AWS Public Sector
JANUARY 10, 2024
Last year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance to improve the employment gap by increasing tech skills globally. The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement, or SEWP, contract is now in its sixth iteration, and it’s unlocking bigger opportunities for industry than ever before. In a new video interview , Executive Mosaic spoke with Deltek’s Vice President of Research, Carey Webster , to learn more about the contract and what contractors need to do to prepare for the upcoming RFP.
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FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2024
Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. Technology helps agencies save money in addition to boosting efficiencies these days. Strategic investments help agencies maximize their productivity when funding is readily available, and when it’s not, optimized spending can mean the difference between mission success and failure.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
“Information is often the thread that weaves together disparate technologies,” stated Dr. Mark Linderman , chief scientist of the Air Force Research Lab’s Information Directorate. He also shared that his cohort is increasingly collaborating on work for the contested space domain. Dr. Linderman will be the opening keynote speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s Workloads at the Tactical Edge Forum , where he will illuminate some of AFRL’s recent activities in this area and point to partnership o
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ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
SAIC will deliver information technology services for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through a potential 10-year, $60.7 billion award. IT services provided under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two contract, or T4NG2, will span 11 functional areas and support both the VA and additional agencies, SAIC announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters on Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
Orstell Barnett , a more than 30-year business development executive, has been appointed vice president of growth for the federal health sector at McLean, Virginia-based digital transformation services provider DMI. He most recently served as director of strategic growth for public health at DLH (Nasdaq: DLHC).
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
John Bergeron , formerly vice president of global services at Teledyne Technologies ' (NYSE: TDY) FLIR Defense subsidiary, has joined CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as senior VP of Technology Innovation and Labs within the National Security and Innovative Solutions division.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 10, 2024
Washington's health department has alleged in a complaint moved to federal court that private prison operator GEO Group is refusing to let the state investigate hundreds of detainee complaints concerning health and safety issues like unsafe food and solitary confinement misuse.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
John Bergeron , formerly vice president of global services at Teledyne Technologies ' (NYSE: TDY) FLIR Defense subsidiary, has joined CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as senior VP of Technology Innovation and Labs within the National Security and Innovative Solutions division.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 10, 2024
Over the next year and beyond, litigation funding will continue to evolve in ways that affect attorneys and the larger litigation landscape, from the growth of a secondary market for funded claims, to rising interest rates restricting the availability of capital, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
Redstone Government Consulting
JANUARY 10, 2024
The FAR Council issued an interim rule , effective December 4, 2023, which implements the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA). This included three new FAR clauses which prohibit the delivery or use of “covered articles” subject to a FASCSA order in the performance of a government contract.
FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2024
There’s a hilarious scene in season four of the TV show The Office featuring in which main character Michael Scott willfully steers his rental car into Lake Scranton after his GPS tells him to make a right turn. The moment the lake water crests over the windshield is comedy gold. The show is trying to make a point about the value of human-directed versus machine-directed decision-making, and as agencies begin evaluating use cases for artificial intelligence, they’re at risk for similar kinds of
FedScoop
JANUARY 10, 2024
A former White House official told a Senate panel Wednesday that lawmakers should ask the Office of Management and Budget for more authority to ease the hiring of skilled artificial intelligence workers. During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Jennifer Pahlka, former Office of Science and Technology Policy deputy chief technology officer, said that federal agencies require support to add and encourage AI tech talent, which involves reducing burdens on agencies for hir
GovSpend
JANUARY 10, 2024
It is January 2024, a time for resolutions, and creating and implementing strategies both professionally and personally. I look forward to the first week of January as contract data includes the Defense contracts that are subjected to the 90-day delay before they are made public on FPDS.gov. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the fiscal year 2023 witnessed a decrease of 2% in total federal outlays compared to the previous fiscal year, settling at $6.1 trillion.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
An opportunity to win a prime spot on a NASA contract is approaching in 2024, and contractors should be preparing now. According to Deltek’s Vice President of Research Carey Webster , the sixth iteration of NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement, or SEWP, contract will have no awards cap, which unlocks opportunities for new companies. Join the Potomac Officers Club on March 5 for the 2024 Space Summit !
