GovCon & Trade
OCTOBER 6, 2023
I recently had the honor of taking part in a thought-provoking panel discussion titled “ GovCon M&A: Unveiling the 2023 Landscape and Forecasts for 2024.” This illuminating webinar featuring Sharon Heaton, the Founder and CEO of sbLiftOff, and Kenneth Dodds, Vice President at Live Oak Bank, was a deep dive into the world of Government Contracting Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A).
Telles.eu
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Yesterday I looked into the main text of the draft Council of Ministers Resolution introducing mandatory green public procurement in Portugal. I had assumed that looking into it would be a two part affair. Turns out it will be a four part one instead since I keep finding stuff worth discussing. This second part will not cover the whole of the Annex to the Resolution but only my two main critiques to it.
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AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Justice and public safety agencies and their solution providers are building highly available, resilient, and secure applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a rapid pace. As these solutions are built, AWS’s innovative features and security controls can help customers comply with the latest Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy updates , and align with CJIS compliance not only in AWS GovCloud (US), but also in AWS (US) Commercial r
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case Tuesday that could make it harder for whistleblowers to claim they were retaliated against, with plaintiffs attorneys saying a decision that heightens evidentiary standards could cause whistleblowers to report directly to the government instead of their firms.
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Federal News Network
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Contractor employees will have enhanced whistleblower protections starting Nov. 6 after a years long effort to improve protections. In its final rule, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council made disclosing certain information permanently protected. Contractors and subcontractors are unable to be reimbursed for reprisal claim defense legal fees. Contractors and subcontractors must inform their employees about these whistleblower protections.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The adoption and implementation of multi-factor authentication and single sign-on security protocols at federal agencies has hit myriad roadblocks amid the government’s push to fully embrace the zero-trust cybersecurity goals set by the Office of Management and Budget last year, a report from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Security Agency found.
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SmallGovCon
OCTOBER 6, 2023
This week we had some actual fall temperatures at the SmallGovCon home offices. It’s finally pumpkin spice weather! We’ll be enjoying the fall weather and some football this weekend. Hope you enjoy the fall weather as well, along with some of top federal contracting headlines, including the continuing resolution to fund the government, new cyber rules, and the opening of the 8(a) portal.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a pledge with more than a dozen healthcare systems Friday to share data in an effort to improve veterans’ care in or outside the VA system. “This pledge will improve Veteran health care by giving us seamless, immediate access to a patient’s medical history, which will help us make timely and accurate treatment decisions,” Shereef Elnahal , VA undersecretary for health, said in a written statement.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Two Chicago residents are asking the nation's top court to declare that a 75-year, $1 billion contract leasing the city's metered parking system to a private operator has created an unlawful monopoly the company is using to significantly raise prices.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 6, 2023
At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, an unlikely threat faces two of the world’s fastest supercomputers: raccoons and possums. The national lab, which is famous for its role in the Manhattan Project, sits within a rural Tennessee campus of just over 4,400 acres. That location is strategic and helps protect the facility, home to the Summit and Frontier supercomputers, the latter of which became the fastest supercomputer in the world last year.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Part One of this blog post discussed how uncertainty can arise in determining the Limitations laws that apply in international commercial arbitration proceedings. Part Two will now discuss some potential solutions. One Solution The United Kingdom modified the traditional common law approach with the enactment of the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984 (UK), which reduced uncertainty by legislation.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Mark Amtower and Carl Dickson Government proposal guru Carl Dickson joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss several recent topics Dickson has written about, including: 5 Ways to use AI to Improve proposals 14 ways to determine if your proposal is any good How branding can hurt your proposals 10 things the customer might choose to do instead of accepting your offer.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
BakerHostetler's Todd J. Canni's efforts to help save multiple companies from the existential threat of debarment, including representing a family-owned defense contractor in a precedential case, have earned him a spot among Law360's 2023 Government Contracts MVPs.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 6, 2023
