GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Protecting the frontier of space systems is unquestionably a security priority for governments and industry. Due to our increasing reliance on space, and particularly satellites, for communications, security, intelligence and business, satellite and space cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important in this new digital era.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

The White House Office of Management and Budget is looking for input on how federal agency privacy impact assessments could more effectively mitigate risks as technologies, such as artificial intelligence, become more advanced. The request for information , which is required by President Joe Biden’s recent AI executive order , appeared on the Federal Register public inspection Friday and is set for official publication Jan. 30.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Stuart Kupinsky, former senior vice president and general counsel at Blackboard, now an Anthology company, has been appointed executive VP and chief legal officer at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY).

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Though venture capitalists have invested heavily into defense startups, these companies have not yet captured the attention of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. In recent years, Silicon Valley tech startups have begun to express an interest in government contracts, conducting lobbying efforts and building relationships with defense officials.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded four companies spots on a potential seven-year, $794.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research and development services. The IDIQ has a base ordering period of five years and two option years and provides for R&D services in support of the NGA’s Research and Development Directorate, the agency said Thursday.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

As cyber attacks evolve and increase in frequency, the Intelligence Community is working to ensure that it is prepared to handle these threats. Taking a scientific approach to cybersecurity is the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, an organization dedicated to conducting cutting-edge research for IC applications.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Hensel Phelps Construction a potential $102.8 million contract to build an integrated command center for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system. USACE announced the award in a notice published Thursday on SAM.gov.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

In the age of manufacturing turbulence and ever-intensifying cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Defense is finding it more important than ever to tap into the resources of the private sector.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

A Department of Justice disclosure that the FBI is in the “initiation” phase of using Amazon’s Rekognition tool for a project doesn’t run afoul of the company’s moratorium on police use of the software, an Amazon spokesperson said in response to FedScoop questions Friday. The statement comes after FedScoop reported Thursday that the DOJ disclosed in its public inventory of AI use cases that the FBI was initiating use of Rekognition as part of something called “Project Tyr.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 26, 2024

On January 24, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that it had filed a Complaint against Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, LLC (HMIS), alleging fraudulent labor overcharging at the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Nuclear Site. The False Claim Act (FCA) allegations stem from a qui tam suit filed by Bradley Keever, a sprinkler fitter in the fire protection group at HMIS.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Washington, D.C.-based Arlington Capital Partners has combined three businesses to form and unveil Keel, a new portfolio company focused on producing complex structures for U.S. defense programs, and closed its latest fund with $3.8 billion in total capital commitments.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Federal Chief Data Officers Council has new leadership. Kirsten Dalboe, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s chief data officer, and Robert King, the Department of Energy’s CDO, have been appointed to council chair and vice chair, respectively, the organization announced Thursday. The CDO Council, which was established by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 , is scheduled to close up shop next January, which could make Dalboe and King the potential last leaders

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 26, 2024

Happy Friday! We hope you had a productive week. We are slowly exiting the deep freeze that we have been enduring the past few weeks, here in the midwest. We’ve had snow, ice, rain and sub degree temperatures! Not fun! We are looking forward to seeing the sun again and warmer days. Hope you are doing well and looking forward to a nice weekend.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 26, 2024

When considering the implementation of emerging technologies, federal agencies should document changes in statutes, provide the public with information about their efforts and establish clear communication with Congress and other relevant stakeholders, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday. The GAO report noted that federal agencies are facing regulatory challenges with emerging technologies such as medical devices powered by artificial intelligence and drones.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of AWS Marketplace in the AWS Secret Region, an expansion of the AWS Marketplace for the US Intelligence Community (ICMP) program. First deployed in 2016 , ICMP is a digital catalog with software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that makes it easy for customers in the intelligence community (IC) to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 26, 2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's intensifying policy on cybersecurity and securities violations in the wake of a data breach — like its enforcement action against SolarWinds and its security officer — has emboldened shareholders to file related suits, creating a heightened threat to public companies, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 26, 2024

For decades, we have recognized the national security implications of our reliance on overseas raw materials and supplies. These implications have prompted a growing recognition that our nation needs a strong industrial base. The pandemic and its aftermath only further exposed the fragility of our supply chains in all parts of the economy. Two prominent procurement laws address supply chains and the industrial base: the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA).

