ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton has deployed a generative artificial intelligence tool onboard the International Space Station National Lab. The company said Thursday its large language model application uses Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Spaceborne Computer-2 platform to help ISS astronauts address complex issues by retrieving and analyzing information without relying on Earth-bound internet.
FedScoop
AUGUST 2, 2024
The bill to update the Technology Modernization Fund passed out of a Senate committee this week, teeing it up for a full vote soon. The Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act passed out of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday by a 10-1 vote, a win for House lawmakers and TMF advocates across the government. The bill left the House floor in May via voice note under suspension of rules after the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability marked it up in September
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ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Brett Surbey, a senior contract manager with over 20 years of experience, has joined Empower AI as director of contracts, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Most recently, Surbey worked as vice president of contracts and compliance at VSE. He initially served as the contracts director at the engineering services company.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
A Delaware Superior Court judge refused to enforce a "no-action" clause in a suit brought by real estate holding companies seeking directors and officers coverage for an underlying False Claims Act qui tam action, according to a document obtained by Law360 on Friday.
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GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
Mark Rayha, senior vice president and chief operating officer of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) Electric Boat, will take over Kevin Graney as president of the subsidiary, effective Dec. 1. Kevin Graney General Dynamics said Thursday Graney will retire at the end of the year.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 2, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – August 2nd, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Amazon Web Services has secured a “High” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its machine learning managed service available for customer of AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region.
GovTribe
AUGUST 2, 2024
GovTribe studied data from over 260,000 unique users and millions of interactions to find the top 20 opportunities in the federal market heading into August 2024. Let’s start by diving into the top three.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Science Applications International Corp. has appointed Bernard Wille Height as its new senior capture director. Height announced his new post at SAIC through a Linkedin post shared Wednesday. The veteran capture manager spent most of his career performing the said role for several government contractors.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
AUGUST 2, 2024
One of the Coalition’s favorite events of the year, the Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament , is only three weeks away! This wonderful outing, taking place on August 21 at the Whiskey Creek Golf Club in Ijamsville, Maryland, serves as more than just a day on the green. It allows us the opportunity to celebrate community, camaraderie, and a shared commitment to supporting our nation’s veterans in honor of our dear friend Joe Caggiano’s legacy.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
BlueHalo has finished multiple rounds of testing for the Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System: Freedom Eagle, which is designed to defeat large air threats for the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the activity involved firing the drone’s dual-thrust, solid rocket motor.
GovSpend
AUGUST 2, 2024
GovSpend and Deep Water Point & Associates , a premier federal market consulting and advisory firm, are proud to announce a strategic partnership to jointly deliver our market research platforms to the federal market. With this partnership, we seek to augment the value we independently deliver to federal contractors, giving our customers a new and distinct advantage in winning more government contracts.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
SES Space & Defense, a satellite network company, has won a $46.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide satellite services. The SES subsidiary said Wednesday it was awarded a multi-year contract to deliver end-to-end Geostationary Ku-band satellite services to the Air Combat Command.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
HII (NYSE: HII) released its second quarter 2024 results that showed growth across all core business segments. The shipbuilder said Thursday its consolidated revenue rose 6.8% year-over-year to a record $2.97 billion, while net income climbed 33.1% to $173 million compared to Q2 2023.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Alex Stamos, former chief trust officer at SentinelOne, was appointed as the company’s chief information security officer, responsible for managing its security engineering and operations teams. The artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity company said Thursday Stamos will focus primarily on the development and delivery of secure-by-design systems.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has appointed Lisa Einstein, most recently senior adviser for artificial intelligence at CISA, as its first chief AI officer.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
The mission of the Department of Defense to create an interconnected mesh for communications across services and domains—dubbed Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2—has run parallel to the rise of artificial intelligence. According to Booz Allen Hamilton’s Cutter Brenton, vice president of algorithmic warfare, AI can and will play a crucial role in achieving CJADC2.
Capital Edge Consulting
AUGUST 2, 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.
Kluwer Arbitration
AUGUST 2, 2024
The chasm between the Section 1782 and arbitration worlds just got wider. In Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA Inc. (“ Webuild S.p.A. ”), the Second Circuit determined that a tribunal in an arbitration administered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) was not a “foreign or international tribunal” under Section 1782, the U.S. federal statute providing private parties with the ability to obtain discovery from U.S. persons for use in certain foreign proceedings.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a Virginia small business' challenge to a $115.8 million CIA medical support deal awarded to a competitor, saying the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's proposal when identifying minor or moderate strengths under a technical factor.
