FedScoop

JULY 8, 2024

Securing federal funding for artificial intelligence research and establishing an executive task force to monitor the development and use of AI should be prioritized in the first year of the next presidential term, a new policy document from MITRE recommended. MITRE, the federally funded organization that operates research and development centers on behalf of agencies, said in the document — which is intended to advise the incoming administration on AI security, innovation, trust and ethics — th

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USFCR

JULY 8, 2024

Hurricane Beryl has caused extensive damage as it moved through the Caribbean and Texas, leaving communities devastated and in urgent need of assistance. This post will focus on the ongoing recovery efforts in Texas and highlight how federal contractors can contribute to rebuilding homes, businesses, and infrastructure. Current Status of Hurricane Beryl Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm early Monday, July 8, 2024.

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FedScoop

JULY 8, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced on Monday that six technology companies had been offered contracts to develop digital wallet services, part of an agency goal to advance digital technology used in the context of immigration and travel. Three U.S.-based companies — Credence ID, Hushmesh, and SpruceID — won awards, according to the DHS ress release , as did the European companies Ubiqu, Procivis, and Netis d.o.o.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced on LinkedIn that she has been named acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Beavers previously held the position of principal deputy CIO at the Pentagon.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud safety regulators about the 737 Max 8's development, avoiding a criminal trial over a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to a U.S. Department of Justice court filing late Sunday.

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Federal News Network

JULY 8, 2024

The Office Of Management and Budget and General Services Administration have been fielding a data integration tool to help contracting officers. Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions. How’s the first month been going?

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

SandboxAQ will develop robust safety guidelines, standards and best practices to ensure the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence technologies as it joins the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Safety Institute Consortium.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a services delivery order the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded under a potential $205.5 million contract. According to a Federal Procurement Data System posting, VA’s Technology Acquisition Center made a $39.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Datadog, the developer of a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, has appointed David Galloreese as its new chief people officer, who brings to the role years of human resources experience gained while working with Figma, Wells Fargo, Walmart, Medallia and Caesars Entertainment.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Boston-based J2 Ventures has secured $150 million for its new fund and will use the capital to further invest in technology and health care startups with products that could support military and government agency customers.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

BAE Systems has won a potential $88.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide installation and certification support services for combat integration and identification systems and related subsystems. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division launched a competitive procurement process and received three offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JULY 8, 2024

DoD issued a final rule DFARS Case 2023-D010 on May 30, 2024, amending The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) implementing Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act on data required in support of commerciality determinations and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems. The purpose is to provide additional guidance related to the data required to support a request for a commercial determination and the price reasonableness process.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Firefly Aerospace‘s Alpha rocket has deployed to low Earth orbit eight cubesats comprising a NASA-funded mission dubbed Educational Launch of Nanosatellites or ELaNa 43. The launch service, dubbed Noise of Summer, was provided under a contract the space agency awarded through the Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 program, Firefly Aerospace said Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Dan Ford, a former Capgemini vice president with almost two decades of company experience, was appointed CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions. Capgemini said Wednesday Ford replaced Bill Webner, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient who had been with Capgemini Government Solutions for nearly a decade before stepping down as its chief executive.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

L3Harris Technologies has conducted a preliminary design review of a prototype electronic warfare system meant to protect U.S. Navy F-18 fighter aircraft. Work on the prototype is being carried out under an $80 million Navy contract, with prototype system integration lab testing being eyed for summer, L3Harris said Tuesday.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 8, 2024

On 12 March 2024, Judge Ana C. Reyes, presiding over the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) Circuit, issued a decision on the petition to set aside filed by the Municipalidad de Lima concerning two arbitral awards. Judge Ana C. Reyes denied the petition from the Municipalidad de Lima. This post describes the background to this long-standing dispute, the arbitration proceedings between the parties, and the recent decision on the annulment of the awards.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

The Department of Energy has released a request for proposals for a potential 15-year contract to manage and operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 8, 2024

