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Tria Federal Adds John Cho, Brian Wagner to Leadership Team; Tim Borchert Quoted

GovCon Wire

Tria Federal, an information technology and advisory services provider, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of technology leader John Cho as its first chief technology officer and Brian Wagner, a public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, as vice president of marketing and communications.

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Air Force CIO Venice Goodwine Wins 1st Wash100 Award for Enterprise IT Leadership, Innovation

ExecutiveBiz

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Venice Goodwine , chief information officer of the Department of the Air Force, as a first-time Wash100 Award recipient. Goodwine is included in the 2024 Wash100 roster for her outstanding leadership in spearheading the service branch's information technology investment strategy and fostering innovation in emerging technologies across the enterprise.

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NASA Awards 5 Companies Spots on $375M Environmental Compliance Services Contract

GovCon Wire

Five companies secured spots on a potential $375 million contract to deliver environmental restoration and compliance services to NASA. AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) Technical Services division, Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK), HydroGeoLogic, ISMS-Navarro and the joint venture between Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J) and Geosyntec won positions on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, NASA said Wednesday.

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Air Force Extends Serco’s NexGen IT Support Contract for $90M; Tom Watson Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

The U.S. Air Force awarded Serco Inc. a $90 million follow-on contract to continue implementing IBM's TRIRIGA software at the maintenance and installation systems division of the U.S. Air Force Program Executive Office for Business Enterprise Systems. The potential five-year contract includes a base performance period of one year and four one-year option periods, the company said Wednesday.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

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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Julie Clark Named Business Development & Capture VP at IPT Associates

GovCon Wire

Julie Clark, a business development executive, has joined IPT Associates as vice president of business development and capture. She announced the move in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. Clark previously served as senior VP of business development at BTAS, a woman-owned information technology services provider supporting defense and federal civilian agencies.

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MetTel’s Don Parente Shares How AI & Satellite Innovations Are Changing Communications

ExecutiveBiz

Artificial intelligence and satellite innovations are driving advancements within the communications industry, and we’re just beginning to see how far these technologies can take us. In an Executive Spotlight with Executive Mosaic, MetTel Vice President of Public Sector Sales and Solution Architecture Don Parente spoke about how low earth orbit satellites, global networks and AI tools can help close the digital divide for government agencies.

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Arlington Capital Forms New Aerostructure Components Manufacturing Brand Verus Aerospace

GovCon Wire

Arlington Capital Partners has formed a new brand consisting of five existing portfolio companies to manufacture highly complex components and assemblies for the aerospace, defense and space sectors.

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Dr. Joan Donovan

Whistleblower Network News

[link] In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast , FBI whistleblower Jane Turner speaks with online disinformation specialist Dr. Joan Donovan, the former Technology and Social Change Research Project Director at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. Donovan blew the whistle on alleged improper donor influence at the Kennedy School.

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CyberSmart 2024: Facing a Rapidly Changing Landscape

FedInsider

Friday, February 9, 2024 | 2:00PM – 3:30PM EST | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE Cybersecurity has always contended with evolving threats. As the internet has become more embedded into social and economic life and smart phones, tablets and other handheld devices become ubiquitous, bad actors have devised new attacks to capitalize on new vulnerabilities. And just as agencies are implementing zero trust architecture to help with this wave, other IT developments are threatening to upend cybersecurity even mor

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Whistleblower who Established Hostile Work Protections for Federal Employees Sues to Enforce Settlement

Whistleblower Network News

Dr. Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. Her case before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) established the right for federal whistleblowers to pursue hostile work environment claims.

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The Drone Final Mile Becomes Reality

Art of Procurement

In 2005, Amazon revolutionized eCommerce delivery expectations with their 2-day Prime delivery service. All of a sudden, every other retailer. The post The Drone Final Mile Becomes Reality appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift

Government Contracts

As law firms face ever-increasing risks of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, the legal industry must implement robust cybersecurity measures and privacy-centric practices to preserve attorney-client privilege, safeguard client trust and uphold the profession’s integrity, says Ryan Paterson at Unplugged.

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Senate panel signals future work on AI’s impact on housing

FedScoop

Congress and federal agencies have legislative and regulatory work to do on the use of artificial intelligence in the housing and rental markets, lawmakers and experts said during a congenial Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Members of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development were largely in agreement on the need for regulations in these mostly uncharted waters.

