GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I recently authored an article for Law360’s Expert Analysis column outlining a joint notice issued by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), which offers guidance to government contractors regarding entity eligibility determination (EED) requirements for joint ventures. Separate decisions from the Small Business Administration and the Government Accountability Office created confusion about whether the joint venture itself or the individual entities must hold an Entity Eligibility D

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has updated its planned recompetition of the Cybersecurity Division Operational Support Services contract, which was issued under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services vehicle and is currently held by Deloitte Consulting.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Many federal IT priorities have been set by executive order; among them, the move toward zero-trust security and the effort to improve citizens’ digital experience with government. These orders are guiding the technology trends expected for 2024, as agencies work to meet zero-trust deadlines and look forward to metrics by which they’ll be able to measure their progress toward the customer experience goals of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA).

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

ESGI, Korn Ferry, JDG Associates, McCormick Group and Odgers Berndtson are among Hunt Scanlon Media’s current top 20 recruiting firms that provide assistance to local, state and federal governments.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

NASA has awarded the PBG FedSync joint venture the Glenn-Langley Administrative Support Services contract. The space agency said Wednesday that the awardee will provide administrative support services to various organizations, programs and projects at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Langley Research Center in Virginia.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Terry Moore, a three-decade health services research and business development leader, will assume the role of vice president of innovation and quality at Rockville, Maryland-based research and professional services provider Westat on Jan. 1.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Today, the digital environment plays a key role in the success of defense missions, making it more important than ever that forces located in remote environments – also referred to as the tactical edge – are able to stay connected to critical Department of Defense networks and systems.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence within the National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced its technology collaborators for a project that seeks to demonstrate an approach meant to help organizations detect, respond and recover from a cyberattack within an operational technology environment. NCCoE said Tuesday it expects the Responding to and Recovering from a Cyber Attack: Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector project to result in a free NIST Cybersecurity Prac

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Derek Gallagher, chief technology officer at Druid Software, said private 5G networks could help government agencies meet their communication needs while ensuring security. “Beyond the built-in security private 5G networks bring, they also have the capacity to add extra layers of security,” Gallagher wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal has awarded Oshkosh Defense an $89 million contract to upgrade Heavy Equipment Transporter A1 tractors. Oshkosh Defense said Wednesday that, under the firm-fixed-price contract, it would supply 1,384 modification kits to convert the HET A1s to the Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System tractor. The conversion also allows the vehicles to meet European road permissions at required payloads.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

DCS will officially merge with its Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense subsidiary Infoscitex on Jan. 1 and the move is intended to continue building on program support offerings for aerospace and defense customers, Dayton Business Journal reported Tuesday.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The advent of DevOps processes created an entirely new paradigm for application development by integrating the work of software developers and IT operations professionals. While the merger greatly improved the speed and quality of the software development life cycle, DevOps is not without its challenges. Agencies run into some common obstacles that slow down development and frustrate developers, as they begin to deploy this approach.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sixteen missile tracking satellites have passed L3Harris Technologies' critical design and production readiness reviews as part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. The PRR clears L3Harris to proceed with full production of the satellites, which are vital to the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture network, the company announced Wednesday.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget released a Thursday memorandum to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires agencies to offer equal access to electronic information and data for individuals with disabilities. Almost half of the most popular federal government websites are not fully accessible, according to an OMB press release. Per the new memorandum, all agencies must deliver an accessible digital experience, establish programs and policies for digital accessibility, procure pro

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 19, the Department of Justice announced that Community Health Network, an Indiana non-profit health network, agreed to pay the United States $345 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The government alleges that Community Health Network knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for services that were referred in violation of the Stark Law, which prohibits hospitals from billing certain services referred by physicians with whom the hospital has financial

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Employees in IRS’s Criminal Investigation unit were able to access TikTok on their computers and mobile phones months after OMB guidance banned the social media app from government devices, a new Treasury watchdog report found. OMB’s “ No TikTok on Government Devices ” guidance was issued last February, but the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s review revealed that the tax agency’s CI division hadn’t cut off workers’ access to the app as of August, nor had it sought an exemptio

