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Issa Again Selected To Lead House IP Subcommittee

Government Contracts

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., will again lead the House subcommittee overseeing intellectual property in the upcoming Congress, a role in which he has sponsored bills seeking to limit how many patents can be asserted in biosimilar cases and require disclosure of litigation funding.

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QinetiQ US Wins $31.5M Contract to Support Army’s Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors

WashngtonExec

QinetiQ US has won a 5-year, $31.5 million task order to support the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors. This work continues the design, development and integration activities for the Integrated Sensor Architecture program, which supports data sharing of sensors across battlefield networks. “The relationship between the Army C5ISR Center, PEO [.

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IT Firm Loses Effort To Make GSA Add Evidence In Bid Protest

Government Contracts

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Thursday reaffirmed that an information tech consulting firm can't force the federal government to add evidence to the administrative record in litigation over its terminated IT contract with the U.S. Air Force.

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MetTel’s Don Parente on Managing Space-Based Network Access

ExecutiveBiz

Don Parente, vice president of public sector sales at MetTel, has provided recommendations to help agencies manage space-based network access and keep track of shadow IT users.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

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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Citi Unit Fined Over Analysts Who Didn't Take FINRA Exam

Government Contracts

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that three of its municipal securities research analysts authored hundreds of research reports without having taken their subject area's required exam.

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Former GDIT Assistant General Counsel Mark Davis Joins DMI as SVP of Legal

ExecutiveBiz

Mark Davis has joined DMI, a provider of digital services to customers in the public and private sectors, as senior vice president of legal. The experienced general counsel confirmed his new role in a recent LinkedIn post. Who is Mark Davis?

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Hale Capital Partners Invests in National Security-Focused Company ExistX

ExecutiveBiz

Private growth equity firm Hale Capital Partners has made an investment in ExistX, which works to deliver dual use digital offerings meant to benefit national security efforts.

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Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Government Contracts

Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

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Top 20 Federal Contracting Opportunities in January 2025

GovTribe

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 January 2025. Lets start by diving into the top three.

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Hogan Lovells Gets $1.25M Afghanistan Award OK'd

Government Contracts

Hogan Lovells won enforcement on Thursday of a $1.25 million arbitral award it won against Afghanistan over its representation of the country in various legal matters, an award that the new Taliban-led government has ignored for two years.

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NNSA Eyes $36B Follow-On Contract for Savannah River Site Management & Operation

GovCon Wire

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has announced plans to compete a potential 20-year, $36 billion recompete contract to manage and operate the Savannah River Site, or SRS. According to a presolicitation notice published Tuesday, NNSA expects to release the final request for proposals in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025.

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Feds Ink $1B Supply Deal With Constellation Nuke Plants

Government Contracts

The U.S. General Services Administration said Thursday it has cut the largest energy procurement deal in its history after purchasing 10 million megawatt-hours of electricity from Baltimore-based Constellation New Energy Inc. in combined energy contracts totalingmore than $1 billion.

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2025 Public Sector Trend Predictions With Tricentis SVP Ben Baldi

GovCon Wire

The federal landscape is constantly shifting due to technological breakthroughs, modernization needs, leadership change-overs and emerging priorities.

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EU: ECJ Judgment in Case C‑781/23 regarding temporary admission procedures

Import and Trade Remedies

On 12 December 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment in the case C781/23, which has implications for businesses importing goods under temporary admission. The case arose from a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hgsta frvaltningsdomstolen (Supreme Administrative Court, Sweden) and involved Malm Motorrenovering AB and Allmnna ombudet hos Tullverket.

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12 Companies Secure Spots on $249M Army Contract for Architect & Engineering Services

GovCon Wire

The U.S. Army has awarded spots on a $249 million contract to 12 companies that will compete for orders of architect and engineering services.

