Federal News Network

JANUARY 8, 2025

President-elect Trump has promised to use tariffs as economic levers to benefit the U.S. Perhaps strangely, tariffs figure into federal acquisition rules and practices. Lots of things to fulfill federal contracts some from other countries. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin get a detailed look now from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Interview transcript: Dan Ramish Well, Tom, the Buy America Act does apply to many federal contracts, but depending on the dollar threshold of the contr

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Theres a common understanding at this point that quantum computing is ungraspable to the layman and possibly even to scientific experts. This very publication has spoken to leading minds in the field who admit that its difficult to pin down, its essence not able to be communicated sufficiently.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 8, 2025

On January 6, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that biopharmaceutical company Athira Pharma Inc. has agreed to pay $4,068,698 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to report allegations of research misconduct in grant applications and grant award progress reports and assurances submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 8, 2025

Watch our latest Procurement on Demand webinar that provides insight into what Social Value in procurement is. The webinar will consider the legal obligations surrounding social value in public procurement, when to consider it and how to measure it. Social value in procurement is about making sure that what you buy creates additional benefits for society.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

ECS will deliver SAS artificial intelligence-based offerings to federal agencies to help address health system needs including public safety and health monitoring, risk and resource management, operational efficiency and policy and compliance oversight.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 8, 2025

This week on Feds At the Edge, we dive into the evolution of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program in addressing the growing cyber-attack surface. Hemant Baidwan, CISO for DHS, OCIO, noted that Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation is a comprehensive suite of tools and policies, with a key focus on understanding the attack surface and ensuring high data quality during deployment.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

LMI, a technology provider to the federal government, announced the opening of its new office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which will be the primary location to support the space market and its customers.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

Satellite communications company Ligado Networks accused a satellite service provider of breaching a $1.7 billion cooperation deal aimed at facilitating Ligado's terrestrial network operations by failing to upgrade its own satellite terminals and deliver portions of its spectrum.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Tom Vice has stepped down as Sierra Spaces CEO, SpaceNews reported Monday, citing a company statement. Vice retired as CEO at the end of 2024. Fatih Ozmen, chairman of the board of Sierra Space, will serve as the interim CEO while the company seeks a permanent replacement.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest over a $991.3 million contract for the U.S. Army's HADES spy plane, saying the Army reasonably rejected L3Harris' bid while keeping awardee Sierra Nevada eligible despite a corporate name change.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Melanie Heitkamp was elected by the board of directors of Northrop Grumman to serve as corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 3.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

Counsel representing a whistleblower will receive $8.7 million in fees and expenses less than requested for their role in reaching a $38.5 million deal with Academy Mortgage in a suit accusing the company of submitting false claims,according to a newly public order.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Aaron Weis needs little introduction. The technology maven built a reputation through years spent as a chief information officer and business leader in the private sector at small and midsized companies, before becoming a senior advisor to the Department of Defense CIO in 2018.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

Across sectors, Office of Inspector General work plans and challenge reports for 2025 provide a trove of information on the issues and industries that will likely be the focus of government oversight in the year to come, says Diana Shaw at Wiley.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Byron Bright, currently president of KBR’s Government Solutions U.S. and a five-time Wash100 awardee, will take on the newly created chief operating officer role in May at the Houston-based aerospace and defense contractor.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

ExamSofthas asked a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a bar examinee's $2 million software crash lawsuit, saying her claims of disability-based discrimination fail because she did not allege the software "poses an imminent threat of harm or is currently inflicting harm.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Chitra Productions subsidiary aiComply has partnered with Carahsoft Technology, a government information technology services provider, to bring artificial intelligence-powered compliance offerings to the public sector. Carahsoft said Tuesday it will serve as the public sector distributor for aiComply and make its products available to the public sector, including NavigateCyber.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructors teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 8, 2025

Serving the government market requires deep knowledge of its mission, ability to provide secure innovative solutions and being a trusted, strategic partner for the nations agencies that provide citizen-facing services and programs. As technology and citizen expectations evolve, so do the needs of agencies as they continue to modernize internal IT infrastructure and adopt emerging [.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

BlueHalo has received a $49.9 million contract from Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific for engineering, integration and operations support of uncrewed aerial systems, or UAS, used by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Special Operations Command.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security released an artificial intelligence playbook on Tuesday aimed at guiding government use of generative AI systems. The document, written for both federal and local officials, represents the culmination of work on artificial intelligence under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas before the upcoming change in administrations.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Constellis subsidiary Centerra has won a position on the unrestricted track of the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 8, 2025

Happy New Year, SmallGovCon readers! As we look forward to the new updates, decisions, and commentary in 2025, its also a good time to reflect on the important and well-read posts from 2024. This post revisits our most popular blog posts from 2024. Below, we summarize the blogs written in 2024 that were the most visited as well as the perennial favorites from years past that were the most viewed in 2024.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

NASA has awarded Columbus Technologies and Services a potential five-year, $1.1 billion follow-on contract to provide electrical and electronic engineering support for the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 8, 2025

On October 18, 2024, the Santiago Court of Appeals rejected a petition seeking the annulment of an international arbitration award, once again providing strong arguments in favor of the validity of international commercial awards ( Case No. 12506-2022 ). In the twenty years since the enactment of the International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) No. 19971 , no international award has been annulled by Chilean courts.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

NewSpring Holdings-backed Xpect Solutions has acquired GovDefender to expand its digital transformation capabilities for federal law enforcement and national security customers. Xpect Solutions said Tuesday the transaction marks its first acquisition since being acquired by NewSpring in October 2024.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 8, 2025

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Artificial intelligence offers a transformative opportunity within federal agencies. The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) efforts to modernize operations, enhance taxpayer experiences, and optimize workforce management, provide an excellent example of AIs potential for consequential change.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

ManTech has appointed industry veteran Joseph Zuliani as vice president of the newly established mission readiness and enablement practice. The company said Wednesday Zuliani will help accelerate client missions through the use of advanced technologies and analytical methods combined with the support of experts in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, cognitive cyber and intelligent engineering.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Maximus, a government services provider, has secured new contracts from the Veterans Benefit Administration to continue providing Medical Disability Exam services.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The U.S. Navy has awarded 1,023 companies positions on the SeaPort Next Generation contract for professional support services as part of the second rolling admissions for the procurement vehicle. The Department of Defense said Wednesday Naval Sea Systems Command launched a competitive procurement process and received 1,106 offers for SeaPort NxG Rolling Admissions II.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Arcfield has upgraded PuriFile, its data exfiltration and infiltration protection tool designed to secure sensitive data and networks across multiple domains for the government. The Chantilly, Virginia-based company said Tuesday that PuriFile v10 strengthens defenses against internal and external cyber threats for U.S.

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Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

JANUARY 8, 2025

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Leidos has appointed Megan Block as vice president and national security capture excellence head. In this capacity, Block will handle planning and proposal development on business opportunities in defense, intelligence and homeland security, the company said Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Marin Halper has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense and services center at MITRE, he announced on LinkedIn Tuesday In his new role, Halper will lead efforts supporting the National Security Engineering Center within the company’s national security sector. He will supervise a workforce tasked with addressing challenges and synchronizing teams and programs.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Amr Hussein has been appointed vice president and deputy general manager of the F-35 Lightning II Program at Lockheed Martin while Scott Gustafson has been appointed the company’s vice president of mission success. The two executives announced their new roles on their respective LinkedIn profiles.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Jennifer Walsmith, a former Northrop Grumman executive, has been named president of intelligence and cybersecurity at Amentum.

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