FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

A bipartisan Senate bill intended to modernize and streamline the federal government’s adoption of cloud technology sailed through committee Wednesday, setting the stage for a full chamber vote. By a 12-1 margin, the Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023 ( S. 2871 ) passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with ranking member Rand Paul, R-Ky., as the lone vote against the motion for final passage.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Van Gurley’s successful career in government contracting might appear largely happenstance. “I typically said yes and would walk through that door even when I wasn’t sure what was on the other side of it,” Gurley told us about opportunities he encountered that proved invaluable later in his career.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 10, 2024

It is an old story, but new versions keep happening. A high-level military official negotiates with a contractor. He seeks employment, leaves the government, and joins the contractor. He may not have a conflict of interest, but if it looks like he does, that’s trouble. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin discusses this potential problem with Zach Prince, a procurement attorney with Haynes and Boone, LLP.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 10, 2024

On April 1, the United States Supreme Court opted not to review the dismissal of a lawsuit b rought forward by three whistleblowers alleging negligence by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The whistleblowers, David E. Stone, Thomas Carroll, and David C. Depadro, asserted that the IRS failed to adequately investigate their claims regarding institutional mortgage lenders’ non-compliance with regulatory standards.

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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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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

This Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Adam Siegler at Greenberg Traurig discusses his experience working as a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease, sharing both lessons on how to cope with a diagnosis and advice for supporting colleagues who live with the disease.

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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs provided Congress with a “long overdue” update Tuesday on efforts to modernize its supply chain, fielding questions from lawmakers about the department’s transparency regarding the plan. The VA is inching toward awarding contracts for its upcoming modernization of a supply chain management system, officials shared during a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee hearing.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

The U.S. Department of State has approved a request by the Ukrainian government to acquire articles and services related to the sustainment of the HAWK Phase III missile system. The $138 million foreign military sale covers spare parts, test and support equipment, tool kits, missile recertification components, engineering and integration, refurbishment and system overhaul, logistics and program support and contractor technical and field office support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency sai

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

SIXGEN, a provider of cyber operations and national security platforms for government and commercial clients, has appointed industry leader Jack Wilmer as CEO. In this capacity, Wilmer will bring his cybersecurity leadership experience to drive SIXGEN’s growth initiatives and expand the delivery of cyber and tech capabilities to U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

SMX and Torchlight AI have partnered to equip the former's operational, service-based commercial offering with the latter's behavior based intelligence platform to boost client mission support. Through the addition of the Torchlight AI platform, the SMX Elevate ISR now offers enhanced delivery of analytics, operational insights and contextualized indicators and warnings in support of customer efforts to identify emerging threats, SMX said Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security intends to launch a competition for the third iteration of the Geospatial Technical Support Services blanket purchase agreement. GTSS 3.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

The Air Force Materiel Command has issued a request for information for the follow-on to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex – Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support Contract II, or NISSC II. The government intends to move the contract from a single engineering sustainment model to one "that supports tailored work efforts focused on software development, security, and operations; integration; and lifecycle sustainment," accordin

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Group’s North American business, with his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Serco’s offices. Vote for Tom Watson as your favorite GovCon executive at Wash100.com! The 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition runs until April 30, and the top 10 will be announced in May.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

Google Distributed Cloud Hosted has received authorization to host Top Secret missions for the Department of Defense and Secret and Top Secret missions for the intelligence community. GDC Hosted is an air-gapped cloud offering from Google Public Sector that features data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and zero trust security, according to a Wednesday post on the Google Cloud blog.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Himanshu Panchasara, a nearly decade-long veteran at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has joined Maximus (NYSE: MMS) to serve as managing director and vice president of federal IT solutions, he announced via LinkedIn.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

Fluor has booked a five-year, $409 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide pavement and transportation support for North Field on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The cost-plus, fixed-fee task order was issued by the USAF Installation Contracting Agency through the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V , Fluor announced from Irving, Texas on Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Ellicott City, Maryland-based Data Computer Corporation of America will provide data processing, analytic systems engineering and high-performance computing support services for an Intelligence Community agency under a potential five-year, $272.6 million contract.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

A Riverbed Technology study has found that 90 percent of public sector leaders consider investing in digital employee experience technology a top priority in the next five years while 80 percent intend to advance DEX tech adoption and implementation. Attend the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17 to learn more about the latest modernization strategies and how industry can help meet the priorities of federal CIOs.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

RealmOne, an Enlightenment Capital-backed technology services contractor, has moved to expand its technological capabilities in support of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers with its acquisition of Torin Consulting.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

