Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This coming Thursday I will be doing a workshop at the Lisbon Environmental Law cluster from the University of Lisbon. It will be a homecoming of sorts for me as it is the first time I will be delivering a session in person at my alma mater exactly 20 years after leaving. The session will be composed of two parts: my talk and then a discussion with my good friend Miguel Assis Raimundo, sure to be lively and an opportunity for all to learn, including myself.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Last month, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council proposed new cybersecurity and incident reporting regulations for federal contractors on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The proposed regulations include data incident reporting requirements the government explicitly designated as material to government contractors – meaning a failure to follow the reporting requirements could

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With the opening of its Workplace Innovation Lab, the General Services Administration seeks to better understand how hybrid work and the deployment of communication technologies will impact its employees. Located in Washington, D.C., the WIL takes up 25,000 square feet inside GSA headquarters and is equipped with access control and onsite security personnel.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Staffing and outsourcing services provider System One has acquired KeyLogic, a Morgantown, West Virginia-based consulting and data management company, for an undisclosed sum.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

BAE Systems has entered into a strategic collaboration with Red Hat and The Weather Company , an IBM business, to incorporate weather data and related insights into synthetic training environments to enhance decision-making capabilities during military operations. BAE said Monday its military simulation environments leverage the Red Hat OpenShift container platform and The Weather Company's experience in integrating weather data with the Department of Defense's frameworks.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential five-year, $199.1 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide industrial engineering support services for the family of munitions used on the service branch’s Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Army Contracting Command will obligate $6.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The world of artificial intelligence was dramatically revolutionized a year ago when OpenAI released the large language model ChatGPT for public use. Executive Mosaic sat down with EmpowerAI CEO Jeff Bohling to talk about how AI has evolved, and how it has impacted government missions over the past year.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Health Resources and Services Administration has launched a full and open competition for the procurement of evaluation and evidence-building services to support its bureaus and offices. The resulting indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support evaluations, descriptive research studies, policy analyses, capacity assessment and program performance monitoring, according to a solicitation posted Monday on SAM.gov.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Technology private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management founded a new entity that will provide differentiated artificial intelligence and data analytics to the U.S. Special Operations Command and the intelligence community in general. Godspeed on Monday unveiled Crimson Phoenix, an intelligence services platform to be led by Ross O’Rourke as CEO.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $265 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue providing engineering and logistics support services for a U.S. Marine Corps multimission radar system designed to detect and track remotely piloted vehicles, cruise missiles and other airborne threats. The modification increases the ceiling value of a previously awarded basic ordering agreement to $514.3 million, the Department of Defense said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Eqlipse Technologies has wrapped up its acquisition of SR Technologies in a move that aims to expand its portfolio of products and engineering offerings for key national security customers within the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Sigma Defense, President and CEO Matt Jones has a vision for how GovCons should be working. In a word: Together. The GovCon world “is not reflecting the agile development and iterative processes required to incorporate and leverage modern technologies,” he said. Government contracts tend to be siloed and fragmented, and industry solutions end up [.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

An affiliate of private equity firm TJC has agreed to acquire the commercial aviation solutions business of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) for approximately $800 million. L3Harris said Monday it expects the transaction to conclude in the first half of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The IRS is looking to shore up the staffing of its robotic processing automation arm, as the program aims to develop and deploy 35 to 50 automations annually for the tax agency. The RPA program, which sits within the IRS’s IT branch, is in project-planning mode and will be in need of software engineers, architects, business analysts and technical document specialists tasked with supporting the agency’s Center of Excellence/Program Management Office, Software Development and Technical Platform Su

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Elbit Systems‘ (Nasdaq: ESLT) U.S. subsidiary will deliver helmet-mounted night vision goggle systems to the U.S. Marine Corps under a five-year, $500 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

SBA’s size protest rules contain a stick to force companies to respond to SBA as part of size determination. That stick is called the adverse inference rule. The adverse inference rule says that, if SBA requests specific information and a protested company refuses to provide it, SBA may assume that the missing information would show that the company is not a small business.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Gary Goodwin, formerly president and CEO at Nammo Defense Systems, has been named chief executive of the U.S.-based munitions division of German defense company Rheinmetall, according to a LinkedIn post published Monday.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which first-in-class firms made the list this year.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The United States government is working to enhance operational capabilities to mitigate risk spanning our complex infrastructure — particularly in remote locations at the tactical edge — as cyber-physical risks and geopolitical tensions rise. On Feb.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Government agencies are on a mission to deliver superior experiences to the public, but the ways they can meet that mission are always evolving – how can you make sure you’re staying on top of the latest techniques? Our newest Community of Practice (CoP) was created to offer a supportive environment for employees who are delivering CX services or who want to learn more about CX, showcasing how to improve the public’s experience with government services, organizations, and agenc

