Inside Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

On March 7, 2024, the Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) announced a proposed rule to rescind a longstanding general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products (the “Manufactured Products Waiver”). If finalized, this would be a major change for the agency, reversing a policy that has been in place for more than 40 years.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 12, 2024

Bloomberg Government recently underscored something federal contracting data has been showing. In the last ten years, the number of small businesses doing business with the government has fallen by a third. Small companies staying in the market specialize in it. My next guest says the regulatory burden the government requires keeps non-specialized, so-called mom-and-pop business out of the market.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Matt Barry, chief operating officer at HP Federal, noted that threat actors can use endpoints as vectors that could enable them to infiltrate an organization’s network and highlighted the importance of security by design to ensure the security of such endpoints and safeguard government and contractor systems.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 12, 2024

Government shutdown threats and scrimping on contractor employee wages, those conflicts affect one group of working people perhaps more than any other. People with disabilities. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin , with some of his current concerns, the president of the Alliance for Expanding America’s Workforce, Dwight Davis. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin Tell us about the Alliance first Alliance for expanding America’s Workforce.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 12, 2024

On February 28, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that skilled therapy provider Brynwood Myofascial Therapy LLC, its current owner, Malgorzata Zasdny, and its former owner, Marla Monge, have agreed to pay about $1.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act. The settlement stems from a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee of Brynwood Myofascial Therapy.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

The U.S. Space Force awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a $444 million contract to help the Space Systems Command modernize space launch instrumentation.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Bastion Technologies has secured a five-year, $125.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide environmental, safety, health and mission assurance services to NASA’s Glenn Research Center and its remote campus in Sandusky, Ohio.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Very Low Earth Orbit satellite builder Albedo has expanded its strategic advisory board, which was formed in May 2023. Rick Ambrose , former executive vice president of the space business at Lockheed Martin , and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Pat O'Reilly , vice president of corporate strategy at L3Harris Technologies, are the new members of the advisory board, Albedo said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Andrew DelFavero, formerly senior director of business development at Peraton, has joined QinetiQ Group’s U.S. subsidiary as vice president of capture management, according to his LinkedIn post. He brings to the role more than two decades of industry experience in business development, capture strategy and program and project management.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Northrop Grumman has secured a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to produce the initial batches of next-generation digital radar warning receivers designed to protect military assets from advanced airborne threats. The AN/APR-39E(V)2 is an open-architecture technology that uses a smart antenna and advanced processing to detect radio frequency threats over a broad range of spectrum, including the millimeter-wave band of frequencies, Northop said Monday.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Federal agencies occasionally have to cobble together temporary technology fixes in emergencies. Sometimes, these quick adaptations are small and simple; say, having an employee use a loaner laptop while his or her crashed laptop goes through recovery. There are times, however, when the skills needed to make these short-term fixes are called on to manage larger crises.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

General Atomics ' electromagnetic systems division has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin 's space business arm to build and deliver missile warning, tracking and defense payloads for integration into the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites. GA-EMS will produce 16 wide-field-of-view missile warning and tracking infrared payloads and two fire control and missile defense infrared payloads for integration into the 18 satellites Lockheed is building for

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Scott Helmore, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has been named senior vice president of emerging technologies at Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered global systems integrator Tribalco.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Jonathan Dalrymple , CEO of Chugach Alaska Corp. , has been appointed by the board of directors to serve as interim president of the company’s federal government contracting division. The appointment at Chugach Government Solutions comes after the departure of President Scott Davis , who had been with Chugach for over two decades, CGS said Monday.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 12, 2024

Tyto Athene, LLC, a federal systems integrator specializing in mission-focused digital transformation services, has named Dennis Kelly as its CEO. With 30 years of experience in the industry, Kelly has held executive roles within the defense and intelligence community. As CEO, he will spearhead Tyto’s strategic growth initiatives and focus on delivering outstanding service to [.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

The federal business of ECS has secured a prime spot on a potential $500 million contract vehicle from the National Institutes of Health to provide professional support services for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. Under the Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support contract vehicle, ECS said Monday it will provide systems engineering, technical advisory support and other professional services such as financial and program management.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Ramzi Musallam, CEO and managing partner of Veritas Capital, has earned the coveted 2024 Wash100 Award for his continued exceptional leadership of one of the most influential investment firms within the government contracting industry and for his unwavering commitment to supporting government missions in national security, healthcare and education.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Executive Mosaic is honored to recognize Rachele Cooper , founder and CEO of Aptive Resources , as one of the 2024 Wash100 Award inductees for her leadership of the management consulting firm as it supports federal government programs. This is the first time that Cooper was named among Executive Mosaic’s annual list of 100 elite leaders in the government and government contracting space.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