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Top Supply Chain Execs to Watch in 2024: IBM Consulting’s Troy Edgar

WashngtonExec

Troy Edgar Partner, Federal Supply Chain Transformation Leader, IBM Consulting A U.S. Navy Veteran with over 30 years of experience across sectors including finance, technology, aerospace, defense and logistics, Troy Edgar leads IBM Consultings Federal Supply Chain Transformation organization, which includes asset and facility optimization and supply chain risk management.

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DC US Atty Matthew Graves Stepping Down Jan. 16

Government Contracts

Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for D.C. who led the federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said he'll be stepping down as the capital's top federal prosecutor four days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

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Top Supply Chain Execs to Watch in 2024: Amentum’s Billy Harlin

WashngtonExec

Billy Harlin Vice President Global Supply Chain Management, Amentum Billy Harlin successfully led a best-in-class global supply chain team (Amentum is in approximately 80 countries and all 7 continents) while simultaneously leading the integration planning for the company’s upcoming merger and Initial Public Offering. “I have a great team, and Im proud of how theyve [.

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LatAm: Highlights from the “Trump and Tariffs – A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead” webinar

Import and Trade Remedies

On Thursday 12 December, we hosted the webinar Trump and Tariffs: A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead. The session focused on the potential tariff impacts of President-Elect Trumps second term in office, giving a global perspective on what to look out for, and how best to prepare. Speakers from across the globe discussed the potential impacts in their respective jurisdictions, the key takeaways of which can be found here.

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Trump Transition Underway At Key Environmental Agencies

Government Contracts

President-elect Donald Trump's landing team tasked with aiding the upcoming transition in the White House is busy gathering information to set the new administration on course to implement its priorities on day one.

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Death of OpenAI Whistleblower Increases Scrutiny of AI Whistleblower Protections

Whistleblower Network News

In December, Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who blew the whistle on alleged copyright violations by the company, was found dead in his apartment. His death was ruled a suicide, but family members and others have raised the possibility of foul play. His death and the subsequent attention to it has further increased scrutiny around the lack of strong whistleblower protections for AI employees.

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FDA Takes a Big Step Forward with the Electronic Submission Gateway

FedTech Magazine

The Food and Drug Administrations science-based mission includes receiving, generating and reviewing a wealth of data and products from the vast array of manufacturers and firms that the agency regulates. The need for a customer-friendly, secure-submission platform is paramount to the FDA efficiently performing this mission. In developing the Electronic Submission Gateway Next Generation (ESG NextGen) project, the FDA has taken a transformative leap forward in its submission technology.

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Congress Extends Emergency Funding Fix for CFTC Whistleblower Program, But Need for Reform Remains

Whistleblower Network News

Included in the stopgap spending bill signed into law on December 21 is a provision extending an emergency fix to the funding issue threatening the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program. A funding crisis has threatened the program for years and the emergency fix which was originally passed in 2021 expired at the end of the 2024 fiscal year, threatening the CFTC Whistleblower Program from collapse.

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IonQ, ORNL Launch New Scalable Quantum Computing Approach

ExecutiveBiz

IonQ, a company specializing in quantum computing and networking, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have launched a new approach to scalable quantum computing. QITE-Based Quantum Algorithm IonQ said Monday the collaboration developed a hybrid quantum algorithm based on the Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution, or QITE, principle.

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Regional Grocery Store Pays over $8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Whistleblower Network News

On December 23, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. (Food City) has agreed to settle allegations arising from the False Claims Act related to its dispensing of opioids. Food City is a regional grocery store chain headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia. According to the government, From Jan. 1, 2011, through Dec. 31, 2018, 24 Food City store pharmacies dispensed opioids and other controlled substances that were medically unnecessary, lacked a legitimate medical pur

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Avion Closes Tennessee Valley Research Group Acquisition

GovCon Wire

Avion Solutions has acquired Tennessee Valley Research Group, or TVRG, to expand its ability to deliver innovative technologies and services to customers across the Department of Defense. Avion said Thursday TVRG brings to the company its programmatic and technical expertise in tactical ballistic missile targets, laser technology systems and hypersonic weapons field testing.

