Federal News Network
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Federal contractors never expected Congress to get a full-year appropriation done last week. So they’re generally pleased about the avoidance of a government shutdown. That gives the government 11 weeks to deal with other lingering procurement issues. Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.
FedScoop
DECEMBER 26, 2024
The General Services Administration will be required to more thoroughly account for many of its technology projects under legislation that became law this week. The GSA Technology Accountability Act , signed by President Joe Biden on Monday, requires the agencys administrator to deliver a yearly report to Congress that details each project funded by the Federal Citizen Services Fund and others that come via the Acquisition Services Fund.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Lockheed Martin has secured a U.S. Navy contract modification worth approximately $3.36 billion to provide F-35 logistics support services for domestic and international military customers.
ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
BAE Systems has secured a $68 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce additional 44 Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles or CATVs, the company said. The Army awarded the defense and security companys land and armaments unit a seven-year, $278.
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USFCR
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Imagine a federal contracting process where manual paperwork is a thing of the past, every transaction is secure and traceable, and payments happen automatically when milestones are met. Thanks to blockchain technology and its growing adoption within government agencies, that future may not be far off. What Is Blockchain, and Why Does It Matter?
ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
The U.S. Navy has named Amentum Services, KBR, V2X and 84 other companies as awardees under a potential $2.85 billion firm-fixed-price contract to provide logistics services to support military operations around the world. The Department of Defense said work on the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will run concurrently over the next five to 10 years.
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ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, said digital resilience has become a necessity for government organizations as they navigate the current threat landscape and deal with growing cyber workforce challenges and evolving regulations.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
General Dynamics Mission Systems has secured a potential $807.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support for the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo Program. GDMS Contract Details The Department of Defense said Monday the fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only contract with a base value of $139.2 million was awarded on Dec. 20.
ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Rick Vien, most recently a capture executive at ManTech, was appointed as vice president of proposals operations at the defense technology provider, he announced in a LinkedIn post.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started seeking information on potential vendors that could provide remedial action construction, or RAC, support for the Iron King MineHumboldt Smelter, or IKM-HS, Superfund Site in Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona.
ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
HawkEye 360 has made contact with its Cluster 11 satellites following their launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Sent into space on Friday, Cluster 11 will be deployed in a sun-synchronous orbit to provide enhanced data collection and radio frequency monitoring capabilities, HawkEye 360 said Saturday.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $198.1 million to provide maintenance, program management and logistics support services for Australia’s fleet of MH-60R helicopters.
ExecutiveBiz
DECEMBER 26, 2024
The Naval Air Systems Command Procurement Group has issued a request for information for the possible procurement of support services for the Program Manager Strike Planning and Execution Systems hardware and software, or PMA-281 HW and SW. PMA-281 Hardware and Software Contract Scope According to the notice posted on SAM.
FedScoop
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Agencies will have to share custom-developed code amongst each other in an effort to prevent duplicative software development contracts under a new bill signed into law by President Joe Biden. The bipartisan Source Code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology ( H.R. 9566 ), or SHARE IT Act, takes aim at reducing the roughly $12 billion that lawmakers estimated the federal government spends each year on software purchases by requiring agencies to publicly list custom code and share that
Federal News Network
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Several key provisions aimed at streamlining the acquisition process made its way into the 2025 defense policy bill President Joe Biden signed into law on Monday. One of the notable provisions included in the 2025 defense policy bill codifies the middle tier acquisition pathway into law under Title 10. The middle tier acquisition pathway, which Congress created through section 804 of the fiscal 2016 defense policy bill, allows the Defense Department to deliver capabilities within two to five yea
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Mastercard has completed its purchase of threat intelligence company Recorded Future in a transaction that expands its portfolio of cybersecurity services with the addition of the latter’s artificial intelligence-powered analytics and threat intelligence capabilities.
Whistleblower Network News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Seven whistleblowers from Africa were honored with the 2024 Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblower Prize. This years winners include Ravo Ramasomanana, Mbusco Ngcobo, Vivian Muoneke, Edbuna Olakunle Obidike, Dorothy Mmushi, Sarika Lakraj-Naidoo, and Sarah Kityo. These seven individuals blew the whistle on fraud, municipal and corporate corruption, and public health crises at great personal risk.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Leidos has appointed Steve Boraz, a business development executive, as vice president of growth engineering, integration and operations. Boraz announced his promotion in a LinkedIn post published Thursday.
Kluwer Arbitration
DECEMBER 26, 2024
In the recent Indian Supreme Court (SC) case of Rohan Builders v. Berger Paints India , the default rule requiring termination of the arbitral mandate under section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) was held not to be strictly interpreted. Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration Act provides that if the award is not issued within the specified period of 12 months or a further extended period of six months, then the mandate of the arbitrator(s) would be terminated s
The Softly Spark
DECEMBER 26, 2024
With greenwashing regulations under construction , making green claims can be risky. However, supporting these claims with data-backed evidence and third-party validation can help them hold up in court. Third-party sustainability certifications can provide a backbone to simple and sometimes misused terms like carbon neutral, all-natural , or recyclable.
GovCon Wire
DECEMBER 26, 2024
The State Department has approved the two foreign military sale requests of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States for military communication systems and naval artillery systems enhancement valued at $265 million and $30 million, respectively. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified Congress of both potential deals on Dec. 20.
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