FedTech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2024
The Department of Defense reports strong momentum toward meeting its goal of implementing a zero-trust security architecture departmentwide by 2027. DOD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office recently approved implementation plans from all military components. One key takeaway from this milestone moment: Agencies that leveraged commercial solutions got a big head start on their zero-trust efforts.
FedScoop
APRIL 19, 2024
Running 150 artificial intelligence pilots while using 132 different generative AI tools and technologies might seem like a lot for any federal agency. So, too, might a yearslong track record of using machine learning, large language models and language processing bots. But for the General Services Administration, the decision to go all-in on AI wasn’t really up for debate.
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Whistleblower Network News
APRIL 19, 2024
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is currently engaged in a “90-day policy sprint” to develop a whistleblower rewards program. Whistleblower advocates have been urging the DOJ to implement best practices found in highly successful whistleblower program s and are now calling on the public to join in the action. National Whistleblower Center (NWC) has issued an Action Alert allowing individuals to write to the DOJ to demand that the DOJ Whistleblower Program is implemented in a way that works for wh
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
A potential foreign military sale of Basler BT-67 aircraft to the government of Argentina has been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday that the FMS has an estimated cost of $143 million and includes the aircraft themselves, various parts, technical documentation, training equipment and logistics and program support, such as personnel training, technical and engineering services and transportation.
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SmallGovCon
APRIL 19, 2024
When it comes to calculating a company’s receipts for size purposes, the procedure for is (or at least was) pretty simple: Look at the company’s tax returns. Indeed, it has long been SBA’s position that they can only consider tax returns, as noted in Nordstrom Contracting & Consulting Corp., SBA No. SIZ-5891 (Mar. 7, 2018) (“[T]here is no authority for an area office to consider any evidence apart from tax returns…when calculating a firm’s average annual receipts.”) among other cases.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
Mercury Systems has received a production contract from BlueHalo to deliver a signal processing technology for the latter's digital beaming platform being developed for the U.S. Space Force's Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program. The company said Thursday it will produce a field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming tool for BlueHalo's BADGER technology, a transportable ground-based communications system that uses re-confi
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ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
A joint venture between Jacobs Solutions and Geosyntec Consultants has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $375 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to offer NASA environmental engineering, restoration and compliance services. Jacobs said Thursday the team will support NASA's centers, component facilities and other infrastructure assets by delivering technical consultation, contamination detection, sampling, human health and ecological risk assessments, remedial
Federal News Network
APRIL 19, 2024
Flow-down requirements are a unique, yet ubiquitous, feature of the federal acquisition system. Flow-down requirements impact prime contractors, subcontractors, customer agencies, contracting activities, and contracting officers. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) includes a host of contract clauses that must be flowed down to subcontractors. Moreover, given the procurement system’s focus on regulatory and performance compliance, prime contractors are incentivized to flow down as many clau
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
AeroVironment has received an initial order under a potential $249 million U.S. Marine Corps contract supporting the Organic Precision Fires-Light program of record. In this first stage of the project, AV will deliver its Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition system , which will provide the USMC with organic, anti-armor/anti-personnel precision fires capability at the tactical level, AV announced from Arlington, Virginia on Thursday.
Federal News Network
APRIL 19, 2024
A defense contractor is facing heavy fines and probation for admitting to a bribery scheme with a former Naval Information Warfare Center employee. The Justice Department said Cambridge International Systems, Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty to giving everything from a ticket to the 2018 Major League Baseball all-star game in Washington, D.C. to funneling $2,000 a month to James Soriano, a contracting officer with the Naval Information Warfare Center.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
According to Amy Spruill , senior vice president and managing director of U.S. regulated industries at SAP , a key element that differentiates robotic process automation from its artificial intelligence-powered counterpart is the level of autonomy and task specificity. “RPA is more about configuration and simple rules and is applied to specific, preconfigured tasks.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Deloitte Consulting will provide advanced manufacturing support and enterprisewide digital manufacturing data vault capabilities and services under a potential seven-year, $99.8 million other transaction production agreement with the U.S. Navy. The majority of the contract work will occur in Arlington, Virginia, through April 2031, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
BAE Systems ' ordnance systems business unit has selected the U.S. defense subsidiary of South Korea-based Hanwha Aerospace to upgrade a production building at a government-owned ammunition manufacturing complex in Virginia. Hanwha Defense USA will help the U.S. Army modernize an existing Radford Army Ammunition Plant facility that manufactures propellants for the service branch, BAE said Thursday.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential $187 million contract to continue helping the U.S. Space Force maintain and upgrade its space surveillance systems and command centers dedicated to providing space domain awareness for military and civilian users. The award exercises the option year five of the potential 10-year, $1.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
Applied Insight was awarded a contract to provide an undisclosed but existing intelligence community customer with artificial intelligence development over a five-year performance period. The cloud and technology services provider said Thursday contract work will primarily focus on AI/machine learning and its various aspects to support national security efforts.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Modernization is a top priority for the Department of Defense, and many department-wide modernization initiatives are currently underway. Though these efforts have a broad reach across the organization, individual DOD components are supplementing them with tailored approaches to their own specific challenges.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
