ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
The unmanned version of the Lakota UH-72 helicopter has been selected for inclusion in the first phase of the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector program, The War Zone reported Tuesday.
Whistleblower Network News
MAY 15, 2024
On May 7, U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced that two Tacoma hospitals and a former surgeon agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle False Claims Act (FCA) allegations of medically unnecessary spinal surgeries. The settlement resolves allegations brought forward by a qui tam whistleblower. According to the government, from 2013 to 2018, former Orthopedic Surgeon Kevin Schoenfelder billed spinal surgeries to government health programs, including Medicare, TRICARE, and Veterans Affairs, when
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ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
Citizant, a business and IT products and services provider to the U.S. government, has promoted Pamela Schoppert, formerly the company’s vice president of human experience and quality, to chief people officer.
FedScoop
MAY 15, 2024
A bipartisan Senate working group focused on artificial intelligence released a policy roadmap Wednesday, highlighting multiple areas where it says there’s consensus, such as increasing federal research funding. The roadmap outlines policy areas the working group believes “merit bipartisan consideration” and summarizes findings from that group’s insight forums held last year with AI leaders from industry, academia and advocacy groups.
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ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
Curtiss-Wright has secured over $130 million in contracts to support several U.S. Navy submarine and aircraft carrier programs. Under these contracts, Curtiss-Wright will deliver propulsion valves, pumps and instrumentation and control systems for the Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarine, Columbia-class submarine and Ford-class aircraft carrier programs, the Davidson, North Carolina-headquartered company said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) board of directors has elected finance executive Kenneth Crews to succeed the retiring Dave Keffer as the company’s chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. The Falls Church, Virginia-based company said Tuesday Keffer intends to retire on Feb. 21 to spend more time with his family.
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FedScoop
MAY 15, 2024
As Congress works on legislation to fill in gaps regarding cloud procurement in federal acquisition regulation, a General Services Administration official said Wednesday that the agency has stepped in to help guide agencies. During the Scoop News Group-produced Amazon Web Services Innovate Day event, Skip Jentsch, cloud products manager for GSA, shared that the agency is focused on “new” special ordering procedures implemented for procuring cloud computing on a consumption basis.
Federal News Network
MAY 15, 2024
Sikorsky Aircraft and the Defense Department have been arguing in court for the past 17 years, over the company’s compliance with cost-accounting standards. One reason it has been running so long is the government keeps asserting violations but takes no action. For more on the importance of this case, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
Advocacy groups and a cohort of Rhode Island residents want a D.C. federal judge to halt construction on a wind farm off the coast of the Ocean State while they press claims that the federal government violated myriad environmental laws in approving the project.
WashngtonExec
MAY 15, 2024
Sigma Defense won a 12-month, $4.7 million contract to support the Army’s Operator Maintainer Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Intelligence Training. The company partnered with Brightline Interactive to develop a next-generation training ecosystem that uses spatial computing and augmented intelligence workflows to create a virtual training environment.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 15, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, technology leaders, and government agency CIOs continually balance risk and reward to accomplish many things by using AWS GovCloud (US). They work to transform citizen experiences, save taxpayers money, support sustainable growth, expand market presence, modernize legacy systems, increase security, drive efficiencies, strengthen brand equity, and reduce environmental impact, with AWS GovCloud (US) serving as a foundation for strategic technology advancement.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
T-Rex Solutions has secured a five-year, $52 million prime contract from the Department of Education’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to support the Portfolio of Integrated Value-Oriented Technologies program, a project that aims to integrate and secure the department’s information technology services.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 15, 2024
From local school districts to large federal agencies, today’s citizens expect to connect with government services in secure and frictionless ways. Sometimes, there is no single owner responsible for the end-to-end citizen experience, which results in a disconnect and makes it difficult to find information. As generations—young and old—move toward mobile channels and app-based workflows across commercial industries, customers expect a consistent, enjoyable experience when receiving critical gove
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
NASA is soliciting proposals for a potential $444 million contract to provide facility operations, service and maintenance at John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and Marshall Space Flight Center’s Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana.
