GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall as a winner of the 2024 Wash100 Award for driving rapid acquisition and artificial intelligence adoption and advancing modernization priorities. Vote for Frank Kendall as your favorite GovCon leader — visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has received a 2024 Wash100 Award for his commitment to empowering cooperative scientific exploration and technological progress through various agency missions. The esteemed Wash100 Award has honored the most influential leaders in the government contracting industry for 11 years.
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GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The advent of easy-to-use tools like ChatGPT has entrenched generative artificial intelligence into the public consciousness. With its vast array of potential applications, generative AI holds immense potential for a wide variety of domains. Like many other organizations, the Department of Defense is evaluating the effectiveness of this technology across a diverse set of use cases.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
LMI has secured a potential five-year, $33.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide data and analysis services in support of the service branch’s Readiness-Based Sparing and Readiness-Spares Packages. Under the contract, the company said Tuesday it will help the Air Force Sustainment Center Logistics Directorate improve supply chain readiness, facilitate the decision-making process and provide optimization tools to help meet the goals of AFSC 2.0 and the Digital Depot Vision for Ind
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Government Contracts
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A D.C. federal judge may be allowing suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to pursue a handful of arguments over the constitutionality of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, but attorneys told Law360 they aren't convinced those claims will fare any better than those already dismissed by the court.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
DLH has secured a potential five-year, $23 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue providing a range of information technology services for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Under the award, DLH said Tuesday it will oversee the operations of an integrated advanced clinical/research informatics system that facilitates real-time data and resource sharing for researchers.
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Federal News Network
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A recent argument a contractor made to the Contract Board of Appeals might lead companies to the wrong conclusion. It is another case of a company trying to recover unanticipated costs under a fixed price contract, costs incurred because of the COVID pandemic. The case is about jurisdiction, though, and not cost recovery. For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince.
Government Contracts
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Native American law firm Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP has announced two new equity partners, one of whom will lead a new office in Wisconsin.
Whistleblower Network News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
On January 31, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Western District of Washington announced that Yakima Products Inc., an automobile accessory company, will pay the United States a settlement of $3 million over one year to resolve allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. The settlement stems from a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee in April 2021.
Government Contracts
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Coaching my son’s high school wrestling team has been great fun, but it’s also demonstrated how a legal career can benefit from certain experiences, such as embracing the unknown, studying the rules and engaging with new people, says Richard Davis at Maynard Nexsen.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Naval Research Laboratory has begun seeking proposals for a small business set aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide research and development services for directed energy and electronic countermeasures systems of the U.S. Navy. A notice posted Tuesday on SAM.
AWS Public Sector
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
To modernize their healthcare infrastructure and improve data security, Bavarian hospital Fachklinikum Mainschleife , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Kite Consult and consulting firm Oberender AG , undertook a massive initiative: the migration of their entire IT infrastructure to AWS. With this move, Fachklinikum Mainschleife achieved a major change to the security, data encryption, and compliance of its on-premises architecture.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
ManTech‘s Advanced Systems subsidiary has secured a five-year, $43.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide force structure support services to the U.S. Army.
FedScoop
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Fostering ‘Mission Partner Environments’ with allied partners to promote data interoperability takes on new urgency at DOD in the face of recent global conflicts.
Federal News Network
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
SAN DIEGO — The CIO-SP3 contract is in need of yet another extension. The National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is working through the process to add six more months to the current expiration date of April 29. Brian Goodger, the NITAAC director, said NITAAC is planning to keep CIO-SP3 open through October 29 and have the option for another six months after that, if necessary.
AWS Public Sector
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The education technology (EdTech) sector is rapidly evolving, leveraging the latest technical capabilities to continuously improve student learning and institutional objectives. The sector received huge investment from venture capital, private equity firms, and IPOs (initial public offerings) on the back of the rise in hybrid learning. However, as HolonIQ reports in its 2024 Global Education Outlook , funding sources slowed across the board in 2023, dropping 59% from 2022 levels.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Morgan Higgins, a principal at Blue Delta Capital Partners since 2019, has been promoted to partner at the Tysons, Virginia-based venture capital firm, GovCon Wire has learned.
GovLoop
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Digital forms have been a welcome replacement for government agencies and constituents alike, but shifting from paper to online processes does come with unique challenges. Hollie Bodiford-Taylor, Office of the Commissioner, Office of the Chief Scientist, Office of Laboratory Safety U.S., Food and Drug Administration, offered insight on why and how to successfully make the transition to digital forms during the latest CX Community of Practice on Feb. 12.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The First Responder Network Authority and AT&T (NYSE: T) have unveiled a 10-year, $8 billion initiative to further develop and expand FirstNet, the country’s public safety broadband network. The FirstNet Authority intends to make an investment of $6.