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Spain Tops the Ranking as the Most Non-compliant State: Main Findings of the 2024 Report on Compliance With Investment Treaty Awards

Kluwer Arbitration

The third updated edition of the Report on compliance with investment treaty awards by States (the 2024 Report) was released in November 2024. The Report was conducted in the summer of 2024 by the present author (see for coverage of the 2023 version of the report here and here ). In light of the termination of intra-EU international investment agreements (“IIAs”) , the withdrawal of the EU and many EU member states from the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) as well as the o

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Gladstone Investment Completes Ricardo Defense Purchase

GovCon Wire

Gladstone Investment has completed its acquisition of Ricardo Defense, adding the latter to its growing portfolio of businesses. The private equity fund said Thursday it funded the transaction with equity and senior secured debt. In December, Gladstone Investment and Proteus Enterprises signed a definitive agreement to buy Ricardo Defense.

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Sarah Lord Named President of System High

WashngtonExec

System High Corp. has appointed Sarah Lord as president. Lord has held key leadership positions throughout her 15-year career at the organization, serving as the chief operating officer since 2019 and chief human capital officer before that. She was pivotal in driving operational excellence, optimizing organizational performance and nurturing the companys people.

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Chenega Subsidiary to Supply ALRE System Components for Navy

ExecutiveBiz

Chronos Operations, a Chenega subsidiary, has secured a basic ordering agreement from the U.S. Navy to provide mission-critical components for aircraft launch and recovery equipment systems to ensure safe and efficient naval aviation missions.

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V2X Wins $170M DEA Contract to Combat Drug Trafficking, Enhance National Security

WashngtonExec

V2X has won a $170 million contract to continue supporting the Drug Enforcement Administration’s fleet of over 100 aircraft, which are part of its mission against the war on drugs and to protect national security. V2X has supported this mission since 1997. This 5-year contract will ensure continued operational readiness for the DEA’s aircraft fleet. [.

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QinetiQ US to Develop Unified Network Prototypes Under Army OTA

ExecutiveBiz

QinetiQ US has received an other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to provide development support for Product Manager Tactical Cyber and Network Operations. Awarded through the services Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace program, the OTA will develop Unified Network Operation prototypes, QinetiQ US said Monday.

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Dodatkowe wymagania co do wadium

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

Jak wanym jest prawidowe wniesienie wadium w postpowaniu, wie chyba kady uczestnik rynku zamwie publicznych. Wniesienie go bowiem w sposb nieprawidowy stanowi przesank do odrzucenia oferty z postpowania (art. 226 ust. 1 pkt 14 ustawy z dnia 11 wrzenia 2019 r. PZP), bez moliwoci uprzedniego wezwania wykonawcy do zoenia wyjanie w tym zakresie czy uzupenienia wadium.

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SAIC Implements National Contract Management Association Standard

ExecutiveBiz

Science Applications International Corporation has aligned its contract management hiring, training and development practices with the National Contract Management Associations standards.

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Steve Kutchi Appointed VP of Engineering, CTO at Thales Defense & Security

GovCon Wire

Steve Kutchi has been elevated to vice president of engineering and chief technology officer at Thales Defense & Security Inc., the executive shared on LinkedIn Wednesday. In his dual role, Kutchi will oversee TDSI’s technology strategy, product design and development and all engineering services, including engineering labs, production support, model shop, integrated logistics support and configuration management.

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USA: Highlights from the “Trump and Tariffs – A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead” webinar

Import and Trade Remedies

On Thursday 12 December, we hosted the webinar Trump and Tariffs: A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead. The session focused on the potential tariff impacts of President-Elect Trumps second term in office, giving a global perspective on what to look out for, and how best to prepare. Speakers from across the globe discussed the potential impacts in their respective jurisdictions, the key takeaways of which can be found here.