GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) approach to enforcing corporate misconduct and directed agencies to review existing voluntary self-disclosure policies or, if none exist, draft new ones. Two recently announced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlements involving reinsurance companies demonstrate what happens when the rubber hits the road.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The requirement to pay “prevailing wages” to covered workers is a perennial aspect of many types of government contracting, including construction contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) and certain related laws (collectively referred to as the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts or “DBRA”). In recent years, Congress has also expanded the reach of prevailing wage requirements to new industries: clean energy projects seeking to take advantage of federal tax credits under the Inflation Reductio

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Art of Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, is usually associated with organized crime. In 1992, it. The post Reading FedEx Ground the RICO Act appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”) and the Inflation Reduction Act, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) has awarded billions of dollars to a series of new infrastructure and clean energy programs. The scope and size of these programs have, in turn, attracted scrutiny from the DOE’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), as evidenced most recently by an OIG Special Report (“Report”) detailing what the OIG characterized as “Management Challenges” at DOE.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Senate on Wednesday voted 87-13 to pass a defense policy bill that would authorize a total of $883.7 billion in fiscal year 2024 funding for national defense. The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize $841.4 billion for the Department of Defense, $32.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Digital services provider TechFlow has appointed federal sales executive Matt Regan as director of business development and capture manager and retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ian Clark as director of operations for energy and mobility solutions. Both executives bring decades of military and industry experience and will support the company's current and future work with government customers, including the Transportation Security Administration and Defense Innovation Unit, TechFlow said Wedne

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Amentum will support the Department of State's humanitarian and stability operations in critical regions worldwide under a five-year, $37.5 million contract. The company said Wednesday it will deploy experts to help manage the missions and field operations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Data is a foundational element of medical research and patient care, offering those working in the healthcare sector with insights into broad trends in the field and specific needs of individual patients. One way providers make these connections is by analyzing consented data, or information that has been approved for collection by an individual.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Guidehouse has been acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity , which purchased the firm from Veritas Capital for $5.3 billion. Scott McIntyre will remain as CEO and continue to lead the company's management team, who will keep their current positions , Guidehouse announced from Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Richie Obermayer, vice president of technical sales at GuardSTACK Technologies, said government agencies looking to accelerate digital transformation efforts should consider adopting 5G technology. In an article published on Carahsoft.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Keeping military aircraft and related equipment up and running is critical to the U.S. Air Force ’s (USAF) mission — to fly, fight, and win. Across 59 air bases in the US and more than 100 airfields overseas, the USAF is responsible for more than 5,400 aircraft with an average age of 28 years. A delay in operations when hardware is out of commission costs valuable time, resources, and labor.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide technology and prototype development support services for the National Security Agency under a potential $700 million contract. The company said Wednesday it will support the analyst community by providing subject matter expertise to help NSA build and maintain technology, techniques and tools under the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When a rocket is launched into orbit, the Federal Aviation Administration will close off airspace — a measure to prevent even the remote risk of debris hitting an airplane. That wasn’t always a problem, since rocket launches were relatively rare events. But now, as the commercial space industry continues to grow, there’s increasing pressure on the agency to ensure launches don’t impact commercial flight schedules.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At peak overload, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly administered 190 million hours’ worth of forms and data collection from the general public. In 2022, it was able to cut that back by 21 million hours for the year, but they’re looking to make bigger reductions through the efforts of a newly established customer experience office.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance is essential, but ensuring compliance in the cloud with various regulations and standards can be challenging, especially for public sector organizations. The requirements are highly dynamic, constantly evolving, and they vary across countries. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a number of resources to help customers meet compliance requirements, reduce their time and effort, and focus on core business objectives.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The State Department has approved a potential $255 million foreign military sale of L3Harris Technologies-built (NYSE: LHX) communications equipment to the government of Poland.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

RTX business Raytheon , in partnership with the U.S. Army, recently conducted a live fire demonstration of the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, the next-generation air and missile defense radar of the military service. RTX said Wednesday that the demo saw LTAMDS acquire and track a tactical ballistic missile surrogate, hand off tracking data to the Integrated Battle Command System, then guide a PATRIOT Advanced Capability - 3 Cost Reduction Initiative missile launched by the IBCS to in

