AWS Public Sector

MAY 22, 2024

In May 2022, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the US, encountered a problem. The COVID-tracking and health data system built for the district during the COVID-19 pandemic had become clunky, difficult to customize, and expensive to maintain. With more than 500,000 students in the system, LAUSD administrators wanted to lower the cost of their infrastructure technology to redirect funds toward supporting teachers and students with classroom reso

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GovCon Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Fourteen companies have secured spots on a $2.4 billion multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver information technology products and services to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Information and Technology Services.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence and cloud technologies are advancing faster than ever, opening up exciting new opportunities for innovation. In this Executive Spotlight interview, we spoke with Kevin Heald, managing director of Accenture Federal Services’ National Security portfolio, to learn more about how AI, cloud and other emerging technologies are shaping the cyber landscape and the GovCon ecosystem.

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FedScoop

MAY 22, 2024

More than 100 Google commercial cloud services recently received FedRAMP High authorizations, including its Vertex AI platform and other artificial intelligence capabilities, the company announced Wednesday. Google has several services — as well as its underlying commercial cloud infrastructure — that have previously received FedRAMP High authorizations.

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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

MAY 22, 2024

Mike McDermott, former chief operating officer at National Capitol Contracting, has joined 22nd Century Technologies as chief growth officer, ExecutiveBiz has learned. 22nd Century Technologies CEO Anil Sharma shared that McDermott will have oversight of all business development efforts and will support proposal development, marketing, mergers and acquisitions and congressional outreach.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

A four-justice concurrence to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unique funding scheme last week carries implications for other cases pending before the court that challenge the so-called administrative state, or the permanent cadre of regulatory agencies and career government enforcers who hold sway over vast swaths of American economic life.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

The city of Seattle says two short-line railroads have breached agreements to maintain liability insurance and indemnify the city in lawsuits from cyclists injured crossing tracks along a perilous stretch of a popular bike trail, according to a complaint filed in Washington state court.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

The U.S. Army has awarded seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $464 million contract to provide environmental remediation support services.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

A Michigan federal judge granted final approval of an $8 million settlement between a civil engineering company and Flint, Michigan, residents, putting to rest claims the company failed to warn them of likely lead contamination that triggered a drinking water crisis in the city.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Ardent, a subsidiary of Mission1st Group, and Obsidian Global have formed a small business joint venture dedicated to providing secure geospatial and artificial intelligence products and services to federal civilian agencies.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

Julian Assange's latest appeal, in which he claims he would be denied free speech protection if he is put on trial in the U.S., could break new ground in extradition cases and end up having to be decided by Britain's highest court, legal experts say.

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FedScoop

MAY 22, 2024

The General Services Administration is working on improvements to survey information and feedback forms, the agency’s administrator said during a Wednesday event. During the Workday Federal Forum , GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan teased that the agency is working on an open-source tool called “Gov CX Analyzer,” which uses artificial intelligence features to see how individuals are interacting with government websites.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies said they are having difficulties getting their insurers to pay out more than $1.5 billion in coverage after the companies reached a $6 billion deal to settle multidistrict litigation alleging their combat earplugs failed to protect the hearing of service members and veterans.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 22, 2024

[link] In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast , host Jane Turner speaks with Johannah Phenya, the owner of a South African IT company who alongside her husband blew the whistle on alleged corruption and fraud in the awarding of government contracts. Following their whistleblowing, Johannah’s husband, Marumo Phenya, was assassinated.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

A California federal judge has agreed to toss felony plea deals for five former U.S. Navy officers who admitted they took bribes from the Malaysian defense contractor known as "Fat Leonard," after the government acknowledged prosecutorial missteps had tainted the high-profile case.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 22, 2024

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) runs four socioeconomic programs aimed at providing equal opportunity to participate in federal contracting. And one would think that all of them have similar options if a contractor is denied certification. One would be wrong. SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) recently dismissed an appeal for lack of jurisdiction, showcasing the different options in the various programs.

