Inside Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

On February 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) issued a final rule that increases the domestic content requirements for defense procurements. The new rule amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to implement Executive Order 14005 (“EO”). The EO was intended to strengthen the requirements of the Buy American Act (“BAA”) by, among other things, directing the FAR Council to issue new rules increasing the domestic content threshold for determining whether a

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Textron Systems and General Dynamics ' land systems division have been awarded contracts worth $22.7 million combined to design advanced reconnaissance vehicle prototypes equipped with a 30 mm medium-caliber autocannon for the U.S. Marine Corps. Under an $11.8 million contract, Textron will build an ARV-30 prototype vehicle at its facility in Hunt Valley, Maryland, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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FedScoop

MARCH 1, 2024

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is among the agencies opting for a more permissive approach to generative AI tools, providing employees the same kind of access the independent agency has for access to the internet, according to its top IT official. “We do not block AI any more than we block general internet access,” Howard Spira, chief information officer of Ex-Im, said during a Thursday panel discussion hosted by the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC).

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has launched Altera as a standalone company focused on pursuing growth in the field programmable gate array market and delivering artificial intelligence capabilities designed to help clients facing complex technological challenges.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

The Washington state labor and health departments have urged a Washington federal judge to compel GEO Group to let inspectors inside a Seattle-area immigrant detention facility, saying the private prison giant will otherwise continue to block entry and keep regulators from investigating complaints about unsafe and unsanitary conditions.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 1, 2024

The General Services Administration’s top IT official says GSA did not violate the law when it bought more than 100 China-made video conferencing cameras in 2022 as part of a pilot project. GSA Chief Information Officer David Shive also says nobody at the agency intentionally misled the contracting officer into approving the purchases. GSA’s deputy inspector general, however, says officials in the agency’s Office of Digital Infrastructure Technologies (IDT) supplied the contracting officer with

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 1, 2024

Hello, blog readers and happy Friday. Can you believe it’s already March? In just a few short weeks, spring will (finally) be here! We hope that you’re gearing up for a nice weekend. But before you punch out , let’s take a look at the-week that was. In this edition of the Week in Review, Congress passed a short term spending measure to avoid another government shutdown and a report was released citing that federal employee whistleblower complaints have dropped, and Congress is trying to improve

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FedScoop

MARCH 1, 2024

Following scrutiny from both an agency watchdog and Congress for its purchases of Chinese-made video-conference cameras that were susceptible to security vulnerabilities, the General Services Administration said Thursday that it must deliver a corrective action plan to its inspector general’s office by March 25. In a statement to FedScoop, a GSA spokesperson said the agency has put corrective actions in place and intends to provide the plan to OIG later this month.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates’ gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 1, 2024

On February 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted a Notice of Covered Action (NoCA) for a $100 million settlement with global software company SAP SE over charges of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The NoCA signals that the SEC is now accepting whistleblower award claims for the case.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

The Potomac Officers Club, the government contracting industry’s premier events and media organization, has packed March 2024 with a wide range of exciting events featuring subject matter experts on relevant GovCon topics.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 1, 2024

On April 12, 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency (DigIF) for satellite operators using Software Defined Radios (SDRs) with AWS Ground Station. Wideband DigIF data can be delivered to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) or to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Customers using Wideband DigIF delivery to Amazon EC2 need to provision AWS Ground Station Agent (agent) on Amazon EC2.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

A Washington, D.C., appeals court upheld the termination of a D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings judge who was fired nearly a decade ago amid scrutiny for a range of ethics violations that included steering a $43,000 city contract to the husband of the agency's general counsel.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

The board of directors of General Electric (NYSE: GE) has cleared the planned spinoff of its portfolio of energy businesses, which will operate under the name GE Vernova, and expects the new independent entity to kick off trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 2 using the ticker symbol “GEV.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Verizon Response Teams joined the U.S. Air Force, the Mississippi National Guard and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in PATRIOT 24 , a training exercise meant to prepare participants to carry out rapid response work following natural disasters. During the exercise, participants trained for a variety of tasks, including search and rescue, chemical and radiological response and major debris removal, which were practiced amid multiple realistic crisis scenarios, like a hurricane-damaged

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Guidehouse Wins $12B Air Force ICBM Systems Integration Recompete Contract; NVIDIA’s $2T Valuation Reflects Major AI Boom in the US; Tony Frazier Named LeoLabs CEO; Astrion-ASRI JV Lands $910M Army Test & Evaluation Support Contract Click to Unmute 