Government Contracts Navigator
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Elizabeth N. Jochum ● Deloitte Consulting LLPB-422094; B-422094.2 Deloitte Consulting LLP; Softrams, LLCB-421801.2,B-421801.3,B-421801.4,B-421801.5,B-421801.6 DISPARATE TREATMENT MATERIAL EXCEPTION PRICE EVALUATION PAST PERFORMANCE BEST VALUE DETERMINATION The post 60-Second Sustains: Deloitte Consulting LLP and Softrams LLC appeared first on Government Contracts Navigator.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has revealed its fourth quarter and full year 2023 results and financial guidance for the following year. In the three and 12 months ending Dec. 29, 2023, revenue increased 8 percent and 7 percent year-over-year to $4 billion and $15.4 billion, respectively. For fiscal 2024, the revenue guidance is between $15.
Kluwer Arbitration
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Data-Related Disputes Nearly five billion people use social media. Last year saw the expansion of AI-based businesses, from search engines to data analytics to product development. Some of the most valuable data for AI-training sets includes photographs, names, birth dates, consumer preferences, and family histories that users have published online or otherwise made available.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Sigma Defense Systems, a Sagewind Capital company, has acquired defense information technology engineering provider Juno Technologies. The deal advances Sigma Defense’s strategy to expand its data analytics offerings to the Department of Defense and other customers, the company said Tuesday.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Paperless Innovations has received authorization from the General Services Administration to offer e-commerce tools from its Actus cloud-based government purchase card compliance automation and management platform to government customers via the GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The company said Tuesday it was assigned an E-Commerce Special Item Number for Actus, which is designed to enable federal, state and local government agencies to automate their purchase card transactions and
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Jeffrey Prang, former portfolio manager at System High, has been named vice president of business operations at the Chantilly Virginia-based protection and security engineering services provider.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A BWX Technologies subsidiary will continue providing the Tennessee Valley Authority with uranium downblending services under a $122 million contract extension. Nuclear Fuel Services has been supporting downblending operations of the U.S. government since 1995, and its current work with TVA is extended to June 2027 with the recent award, BWXT said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
BlueHalo has agreed to buy Eqlipse Technologies for an undisclosed sum to create a combined entity focused on delivering capabilities in the areas of space, counter-unmanned autonomous systems, cyber and electronic warfare and artificial intelligence to Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Viasat completed the first of 105 installations of communication infrastructure for ships under the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command. Viasat said Tuesday that the project is part of the 10-year Next Generation Wideband contract awarded in 2022 by the Defense Information Systems Agency to Inmarsat.
GovLoop
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Over the years, federal networks have become more complex. Cloud technology has replaced in-house infrastructure. Employees conduct work on their personal computers. And, thanks to the Internet of Things, a proliferation of “smart” devices connect to agency systems. Agencies largely know about the equipment they manage, but the unmanaged devices are much harder to see and secure, said Jean Schaffer, Federal Chief Technology Officer with Corelight, a network detection and response (NDR) platform
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
OpenText has joined a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-led collaborative effort that seeks to improve the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. government and its international partners. As a member, the information management firm said Tuesday it will offer a range of services to bolster the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative in safeguarding sensitive data from cyber threats.
Key Solutions
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Learn how to write an impactful Executive Summary that grabs attention. Discover key elements, structure tips, and how to overcome common challenges.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Nucleus Security raised $43 million in its Series B funding round , which was led by Arthur Ventures and Lead Edge Capital , and saw participation from In-Q-Tel , a new investor. The cybersecurity technology firm said Wednesday that the fresh investment will be used for "a strategic acceleration in product innovation, research, and development.
Kluwer Arbitration
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Six years ago, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) introduced the Bankruptcy Law, revolutionizing the legal landscape for liquidation and restructuring. This marked a significant shift by establishing a clear framework for handling insolvent entities. Recently, the Saudi Civil Transactions Law (“CTL”), effective from December 2023, enables creditors to transfer their rights for consideration, potentially reshaping established practices in the KSA.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Ensco has unveiled a new center dedicated to providing tailored cybersecurity and physical security products and services to the critical infrastructure sector. The Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection builds on Ensco's defense sector background to deliver comprehensive, customizable security services to critical infrastructure sectors that play key roles in U.S. national security, the company said Tuesday.
Kluwer Arbitration
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
This is the fifth consecutive year that we, either together or separately, have reported on trends at the intersection of human rights and international investment arbitration from the prior year (see prior Blog coverage, here , here , here , and here ). As we emphasized last year, developments at this intersection continue directional trends from prior years, but also the aperture for human rights considerations in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) did appear to widen, g
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Defense Information Systems Agency has migrated approximately 200,000 end users to a secret cloud environment through the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions blanket purchase agreement. General Dynamics Information Technology announced the milestone in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
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