A Kansas City, Missouri, bank faces a proposed class action accusing it of violating federal and state consumer protections laws in issuing prepaid debit cards to people who had their cash confiscated after being detained following an arrest, and then charging them fees to access their funds after their release.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
The Integrated Tactical Network, better known as the ITN radio, is a “critical component” of the U.S. Army’s Unified Network Plan. It provides voice and data communication capabilities to tactical units in challenging environments to form a converged and reliable tactical network. Given that the U.S.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
In a series of recent trials challenging Georgia’s election laws, federal judges have shown a reluctance to dictate sweeping changes to state voting protocols, preferring to tinker around the edges while leaving broad policymaking up to legislative officials.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Rachele Cooper, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aptive Resources, has earned a spot among the 100 executives embodying the qualities of a Wash100 winner. She won the award for her management consulting leadership and consistent federal government support. As one of the 42 first-time Wash100 winners, Ms.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
Three defense contractors warned a D.C. federal court that it would be improperly meddling with the executive branch's national security decisions if it didn't toss a lawsuit accusing the companies of supplying weapons used in Yemen's deadly civil war.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Sebastian Sobolev, a cybersecurity and data analytics professional, has been appointed vice president of product at New York-based cloud-native cyber defense platforms provider BlueVoyant. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Thursday.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
A staffing firm can't escape the "gravitational field" of a rule restricting the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' authority to review task orders, a judge has said, ditching its challenge to being disqualified from orders reserved for women-owned small businesses.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Daniel Bono, formerly vice president at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been named senior VP of intelligence solutions at Two Six Technologies, succeeding Chris Greenlee, who transitioned to the role of VP of zero trust solutions.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office's recent decision in TLS Joint Venture makes clear that a lapse in System for Award Management registration, no matter how brief, renders a government contractor ineligible for a negotiated procurement, so submit renewals with plenty of time to spare, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) presented its Q1 2024 financial results, in which total revenue reacched $203.9 million, although slightly lower by 0.7 percent from a year ago. Notably, the voice and data satellite communications provider’s net income increased 101.1 percent year-over-year to $19.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
New York officials on Friday said they wouldn't offer power contracts to a trio of offshore wind projects, the latest setback for the Empire State in efforts to make offshore wind a key component of its clean energy future.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded 18 companies positions on a 10-year, follow-on contract for professional, technical and scientific services in the oceans domain. NOAA competed the ProTech 2.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has sued a communications arm of the Department of Defense over claims a government software system mistakenly flagged the firm's web domain as malware, asking the agency to clear a "bureaucratic quagmire" and lift the block keeping DOD officials from contacting its lawyers.
Public Contracting Institute
APRIL 19, 2024
When it comes to government contracting, choosing the right contract type is crucial for the success of your project. Two common contract types are Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost-Reimbursement contracts. Let’s dive into the key differences between these two approaches and explore how to select the best fit for your government project. Firm Fixed Price Contracts In a Firm Fixed Price contract, the contractor agrees to deliver a specific product or service at a predetermined price.
Government Contracts
APRIL 19, 2024
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Resideo Technologies Inc. announced plans to buy Snap One Holdings Corp., APi Group said it bought an elevator maintenance company, Prysmian said it agreed to purchase Encore Wire, and Sayari said it closed on an investment from TPG.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
A joint venture between Jacobs Solutions and Geosyntec Consultants has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $375 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to offer NASA environmental engineering, restoration and compliance services. Jacobs said Thursday the team will support NASA's centers, component facilities and other infrastructure assets by delivering technical consultation, contamination detection, sampling, human health and ecological risk assessments, remedial
Utrecht University
APRIL 19, 2024
Meeting organized by IOS platform The Transactional State and UUCePP, about data purchasing by governments in the context of societal challenges
GovCon Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
The Wash100 Award popular vote contest — a friendly yet fiery match-up between the government contracting industry’s most exceptional talents — has been going on for nearly three months now, but this week may have been its most exciting yet.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
GSA contracting, administered by the General Services Administration (GSA), streamlines the acquisition processes of federal agencies. Through GSA contracts, government contractors can leverage a lucrative market opportunity to sell their products and services to the government and expand their client base.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
APRIL 19, 2024
Flow-down requirements are a unique, yet ubiquitous, feature of the federal acquisition system. Flow-down requirements impact prime contractors, subcontractors, customer agencies, contracting activities, and contracting officers. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) includes a host of contract clauses that must be flowed down to subcontractors. Moreover, given the procurement system’s focus on regulatory and performance compliance, prime contractors are incentivized to flow down as many clau
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