As the pool of international arbitrators has grown, and continues to grow, acting as an arbitrator is now seen more as a career path as opposed to a retirement plan. In fact, we can now confidently say that a profession of arbitrators exists. With this, the identity of a typical arbitrator has significantly changed, and the pool has become increasingly diverse.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
After being suspended by colleagues investigating her fitness to serve on the bench, 96-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman said in an interview with Law360 that she's prepared to fight the decision for as long as it takes, calling the case "very bad for this court.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The Coalition for Government Procurement is excited to have a busy schedule in the works for the remainder of the year! So far this fall, we have been fortunate to hold multiple engagements on a host of topics for our members, including this week’s meeting with Joanne Woytek, NASA SEWP Program Director, to discuss the SEWP VI Draft Request for Proposal.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Brutus Trading asked the full Second Circuit to rehear its bid to revive a False Claims Act suit against Standard Chartered Bank, arguing Friday that a three-judge panel "erroneously rubber-stamped" a 2020 dismissal that Brutus claimed relied solely on the government's purported "self-serving" papers without holding an evidentiary hearing.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 6, 2023
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Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The past week in London has seen law firm CMS hit with a claim from the property developer it represented in an £8 million fraud case from his business partner, PrivatBank sue the wife of its former owner, and the European Union’s research funding body take on a Cambridge academic who stole millions of pounds in government funding grants. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 6, 2023
This two-part blog post discusses applicable limitation laws, i.e. , legislation purporting to limit the time period within which claims in international commercial arbitration proceedings must be commenced ( Limitation laws ). It raises questions regarding how arbitral tribunals ought to decide whether to apply such Limitation laws and whether attempts to classify them as matters of ‘substance’ or ‘procedure’ are likely to cause uncertainty.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Agreeing that the company made "express misrepresentations" to a competitor, Connecticut's highest court upheld a $1 million unfair trade practices judgment Friday against a home health care organization that joined an industry lawsuit against a new state billing system, only to implement it and siphon clients away from its litigation ally.
The Procurement School
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Author: Graham Allen In the second of two parts of “Navigation the Five Steps of the Procurement Journey” we’ll be covering posting, evaluation, award and close out. Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. The posting time is determined primarily by the procurement’s estimated value.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Claims of fraudulent transfers leveled by the Chapter 7 trustee of government water contractor Team Systems International against the company's principals mostly survived a motion to dismiss, with a Delaware bankruptcy judge saying the claims were adequately pled.
Federal News Network
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Fiscal 2024 started off like most fiscal years, with a Continuing Resolution. The government is still spending, and contractors have lots of opportunities. For the top opportunities in the year ahead, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Senior Data Analyst Paul Murphy. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin And many of the opportunities that you point out are actually existing programs, existing contracting vehicles that are not really necessarily impeded by the fact that ther
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation will restore a sacred Native American site in Oregon that was demolished 15 years ago to make way for a highway turn lane, with the federal agency agreeing to plant new foliage and rebuild an altar at the location known as the Place of Big Big Trees.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
A Los Angeles County woman pled guilty in a California federal court Thursday for her role in a $359 million scheme to defraud Medicare and other health programs by conducting unnecessary tests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Friday said former owners of the Edenville Dam that failed in 2020 were responsible for destroying millions of dollars' worth of the state's natural resources when they didn't fix known issues that contributed to the failure.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Maxar Technologies' performance on a NASA project to extend a 24-year-old satellite's life is pushing the space agency past its $2.05 billion project price tag and a promised December 2026 launch date, an internal agency watchdog report warned.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that Ameris Bank is off the hook in a $1.5 million lawsuit brought by the owner of a condominium unit who alleged the bank falsely obtained approval for mortgage financing, noting the owner never responded to court proceedings.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The U.S. Government Accountability Office backed the U.S. Army's decision to invalidate a bid for a $106 million support deal over missing responses to the contract's 180 subtasks, finding the Army put bidders on notice that they needed responses for each.
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