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential nine-year, $700 million contract to deliver an integrated cloud and sensor platform to the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Amyx , through its partnership with Tenable , will support a classified agency's enterprisewide inventory management efforts under a recently awarded operational technology contract. The Reston, Virginia-based Tetra Tech company's contract work covers the implementation of software, remote sensors and associated controls for automated inventory control system management.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The U.S. Air Force has awarded $125.7 million in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to four companies for interface test adapters and related equipment.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

T-Rex Solutions has received a subcontract from Agile Defense on a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal worth up to $1.01 billion meant to support the Defense Information Systems Agency. T-Rex said Tuesday that, under the Test, Evaluation and Certification II contract, Team Agile will provide various services to the Joint Interoperability Test Command, including test and evaluation planning, results reporting and data collection and analysis for various functional areas.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nick Lapato, former director of network operations center at Inmarsat Government, has been named senior vice president of program management at the Reston, Virginia-based telecommunications services provider, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mitre has worked with Red Balloon Security and Narf Industries to develop a threat model designed to provide device manufacturers, asset owners, testing organizations and security researchers a knowledge base of cyberthreats to critical infrastructure embedded devices. The EMB3D Threat Model is a framework that provides security mechanisms meant to help device vendors mitigate cyberthreats, Mitre said Wednesday.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Abimbola Akeredolu, SAN is a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at the Nigerian law firm Banwo & Ighodalo and the Chairman of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre. She has more than 30 years of experience in commercial, intellectual property, tax, insolvency, labour and industrial disputes.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Castle Rock, Colorado, has chosen Verizon to set up push-to-talk-enabled lines for more than 400 5G ultra wideband smartphones intended for essential DCSO operations. Verizon’s Frontline Crisis Response Team will supervise the delivery of the service in support of DCSO law enforcement officers and staff, the company said Wednesday.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing Fluor Corp. in fighting accusations that it defrauded the U.S. military in a massive support contract for bases in Afghanistan, saying it was unconstitutional for former military officers to sue Fluor on the government's behalf.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for Cytellix to offer the cybersecurity firm’s software-as-a-service platform to the public sector. Carahsoft said Wednesday that Cytellix Cyber Watch will be made available via its reseller partners and its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Software 2, National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint and OMNIA Partners contracts.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A contractor told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that she should have the power to stop the Peruvian city of Lima from further pursuing corruption charges against arbitrators adjudicating claims stemming from an ill-fated highway construction and maintenance project.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Colorado federal judge said she will decide within a day whether to grant ranchers' request to temporarily block the state from releasing gray wolves as required by voters, and urged the parties not to get distracted by the merits of the controversial move itself.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Koniag Government Services has launched its Strategic Partner Program with DecisionPoint Corp., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and Leisnoi Government Services, an Alaskan Native Village Corporation in the Kodiak region. Through the program, KGS plans to remove barriers for partner small businesses and let them tap into new customers and opportunities.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Detroit towing companies allege that the city has been operating an illegal towing and storage program for police-impounded vehicles for years and has breached a contract with the companies by not paying invoices and asking the companies to store and tow vehicles outside the agreements.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Laila Salguero Chief DEI Officer, Peraton Last year, Laila Salguero and her team set out to further integrate DEI into the fabric of the business. As a result of their efforts, Peraton was recently recognized in a series of accolades for fostering an inclusive business environment, including the Labor Department’s 2023 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion [.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Massachusetts federal judge issued a more than 70-page finding of facts Thursday settling an attorney fee dispute over $21 million from a seven-year-old judgment, saying two firms earned portions of what they sought for their early work on the case.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 14, 2023

ANALYGENCE won a position on a $125 million blanket purchase agreement contract in support of the National Institute for Standards and Technology Information Technology Lab’s cybersecurity and privacy mission. ANALYGENCE is one of three companies awarded a BPA known as the Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services. Under the 5-year contract, ANALYGENCE will support several NIST [.

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