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Harvard Whistleblower Featured as Whistleblower of the Week

Whistleblower Network News

Online disinformation specialist Dr. Joan Donovan appears as this week’s guest on the Whistleblower of the Week podcast hosted by Jane Turner. Donovan is the former Technology and Social Change Research Project director at Harvard Kennedy’s Shorenstein Center. After the leak of the Facebook papers in 2021 and Frances Haugen’s testimony to Congress, Donovan set out to make the documents publicly available in a database.

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NIST previews open competition for semiconductor research and development

FedScoop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a notice of intent Thursday for an open competition on digital twins for semiconductor manufacturing, packaging and assembly. According to the Federal Register posting , the CHIPS Research and Development Office seeks to establish “one (1) Manufacturing USA Institute focused on” digital twins — a digital representation of a physical object or process that can assist in simulating potential situations and their outcomes — for semiconduct

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Exploring AI's Global Impact and Its Revolutionary Role in Federal Contracting

USFCR

Get ready! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries worldwide, marking a significant shift in technological capability. AI is about machines doing tasks that usually need human intelligence, like learning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. AI's game-changing aspect? Its ability to analyze vast data, learn, and make predictions or decisions.

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Participation Framework Agreement Survey

Scottish Government Procurement

Background “Scottish Government’s vision for public participation is that people can be involved in the decisions that affect them, making Scotland a more inclusive, sustainable and successful place” – George Adam MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business, 2023. Since the Christie Commission on the future of public services concluded that services must be designed and built through collaboration, the Scottish Government has committed to increasing the use of participatory approaches. ‘Parti

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OCP Feedback Survey: Closing the books on 2023 and looking towards 2030

Open Contracting Partnership

We love hearing from our partners and allies on what we are doing well and what we could do better. Your feedback keeps us honest and accountable. In 2023, our annual community survey became even more critical for us as we shaped our new organizational strategy, which we are very excited to share with you next month. Here are our key insights from over 250 reformers in 71 countries, especially around the four community targets that help us measure the inclusiveness and effectiveness of our suppo

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Nicholas Waguespack Joins CACI as VP of Artificial Intelligence

ExecutiveBiz

Nicholas Waguespack , a technology executive with over two decades of combined defense and industry experience, has been appointed vice president of artificial intelligence at CACI International. Waguespack announced his new post on LinkedIn and shared that he would support the integration of AI and machine learning technologies into the various aspects of CACI's business operations.

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Mentorship: Ways to Grow Your Career

GovLoop

As we know, professional development is tremendously important. It strengthens individuals, and it strengthens agencies. Trainings, workshops, certifications and conferences are all valuable, but there’s another part of professional development that is less discussed yet may be one of the most important for employee growth: mentorship. It’s unlikely that years down the road, an employee will remember the one technical training that really pointed the way for their career path.

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CACI Wins $198M Army C5ISR Cyber Defense Support Contract; John Mengucci Quoted

GovCon Wire

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a five-year, $198 million single-award task order to help strengthen the U.S. Army’s cyber capabilities for command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The company said Wednesday it will support the U.S.

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US Court Refuses to Enforce a DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Clause due to Abolishment of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

On 6 November 2023, the United States (“ US “) District Court of New Orleans, Louisiana (“ Louisiana Court “) rendered a decision on the enforceability of a DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause. The Louisiana Court ruled that the DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause was unenforceable because it referred to an arbitral institution that had been abolished.

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Booz Allen Lands $550M ARPA-E Technical, Professional & Administrative Support Contract

GovCon Wire

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a potential $550 million contract to provide technical, professional and administrative support services for the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. ARPA-E received five offers for the single-award contract, which was competed through a full-and-open competition, according to an award notice published Tuesday.

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Modeling a Healthy Work-Life Balance

GovLoop

Keeping your work and home life in balance is essential to remain a healthy and effective employee, but as a supervisor, it can be hard to make sure you’re properly modeling the right behavior for your subordinates. Carolyn Mooney, Owner and Coach, Enough LLC, had a few tips to share on maintaining that balance during January’s New Supervisors in Government Community of Practice online training session.

