Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A U.S. whistleblower attorney is in Geneva, Switzerland to address the United Nations Human Rights Council , highlighting the essential role of whistleblowers in defending human rights and fighting corruption worldwide and stressing the importance of stronger legal frameworks. On September 11, Stephen M. Kohn , founding partner of the Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto and Chairman of the Board of National Whistleblower Center , was featured as a keynote speaker in the Institute for Human Rights event “

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The fourth initiative of the Army’s recent software modernization memo is to adopt a sustainment model that is focused on continuous improvement and development. To achieve that goal, the Army is creating a cadre of contracting experts to lead this culture change. Jamie MacGillis, an advisor for the Digital Capabilities Contracting Center of Excellence (DC3oE) at the Army Contracting Command’s Aberdeen Proving Ground , said the Army initially is sending reinforcements to several program executiv

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A surge in laptop sales expected in 2025 will impact other workstation accessories used in offices and by hybrid workers. The surge will be fueled in part by the migration to Windows 11 from Windows 10 and Microsoft’s end of support for the latter, says John Mardinly, product performance manager for connectivity technology company StarTech.com. Agencies began clamoring for new laptops when remote work increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but inventory was constrained due to supply chain issue

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Battelle, a global research and development company, and subcontractor CMC Pharmaceuticals have been awarded a 6.5-year, $53 million contract by the Department of Defense to develop a nerve agent countermeasure. The deal aims to ensure that U.S. military personnel have a stronger chance of surviving and recovering from nerve agent exposure, Battelle said Monday.

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WashngtonExec

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In this episode of “Humble Beginnings,” Cass Panciocco, president and CEO of IntelliBridge, joins us to share a bit about his upbringing in working-class Boston, what it was like sharing a modest home with seven other family members, the work ethic values he learned at a young age helping his father at carpenter job sites, [.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As the clock winds down on the deadline for federal agencies to implement various zero-trust architecture measures, the General Services Administration is cruising to the finish line and eyeing new cybersecurity priorities. Completing those requirements ahead of the Sept. 30 end date was made possible by the agency starting its zero-trust mission “many years” before the 2021 cybersecurity executive order , its top IT official said in an interview.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A former Internal Revenue Service IT staffer pleaded guilty this week to accepting bribes in exchange for helping people he knew and their businesses land and keep contract work with the tax agency, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Satbir Thukral, 62, of Germantown, Md., conducted two bribery schemes over four years in his capacity as a computer engineer supervising IT subcontracts for the IRS, according to the DOJ.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In August, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that was packed to the brim with changes to many of the SBA’s small business contracting programs. We’ve mentioned a few of the changes in prior blog posts. Gregory Weber, discussed potential changes to the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program that may result in more relaxed requirements.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security's top lawyer has resigned from his position in the administration, according to a LinkedIn post.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a position on the potential five-year, $1.8 billion Personnel and Readiness Infrastructure Support Management contract to provide services for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In an age where data is the new currency, organizations are constantly seeking ways to harness the power of information to drive productivity and innovation. Anduril Industries , a defense technology company at the forefront of transforming military capabilities, has embraced this challenge head-on with the launch of Alfred, their internal enterprise search chatbot powered by cutting-edge Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb stepped onto the Music Hall stage in the city’s Public Auditorium on March 5, 2024, it was hard not to lose your place on the continuum of past, present and future. The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Provincial and municipal governments are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of their technology solutions. Government institutions across Canada are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and resilient computing environments. Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of public services and safeguard government operations through cloud computing technology.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Salesforce has launched a set of more than 100 customizable artificial intelligence capabilities across 15 industry cloud environments to enable customers to deploy AI tools and automate industry-specific business tasks. The company said Monday Industries AI includes industry-specific data models, prebuilt prompts and related capabilities supported by the Einstein Trust Layer and Data Cloud platform.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The FBI has issued a solicitation for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $100 million for fixed and rotary wing aviation support. According to the notice posted on SAM.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The career of Jim Edwards demonstrates unwavering support for the American defense ecosystem and national security. Two-and-a-half decades in the U.S. Army informs his current career in the government contracting world, which has included a pair of separate, sizable runs at SOSi as well as time spent at Peraton (formerly Perspecta) and Amentum (then DynCorp).