FedInsider
AUGUST 2, 2024
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE In today’s interconnected digital landscape, cyberattacks have become a constant threat, impacting individuals, organizations, and nations alike. As technology advances, so do the methods and sophistication of cyber adversaries, making it crucial for all stakeholders to stay informed and up to date on the latest mitigation strategies.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
In a legally rare decision, a Connecticut state judge shredded an arbitration panel's determination that forced a city to reinstate a fired police lieutenant, ruling the arbiters were wrong to ignore an earlier court order banning the lieutenant from coming within 100 yards of the city's police chief.
VWV
AUGUST 2, 2024
A key change in the new Procurement Act is the enhanced transparency regime. We provide you with guidance on how to navigate the extra notices you will have to set out under these changes. The Procurement Act 2023 is due to go-live on 28 October 2024. One of the most significant changes in the new Procurement Act is the transparency regime. The number of notices a contracting authority will be required to publish will greatly increase from the current regime to improve transparency throughout th
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
A Washington federal judge has significantly trimmed an aerospace engineering firm's suit accusing Boeing of stealing patented technology, agreeing with Boeing that many of the claims are inadequate to proceed at this stage, but giving the firm the opportunity to amend them.
Government Contracts & Global Trade
AUGUST 2, 2024
Tim Ferges presents a seminar for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, titled “A Matter of Trusts.” The seminar explores the foundations of trust drafting, as well as complicated techniques that can be utilized in trust creation. The post A Matter of Trusts appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
A Colorado Court of Appeals panel has found that a construction company overstated how much it was owed from a public project to build a new Denver rail line and can't seek any remedy for that $12.7 million claim, according to an opinion that applied provisions of a public works law for the first time.
Public Contracting Institute
AUGUST 2, 2024
In the world of government contracting, small businesses play a crucial role in fostering innovation and economic growth. The Public Contracting Institute (PCI) is committed to supporting these enterprises through comprehensive training and resources. Let’s explore the various small business programs that open doors to lucrative government contracts. 1.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
The Second Circuit on Friday refused to overturn the conviction of a therapist who was found guilty of bilking a New York state program for developmentally disabled children, saying the trial court didn't err in declining to excuse a juror who had loose ties to a government witness.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
SRI International was awarded a Defense Logistics Agency Land contract with a maximum value of $125.6 million for the U.S. military’s generalized emulation of microcircuits production program. The Department of Defense said the military service users covered under the long term, indefinite-delivery, hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract are the U.S.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
A Mideast defense contractor challenged the U.S. Department of Defense's decision to ban it from receiving U.S. contracts, telling a D.C. federal court that it had no way of addressing the security issue that warranted the ban.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
CyberCore Technologies, now part of HP’s (NYSE: HPQ) federal arm, has appointed Randy Anderson, a more than three-decade defense industry executive, as senior vice president of programs. The company said Thursday Anderson will lead program execution and drive on-contract growth initiatives across CyberCore’s business portfolio.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
The Sixth Circuit has affirmed a judgment in favor of a U.S. government-funded hospital in a suit by a woman alleging malpractice caused the death of her son shortly after birth, finding the evidence supported a Kentucky federal judge's conclusion that doctors did not neglect the woman or the infant during delivery.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
Tria Federal, a middle-market tech and advisory services firm, has established a new group to build and test emerging technologies designed to address the challenges facing federal government customers.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
The introduction of a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve fleet in the pending 2025 National Defense Authorization Act presents a significant opportunity for space and satellite companies — despite outstanding questions, and potential risks, for operators, say attorneys at Wiley.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has secured a $319 million task order to impart its expertise on intelligence systems to the U.S. Army. The information technology company said Wednesday it was chosen to fulfill a five-year work aimed at supporting an Army office in establishing and maintaining an advanced and on-demand environment.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
The Third Circuit backed the eight-year prison sentence handed to a former New Jersey firefighter convicted for his role in a $50 million healthcare fraud scheme, rejecting his argument he was wrongly punished for taking his case to trial.
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