Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Since its creation in 2006, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has funded the development of medical countermeasures for pandemic influenza, anthrax, smallpox, Ebola virus disease, Zika virus, and, of course, COVID-19. In just the last year, BARDA has made more than 35 new awards to partners, assisted its partners in achieving 20 FDA approvals of their products, and launched Project NextGen, a $5 billion program it leads alongside the National Institute of Allergy and In

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”. We should pay credit to the remarkable tenacity and leadership from the French government who proposed the resolution and who pushed for the most ambitious and i

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 90 Minutes | Training Certificate Ransomware, malware, phishing, DDoS, social engineering, zero-day exploit, botnets – the list of types of attacks out there is long enough to keep even the most seasoned cybersecurity expert awake at night. And with the increased use of remote computing, the cyber attack surface grows as more edge devices are added to networks.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Heath Starr, former vice president of growth enablement at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), was elevated to the role of senior VP of product, innovation and strategic partnerships at the Reston, Virginia-based technology integrator, he announced via LinkedIn.

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

John Havermann, president and CEO of Fornax Advanced Materials, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Chicago-based developer of advanced materials for defense and aerospace applications. The U.S.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) has agreed to an approximately $4.4 billion transaction for its sale to global private equity firms Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

NASA has chosen Ball Aerospace to initiate the first phase of a mission aimed at expanding the scientific community’s knowledge about the sun's middle coronal structure. Under the contract, the company said Monday it will conduct a conceptual study for the space agency's proposed Extreme ultraviolet Coronal Mass Ejection and Coronal Connectivity Observatory mission.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Well aware of complaints about the state of office technology across the defense and intelligence sectors, CIOs are taking steps to refresh as much tech as possible to improve user experience. The Defense Department recently stood up a new user experience portfolio management office, run by Savanrith “Savan” Kong, which has been charged with fixing UX shortcomings.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Carlyle and Insight Partners have made a definitive agreement to invest in artificial intelligence-focused company Exiger. Through the partnership, Exiger will be provided with a majority investment from funds managed by the two companies, which will be used to enhance its technology portfolio , Exiger announced from McLean, Virginia on Tuesday.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attorneys should consider a few key tips to speed up their work during the holidays so they can join the festivities — from streamlining the document review process to creating similar folder structures, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

KBR will join with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation on the Service Personnel Advancing Research in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy contract. The SPARC contract supports neuroscience research for service members and will specifically focus on patients affected by traumatic brain injuries, KBR said Monday.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security has seen “good interest” from staff looking to deploy generative AI within the agency, Eric Hysen, DHS’s chief information officer and chief artificial intelligence officer, said in an interview with FedScoop. That interest comes amid new guidance for employee use of commercial AI tools and the conditional approval of systems like ChatGPT at the agency.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether it’s a missed deadline, unprofessional behavior or maybe even a commitment issue, there are certain behaviors that supervisors have to hold their employees accountable for. Treva Smith (Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence College, United States Department of Defense) and Taka Ariga (Chief Data Scientist and Director, GAO Innovation Lab) were on hand during the December 18 Community of Practice session to offer insight on the best practices for addressing behaviors early and

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Federal chief data officers are embracing artificial intelligence but face challenges tied to resources, staff skillsets and lack of authority, according to a survey of federal CDOs released Tuesday. The nonprofit Data Foundation and Deloitte’s fourth annual Federal Chief Data Officers survey found that in order to successfully leverage cutting-edge technologies within their agencies, federal CDOs say they need more clarification from agency leadership about their roles and responsibiliti

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The State Department is back to processing passport applications at pre-pandemic levels. Routine processing now takes six to eight weeks. For an extra $60, the department will process your application within two to three weeks. The State Department issued a record 24 million passport books and cards this year, setting an all-time record. The annual defense policy bill Congress passed last week gives the State Department the ability to hire new passport specialists more quickly.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning — applied and deployed responsibly — is immense for the public sector. From automating mundane tasks and increasing productivity to quickly and efficiently processing large amounts of data that was once locked in data silos, the possibilities are becoming realities. Take for instance the U.S. government’s General Services Administration (GSA), which went from 17 different email and messaging services to one, creating a faster and

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued an eight-year broad agency announcement seeking potential industry sources that could support research in space and environmental impacts technologies.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Lockheed Martin 's Skunk Works advanced development arm has partnered with telecommunications services provider Verizon to demonstrate 5G-enabled visualization content streaming on edge computing devices for military sustainment missions. The partnership validated capabilities in three technology areas: 5G at the edge for latency-critical interactions of augmented, virtual and extended reality applications; streaming of real-time, 3D visualization content; and streaming to edge computing de