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the small business awardees on the FirstSource III contract’s information technology value added reseller functional category. According to an award notice published Tuesday on SAM.gov, the awards under the FirstSource III ITVAR functional category will be effective Sept. 30.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has authorized OpenText to deliver its IT Management Platform, or ITMX, to support the digital transformation goals of government organizations.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

G. Maliek Ferebee, a human resources professional with nearly 25 years of industry experience, has been named chief human capital officer at BlueHalo. The aerospace and defense contractor said Monday Ferebee will supervise its HR operations. He will be responsible for developing a talent pool of professionals with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Jennifer Ewbank, a nearly three-decade CIA veteran, has joined the board of advisers of RealmOne, a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital. In a statement published Tuesday, RealmOne CEO Gary Daigle highlighted the “extensive industry experience and proven leadership” Ewbank bring to the technology services provider. Ewbank, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, was with the CIA for over 28 years.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The U.S. Navy has awarded BlueForge Alliance a potential $980.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to help meet U.S. submarine industrial base and foreign military sales requirements. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the Bryan, Texas-based non-profit integrator will support planning, resourcing, coordinating and uplifting the mentioned requirements.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Darkhive, a developer of uncrewed aircraft systems featuring a secure software delivery system, announced closing its Series A investment round and raising $21 million. Ten Eleven Ventures led the funding group, which included Crosslink Capital, RTX Ventures, and Stellar Ventures, Darkhive said Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Daniel Cuviello, a three-decade business development executive in the federal government contracting industry, has joined ASRC Federal as chief growth officer. The company said Tuesday Cuviello will have oversight of the strategy of ASRC Federal and its business development and chief technology officer organizations.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Oracle and Anduril Industries have joined forces to deliver artificial intelligence-based capabilities from the data center to the battlefield. As part of the collaboration, Anduril’s open and extensible software platform for command and control called Lattice will be integrated with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and OCI Roving Edge service, Oracle said Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Potomac Officers Club’s first-ever GovCon International Summit on Oct. 10 will bring together experts in foreign relations, joint warfighting and more to weigh in on the global priorities of the United States and its allies. The event has a packed schedule, and you won’t want to miss the chance to hear from its featured speakers.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Cubic’s defense division has received an initial order from the U.S. Air Force to produce a system designed to enhance the operational readiness of the military service. The company said Monday the upgrade to the encrypted Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation system will enable fourth-generation aircraft to train seamlessly alongside fifth-generation aircraft.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Scottish Government have been working with internal and external stakeholders on the development of a collaborative Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million for use across the Scottish public sector. A DPS is an agile electronic method of procurement. It provides a list of pre-qualified suppliers for a variety of requirements, via three filters (type of civils works, location and value band).

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Artificial intelligence software company Primer Technologies has appointed Collin Green, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, and Daniel Simpson, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, to its federal advisory board. The company’s CEO, Sean Moriarty, anticipates Green and Simpson’s counsel to contribute to delivering innovative AI solutions to customers, Primer said Monday.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Here’s what you need to know about CDW Government’s proprietary assessment tools and how they can help set up your agency for success in IT modernization. What Does Strategic Application Modernization Assessment Offer? Effective application modernization strengthens security, reduces operational costs and simplifies maintenance processes. SAMA helps federal agencies analyze existing legacy code automatically to highlight barriers to modernization, providing specific targeting and guidance for pr

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Redstone Government Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Grants are complex and the regulations in 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements , Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards aren’t exactly straight forward and easy to understand. When you receive a grant, you are expected to have internal controls in place such as policies and procedures, segregation of duties, timekeeping, documentation requirements, etc.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday.

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WashngtonExec

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organization has won a $4 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for phase 1 of the Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements program. The DARPA AIR program is intended to advance dominant tactical autonomy for beyond-visual-range air combat missions, the company said. Autonomy solutions will be developed on [.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As we head into fall, there are 11 patent cases to monitor, touching on a range of issues that could affect patent strategy, such as biotech innovation, administrative rulemaking and patent eligibility, say Edward Lanquist and Wesley Barbee at Baker Donelson.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Success in federal construction contracting means knowing the construction-related FAR clauses inside and out. Changes, differing site conditions, excusable delay…master these and you are halfway there. Here’s where you learn how to navigate these clauses, identify issues, work towards resolution with agencies, negotiate REAs, and successfully complete your contract.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Federal agencies paid $236 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2023, a drop of about $11 billion from the prior year, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

You’ve heard of Buy American and BABA, but aren’t sure how to navigate the complex rules implementing the requirements (or whether they apply to subs). In this session, Cara Wolf teaches attendees how to navigate these requirements, understand how they apply at the prime and sub level, and discuss practical tips to ensure compliance. More information The post Primes and Subs: Partners in Buy America(n) Compliance appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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