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On November 15, the Department of Justice announced that Paksn Inc. and six skilled nursing facilities in California have entered into a $45.6 million consent judgment to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare. According to the government’s allegations, the defendants entered into medical directorship agreements with specific physicians, under the pretense of offering compensation for administrative services.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In June, 2023, at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Washington DC, the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance initiative was announced to improve the employment gap by increasing tech skills globally. The launch provided access to students across three countries: the US (Illinois, New York, and Washington), Egypt , and Spain. Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the Tech Alliance in three additional countries: Germany , Italy, and Singapore.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the case of Santamarta v Venezuela , the dispute involved a dual national of Venezuela and Spain, who filed a claim against Venezuela for allegedly obstructing Santamarta’s pharmaceutical business, including an unlawful confiscation of a manufacturing plant. The arbitration proceedings were conducted in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976) on the basis of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between Spain and Venezuela (the “BIT”), in force since 1997.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Boeing 's subsidiary, Millennium Space Systems , has concluded the critical design review of a space vehicle that is part of a Space Systems Command program intended to enhance America’s missile warning and defense architecture. The CDR of the Missile Track Custody space vehicle , completed in less than a year, builds upon the preceding CDR of the MTC mission payload, Millennium said Monday.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Seismologists often study fault lines, or what are called transform boundaries, where friction builds between tectonic plates horizontally sliding past each other. When that friction is released, the result is an earthquake. Earthquakes strike suddenly, but they are a long time in the making. We may be approaching such a moment in the federal procurement landscape, when changes that were in the works for years converge and create significant shifts in what seems like the blink of an eye.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Lockheed Martin's space business conducted a demonstration of its wideband electronically steerable antenna payload that is capable of performing missions on orbit faster than traditional sensors. The Tantrum payload demonstrator is expected to be onboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha launch vehicle when it lifts off in December, Lockheed announced Monday.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Two power companies have asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to reconsider its ruling in two consolidated cases over the government's failure to dispose of spent nuclear fuel, saying the decision wrongly counted revenue from ratepayers as additional company profits.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Viasat has launched GX LITE , a flat panel user terminal designed to provide land expeditionary forces with global network connectivity to support their various missions. The GX LITE terminal serves Global Xpress network, the company’s high-throughput commercial Ka-band network available worldwide.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

SOSi announced that retired U.S. Army Col. Chris Pateras joined the company as account executive of Special Operations Command. With more than three decades of special operations experience, Pateras is tasked with strengthening SOSi’s intelligence, information operations, training and logistics services delivered within SOCOM and its subordinate commands, the company said.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rachel De Geyndt , formerly vice president of growth at Savan Group, has taken on a similar role at information technology government contractor RIVA Solutions , according to her LinkedIn post. In her new position, she is responsible for overseeing the business development and capture management team of the McLean, Virginia-based company.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

EDITING//Q TO R--The Second Circuit on Tuesday revived a whistleblower's years-old lawsuit against Siemens that alleged the manufacturing company had provided false certifications to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, finding that a lower court improperly tossed the suit for procedural reasons surrounding service of his complaint.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Amidst talent wars and tightening budgets, public and private sector companies alike are turning to artificial intelligence technologies and tools to help them process exponentially increasing amounts of data without breaking the bank. But does this mean machines are replacing human talent? EmpowerAI CEO Jeff Bohling answers in a new video interview.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Tony Celeste Executive Director & General Manager of Public Sector, Ingram Micro Public Sector Tony Celeste’s biggest recent achievement was leading Ingram Micro’s go-to-market transformation within the public sector, which has been a significant milestone in his career. His team successfully launched a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to securing mission-focused technology solutions for the federal, [.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

CGI Federal has teamed with Service-Disabled Veteran and Woman-Owned Small Business All In Solutions to form a new joint venture. Launched under a mentor-protege agreement, Adcredo IT Solutions is designed to integrate the companies’ experience in providing defense and civilian agencies with mission-focused information technology offerings and consulting services, CGI announced from Fairfax, Virginia on Tuesday.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bob Gemmill Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, Leidos Bob Gemmill and his team recently executed a transformational strategy propelling the organization from a strong sourcing organization to one delivering full spectrum supply chain capabilities contributing to new business wins, cash optimization and supply chain resiliency. This transformation provides capabilities necessary to address the [.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Semiconductor and fiber lasers provider nLIGHT will work as a subcontractor to Kord Technologies on a $34.5 million U.S. Army contract for the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense prototyping effort. DE M-SHORAD aims to install 50kW-class high energy laser weapon systems on Stryker vehicles, improving their defenses against a variety of threats, including unmanned aircraft systems, nLIGHT said Monday.

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