Whistleblower Network News
AUGUST 1, 2024
On July 31, just a day after this year’s National Whistleblower Day celebration , a resolution designating July 30 as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day” was unanimously agreed to by the Senate. The resolution encourages each federal agency to recognize the day by sharing the stories of the agency’s own whistleblowers and informing their employees about their right to blow the whistle.
FedScoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
Lisa Einstein, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s senior adviser for artificial intelligence, has been tapped to serve as the agency’s first chief AI officer. A Stanford and Princeton graduate who joined CISA in 2022 as executive director of its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, Einstein will assume the CAIO role at a time when the agency is attempting to leverage the technology to advance cyber defenses and more effectively support critical infrastructure owners and operator
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Art of Procurement
AUGUST 1, 2024
When you read news that a company is thinking about spinning off a division, it is usually because that division. The post Will FedEx Freight hit the open road? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
On a normal day at the General Services Administration, agency staffers interested in using artificial intelligence-based platforms must submit a request and wait for approval to proceed. On Wednesday, those platforms were freed during the agency’s inaugural AI hackathon , a three-city competition that saw public and private sector participants attempt to “hack” federal agency websites and build out solutions for prizes.
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FedTech Magazine
AUGUST 1, 2024
Listen in on a conversation among federal IT leaders, and it won’t be long before artificial intelligence, with all its promise and challenges, comes up. Such discussions, in fact, are now mandatory: Last October, the White House issued an executive order on the federal government’s role in the development and use of AI. A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management.
SmallGovCon
AUGUST 1, 2024
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 144 S. Ct. 2244 (2024). It was a pretty notable news story as the case overturned the 1984 case of Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council , ending what has been called “Chevron deference.” This actually has many implications for federal contractors and how they interact with the federal government.
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Federal News Network
AUGUST 1, 2024
Contractor performance ratings remain stuck. The General Services Administration made its first set of awards for the next great governmentwide contract. And it’s the federal fourth quarter buying season. These are some of the story lines in this latest edition of As the Procurement World Turns. Agencies are expected to spend more than $200 billion on acquisition programs over the last quarter of fiscal 2024.
AWS Public Sector
AUGUST 1, 2024
A large language model (LLM) is a general-purpose language model that can understand and respond to human input in a conversational manner. It’s trained on a massive dataset of text from the internet and can generate humanlike responses to a wide range of topics and questions. There are two primary approaches to adapting a model to a specific task or domain: the in-context approach and fine-tuning the foundation model (FM).
Open Contracting Partnership
AUGUST 1, 2024
Newark, Boston and Portland (OR) are three very different cities in the United States, but they share one common goal: they want to align their spending with the goal of greater economic inclusion, especially for local and historically underserved businesses and neighborhoods. We want to share four takeaways from a recent trip during which we met and worked with our partners as part of our support under our Lift impact accelerator program and other engagements.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
The State Department has approved a potential $600 million foreign military sales agreement with the government of Slovakia to buy 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters, 26 T-700 GE 401C engines and related equipment and services from the U.S. government.
Federal News Network
AUGUST 1, 2024
This week Al Montoya, the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA’s) acting under secretary for Health for Support, and Spencer Roberts, executive director for Logistics at VHA, join Off the Shelf for a briefing highlighting the VHA’s key strategic priorities. Montoya and Roberts outline VHA’s strategic efforts in bringing more veterans to the VA and ensuring those veterans receive best in class benefits, care, and support programs.
GovLoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
With back-to-school season around the corner, it’s the perfect time for you to continue learning, too. Our August online training list is ready to go, with experts lined up to chat about everything from pitching innovation to leadership to managing successfully while being an introvert. All sessions are free and open to everyone. If you can’t attend live, you’ll receive a recording to view at your convenience.
Federal News Network
AUGUST 1, 2024
Companies entering into government contracting (or expanding their capabilities team skillset) may consider a mergers and acquisition strategy. They can merge with or acquire another contractor to gain past performance history, new contract vehicles and new technical capabilities. It can be simpler in some ways compared to starting a contracting business from scratch.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has finalized its acquisition of Raptor Scientific for approximately $655 million in cash. The Cleveland, Ohio-based aircraft component supplier said Wednesday Raptor Scientific, a portfolio company of L Squared Capital Partners, is a global manufacturer of test and measurement products for aerospace and defense end markets.
