American City & Country
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
It costs real money when the public sector gets hit with a ransomware assault. The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 million in 2024, more than double the $1.21 million reported in 2023. This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.
GovLoop
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Many students of high school biology learned about fruit flies: the tiny, winged creatures with red or white eyes that teach us about chromosomes, DNA, and dominant and recessive genes. It’s the study of genetics at a basic level. But to understand complex gene interactions — the kind of knowledge that leads to breakthrough drugs for infectious diseases, for instance — you need a lot more math, which humans and traditional computers can’t handle.
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FedTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Nutanix is providing agencies with the IT architecture and expertise needed to build and sustain on-premises generative artificial intelligence implementations, as many are leery of running models in the public cloud. The cloud computing company’s GPT-in-a-Box 2.0 and AI Partner Program, both announced in May, aim to help agencies launch secure, sustainable use cases.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $3.43 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce surface-to-surface weapon systems for the service branch. The Department of Defense said Friday the Army expects work on the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System supply contract award to run through Oct. 20, 2027. Army Contracting Command will The post Lockheed Secures $3.4B Army Contract Modification for Guided Rockets first appeared on GovCon Wire.
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ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Gary Camper, who previously served as BWX Technologies Nuclear Operations Group’s chief operating officer, has been named president of the BWXT subsidiary. In his new role, Camper will use his prior manufacturing experience with BWXT to support NOG’s goal of producing nuclear reactor components and fuel for U.S.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX (NYSE: RTX) company Raytheon an approximately $1.05 billion sole source contract to upgrade the sensors on the F-22 Raptor fighter jets. The Department of Defense said Friday the fixed-price-incentive, undefinitized contract provides for Group B hardware, spares and support equipment. Work on the contract will be performed at The post Raytheon to Upgrade F-22 Fighter Jet Sensors Under $1B Air Force Contract first appeared on GovCon Wire.
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FedScoop
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Digital GI Bill platform that was set to be fully operational by April 2024 is now “severely” delayed and will cost double the original amount, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. Insufficient planning on the part of the Veterans Benefits Administration is to blame for delays and $479 million in additional costs for the Digital GI Bill Platform , which aims to modernize access to relevant services while reducing costs and setbacks from legacy systems.
USFCR
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Cyberattacks are a constant threat in today's world, from stealing personal information to breaching large information systems. In response, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has created the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program , which aims to advance cybersecurity and privacy through research and education.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
El Gardner, vice president of space operations at Aperio Global, spent over 30 years in the U.S. military before making a pivot to the private sector in May. He has served in both Air Force and Space Force roles, giving him a deep understanding of the space domain and the intricacies of global tensions.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
William Toth joined Koniag Government Services company Kadiak as chief medical information officer following two decades of service in the U.S. Air Force, Toth announced in a LinkedIn post. At USAF, he was the West Region director of operations for Air Force Medical Command. His previous roles also include deputy chief medical officer, fellow – The post William Toth Named Chief Medical Information Officer at Koniag Government Services Company Kadiak first appeared on GovCon Wire.
FedScoop
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Department of Energy is awarding $125 million in new funds to a pair of Energy Innovation Hubs teams that will focus on battery research and energy storage technology, the agency said in an announcement Tuesday. The first team, based out of the agency’s Argonne National Laboratory, is the Energy Storage Research Alliance. Known as ESRA, the hub will focus on compact batteries for heavy-duty transportation and energy storage grid technology solutions.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
RTI International and the Department of Defense have signed a cooperative agreement for the former to continue overseeing the Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Consortium, or DSEC. The nonprofit research institute said Thursday the potential 10-year, $190 million deal is intended to boost STEM education among K-16 students and educators across the United The post RTI Receives $190M DOD Contract to Boost STEM Education first appeared on GovCon Wire.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Department of State is conducting market research to identify qualified small businesses that could provide IT professional services for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research’s Technology Innovation Office.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has released a request for information notice for a planned indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for support services. According to the notice posted on SAM.gov, DTRA seeks to assess available small business capabilities that could cover fully integrated subject matter expertise with advisory and assistance services in support of its Strategic Integration Directorate.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Smoothstack will provide IT services to On Point Strategy to support the company’s multi-billion-dollar One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services+ total small business contract. The subcontract covers delivery of technical capabilities and services in areas such as management and advisory, technical and engineering, intelligence services, research and development, logistics, facilities and environmental services, Smoothstack said Friday.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security intends to launch a competition for a follow-on contract to provide records operations support services for the National Records Center in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and the file storage facility in Harrisonburg, Virginia. According to a notice published Friday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast The post USCIS Eyes Follow-On Contract for Records Operations Support Services first appeared on GovCon Wire.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Lucid Software, a company that specializes in visual collaboration software, is partnering with IT offerings provider Carahsoft to bring its visual collaboration products to a wider market. Carahsoft said Thursday it will make Lucid’s enterprise and FedRAMP-authorized offerings available through its General Services Administration Schedule contract.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Eoghan Casey, vice president of cybersecurity strategy and product development at Own Company, said government agencies should understand the importance of seeding high-quality data into realistic production environments to facilitate the delivery of secure digital services to the public. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Casey wrote that the company’s Own Accelerate platform within Salesforce The post Own’s Eoghan Casey: Seeding Quality Data Into Sandbox Environments Could Help Ag
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Justin Letwinsky, a technical leader with more than 20 years of experience, has been appointed director of artificial intelligence at Booz Allen Hamilton. In a LinkedIn post shared Monday, the executive highlighted the McLean, Virginia-based information technology and services provider’s commitment to utilizing AI in enhancing national security, boosting health care and strengthening global defense.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index recorded gains from Tuesday to Friday, ending the week at a record high of $5,538.65. Besides the 2.39% week-on-week gain, the index tracking the stock performances of 30 major government contractors registered a third straight winning week in August and a 4.74% month-on-month gain. Wall Street’s major U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has begun building the future USS William Charette, a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The company said Thursday that a keel-laying ceremony had taken place to mark the start of construction of the vessel, which was named to honor a U.S. Navy master chief hospital corpsman.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The State Department has approved a potential $224 million foreign military sale to the Netherlands of Patriot M903 launching stations and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the Netherlands requested to purchase two new production launching stations along with equipment and services needed to upgrade existing M901 LS to the M903 LS configuration.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Tim Boltz, health care solutions executive at Carahsoft, said leaders in the health care sector that plan to field artificial intelligence tools to transform operations should first address cybersecurity and equity concerns before deployment.