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Art of Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With all the recent buzz about electric vehicles (EVs), not to mention the push towards sustainability and emissions reduction, it. The post Troubling Times for Electric Trucking appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When submitting an offer, it is important to make sure that all the requirements of the solicitation are met. This is essentially Federal Government Contracting 101 and applies to any type of solicitation. In RELX, Inc., B-421597.2, 2023 CPD ¶ 262 (Comp. Gen. Nov. 17, 2023) , GAO looked at this issue in the context of a lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA) solicitation for a brand name or better product, with an unexpected ending that the protester surely did not see coming.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Department of Labor plans to work with state agencies to boost the reliability of the country’s unemployment insurance systems. The new program, called the OpenUI Initiative, aims to promote modular unemployment insurance technology. The idea is that “states can choose to use or adapt software developed by others or make software they’ve created on their own available for others to use via the platform,” the DOL website explains.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The mainframe is a major blocker to full IT modernization and a relic of the past that refuses to give way to the inevitable, integrated future. The challenge of re-architecting decades old, yet stable, workloads gives chief information officers (CIOs) pause. But running these legacy systems is enormously costly and carries risks, which only increase as mainframes age.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Attorneys who resolve to grow their revenue and client base in 2024 should be careful not to abandon their goals when they get too busy with client work, because these periods of zero bandwidth can actually be a catalyst for future growth, says Amy Drysdale at Alchemy Consulting.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received an approximately $121.5 million performance-based-logistics requirements contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for B-1 Bomber AN/APQ-164 offensive radar low observable antennas. Requirements will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force through Dec. 31, 2028, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Boeing has delivered to the U.S. Navy an unmanned submarine capable of operating independently of a host vehicle. The company said Wednesday the Orca Extra Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle is a novel autonomous submarine that is purpose-built for extended and critical underwater missions.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Public benefit software provider Second Front Systems has placed its sales vice president TJ Rowe to the role of executive VP for growth. He is expected to use his previous experience to lead global public sector deals and commercial sales, as well as ensure customer and partnership success, 2F said Wednesday. Rowe was a U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has promoted five investment professionals to partner, principal and vice president positions as part of efforts to advance growth initiatives and build up capabilities across its target markets, including national security, aerospace and industrial services. Jeff Hart and Bryan McElwee will assume the role of partners, Tyler Letarte and Andrew McElhinney will serve as principals and Taylor Casey will serve as vice president, AEI said Wednesday.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Angela Dupont, former vice president at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Expansia to serve as chief growth officer of the strategy and technology integration firm focused on delivering digital offerings to meet national security requirements.

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When working with federal government contractors, particularly in the federal intelligence sector, it is always fascinating to observe and comprehend how data is utilized, whether it be for identifying opportunities, analyzing past performance, or finding potential partners. However, one key factor that all successful companies share is their strategic utilization of data.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Core Government Services has won a potential five-year, $610 million contract from the U.S. Army for mission support services for the military branch’s training support center. Army Contracting Command is the contracting activity and received 16 offers for the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

There are a number of reasons why agencies should offer thoughtfully designed education and training opportunities along with regular work. First, development encourages career advancement. It also raises morale and understanding of mission, and it improves an employee’s current job performance, said Bill Zielinski, who became CIO for the City of Dallas in mid-2020.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Decision Lens will help the Office of the Secretary of Defense streamline its processes by modernizing the current manual approach to taking in and prioritizing more than 350 department projects. The company said Wednesday its software will be used by the Department of Defense's OSD Office of Innovation & Modernization for enabling automated project submission capability and facilitating submission and prioritization processes.

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The Contractor's Perspective

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Since 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been increasingly focused on adjudicating False Claims Act (FCA) matters for deficient cybersecurity practices. As the government increases scrutiny of data privacy and cybersecurity, it is increasingly important to develop and maintain robust cybersecurity systems, educate employees, and ensure adequate risk management.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Defense Health Agency is seeking additional information from industry concerning the Development Multiple Award Contract Reboot. A component of the Defense Healthcare Management System Program Executive Office 3.0 digital transformation strategy, the DevMAC Reboot seeks to establish "teams of effective builders composing a world-class technology organization, well suited to adapt and evolve with the rapidly changing and on-demand environment around the Defense and Health ecosystem,"

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When working with federal government contractors, particularly in the federal intelligence sector, it is always fascinating to observe and comprehend how data is utilized, whether it be for identifying opportunities, analyzing past performance, or finding potential partners. However, one key factor that all successful companies share is their strategic utilization of data.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Leidos has delivered the initial round of Enduring Shield launchers ordered under a U.S. Army contract. Produced by the company's Dynetics subsidiary, the launchers are ground-based, mobile systems designed to address threats associated with combat cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft to safeguard civilian and military infrastructure, Leidos announced from Huntsville, Alabama on Thursday.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A recent decision, Nigeria vs P&ID , issued by the English High Court of Justice, has drawn significant global public attention. This decision is notable for several reasons. It is rare for English courts to overturn arbitration awards. However, it is the exceptional circumstances underlying the dispute that were truly extraordinary and render this case newsworthy.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest over a $470.3 million U.S. Space Command support deal, saying a contracting officer reasonably investigated and addressed an alleged conflict of interest involving an affiliate of the awardee.

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