Public Contracting Institute
AUGUST 1, 2024
Hello and thank you for joining us for Episode 15 of Fun with the FAR Season 11! Our next session will cover Part 27 (Patents, Data, and Copyrights)! As we prepare for our 16th episode of Season 11, here are a few Episode 16 FAR Facts for us to think about: The Government may authorize and consent to a contractor’s use of inventions in the performance of a Federal Government contract even though such use would violate a third party’s U.S. patent.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
The U.S. Navy has started soliciting proposals for a potential $939.6 million multiple-award contract to develop and produce Multifunctional Information Distribution System Weapons Data Link small weapons attritable family 2 radios.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
Biotech company Avantor Inc. has agreed to shell out $5 million to resolve allegations its laboratory supplies subsidiary VWR International overcharged federal agencies for goods despite agreeing to give discounts, a federal prosecutor announced on Thursday.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) posted a record revenue of $1.7 billion during the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 23 percent, and ended the quarter with a total backlog of $8.8 billion with a book-to-bill ratio of 0.9x on net bookings of $1.5 billion.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense defended its decision to designate light section and ranging technology firm Hesai Technology Co. Ltd. as a Chinese military company, telling a District of Columbia federal judge that there exists "substantial evidence" that the company is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) business has secured a U.S. Army contract worth $2.1 billion for low-rate initial production of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor. The Department of Defense said Wednesday Raytheon will perform contract work at its Andover, Massachusetts location over a four-year period.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
Developers of military housing and a lender for such housing filed dueling summary judgment motions in New York federal court Wednesday, each seeking a quick win in a suit accusing the lender and others of defrauding the developers of hundreds of millions of dollars in project proceeds.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
AUGUST 1, 2024
OASIS+ Small Business Awardees Announced On July 30, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the first OASIS+ Small Business contract awardees. 1,383 small businesses have been awarded across seven domains under the small business set-aside contract. OASIS+ Small Business is one of six contracts in the OASIS+ program. Barring size status protests, the number of companies authorized to participate by domain is as follows: Domain Awardees Total companies found responsible to do cos
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday officially launched its pilot program to reward whistleblowers who alert prosecutors to significant corporate misconduct, although some whistleblower attorneys decried the program's award caps and what they described as its lack of enforceability.
GovLoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
As a supervisor, it can be hard to let go and delegate. But once you’re comfortable with delegation, only then will your team truly thrive. A team that shares tasks and responsibilities is typically more productive, collaborative and efficient than teams that work in silos. During the most recent New Supervisors in Government Community of Practice session , Sally Mayberry, Employee Engagement and Communications Manager, National Parks Service, shared her insights on effective delegation.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
The compact that created the bistate Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission gave the commission the authority to require contractors to use project labor agreements in a publicly bid construction project, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
Telos has opened a new site at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids for enrolling and renewing consumers in the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck expedited security screening program.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
The Delaware River Port Authority accused the acting New Jersey state comptroller of overstepping his authority by attempting to compel it to produce documents and testimony via two subpoenas, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Garden State federal court.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
Northrop Grumman has completed the preliminary design review for 74 high-speed data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The company said Wednesday the batch includes Tranche 2 Beta satellites with new communications technologies and Tranche 2 Alpha satellites, which build on the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites awarded in 2022.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
Government contractors awarded state or local projects funded through federal programs should seek clarification of their compliance obligations, documenting everything, or risk having to defend themselves when they seek reimbursement months later, with only their word for support, says George Petel at Wiley.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
Latent AI, an expediter of edge AI offerings for national security, has added James Cartwright, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, as a strategic adviser to its board. The company said Wednesday, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff retired from active duty in Sept. 2011 after 40 years of service.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
Glynn County told a Georgia federal judge Wednesday it plans to drop all claims against shipping companies it alleged were responsible for a 2019 shipwreck that contaminated its coastline and harmed the seafood industry.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
Draper’s Strategic Enhanced Ground Test Facility in Titusville, Florida, has completed its critical design review phase, ensuring that the site can support missile defense systems development and meet the requirements of the U.S. Navy’s strategic guidance programs.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 1, 2024
Raytheon Technologies Corp., now RTX Corporation, failed to advise job applicants that Massachusetts bans the use of lie detector tests in hiring decisions, as required by a nearly 40-year-old law, a proposed class action filed in state court alleges.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
A General Atomics business has secured a $98 million contract from the Department of Defense to prototype autonomous air-to-air missions for fourth and fifth-generation Blue Force fighters to train against “red air” surrogates.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
Wade Ellery, field chief technology officer and senior technical evangelist at Radiant Logic, said government agencies that intend to implement an identity and access management infrastructure need to have a 360-degree view of identity data. In an article published on Carahsoft.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 1, 2024
Accenture Federal Services will provide the Social Security Administration with end-to-end back-office intelligent automation services throughout the agency. Under the $81 million contract, Accenture Federal Services aims to advance an enterprise hyper-automation platform deployed by the SSA to enhance the processing of documents for retiree and survivors’ benefits, the Arlington, Virginia-based company said Thursday.
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