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Federal News Network

MAY 22, 2024

The Navy isn’t the only military service that struggles with big shipbuilding programs. Two of the Coast Guard’s biggest programs — the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Polar Security Cutter — are years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says those cost and schedule increases are signs of broader management and oversight problems.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Semiconductor manufacturer Mobix Labs (Nasdaq: MOBX) has acquired RaGE Systems, a provider of radio frequency joint design and manufacturing services, as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of wireless communications offerings.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Defense Department agencies enjoy access to a highly competitive marketplace as they look to move more workloads to the cloud. “With every project that moves into the cloud, we’re trying to do the analysis, understand what the requirements are and decide what cloud environment makes the most sense,” says George Lamb, director for cloud and software modernization in the office of the DOD CIO.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Aurora Flight Sciences, along with its parent company Boeing, will develop the preliminary design review of a high-speed, vertical lift X-plane following a conceptual design review for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. For the PDR phase, the team will create a low-drag, fan-in-wing demonstrator that integrates a blended wing body platform, Aurora said Monday.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

In a judgment dated 3 April 2024 , the Swiss Supreme Court (the “SSC”) rejected Spain’s challenge of an arbitral award rendered in an intra-EU arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”). This post addresses the most salient point of this decision, i.e. the SSC’s rejection of the Achmea and Komstroy judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”).

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Sierra Space has promoted Shawn Buckley, an expert in space habitation and expandable habitats who had previously served as senior director of engineering and chief technologist of the company’s EarthSpace Systems business, to the position of vice president of space destinations.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

China announced on Wednesday that it has issued sanctions against units of a dozen U.S. defense firms, including Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, plus several executives over sales of military weaponry and arms to Taiwan, three days after it sanctioned units of Boeing and General Atomics for similar reasons.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

NuAxis Innovations and Nexthink will work together to deliver digital employee experience management platforms and services to federal agencies under a strategic partnership.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 22, 2024

A recent case at the Federal Circuit discussed the statutory and regulatory requirements for bundling, in the context of a bid protest that the Navy had improperly bundled. BH Aircraft Co, Inc. v. United States, GE Company, DBA GE Edison Works (“GE”), Fed. Cir. No. 2022-1766 (Jan. 2, 2024). BH aircraft filed a bid protest challenging the inclusion of F414 afterburner liner replacement services within a larger Navy contract.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

Axon Enterprise Inc. is looking to toss allegations that it monopolized the Taser and body-worn camera markets, arguing that its acquisition of a body camera supplier preserved vital services for police departments while a trio of municipalities said the deal resulted in higher prices.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Macquarie Capital, a global financial services group, announced investing in Earth Resources Technology, a data systems and technology company that supports federal government agencies.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

Carahsoft Technology and SolCyber have partnered for a managed cybersecurity initiative to help defense industrial base organizations streamline their operations and stay ahead of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

Ohio State University reached a tentative deal Wednesday with a former marketing professor to end her lawsuit accusing the school of firing her for working with outside clients while male colleagues escaped retribution, a notice in federal court said.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 22, 2024

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a solicitation for Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IV, with responses due July 1. CTRIC IV is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that seeks to provide partner nations with products and services related to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat reduction, according to the solicitation posted Thursday on SAM.gov.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

A former Covington & Burling LLP associate who left the firm 13 years ago to join the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has returned to work as of counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 22, 2024

Government Contract Consulting: When and How to Leverage Expert Support Government contracting can be a lucrative but complex field to navigate. Knowing when and how to engage expert consultants can give your business a major advantage in winning contracts and delivering successful projects. In this guide, we’ll walk through key situations when it makes sense to leverage outside support and share tips for finding and working with the right government contract consultants.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Shawn Purvis, president and CEO of the U.S. arm of QinetiQ, was handed her 2024 Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the award, in a recent in-person meeting.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

On February 28, 2024, the arbitral tribunal in the arbitration between Red Eagle Exploration Limited (“Red Eagle”) and Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/13) issued an award under the Canada-Colombia FTA (2008)) (“FTA”). In this post, we discuss the background to this decision as well as the tribunal’s ruling regarding the merits (minimum standard of treatment and expropriation claims).

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GovCon Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Scale AI, a San Francisco-based provider of data labeling services for artificial intelligence development and training, has raised $1 billion in a Series F funding round led by venture capital firm Accel. With a valuation of $13.

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