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
The Department of Energy has begun soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure uranium enrichment services to help establish a domestic supply chain of high-assay low-enriched uranium used for deploying advanced nuclear reactors. Proposals are due March 8.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
Bryan Jolly , formerly chief operating officer at Leidos ' QTC Management subsidiary, has been named senior vice president of the digital transformation information technology business area for the defense contractor's Defense Information Systems Agency portfolio, according to his LinkedIn post. He has over 15 years of experience managing service delivery programs for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
Cloud services provider Applied Insight has completed its takeover of veteran-owned data services business Zavda Technologies. The acquisition is aimed at expanding Applied Insight's presence in the national security market while providing better career advancement opportunities for Zavda's employees.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
The government solutions business of secure collaboration platform developer Mattermost will partner with mobile mesh networking platform maker goTenna under a Phase II U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research contract to enhance the service's tactical ChatOps functions. Mattermost said Tuesday that work under the SBIR award includes the development of a plugin for its platform that would work across Tactical Assault Kit servers, and the creation of transmission layer integrations
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
Peraton has secured an $889 million contract to help U.S. Army Cyber Command and its components and partners integrate and conduct cyber, electromagnetic warfare and information operations. The company will perform program management, intelligence support, operations and planning, cyber operations support, information advantage operations support, security operations and training exercises.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
Axellio will integrate its PacketXpress network intelligence platform with Garland Technology’s EdgeLens network packet broker and Mira Security's Encrypted Traffic Orchestration system. The three companies reached a collaborative agreement to provide a cost-effective and centralized tool to improve TLS 1.3 protocol network traffic analysis and decryption, Axellio said Tuesday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a five-year, $375 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic in the fielding and integration of land-based vehicle platforms across various defense services. The company will perform production engineering, integration, installation, logistical and programmatic support to integrate C4ISR capabilities on the vehicles.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
Massachusetts-based Devo Technology has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Moderate Authority to Operate designation for its data logging technology offering. The cloud-native logging and security analytics services provider said Tuesday the Small Business Administration acted as sponsor for the FedRAMP accreditation of the Devo Security Data Platform.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
Lynx Software Technologies , a portfolio company of private equity firm OceanSound Partners , has acquired Thompson Software Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to form a platform company that will provide full software development life cycle support services for customers in aerospace and defense markets.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
Evercore , a New York-based global independent investment banking advisory firm, has released a monthly update highlighting previous and ongoing transactions it has supported in the aerospace, defense and government services markets. According to the report, a copy of which was received by Executive Mosaic, Evercore advised several aerospace and defense clients on mergers and acquisitions, including Aerojet Rocketdyne on its $4.7 billion sale to L3Harris Technologies.
GovSpend
JANUARY 10, 2024
It is January 2024, a time for resolutions, and creating and implementing strategies both professionally and personally. I look forward to the first week of January as contract data includes the Defense contracts that are subjected to the 90-day delay before they are made public on FPDS.gov. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the fiscal year 2023 witnessed a decrease of 2% in total federal outlays compared to the previous fiscal year, settling at $6.1 trillion.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 10, 2024
NASA has announced the modification of a task order awarded to Jacobs under the Aerospace Testing and Facilities Operations and Maintenance contract. NASA said Tuesday that under the task order, Jacobs will work to upgrade the electrical system of the Ames Research Center's Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, making its main drive motors more capable and efficient.
GovSpend
JANUARY 10, 2024
It is January 2024, a time for resolutions, and creating and implementing strategies both professionally and personally. I look forward to the first week of January as contract data includes the Defense contracts that are subjected to the 90-day delay before they are made public on FPDS.gov. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the fiscal year 2023 witnessed a decrease of 2% in total federal outlays compared to the previous fiscal year, settling at $6.1 trillion.
Govshop
JANUARY 10, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving world, innovation and technological advancement are crucial for driving economic growth and societal progress. Recognizing the importance of fostering innovation in small businesses, the United States government has established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Kluwer Arbitration
JANUARY 10, 2024
Bill no. 2.925/2023 (“ Bill ”) is intended to amend federal law no. 6.385/1976 (regulating the Brazilian stock market and that created the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission – “ CVM ”) and law no. 6.404/1976 (regulating joint-stock companies/business corporations). The goal is to ensure transparency in class arbitration proceedings involving stock market investors, corporations, officers, and major stakeholders (“Securities Disputes”), seeking to fu
Govshop
JANUARY 10, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving world, innovation and technological advancement are crucial for driving economic growth and societal progress. Recognizing the importance of fostering innovation in small businesses, the United States government has established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant programs.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 10, 2024
The U.S. government on Wednesday urged a Florida federal judge to reject a magistrate judge's decision lifting its claims to several properties subject to an indictment involving an ex-Florida congressman accused of money laundering and working for Venezuela, saying he'd have to show they're needed to pay for his defense counsel.
WashngtonExec
JANUARY 10, 2024
HII has promoted Peter Courtney to corporate vice president of legislative affairs, and adds Betsy Bina Benedict to serve as the director of legislative affairs. Courtney succeeds Carolyn Apostolou who retired in December after 10 years with the company. He will report directly to Stewart Holmes, HII’s executive vice president of government and customer relations. [.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 10, 2024
SAP SE on Wednesday agreed to pay more than $220 million to settle investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into allegations the Germany-based software company paid bribes to government officials in South Africa and Indonesia.
WashngtonExec
JANUARY 10, 2024
Science Applications International Corp. will provide IT services on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ contracting vehicle, Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two. “SAIC is ready to deliver best-in-class innovation and modernization in support of our nation’s heroes, the veteran community,” said Vishal Tulsian, senior vice president of health, state and local, and federal financials [.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 10, 2024
A Connecticut architecture practice has told a state court that it is not responsible for delays in the construction of a $4.7 million pavilion in a Stamford city park, seeking to duck allegations brought by the general contractor that its flawed designs drove up costs.
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