 4, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – April 5th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
Executive Mosaic is proud to induct Sam Maness , managing director of the Defense and Government Services group at Raymond James , into the 2024 Wash100 class. In October, Maness helped launch the 2023 Raymond James Defense and Government Conference , which highlighted the increasing role of private equity in the government contracting sector. Vote for Maness as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition!
Kluwer Arbitration
APRIL 4, 2024
In an interpretative judgment rendered on 21 February 2024 (“Interpretative Judgment”), the highest court of Bulgaria had the occasion to decide whether, in case of an assignment of rights under a contract, the arbitration agreement contained in the contract is transferred automatically to the assignee so that such arbitration agreement becomes effective and binding in the relationship between the assignee and the debtor.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
The U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit have selected eight companies to prototype autonomous software and processes to advance the use of uncrewed vehicles in challenging military operations as part of the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways project. DIU said Wednesday the GVAP project seeks to provide a technical pipeline to support rapid modeling, development, testing and fielding of autonomous features.
Government Contracts
APRIL 4, 2024
The U.S. Secret Service has survived a contractor's protest of a $4.13 million deal to provide janitorial work at the agency's Maryland training facility when the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled the agency adequately probed allegations of procurement integrity violations.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 4, 2024
VivSoft Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Cryptologic and Cyber System Division to extend its work on Platform One, or P1. Issued through the Small Business Innovation Research program, this award is VivSoft's second contract under the P1 initiative and aims to solve enterprise-wide digital identity challenges, the Fairfax, Virginia-based organization told ExecutiveBiz on Thursday.
Government Contracts
APRIL 4, 2024
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., has introduced a pair of bipartisan bills intended to improve federal contracting, one aimed at increasing competition and making greater use of commercial items, the other requiring agencies to track the practical value they receive from contracts.
Public Contracting Institute
APRIL 4, 2024
In a recent appeal of an Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) termination for default, the Armed Services Board (“ASBCA” or “Board”) denied the Corps’ motion to dismiss the appeal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted or, in the alternative, for a more definite statement. Colony Construction, ASBCA No. 63630, Nov. 23, 2023.
Government Contracts
APRIL 4, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has backed a protest over a nearly $5 million Navy custodial services contract, saying the awardee's attempt to re-register in a federal contractor database ahead of expiry didn't excuse a breach of a continuous registration requirement.
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