WashngtonExec
MAY 15, 2024
La’Naia Jones, chief information officer for the CIA, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Officer in the Government category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
The U.S. Navy has awarded Deloitte Consulting a potential five-year, $87.9 million contract to modernize, sustain and improve the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services training virtual environment.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
Voyager Space and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will conduct a 12-month study under a recently-awarded collaborative announcement notice to develop an airlock to be incorporated onto the Mars Transit Vehicle.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
The State Department has approved a potential $340.8 million foreign military sale of RTX-manufactured (NYSE: RTX) short-range air-to-air missile systems and related equipment to the Romanian government.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 15, 2024
Kathryn Van Vleck, a business development executive with over 15 years of industry experience, has been named vice president of capture excellence at ASRC Federal, according to her LinkedIn profile. She joined the Reston, Virginia-headquartered information technology services company from V2X, where she served as an executive director for more than five years.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
Arnab Chakraborty has assumed the newly created role of chief responsible AI officer at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), where he previously served as senior managing director for data and artificial intelligence. The company said Tuesday Chakraborty’s appointment aligns with Accenture’s efforts to expand its responsible AI capabilities, products and services, partnerships and thought leadership.
Redstone Government Consulting
MAY 15, 2024
Training and employee development, in our opinion, must be looked at as a necessary investment in the future of a business as well as the business’ key resource - its employees. That said, those businesses in the government contracting industry are also facing an ever-expanding list of required or at least expected training that is necessary to maintain compliance with their growing list of contract clauses.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s nonprofit research organization will continue to provide systems engineering, test and evaluation and technical support for the Missile Defense Agency under a potential $339 million contract extension.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 15, 2024
As investors increasingly look to diversify their investments whilst seeking higher returns, and emerging nations continue the push to industrialise, to develop their infrastructure and to grow their economies, the emerging economies have become a hotbed of activity for investors, developers, and legal professionals around the world. This post considers why all eyes seem to be on Africa in particular, how African nations have reacted to investors’ demands for increased security for their investm
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
In order to effectively realize Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control — a.k.a. CJADC2, the U.S. Department of Defense’s sweeping data-sharing initiative — information coded in different ways has to be aligned and translated.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's absence from Tuesday's Federal Circuit Judicial Conference was not due to a lack of invitation, contrary to initial comments from her lawyer, but the law isn't explicit about whether a suspended judge legally could have been excluded.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
Empower AI CEO Jeff Bohling received his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the recognition. Wash100 is an annual celebration of government contracting industry executives who have demonstrated tremendous leadership success.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
SolarWinds Corp. on Wednesday asked a Manhattan federal judge to throw out the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit accusing the enterprise software company of deceiving investors about its lax cybersecurity, which left it open to a Russian hacking campaign.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
Glen Schuhmacher, a more than 30-year federal services industry executive, has joined CRDF Global as vice president of security assistance. The nonprofit organization said Tuesday Schuhmacher will oversee the delivery of international mission support services to help clients and funders address their security priorities.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
New federal guidance for contractors handling sensitive, but unclassified information could introduce confusion and compliance burdens if agencies implement security controls without consulting contractors.
GovCon Wire
MAY 15, 2024
Integral Federal has appointed Amanda Windle as chief growth officer and named John Humphrey as senior vice president of operations in a series of new appointments to its leadership team.
WashngtonExec
MAY 15, 2024
Michelle Howell, chief human resources officer at Systems Planning and Analysis, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Human Resources Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry [.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
Over 250 moving industry members urged the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate a multibillion-dollar contract having a single company manage moving services for the U.S. Department of Defense, saying the deal might not be as achievable as hoped.
WashngtonExec
MAY 15, 2024
Mike Uster, chief information officer and chief technology officer for ManTech, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in [.
Government Contracts
MAY 15, 2024
A water engineering company accused by the Michigan attorney general of prolonging Flint residents' lead exposure cannot move its eventual trial out of the region, a Michigan state judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company could not assume the entire jury pool was biased.
WashngtonExec
MAY 15, 2024
T-Rex Solutions won a 5-year, $52 million single award contract with the Education Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to develop its Portfolio of Integrated Value-Oriented Technologies – Hosting (PIVOT-H). PIVOT-H is a critical part of the Education Department’s PIVOT vision, which seeks innovation, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, the company said.
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