HII 's Mission Technologies division will conduct research, analyze and build capabilities for the Mk 41 and Mk 57 vertical launching systems on the U.S. Navy's surface ships under a potential five-year, $75 million task order. HII said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the Department of Defense's Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Thunderdome is a new, modernized cybersecurity and technology architecture for the Department of Defense, spearheaded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. It is part of the Pentagon’s official zero trust strategy, as mandated by President Biden’s Executive Order and concretized in the DOD’s Nov. 2022 zero trust strategy.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

Iridium Communications has secured a five-year contract from L3Harris Technologies to deliver timing sync services to U.S. data centers, crucial for safeguarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s infrastructure. Under the contract, Iridium will supply its satellite time and location service to over 36 L3Harris-operated communications network backbone nodes and a similar number of FAA facilities.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Read part one here What is the difference between NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC? Aspect NIST SP 800-171 CMMC 2.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

Optical and space technologies developer ARKA has invested $85 million in expanding its Danbury, Connecticut, facility by 14,000 square feet. The expansion, spanning over two years, is aimed at bolstering the production of smallsat systems, payloads and optical coating capabilities as well as enabling multi-shift payload production.

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Capital Edge Consulting

APRIL 10, 2024

Insight by: Norman McCord, Senior Manager Summary Timekeeping for government contractors is essential. Assuring your organization follows DCAA compliant time tracking procedures is key to a successful DCAA Floor Check. Our Experts compiled guidance with suggestions to assure organizations are prepared for Floor Checks. What is a Floor Check Audit? Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2024

Noblis , a science, technology and strategy services provider to the federal government, announced that its corporate venture arm, Noblis Ventures , has made an investment in Sedaro , a cloud software company that develops a digital engineering platform. “Sedaro's digital simulation tools enable high-technology readiness on complex physical system designs significantly faster than traditional approaches through unified modeling, data fusion and automation pipelines,” said Mile Corrigan , No

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 10, 2024

Hello and thank you for joining us for Episode 7 of Fun with the FAR Season 11! In our next session, we will cover FAR Parts 9 (Contractor Qualifications) and 14 (Sealed Bidding). As we prepare for our 8th episode of Season 11, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think about: Unless FAR 104-2 “special standards” are required, a prospective contractor shall not be deemed not responsible solely on the basis of a lack of relevant performance history.

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FedInsider

APRIL 10, 2024

While AI is not the panacea to solve all federal technology problems, it does hold promise to be an assist to federal agencies. Cautiously, agencies are exploring how AI can help meet their missions. In this week’s Feds At the Edge, agency and industry thought leaders share their thoughts on two of the biggest issues agencies face while implementing AI: Legacy Systems – Can they be upgraded?

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 10, 2024

In a world where trade tensions and geopolitical pressures are increasingly shaping the landscape of international relations, particularly between the U.S. and China, the panel “Arbitrating in Time of Trade War” brought together a distinguished group of experts to explore the complexities and evolving dynamics of international arbitration.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

The federal government has brought a False Claims Act intervenor complaint in Massachusetts against Regeneron, alleging the pharmaceutical giant fraudulently withheld information from its Medicare reports seeking reimbursement for its drug Eylea, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 10, 2024

Peter Scott Vice President of Product, Two Six Technologies Peter Scott’s biggest recent achievement was the launch and growth of a market-leading, multi-cloud security platform from 2013-2023, starting at DivvyCloud and continuing after Rapid7 acquired it. This service, which reached over $40 million in annual sales, helped big companies like Fannie Mae and Spotify securely [.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of progressive activists claiming a police department unconstitutionally surveilled their activities, finding the police officers were protected by qualified immunity.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 10, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies division has won a $74 million contract to research, analyze and develop enhanced capabilities for the Mk 41 and Mk 57 vertical launching systems on U.S. Navy surface ships. The task order is administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division. It applies to associated naval surface weapon systems, combat [.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

A Texas federal court’s recent decision to strike down key provisions of the Minority Business Development Act illustrates the wide-reaching effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard decision across legal contexts, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 10, 2024

Rand Waldron Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Global Government Sector, Oracle Over the past year, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for the US Government, led by Rand Waldron, reached key milestones. In 2023, it was approved to handle Secret and Top Secret information for U.S. intelligence and defense, opening up access to Oracle’s cloud innovations for [.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

Valeant Pharmaceuticals is going to the U.S. Supreme Court to argue that information cited in Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews cannot later be used by whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 10, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Steve Orrin, chief technology officer and senior principal engineer at Intel Federal, and finalist in the Public & Private Company Chief Technology Officer category. Here, he shares [.

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