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Jason Rigoli , a partner at Chevy Chase, Maryland-based private investment firm Enlightenment Capital , as a first-time Wash100 awardee in recognition of his efforts in helping platform companies scale through mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace, defense, national security and government services sectors.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Joint Technical Solutions, a joint venture between Astrion and AI Signal Research Inc., has secured a five-year, $910 million contract to provide test and engineering services for the U.S. Army’s Redstone Test Center.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Gary Wang , chief technology officer at DMI , said the Department of Defense should expand its 5G network infrastructure to harness the potential of artificial intelligence and internet of things-based devices. Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

The government is awash in data that could help drive mission success, elevate constituent encounters and drive new efficiencies — if only agencies could put that information to practical use. “There are incredibly large sets of data at almost any given agency,” says Jason Payne, CTO of Microsoft Federal. “But how do agencies make use of that data? How do they pull insights out of those large data sets?

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

ICF has received from the Department of Health and Human Services extensions to a pair of contracts for the continuation of cloud migration and digital modernization work in support of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services systems. The contracts were awarded in late 2023 and are worth $50 million combined, the global consulting and technology services provider said Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce the selection of Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek, as a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient for his demonstrated leadership in government market research and intelligence. Vote for Plexico as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition!

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' XQ-67A off-board sensing station completed its inaugural flight three weeks after the company conducted high-speed taxi trials of the drone with the U.S. Air Force Laboratory. GA-ASI announced that the test flight took place on Wednesday, validating the effectiveness of a common core chassis as the genus for constructing different aircraft variants.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

DCS has promoted Jim Belcher from operations and systems engineering department manager to vice president of ground vehicle systems. The employee-owned company said Thursday that he will be the program manager for the $2.1 billion Technical Engineering Services contract it landed with the Ground Vehicle Systems Center of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Viasat has secured a four-year contract from Northrop Grumman to provide a company-built satellite system in support of a U.S. Air Force initiative that seeks to connect commercial space internet services for military users. As part of the deal, Viasat said Thursday it will supply its ViaSat-3 Satellite Communications Network to facilitate high-bandwidth satellite internet connectivity on existing aircraft or ground vehicles for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Alec Gordon, a former managing director within General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems group, has been promoted to vice president and chief operating officer at GA-EMS.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

HII ’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has finished the initial sea trials for the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Jersey. The trials, spanning several days, included testing the boat’s systems and components, submerging the vessel for the first time as well as executing high-speed maneuvers both on the surface and while submerged, HII said Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Congress passed a short-term stopgap measure Thursday to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end of the week and give lawmakers time to finalize a full-year spending bill, NBC News reported Friday.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Portia Crowe , chief data strategist for defense and applied intelligence unit at Accenture Federal Services , said organizations looking to advance artificial intelligence-based network management should understand the devices, infrastructure and connections of the network and assess data flows and sources. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21to hear industry and federal leaders discuss the latest developments in the field.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

We’re now over a month into the popular vote contest for the 2024 Wash100 Award and we’ve arrived at the most exciting week yet for new developments. After weeks of domination by public sector officials, the government has receded into the background as private industry is surging ahead.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 1, 2024

Invictus International Consulting has unveiled a strategic expansion plan to increase its presence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as it seeks to strengthen its partnerships with defense and civilian agencies. The company said Thursday it plans to hire 65 to 130 new employees in the region over the next five to 10 years to help advance its offerings in areas such as cybersecurity, technology and intelligence.

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FedScoop

MARCH 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence holds tremendous potential to help federal agencies augment security and workforce capacity to improve mission outcomes. In a recent executive interview series, government leaders share a number of programs and strategies their agencies are embracing to take full advantage of these new capabilities responsibly and ethically. The series, “ Accelerating the Mission with AI and Security ,” produced by Scoop News Group for FedScoop and underwritten by Google for Government, i

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

A new Procurement Policy Note has been published which provides an updated Standard Selection Questionnaire. This applies to all above-threshold procurements. You are able to use the new Selection Questionnaire (SQ) straight away but the deadline to implement it into tenders is 27 June 2024. The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 1, 2024

Procurement has undergone a significant evolution, embracing responsibilities in margin protection, supply continuity, risk management, sustainability, and innovation. Yet, despite. The post Redefining Procurement’s Value and Shifting Mindsets appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 1, 2024

In a decision dated 29 December 2023, the Chilean Court of First Instance upheld an earlier decision dated 7 November 2023, which had granted a pre-judicial conservatory measure in support of a potential ICSID arbitration. The ruling prevents the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Chile (hereinafter, “ Chile “) from calling performance bonds of approximately USD 50 million.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

A Washington state appellate judge on Friday asked opponents of a plan to turn a hotel near Seattle into a shelter for homeless people why a pair of community meetings weren't enough to meet King County's obligation to listen to public feedback.

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