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have released final guidelines outlining the frameworks and factors the agencies use in assessing mergers and acquisitions.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Verizon has incorporated C-Band coverage and deployed redundant Wi-Fi and other connectivity platforms and services to support North American Aerospace Defense Command’s initiative of helping children track the whereabouts of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve via a toll-free hotline. Verizon said Tuesday it will provide 5G connectivity service to the command's commercial network and supply equipment, including Wi-Fi jetpacks, Cradlepoint routers and Verizon Frontline mobile assets, to enable vol

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The State Department has approved a potential $400 million foreign military sale of high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and related equipment to the government of Italy.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In June of 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski , which settled an important circuit court split with significant relevance to arbitrations. In Coinbase , the Supreme Court considered whether a U.S. federal district court proceeding is automatically stayed during an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Maxar Intelligence sold RF Solutions to HawkEye 360 in a bid for the latter to gain two radio frequency satellites and a global database ranging from 1.4 GHz to 40 GHz. HawkEye said Monday that it will have a total of 23 satellites as a result of the acquisition of RF Solutions, formerly Aurora Insight.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Cloud is the key digital revolution component that will keep companies, governments and organizations competitive and relevant in the future of geospatial IT, said Clint Crosier , director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services. In an interview with Geospatial World, Crosier discussed the symbiotic relationship of artificial intelligence and cloud technology and how their processing of data can impact civilian and government decisions that affect daily life.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Asya Smith, formerly vice president of operations at Tria Federal, has been appointed chief operating officer at Gaithersburg, Maryland-based information technology services provider DecisionPoint. In a recently published LinkedIn post, Smith said she will be responsible for leading a team of professionals at DecisionPoint and helping drive the company’s growth initiatives for 2024.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bruce Dickey has ascended to the role of president and CEO from vice president of national security services at SBG Technology Solutions , a subsidiary of health information technology services provider Document Storage Systems. He will be responsible for growing SBG’s IT, systems engineering, software development and cybersecurity capabilities into new federal sectors, DSS said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Derrick Frost, senior vice president of operations and general manager of private wireless at Kajeet, said government agencies looking to capitalize on the security and speed that 5G technology offers should consider adopting private wireless and neutral host networks. In an article published on Carahsoft.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Abt Associates has appointed ZeAmma Brathwaite as vice president of U.S. healthcare services and Susan Longley as senior vice president for the U.S. domestic market. Abt said Monday that Longley previously served as the global consulting and research firm's U.S. domestic healthcare services portfolio VP while Brathwaite previously served as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services client account lead.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Chugach Logistics and Facilities Services joint venture has won a civil engineering base operation support contract from the U.S. Air Force worth $249 million.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

TrustPoint , a developer of next-generation global navigation satellite system products and services, has partnered with cybersecurity services provider SpiderOak to deploy the latter's zero trust data exchange software for its future GNSS offerings. Under the partnership, TrustPoint will use SpiderOak's OrbitSecure software suite to secure all aspects of data storage and transmission for its planned constellation of commercial positioning, navigation and timing satellites, the Dulles,

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Four anesthesia practices challenged the federal government's new methodology for calculating Medicare reimbursements, saying it illegally includes costs associated with nonphysician practitioners and deprives them of millions of dollars in reimbursements.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jeffery McLaughlin will be joining other key leaders in the digitally-driven customer experience industry as moderator in the upcoming The CX Imperative Forum to be hosted by the Potomac Officers Club on Jan. 25, 2924. You can register a slot early to see what perks await the early birds! Who is Jeffery McLaughlin?

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The pseudonymous "Alex Doe," who has accused Planned Parenthood of violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing the state's Medicaid program for more than $10 million after losing its Medicaid credentials, urged a Texas judge Monday to deny Planned Parenthood's bid for a stay, calling the move a "desperate attempt to avoid trial.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Maximus Maximus has become an industry leader in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, thanks in large part to the leadership of Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry. She became the first-ever DE&I leader for Maximus, when she joined the company in late 2020, as the U.S. [.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A Court of Federal Claims judge rejected protests from Fluor and CDM Smith units over a $321.7 million deal to support Federal Emergency Management Agency resource centers, saying some allegations were late, and that FEMA had otherwise reasonably assessed proposals.

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