AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) , in partnership with Market Connections , is excited to announce the results of a recent study on how public sector leaders are approaching the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The survey asked 839 IT decision-makers in US government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations about how their organizations envision incorporating generative AI into their unique missions.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Congressional efforts to extend the Chief Data Officer Council past the end of the year got a boost Monday when a bipartisan House bill was introduced as the companion to earlier Senate legislation. The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act ( H.R. 10151 ), introduced by Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., calls for an extension to the council’s lifespan until 2031, while also requiring the CDO Council to report to Congress about data governance challenges that prevent

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Pacific Defense, an innovative service provider specializing in Modular Open Systems Approach, has completed the expansion of its Sunnyvale, California, facility to enable the company to meet increasing demands.

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USFCR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The USFCR blog provides articles, news, videos, and training on government contracting, SAM.gov (System for Award Management) and SAM registrations.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Please join us on December 3, 2024, 9:30-11:30am CST for this webinar event. Touted as a game-changer when it was first introduced in 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s All Small Mentor-Protege Program isn’t new anymore. Known now as simply the SBA Mentor-Protege Program, it is still extremely useful for large and small contractors alike.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Agencies must prepare for potential breaches with a cyber resilience plan to leverage robust data backup and recovery strategies, which enable speedy restoration of systems and data. These strategies reduce the impact of breaches when they include immutable snapshots that allow agencies to restore clean versions of their systems, minimize disruption and ensure continued mission effectiveness.

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Government Contract Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights three recent protests: one from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and two from the Court of Federal Claims.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Enlightenment Capital has raised $825 million in total capital commitments for its fifth fund, allowing it to further advance its strategy of investing in companies supporting critical defense and government missions. The Washington, D.C.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Hypotheticals were flying Tuesday morning at the D.C. Circuit, where a three-judge panel spent more than two hours trying to figure out whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision means they need to stop the revival of a suit accusing pharmaceutical companies of funding terrorism in Iraq.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

ANELLO Photonics, the developer of the Silicon Photonic Optical Gyroscope, or SiPhOG, closed its Series B funding round co-led by Lockheed Martin, Catapult Ventures and One Madison Group, and joined by various others, including Trousdale Ventures and Build Collective.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Dell Technologies and Iron Bow Technologies have agreed to collectively pay more than $4.3 million to resolve allegations they orchestrated a scheme to overcharge the U.S. Army by submitting noncompetitive bids for a computing contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Textron has announced that its Textron Systems business will provide company-owned, company-operated, or COCO, services for unmanned aircraft systems to another three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships, also known as LCS, under a task order worth up to $47 million.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has settled a lawsuit alleging its disposal of large quantities of a chemical pesticide contaminated a property near Lake Michigan, the federal government has said, months after the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals ruled the government was liable for the property's diminished value.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Gunnison Consulting Group a three-year, $14 million contract to provide cybersecurity support for the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Cybersecurity Program Office.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' updated rules for handling agency overpayments adopt a more reasonable definition of what it means to have "identified" an overpayment, which is a win for providers, but their new time frame for investigating related overpayments is unrealistic, says Susan Banks at Holland & Knight.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Search company Elastic is collaborating with software company Red Hat to offer a solution to public sector organizations that seek to make artificial intelligence and machine learning part of their operations. Elastic said Friday that it is bringing to the partnership its Search AI Platform while Red Hat will provide OpenShift AI.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Court of Federal Claims judge has allowed Ligado Networks' $40 billion suit against the federal government over an alleged unconstitutional taking of licensed 5G spectrum to move forward, saying the claims court had jurisdiction over the dispute.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Guidehouse has added Mark Korth and Angela Hunt as partners to its health segment to support the company in helping health care organizations advance their clinical and operational performance.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Liam Bowers at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims examining the use of unstated evaluation criteria, an agency's investigation of its own data rights and unequal access to information about an organizational conflict of interest.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

VAST Data‘s federal subsidiary and MITRE have formed a strategic partnership to field new data capabilities to support a sandbox environment that could be used to train artificial intelligence models designed for federal government applications.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has thrown out Maersk's protest over the shipping giant's rejection from a $2.3 billion contract for military freight transportation services, saying U.S. Transportation Command wasn't obligated to tell it its pricing was too high.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

AeroVironment will acquire BlueHalo for $4.1 billion in an all-stock transaction to broaden the company’s defense capabilities portfolio. AV announced Tuesday that a definitive agreement had already been executed and that the transaction is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2025.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Luke Meier of Blank Rome LLP helped government contractor Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure hang onto a $45 billion nuclear cleanup contract, one of the largest services contracts ever, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Executive Mosaic has selected CeCe DeCamp of SAIC as chair of the Department of Homeland Security and Civilian Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims shot down a flight simulation company's bid to recoup a $41.5 million loss from the Air Force for contractual delays on an aircraft project, ruling that the company assumed the risk of losses when it signed up for a fixed-price deal.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Herndon, Virginia-based ManTech has expanded its intelligence sector with the appointment of industry executives Gavin Greene and Joseph Schneider as vice president of business development and VP of program operations, respectively.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Spirit AeroSystems has agreed to sell its Fiber Materials Inc. business to Tex-Tech Industries for $165 million in cash. In a statement released Monday, Tex-Tech CEO Scott Burkhart said FMI’s range of high-performance products will be added to the company’s offerings for the space and defense industry.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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 Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys, and finalist in the Cybersecurity Executive of the Year, Public Company, category. Here, he talks about recent achievements, shares [.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The National Institutes of Health is responsible for the critical task of keeping the nation healthy and well, so it’s no wonder the agency has a substantial budget. With ambitious goals and significant funding allocations, NIH plans to transform the healthcare landscape.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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 Niki Lane, acquisition and budget branch chief of capacity building at CISA, and finalist in the Contracts Executive of the Year, Government, category. Here, she talks [.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

ShadowDragon Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Couch said gathering publicly available information, or PAI, from disparate sources using open source intelligence tools while respecting an individual’s privacy could help government agencies turn collected PAI into actionable intelligence. In an article published on Carahsoft.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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 Donna Bennett, chief information security officer at the State Department, and finalist in the Government Cybersecurity Executive of the Year, category. Here, we highlight her recent [.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Fresh off nearly a decade at Capgemini Government Solutions, Wash100 Award winner Bill Webner joined Summit Technology Consulting Group in June. However, that venture has, with Webner’s help, now rebranded, transforming into the new Allocore.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Sylvia Kilpatrick Vice President of Human Resources, SMX Sylvia Kilpatrick’s biggest recent achievement will be successfully leading the harmonization of benefits, policies and HR systems across all of SMX, to include Outside Analytics and Creoal Consulting which were acquired by SMX in late 2023. “Sylvia is a key member of our Senior Leadership Team and [.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Northrop Grumman has received a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $318.7 million to continue providing technical engineering and integration support services for the Trident II (D-5) submarine-launched ballistic missile and underwater launcher systems of guided missile submarines. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the sole-source contract has a base value of $42.

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