FedScoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Treasury Department is gearing up to launch a blanket purchase agreement contract that will source and streamline enterprisewide cybersecurity services for its bureaus and offices. Known as the PROviding Treasury Enterprise Cybersecurity Technology & Services (PROTECTS) program, the vehicle is meant to “furnish the best cybersecurity services possible to Treasury, Treasury Bureaus and those federal government agencies who depend on Treasury for their financial management,” ac

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A top White House cybersecurity official says the “conversation is being started” around sweeping new cyber requirements for federal IT contractors. One rule published in the Federal Register this week includes a provision that would mandate some key contractors report cyber incidents to the government within eight hours. Another aims to standardize cybersecurity requirements for unclassified information systems across government.

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2023

One key feature that makes Deltek Costpoint the top solution for government contractors is its ability to manage the segregation of direct and indirect costs , especially through its Project Account Groups. In this blog, we'll discuss Project Account Groups in Costpoint, what they are, their importance, and how to use them to segregate costs properly.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The UK Law Commission recently proposed drastic reform to section 67 of the English Arbitration Act 1996 that deals with the challenge of an award on the ground of lack of substantive jurisdiction in an English seated arbitration. The Law Commission’s First Consultation Paper published in September 2022 initially recommended the challenge under section 67 to take the form of an appeal.

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Redstone Government Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If you have an upcoming Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) estimating system audit , you need to plan for it, and the sooner, the better. Don't wait until the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) begins sending you its requests for information. But how do you prepare? Perhaps a place to start is first understanding what this audit entails and knowing what DCAA may cite as common findings.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

On September 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted a Notice of Covered Action (NoCA) for an enforcement action taken against the 3M Company over allegations that a subsidiary company based in China violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The NoCA signals that the SEC is now accepting whistleblower award claims for the case.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Fiscal rules have become a common policy tool to promote the sustainability of public finances, as the number of countries with at least one fiscal rule has grown from ten in 1991 to more than 100 by 2021. Although fiscal rules promise to support fiscal discipline and maintain debt sustainability, their track record is often mixed, as simply adopting a fiscal rule does not necessarily guarantee improved fiscal performance.

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GovTribe

OCTOBER 4, 2023

GovTribe studied data from over 260,000 unique users and millions of interactions to find the top 20 opportunities in the federal market heading into October 2023. Let’s start by diving into the top three.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When the government defaults a contract and seeks excess costs of reprocurement, this is a government claim against the contractor, and it is the government’s burden to prove the elements of the reprocurement costs as well as the actual amount of the excess costs. A recent case at the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals demonstrates that the government’s failure to prove these costs will result in no recovery.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Getting used to AI can be an uncertain journey. Will it raise the quality and speed of your output? Will it expand the scope of your job, or put it at risk? A 2022 joint study from the White House and the European Commission recognizes the benefits of AI, but also the need for workforce adjustment. “The impact of technological progress, including AI, on work is characterized by competing forces of automation and augmentation of worker tasks,” the report states.

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WIFCON: Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In data transformation and innovation, it helps to view things through a different lens. “It’s looking at your data like an ecosystem,” said Winston Chang, Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector with Snowflake, a leading data cloud company. “Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.” As data management health grows, so does the entire ecosystem across an organization.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Supreme Court’s decision in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. , 143 S. Ct. 1720 (2023), has increased attention on arguments that the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions may be unconstitutional. Although the majority’s opinion in the case did not address the issue, the dissent by Justice Thomas—joined in this regard by Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett—stated that “[t]here are substantial arguments that the qui tam device is inconsistent with Article II and t

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As the number and size of satellite constellations in orbit increase, satellite ground segment architectures must modernize to maintain agility, operational excellence, and economic viability. Virtualizing ground segment architectures can reduce dependency on mission-specific hardware components and drive forward this modernization. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud enables ground segment engineers to explore the possibilities of these architectures with services and features built specificall

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 4, 2023

On October 3, 2023, the FAR Council released two long-awaited proposed rules for federal contractor cybersecurity stemming from the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order from May 2021 (Executive Order 14028). The proposed rules relate to Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing (FAR Case 2021-017) and Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems (FAR Case 2021-019).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Almost a decade after the Department of Defense developed rules requiring mandatory reporting of cyber incidents, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council released new proposed rules—one addressing cyber incident reporting and another addressing cybersecurity requirements for contractors maintaining a Federal Information System (FIS).

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Available on Demand | October 5, 2023 | 1 Hour | Training Certificate Digital transformation has been a central premise of government at all levels tackling the job of ending reliance on legacy technology, upgrading systems and expanding services. Until recently, transformation efforts at the federal level focused on “lift-and-shift,” updating their digital systems or processes to make them better or more innovative, but they didn’t have the customer or end user or employee in mind while doing t

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on Oct. 3, 2023, issued two proposed rules to partially implement President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The continuing resolution, which lasts until November 17, takes a six-and-a-half week bite out of fiscal 2024’s calendar. In a sense, it resets the countdown to a government shutdown, especially if House Republicans succeed in ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which, in case you hadn’t heard…happened. Contractors have been sorting out what it all means.

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