Art of Procurement
MARCH 21, 2024
The last few years have not been kind to retailers. Inventory misalignment has dragged down revenue and working capital. Companies. The post Treasure Hunting with TJX appeared first on Art of Procurement.
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Saif Rahman, CEO and co-founder of Quzara, said defense industrial base organizations looking to comply with the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework should focus on having security visibility through auditing, monitoring and generating security logs to better understand the vulnerabilities they face. In an article published on Carahsoft.
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FedScoop
MARCH 21, 2024
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday that the agency is launching a privacy review of the country’s top airlines. Airlines can access several forms of personal information about passengers, including through apps, online purchases, software used by flight attendants , and, increasingly, biometric screening systems. While the Department of Transportation isn’t typically associated with investigations into digital rights violations, the agency says it has the authority to imp
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Bill Downer , vice president of national programs at Seagate Federal , believes “the edge is everywhere,” no matter where the data is collected and stored. He is a strong advocate for defending data at rest, and at Seagate, he leads the company’s delivery of secure data storage products to federal agencies. In a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz , Downer discussed Seagate’s most impactful partnerships, highlighted emerging cyber threats and shared his insights on zero trust
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GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $1.3 billion contract to build and deliver 17 F/A-18 multi-role strike fighter jets and a technical data package for fleet sustainment to the U.S. Navy.
GovLoop
MARCH 21, 2024
Building a large AI data model from scratch is prohibitively expensive for most organizations. But the release of AI foundation models, particularly large language models (LLM), has allowed organizations to take advantage of broader community investments in AI. But there’s a catch: Agencies need to tweak and train these models to meet their specific objectives, maintain privacy and ensure regulatory compliance.
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Art of Procurement
MARCH 21, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – March 22nd, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
AWS Public Sector
MARCH 21, 2024
Davy Levy, vice president of AWS worldwide public sector, delivers the keynote at the Brussels Public Sector Symposium on 12 March. On 12 March, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Symposium Brussels returned to the Brussels Expo in Belgium. The no cost, in-person conference gathered cloud enthusiasts interested in the public sector for a day dedicated to deepening knowledge of how the cloud and generative artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming organizations and businesses around
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
IBM has received a potential 10-year, $576 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Microelectronics Activity secure the production of commercial semiconductor technologies and services for military applications.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Robert Lightfoot , president of Lockheed Martin Space, said the company is looking to partner with more space businesses that are working on small satellites and intelligence, surveillance and communications payloads to meet the increasing demand within the government market for resilient space-based capabilities. “We’re looking for strategic partners," Lightfoot , a three-time Wash100 awardee, told the publication at a conference on Tuesday. "We're interested in talking with anyone
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Veronica Daigle, former assistant secretary for readiness at the Department of Defense, has joined venture capital firm Red Cell Partners as a partner and president of the national security practice.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
BAE Systems was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract not exceeding $182 million by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The aerospace company said Wednesday that under the contract, it will provide advanced geospatial intelligence enterprise modeling services collectively referred to as GEM Cutter.
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer of the U.S. Central Command, with her 2024 Wash100 Award at the Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum last week. You have the chance to choose Moore as your favorite 2024 Wash100 winner. Visit Wash100.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
A joint venture between DMI and Dynamic Solutions Technology will assist the Department of the Treasury with enterprise mobility management under a $14.5 million contract from its Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. DMI, through its Dynamic Digital Transformation JV, will be responsible for supporting and managing the enterprise mobility management services of the bureau.
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Systecon North America has developed a system-level decision framework, built on its Opus Suite life cycle management software, to help the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command enhance aircraft sustainment efforts.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Aerospace company Blue Origin is finalizing the development of the Dark-Sky-1 mission system, whose purpose is to demonstrate the mission operation and flight system capabilities of a heavy utility multi-orbit logistics vehicle. The work is being carried out under a contract between Blue Origin and the Defense Innovation Unit, which said Wednesday that it had also been working with two other companies -- Space Logistics and SpaceBilt -- to achieve logistics capabilities , like Dark-Sky-1, that w
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Tysons, Virginia-based management consulting firm LMI has acquired technology firm JJR Solutions as part of a push to broaden its technology modernization capabilities for federal government customers. Established in 2009, Dayton, Ohio-based JJR Solutions works to help U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Emergency services should include modern voice communication platforms in any discussion on capability modernization, according to Stacy Schwartz , head of U.S. public sector and education at RingCentral , the provider of a cloud-based communication platform. In an opinion column published Wednesday on StateTech, Schwartz says that unlike analog voice communication tools, modern voice comes in the form of mobile apps that can integrate various data streams, benefiting disaster response as well a
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
5G communications are not merely the province of our cell phones: they come with abundant potential for government and military uses and for bolstering national security. They can play a key role in Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, be implemented when building smarter cities and in enhancing the warfighter’s toolkit. U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Susan Wedge , IBM Consulting 's managing partner, U.S. federal market, as an inductee into the 2024 Wash100 — an annual list of public and private sector leaders who are at the forefront of trends and events shaping the government contracting activity. This year marks Wedge ’s first Wash100 win, recognizing her efforts in advancing the delivery of innovative technology platforms to public sector customers.