TJ White, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has joined the board of advisers of Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Core4ce. He brings to the advisory board over three decades of military leadership experience and knowledge in national security strategies and cyber operations across cyberspace, defense and space, the company said Tuesday.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Bell Textron held on March 11 the grand opening of a new weapon systems integration lab at its Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas. The 47,000-square-foot facility will serve as home to future development programs, including the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, Bell Textron said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

In the challenging environment of space, “nuclear answers the mail on some serious operational problems,” according to Michael Smith, nuclear portfolio lead for operational energy-innovation within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $12.5 billion contract for support services to modernize, operate and maintain network infrastructure across all Department of the Air Force bases worldwide. The service branch intends to establish a pool of qualified sources to support the multiple-award Base Infrastructure Modernization indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, according to a presolicitation notice published Thursday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Amentum will support the U.S. Navy by providing research and development, systems engineering, testing, analysis and technology maturation and insertion support to help assess and improve microelectronics laboratories and facilities under a potential five-year, $245 million task order. The company said Monday the task order awarded by the U.S.

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GovLoop

MARCH 12, 2024

Executive orders, frameworks, and acts of Congress tell agencies what their cybersecurity goals should be, but generally leave implementation details to other entities. The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a component of the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), fills that need — developing actionable, standards-based guidance that helps agencies turn cyber concepts into reality.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Each year, influential chief information officers from government and industry gather at the Potomac Officers Club’s Annual CIO Summit to discuss what’s on the horizon for federal IT, technology, cybersecurity and more.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco delivered remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime announcing a new Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program that incentivizes whistleblowers to report corporate misconduct by offering monetary rewards. Likening the program to “the days of ‘Wanted’ posters across the Old West,” DAG Monaco explained that individuals who help DOJ discover otherwise unknown, “significant” corporate or fina

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 12, 2024

Recent amendments to Federal Law No. 6 on 2018 on Arbitration , the UAE Federal Arbitration Law (“ FAL ”), introduced by Federal Decree Law No. 15 of 2023 (Amending Certain Provisions of Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 on Arbitration) (“ Amendment Law ”), give rise to concerns that in an endeavour to improve certain provisions of the FAL, the UAE legislator has focused on the wrong ones.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

In February 2024, GAO continued its streak of taking a hard look at procurements conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Subpart 8.4 allows the government to use “simplified” ordering procedures to obtain commercial supplies and services. However, some agencies have apparently adopted the position that “anything goes” in these simplified procurements.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn $140 million in arbitral awards against the city of Lima, Peru, stemming from its dispute with a highway contractor, ruling that the contractor won those two awards "fair and square.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

2023 brought many important False Claims Act developments for companies with business involving government funds. While overall recoveries remained down compared to pre-2022 levels, the total number of settlements and judgments exceeded any prior year. Those settlements and judgments also highlight areas of particular focus for the Government, including cybersecurity compliance, pandemic fraud, and small business fraud, among others.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

Five New Mexico residents are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency over its response to a massive 2022 fire, alleging it has created delay, confusion and ambiguity in the claims process for the fire's victims.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 12, 2024

Ben Tarr CEO of Outside Analytics, a Division of SMX Ben Tarr’s recent achievement was founding and building Outside Analytics, acquired by SMX in late 2023. Outside Analytics is a software engineering and data analytics partner within the national security space community. “The recognition of our successes and impactful solutions along with our ability to [.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

A Colorado state judge has approved a settlement agreement between Suncor and state air regulators over air quality monitoring around the oil and gas company's refinery near Denver.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 12, 2024

Alex Gross Senior Vice President & Chief Strategist for Defense and Intelligence, Parsons Corp. In 2023, Alex Gross’ team delivered multiple technical innovations, leading to record-breaking business growth. They landed the largest Parsons defense and intelligence contract to date. In November 2023, they demonstrated a disruptive new paradigm for space warfighter training customers described as [.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

An electrical contractor has petitioned a Guam federal court to order a California-Japanese joint venture that had hired it for a project to improve U.S. military facilities to arbitrate their dispute related to nearly $3 million in allegedly unpaid costs.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 12, 2024

Leidos has won a follow-on prime contract to develop and expand the Air Force’s Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application. The single-award contract was awarded by Kessel Run, a division within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The contract has a 6-month base period of performance with four 1-year options and two [.

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