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Executive Mosaic Unveils 2024 Wash100 Award Winners; CACI Books $908M in Army Task Orders for Network Modernization, Intelligence Support; Pentagon OKs B-21 Raider Bomber Production; Maximus Names Civilian, Health & Defense Leaders Click to Unmute 

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 26, 2024

Healthcare providers need fresh solutions to the challenge of rising chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, ageing populations, and unequal access to health services if they’re to deliver long-term care that improves patient outcomes. They need sustainable solutions to address affordability. Take the Asia-Pacific region, where spending on healthcare per person is now 80 percent higher than it was in 2009.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Firefly Aerospace has been qualified to compete for task orders under a potential 10-year, $700 million contract to provide its Alpha rocket to launch small satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

As the federal government works to improve its customer experience, it’s discovering the challenges that come with complex, always-on environments. Agencies are building complicated hybrid environments that include on-premises and cloud assets, legacy equipment, public-facing websites and more. Those assets and that complexity allow the government to serve more citizens more efficiently, but they also expose agencies to additional risk and create a larger attack surface for cybercriminals.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Forcepoint‘s unified cloud platform has expanded its authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to include the Remote Browser Isolation capability designed to enable secure web browsing.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Department of Labor awarded Parsons (NYSE: PSN) a potential five-year, $115 million contract to provide management support to the Job Corps Acquisition Services. The company said Thursday that it has been cleared to continue assisting in project planning and management of the JCAS Facilities Program.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

NASA-designed collision avoidance software has been tested onboard two research helicopters of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky division as part of efforts to evaluate the autonomous technology to enable advanced air mobility.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) reported an 11.2 percent year-over-year increase in revenues to $1.8 billion during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 and saw its adjusted diluted earnings per share grow 2 percent to $4.36 for the quarter ended Dec. 31. CACI said Thursday it ended the quarter with a total backlog of $26.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

The General Services Administration selected Guidehouse as its consultant for carbon pollution-free electricity acquisitions. The agreement enables GSA to obtain services ranging from retail and wholesale electricity market price analysis to procurement strategies compliant with Executive Order 14057, which focuses on clean energy-related job creation, the company said Wednesday.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) is the one-stop shop for suppliers to access Scottish public sector contract opportunities. All Scottish public sector buying organisations must use PCS to advertise their regulated procurements. Regulated Procurements are procurements with an estimated value of £50k and over for goods and services or £2m and over for works.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

A General Atomics business unit will demonstrate the capability of its optical communications terminals aboard a satellite in low Earth orbit under a contract with the Space Development Agency. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is developing two OCTs for integration with two GA-75 satellites to support data sharing and other on-orbit computing resources.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The ways in which the federal government interacts with its citizens has become a major focal point for agencies in recent years.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Lockheed Martin and Boeing have each won $66 million contracts from the U.S. Air Force for the first phase of a program aimed at procuring two satellites to augment the existing narrowband military satellite communications constellation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 26, 2024

This post provides a recap of notable arbitration-related developments in France in 2023. Far from being an exhaustive account, it focuses on French court decisions in the areas identified below. Overall, French courts have not only consolidated their approaches on recurring topics—as was the case in 2020 , 2021 , and 2022 —but have also taken a slightly more restrictive than usual stance towards international arbitration.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Progeny Systems, a division of General Dynamics‘ mission systems business arm, has secured a potential $82.9 million contract to design and build submarine sonar subsystems for the U.S. Navy.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 26, 2024

A Colorado environmental group has asked a federal judge to toss approval by the Army Corps of Engineers of a major water pipeline and reservoir project, alleging the agency violated federal laws by failing to consider less environmentally damaging alternatives when analyzing the Northern Integrated Supply Project.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Tom Fusco, former vice president of special operation forces and advance programs at Viasat, has joined SNC as vice president of strategy and business development for the company’s new digital grid business unit. He will be responsible for overseeing the team dedicated to expanding digital grid capabilities and markets on a global scale, SNC said Friday.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 26, 2024

The federal agency tasked with improving elections does not comply with many Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements in its procurement process, a government watchdog said Friday, mainly blaming the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's problems on its lack of a contracting officer.

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Federal Construction Contracting

JANUARY 26, 2024

In Steiner Construction Co., Inc. , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) award of a $1.19 billion small business set-aside shipbuilding contract to a business concern that was later determined to be other than a small business. The protestor argued that the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) decision to vacate an earlier SBA Area Office’s size determination that found the awardee to be an eligible small business conc

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