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Department of the Interior has awarded 10 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $500 million contract for non-personal information technology support services. According to an award notice published Friday in the Federal Procurement Data System, DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs received 14 offers for the IT Support Services indefinite-quality/indefinite-quantity contract.
FedTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Different agencies have different hypervisor needs as they work to manage IT resources more efficiently by using virtual representations of physical machines such as storage, networks and services. Some agencies want to enable remote access of files and applications, while others are more concerned with disaster recovery or data center optimization.
Open Contracting Partnership
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Paola Diegues is a self-proclaimed public procurement enthusiast. Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues its push on health data interoperability with a proposed rule, HHS Acquisition Regulation: Acquisition of Information Technology; Standards for Health Information Technology. Specifically, HHS proposes to modify the Health and Human Service Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) to implement an HHS-wide policy to align requirements related to the procurement of health IT with standards and implementation specifications adopted by the Office o
Kluwer Arbitration
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Emotion AI , also known as affective computing, is a specialized field within artificial intelligence that recognizes and interprets human emotions. This is primarily achieved through analyzing facial expressions, voice patterns, and choice of words. Having found applications in various domains such as health and defense, the market for emotion AI is experiencing substantial growth, currently with an estimated value of around 30 billion USD.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
SBA Proposed Rule to Update Various SBA Small Business Programs This special edition covers the SBA’s August 2024 proposed rule to update and clarify various small business programs, and is hosted by Yuan Zhou and Olivia Lynch. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
Government Contracts
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A shareholder's certified class action against pharmaceutical company Teva can resume after being paused for two years, as the company says it is working towards a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over related claims it used kickbacks to raise the price of its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, a Philadelphia federal judge has decided.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
On August 5, 2024, in United States ex rel. Relator LLC v. Howard D. Kootstra and Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. , Case No. 1:22-cv-00924-TLN-CDB (E.D. Cal.), the District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a motion to dismiss allegations that a mortgage lender made false or fraudulent statements on its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application in violation of the False Claims Act where the relator could not overcome the FCA’s public disclosure bar.
FedInsider
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 12:00PM – 5:00PM EDT | 3 CPE | Washington DC While the IT universe has always been a rapidly evolving environment, it often has changed in an expected way – more speed, more capacity, less latency, for example, building on what came before. Occasionally, however, disruptive new technology or a major strategic shift in thinking is introduced and it takes a long time for the reverberations to be absorbed and the ecosystem to adjust to the new circumstances.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
As Summer Comes to a Close, So Does GAO’s Sustain Drought In last month’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month installment, we noted that GAO was suffering from a sustain drought, having failed to issue a single sustained protest decision in the month of July. But it appears that drought is over! The final tally for August shows that GAO issued a whopping six separate sustained protest decisions in August 2024.
Government Contracts
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The estate of a whistleblower rebuffed KBR Inc.'s efforts to use a Fifth Circuit decision invalidating his share of a fraud settlement to avoid covering $826,000 in legal costs, arguing the settlement preserved his rights to a fee award.
WashngtonExec
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Toby O’Brien’s career spans over three decades and is marked by significant milestones in the aerospace and defense industry. Now chief financial officer at satellite communications services provider Intelsat, O’Brien is part of an executive team guiding a company through an upcoming merger with SES after reversing a decade-long financial struggle to realize two years [.
Government Contracts
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A Federal Circuit judge appeared skeptical Tuesday about a software firm's demand for $85.9 million in damages for the Navy's unauthorized copies of its software, suggesting the company hadn't proven its eligibility for more than the $154,400 it was previously awarded.
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