Introduction to CAS 405 and Unallowable Costs In the complex world of government contracting, understanding and properly accounting for unallowable costs as per Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 405 is crucial for success. At the Public Contracting Institute , we recognize the importance of this knowledge and its impact on your business operations. CAS 405 establishes guidelines for identifying and excluding unallowable costs from any billing, claim, or proposal applicable to a government contract.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Kayla Huthoefer, former director at BAE Systems, has joined software company Clarity as director of strategic capture and disruptive growth. In a LinkedIn post, Clarity said Huthoefer brings to the role “an impactful collection of career experiences… that have directly shaped her into who she is and how she approaches work each and every day.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Boeing's willingness to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud U.S. regulators over the 737 Max 8's development is a rare mea culpa from an embattled American aerospace titan eager to rebuild public trust after six years of overlapping government investigations, production pauses and mounting litigation.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index stayed in decline last week, decreasing by 1.33% and ending with an average of $4,879.92. GovCon Index is an aggregate index that collects and presents real-time data on the stock market performance of 30 key government contracting enterprises.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Several migrants who claim they were tricked into boarding flights to Martha's Vineyard have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to let them file an amended suit in an effort to cure the jurisdictional issues that doomed the initial complaint in March.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

The Defense Health Agency has awarded Strategic Communications a $22.9 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for the procurement of Amazon Web Services commercial cloud environments. The DHA relies on AWS cloud environments for the hosting of applications used by organizations within the agency as well as agency mission partners, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Boeing's guilty plea for fraud related to the safety of its 737 Max 8 commercial aircraft will trigger additional scrutiny for a possible suspension or debarment from federal contracting, potentially putting lucrative future contracts at risk for the company.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 8, 2024

Gary Merrill, an 18-year Commvault mainstay and current chief financial officer, has been appointed the company’s first chief commercial officer. In light of the move, Jennifer DiRico has been selected to fill the position of CFO beginning Aug. 12, the Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based company announced Monday.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Many clean energy goals remain public policy abstractions that face a challenging road to realization — but public-private partnership models could be a valuable tool to electrify the transportation sector, says Michael Blackwell at Husch Blackwell.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Markon, a Sterling Investment Partners-backed management consultancy focused on supporting federal government missions, has acquired ASEC in a transaction that expands its capabilities to support the missions of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agency clients.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Shahied Dawan, a former nonprofit executive for a Philadelphia charter school and low-income housing nonprofit founded by R&B producer Kenny Gamble, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for conspiring to conceal embezzlement from the organization.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index did not have the best start in the third quarter of 2024. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, lost 1.31% week-on-week following significant losses on Monday and Friday. The $4,879.92 closing before the weekend reduced GCI’s year-to-date gain to 4.53%.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

A Georgia county suing a battery manufacturer for a massive fire allegedly sparked by the illegal dumping of lithium-ion cells urged a Georgia federal judge Friday to spike the company's "absurd" bid to dismiss the suit, calling the effort "premature and meritless.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

The U.S. Army has awarded 12 companies spots on a potential seven-year, $940 million firm-fixed-price contract for operation and maintenance services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday 17 bids were received through an online solicitation spearheaded by the Engineering and Support Center of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which serves as the contracting activity.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

A Chinese national previously enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday in Virginia federal court to two misdemeanors under the Espionage Act for taking unauthorized photos with a drone of shipbuilding yards that contained classified U.S. military vessels.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 8, 2024

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has added Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies to the vendor pool of launch providers as part of the second on-ramping process to the fourth iteration of the Orbital Services Program.

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

A former physician at a Georgia immigration facility who says he was falsely accused of performing forced hysterectomies on detainees has urged a federal judge not to let Amazon and podcast publisher Wondery distance themselves from a podcast episode that dubbed him "The Uterus Collector.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 8, 2024

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Government Contracts

JULY 8, 2024

Eugenia M. "Genie" Carris, a veteran federal public corruption prosecutor, has jumped to the Massachusetts inspector general's office as general counsel, the agency announced Monday.

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