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V2X CFO Shawn Mural Looking At Expansion Into New Markets & Capabilities

GovCon Wire

V2X emerged as a new government services provider in the summer of 2022 after a merger between Vectrus and Vertex. Now, V2X is looking toward the future with a focus on expanding into new areas and strengthening its presence in its existing markets and capability areas.

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Collins Aerospace Concludes Crew Capability Assessment Test on NASA Spacesuits

ExecutiveBiz

RTX 's Collins Aerospace subsidiary and partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering have completed the crew capability assessment test on next-generation spacesuits developed for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. During the test, the spacesuits went through a series of demonstrations in a manufactured zero-gravity environment onboard an aircraft, RTX said Wednesday.

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Michael Millett Appointed VP of Capture & Solutions at Sierra7

GovCon Wire

Michael Millett, formerly senior vice president of business development at ReefPoint Group, has joined Falls Church, Virginia-based management consulting firm Sierra7 as VP of capture and solutions.

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Carahsoft to Market SparkCognition’s Visual Security Service to Public Sector; Michael Adams Quoted

ExecutiveBiz

Carahsoft Technolog will act as a master government aggregator for SparkCognition Government System’s artificial intelligence-based visual security tool to the public sector, including schools. The Visual AI Advisor will be made accessible via reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and OMNIA Partners contracts, Carahsoft said Wednesday.

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DOD CTO Heidi Shyu Previews Biomanufacturing RFP, Highlights Funding Opportunities

GovCon Wire

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has previewed an upcoming request for proposals from the Pentagon, in support of the creation of a sustainable, safe and secure bioeconomy.

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Northrop, MDA Wrap Up Next Generation Interceptor Preliminary Design Review

ExecutiveBiz

Northrop Grumman and the Missile Defense Agency completed a preliminary design review of the Next Generation Interceptor capability one year ahead of schedule. As part of PDR, the Northrop NGI team provided MDA with a full-scale solid rocket motor, avionics, test hardware and other on-site interactive demonstrators for assessment as well as a digital model of the all-up round design in a virtual reality environment, the company said Wednesday.

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La’Naia Jones, CIA Chief Information Officer, Joins as the Closing Keynote at the Workloads at the Tactical Edge Forum

GovCon Wire

Register for the Workloads at the Tactical Edge Forum and catch the most esteemed leaders discussing how to reshape the modern military landscape through data-driven decision-making in a zero-trust environment. The government relies on robust IT and digital solutions to enhance its capabilities in defending the homeland and civilians from cyber threats.

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BAE Systems Completes Critical Design Review of Military GPS Receiver & Semiconductor

ExecutiveBiz

BAE Systems has concluded the critical design review of an advanced global positioning system receiver and next-generation semiconductor for the U.S. Space Force. The CDR is part of the $247 million contract that BAE received in 2020 from the agency to design and manufacture new technologies in support of the Military GPS User Equipment Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface program, the company said Wednesday.

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GAO Nixes Protests To Army's Costly Pick For $549M Deal

Government Contracts

The U.S. Government Accountability Office freed the U.S. Army Materiel Command from claims it unreasonably snubbed two contractors for an installation support deal in favor of a company with a more expensive bid, saying the command justified the price differential.

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Ardent Appoints Ryan Jennings as First-Ever Chief Ventures Officer

ExecutiveBiz

Ardent has appointed Ryan Jennings as its first chief ventures officer. Ardent said Tuesday that in his new role, Jennings' responsibilities include working to ensure that future mergers and acquisitions, technological innovations and new business ventures align with the objectives of the digital transformation and data analytics firm.

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How Will AI Impact The Environment? Dems Want To Find Out

Government Contracts

As attempts to integrate artificial intelligence into products and processes speed up, Congress wants a close look at how the technology's electricity use, water needs and waste consequences are affecting the environment.

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Rebellion Defense Receives DOD IL5 Provisional Authorization for Cyber Threat Emulation Offering

ExecutiveBiz

The Department of Defense has issued an Impact Level 5 provisional authorization for the cybersecurity testing offering from technology company Rebellion Defense. Rebellion Nova works to validate the security of a client's systems -- including zero trust architectures and software development environments -- and identify vulnerabilities by emulating the latest attacks used by adversaries, Rebellion Defense said Wednesday.