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will help the U.S. Army modernize its Global Secret Internet Protocol Router network under a potential five-year, $239 million task order.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Vienna, Virginia-based technology firm Alpha Omega has enhanced its commitment to strengthening national security , addressing mission needs in the field of foreign affairs and advancing climate science by forging strategic partnerships and delivering mission-enabling platforms and technologies to government customers. Alpha Omega said Wednesday it supports U.S. national security efforts within the departments of Homeland Security and State, among others, by leveraging innovative strategies and
GovCon Wire
MARCH 21, 2024
Executive Mosaic could not be more thrilled to bestow the 2024 Wash100 Award on DeEtte Gray, president of business and information technology solutions at CACI International. Following on seven previous recognitions, Gray is awarded her eighth trophy for her instrumental defense sector technology modernization efforts.
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute a full-stack edge computing platform from Armada to the public sector through its reseller partner network and government procurement vehicles. Under the agreement, Carahsoft said Wednesday it will serve as the public sector distributor for Armada's Commander software suite, which is designed to enable government customers to monitor and manage their Starlink terminals and edge computing applications.
Art of Procurement
MARCH 21, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – March 22nd, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Government Contracts Legal Forum
MARCH 21, 2024
On March 5, 2024, a federal judge in Texas struck down a federally-sponsored racial preference extended to minority groups seeking to access capital and government contracts. Nuziard v. Minority Business Development Agency (“ Nuziard ”). Plaintiffs, who are non-minority business owners, challenged a preference provided by the Minority Business Development Agency (“MBDA”), a bureau of the Department of Commerce, to “socially or economically disadvantaged individual[s],” defined to include Afric
Kluwer Arbitration
MARCH 21, 2024
The eighth edition of the Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) started this Monday with Addleshaw Goddard hosting a roundtable event on “The Evolution of Arbitration in the Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regions: A Roadmap for the Future”. The discussion included experts from various background: Sébastien Jean (Associate Director of the Geoeconomics and Geofinance Initiative, French Institute for International Relationships (Ifri)), Alice Fremuth-Wolf (Market Head of Austria and the CEE regio
Government Contracts Legal Forum
MARCH 21, 2024
On March 11, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published an updated Secure Software Development Attestation Form , meaning that producers of software and providers of products containing software used by the federal government may be required to submit their attestations in the very near future.
WashngtonExec
MARCH 21, 2024
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded BAE Systems an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $182 million to provide Geospatial Intelligence Enterprise Modeling Services, a suite of services referred to as GEM Cutter. GEM Cutter provides advanced modeling capabilities to the analysis workforce, reducing cognitive workloads by making sense of data faster, according [.
Kluwer Arbitration
MARCH 21, 2024
The breakfast debate “Wake up (with) Arbitration” initiated in 2012 by Valence Borgia, Maria Beatriz Burghetto and Caroline Duclercq relaunched on the occasion of the 2024 Paris Arbitration Week. The aim of the “Wake up (with) arbitration!” roundtable is to bring together arbitration practitioners of all backgrounds and professional experience to discuss in an interactive formula, a practical topic of arbitration and to exchange knowledge and know-how.
WashngtonExec
MARCH 21, 2024
DMI partnered with Dynamic Solutions Technology to form a joint venture, Dynamic Digital Transformation, which has won a contract by the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to support its enterprise mobility management services. “With 32 years combined expertise from our DDT team, we’re able to provide best practices from both the [.
Kluwer Arbitration
MARCH 21, 2024
As we reported earlier , the 2024 edition of the Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) is the first to count the Paris Court of Appeal among is partners. The event organized by the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (“ICCP-CA”) was held on 20 March 2024 in a form of a debate on the French concept of the arbitration autonomy. The event featured Jacques Boulard (Paris Court of Appeal), Daniel Barlow , (Paris Court of Appeal), and Fabienne Schaller (Paris Court of Appeal) as hos
WashngtonExec
MARCH 21, 2024
BlackSea Technologies, a portfolio company of Razors Edge Ventures, has acquired Blue Tide Marine. The acquisition is a key development in strengthening support for maritime operations, particularly focusing on the critical needs of warfighters, the company said. End-to-end operations and material readiness will improve the deployability, controllability and reliability of uncrewed platforms and systems.
Government Contracts
MARCH 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor asked a Texas federal court to dismiss construction industry trade organizations' bid to unwind a 2023 rule revising prevailing wage methodologies for federal construction projects, saying the groups failed to assert viable injuries.
WashngtonExec
MARCH 21, 2024
Fred Avila Vice President of Pricing Solutions, HII Mission Technologies Fred Avila is the vice president of pricing solutions at HII’s Mission Technologies division, which reported $2.7 billion in revenues in 2023 — a 13% increase over 2022. Mission Technologies now accounts for nearly 25% of HII’s revenues. “Fred is an exceptional vice president, leader, [.
Government Contracts
MARCH 21, 2024
A Tenth Circuit panel was skeptical Thursday that tactical officers at a Colorado supermax prison can challenge a trial court's decision not to hold an evidentiary hearing in a suit about a training exercise that turned violent, with one judge noting that the officers did not object at the time.
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