FedScoop

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Social Security Administration is off track on recouping the costs it took to create and maintain a database aimed at helping banks catch a form of identity fraud, a new watchdog report found. Launched in June 2020 to comply with the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, the SSA’s electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service was pitched to financial institutions as a way to combat synthetic identity fraud, a practice in which

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Government Contracts Navigator

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Michael Joseph Montalbano ● On October 11, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued the first part of its final rule establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program. As expected, the final rule requires companies entrusted with national security information to implement cybersecurity standards at progressively advanced levels, (CMMC level 1, CMMC level 2, and … Continue reading "Department of Defense Issues Final CMMC Rule" The post Department of Defense

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Over the course of his 14-plus years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nick Langle has learned a thing or two about the chasm that exists between the internet’s haves and have nots. As a principal investigator for the Department of Energy-funded Community Power Accelerator , Langle spends his days researching web sustainability and human-computer interaction in the pursuit of expanding access to affordable solar energy.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Department of Defense introduced its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, in early 2022, out of a dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, known as the JAIC.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mike Moran, a seasoned space industry professional, has been named director of U.S. government business at Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Government Solutions, according to a LinkedIn post he shared Sunday. Moran previously served as senior vice president of defense and intelligence systems at Terran Orbital and chief operating officer and co-president of PredaSAR.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Chris Owen has been elevated to the role of vice president of defense application development and networking at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Saturday. Prior to his promotion, Owen was Peraton’s senior director for the U.S. Air Force and Army. Owen was with Perspecta when it was acquired by Veritas Capital and then combined with Peraton.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Paul Everson has assumed new responsibilities as vice president of business development quality at the government and defense services provider Astrion. He confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Saturday.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many agencies supported telework programs to some degree before the pandemic. As such, the transition to a high level of telework during the pandemic was not much of a challenge for them. Now that the initial rush to implement more telework is complete, the emphasis is slowly shifting to improving the efficiency of remote work while also making it more secure.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Sean Vineyard was appointed vice president of business development for military and veteran health at Tria Federal, according to the executive’s announcement via a LinkedIn post.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at $5,505.35 last week, a 0.65% increase from the previous week. These gains brought GovCon Index into its fourth consecutive week of growth.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Department of Defense has issued the final rule for a certification program that seeks to verify whether defense contractors comply with existing cybersecurity protections for federal contract information and controlled unclassified information.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Sotera Digital Security, a secure communications provider, is collaborating with Carahsoft Technology to bring its mobile communication protection services to the public sector.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In a landmark decision, the Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court has overturned an arbitral award which dealt with the different available remedies in case of a fundamental change in circumstances (in this case, the effects of Covid-19) ruling that affording a force majeure protection to a party should have the effect of excluding other remedies to the case.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

ManTech appointed Michael Biddick as vice president of enterprise program management, standards and quality assurance. Biddick brings 20 years of experience in client satisfaction and technology consulting to the role. At ManTech, he will accelerate enterprise-wide excellence in program execution and quality assurance aligned with strategy and technology, including digital transformation, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity [.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mark Dorsey has joined Appian as its new chief revenue officer, bringing more than two decades of strategic sales leadership experience to the position. In his new role, Dorsey will work closely with customers to support their organizations’ growth and success using the Appian business process automation technology, the software company said Friday.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Interos will bring together the brightest minds in supply chain risk management for a one-day event this October to discuss pressing issues across artificial intelligence, cyber, geopolitical risks, ESG and more. One of the sessions at Interos’ 2024 Risk Intelligence Summit will be featuring Paul Nakasone, a retired U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Vast has unveiled Haven-2, which is envisioned to replace the International Space Station. If selected by NASA, the first module of Haven-2 could launch to orbit and become operational by 2028, the company said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed higher at $5,505.35 (+1.44%) after recovering from a steep 1.05% decline on Thursday. The index, which tracks the stock performance of 30 major government contractors, posted a 0.65% week-on-week gain, maintaining its winning run.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Space Operations Command’s Space Acquisition and Integration Office, or SAIO, is soliciting industry information on potential service contractors for three ground-based space observation sites. The SAIO market research covers operations and maintenance services for the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System, or GEODSS.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has received clearance from the U.S. State Department to purchase missiles, ammunition and other weapon systems via three foreign military sale transactions worth potentially $1.05 billion.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Businesses should build up a comprehensive artificial intelligence intellectual property portfolio as part of a strategic IP management approach that aims to maximize exit valuations or funding opportunities, according to Keegan Caldwell, global managing partner at global law firm Caldwell.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Dr. Anne Bailey, executive director of the Strategic Initiatives Lab in the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, and finalist in the Healthcare [.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Anduril Industries and Impulse Space have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their technologies in support of complex national security missions for the U.S. government and its allies. The team will focus on delivering integrated systems for operations like rendezvous maneuvers, space control and other space domain awareness applications in high-energy orbits, Anduril said Friday.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Jeff MacLauchlan Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, CACI With more than 40 years of industry success, Jeff MacLauchlan brings invaluable knowledge and creative instincts to his role, driving CACI’s financial initiatives. His bias for action helps ensure that the company continually adapts to the evolving national security landscape while creating additional value [.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

DCS Corporation has received a five-year, $70.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command to provide continued technical support to the Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s Simulation Directorate in Warren, Michigan.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Tracy Nguyen CFO, Highlight Technologies For Tracy Nguyen, leading the transition from a small 8(a) company to a large business Employee Ownership Plan-owned company was her biggest recent achievement. During her time at Highlight, she led a number of system changes for the company to help it reach the “next level” of maturity as a [.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has conducted in-flight trials of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment system in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Horace Blackman, who leads the Defense, Intelligence and Space Business Unit at CGI Federal, and finalist in the DoD Executive of the Year, Public Company, category. [.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Where will the next pandemic-causing virus come from? The answer to this pressing question is locked away in the immense diversity of DNA carried around by life on Earth. A research team located at the Institut Pasteur , a Paris-based leading international research organization, plans to break into that vault of knowledge with IndexThePlanet – an initiative backed by the European Union (EU).

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Tracy Curry, chief people officer at Fearless, and finalist in the HR Executive of the Year, Private Company, category. Here, she talks about recent achievements, shares [.

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