Art of Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
The need for freight, and its impact on humanity, can be traced back as far as the Silk Road across. The post Freight Electrification as a Service appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
AUGUST 22, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is again seeking comment on draft guidance for digital identities following updates responsive to the first round of public comments. A second version of the draft guidance, posted Wednesday, provides additional detail for passkeys — or syncable authenticators — and digital wallets after commenters on the first draft asked for those areas to be expanded, according to a release from the agency.
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Whistleblower Network News
AUGUST 22, 2024
July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and whistleblowers, advocates and government officials gathered on Capitol Hill to celebrate. The National Whistleblower Day event is available to rewatch on C-SPAN , but National Whistleblower Center is also rolling out videos of keynote speeches on its YouTube channel. During his speech at National Whistleblower Day, Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson, the Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety , an aviation industry watchdog group, reve
FedScoop
AUGUST 22, 2024
Five of the country’s leading software and tech advocacy organizations are urging Senate and House leadership to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at improving federal agency oversight and management of software purchases before this congressional term comes to a close. In a letter sent Wednesday and shared exclusively with FedScoop, the tech groups urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minori
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Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 22, 2024
The cyber and intelligence landscapes are becoming increasingly interconnected in the digital age. To find out more about emerging trends, threats and opportunities in cyber and intel, GovCon Wire sat down with Gwen Clavon, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence solutions at Jacobs, in a new Executive Spotlight interview.
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Kluwer Arbitration
AUGUST 22, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is the buzzword of the day. It has crept into every pore of society, and arbitration has not evaded this trend. The main question raised by commentators and the public is whether AI will render human involvement obsolete, or at least reduce it to a bare minimum. In the context of arbitration, this question translates to: Will AI be able to act as a tribunal secretary or – even more so – as an arbitrator, thus substituting human arbitrators ?
FedScoop
AUGUST 22, 2024
As enterprises increasingly rely on real-time data processing and automation, edge computing has become vital to modern IT infrastructure. Nearly 80% of organizations now classify three-quarters of their edge workloads as business-critical, according to recent research published by International Data Corporation (IDC), a global market intelligence, data and events provider.
FedTech Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2024
Military and civilian personnel in Department of Defense Cyber Workforce Framework cybersecurity work roles must meet foundational qualifications by Feb. 15, 2025, as part of a sweeping standardization effort. Many such personnel already have the requisite certifications, which is why they’re first: DOD wanted a “soft opening” for the DCWF, said Matthew Isnor, program lead for the Cyber Workforce Development Office of the DOD CIO, during a TechNet Augusta 2024 panel Wednesday.
Scottish Government Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
Scotland Excel’s Estates Management Expo will take place on Tuesday 17 September 2024 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. The expo will include a conference and exhibition where delegates will have the opportunity to hear from some of the country’s foremost experts in the built environment as well as meet framework suppliers to Scotland Excel’s construction portfolio.
Federal News Network
AUGUST 22, 2024
Federal Space projects require a lot of different organizations to take care of the many, many technical needs, whether for defense or exploration purposes. The problem is, many of those niche companies don’t exactly have long standing relationships with federal and defense agencies. To help facilitate those relationships, companies like BMNT which is a defense tech innovation firms to make sure these partnerships actually produce what they intend to.
Scottish Government Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
We are delighted to bring you details of the Scottish Government 19th National Procurement Conference. Running alongside Procurex Scotland, our conference will take place at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24 October 2024. This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year.
American City & Country
AUGUST 22, 2024
For state and local government leaders, technology modernization projects are often viewed as monumental undertakings characterized by complexity and uncertainty. Today, these projects involve more emerging technology than ever, and its importance continues to grow as the public expects a high level of service delivery from government agencies. According to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) 2024 Tech Forecast , nearly half (49%) of state CIOs said they will n
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has backed a protest over corrective action on a U.S. Navy solicitation for sonar equipment, saying the Navy failed to consider whether a restrictive term added to the deal made it inappropriate as a small business contract.
WashngtonExec
AUGUST 22, 2024
LMI won a $43 million contract to develop the Supply Chain Risk Evaluation Environment for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. This work will integrate government data with commercially and publicly available information to enhance SCRM capabilities. SCREEn implementation will strengthen and streamline decision-making processes across the Department [.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
A Washington construction company has filed a suit seeking to force an insurer to cover potential damages in an underlying lawsuit alleging the company botched a sewer pipeline replacement project, causing a sinkhole to open up along a Seattle ship canal after the job ended.
WashngtonExec
AUGUST 22, 2024
Noblis subsidiary Noblis MSD has been added as a member of the Naval Sea Systems Command’s 2024 Unmanned Surface Vehicles Family of Systems multi-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. The award is valued at a total of $982 million over a 5-year period. “This contract taps directly into recent innovations from our Noblis Sponsored Research [.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously restored a $2.5 million sanction sought by PwC against the city of Los Angeles for pervasive discovery misconduct in an underlying utility billing fight, finding that the trial court had the authority to impose monetary sanctions under the state's Code of Civil Procedure.
The Coalition for Government Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
A Day of Golf and Gratitude: Thank You for Supporting the Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament! This Wednesday, The Coalition for Government Procurement had the pleasure of hosting the 11 th Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament, and we could not have asked for a more beautiful day! The weather was perfect, providing an ideal backdrop to come together in support of our nation’s veterans.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
Lidar technology firm Hesai argued Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Defense has not proved Hesai has connections to the Chinese military as the firm strives to get taken off a list denoting them as such.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
The State Department has approved the government of Denmark’s request to acquire M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles and related logistics and program support elements for approximately $121 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday RTX will serve as the principal contractor for the proposed foreign military sale, which covers the purchase of 339 Excalibur projectiles.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
A would-be cannabis entrepreneur can't upend a New Jersey township's decision to decline her application for a retail license in favor of others, a state appeals court ruled, saying that she needed to name her competitors as defendants to keep the case viable.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
Growth-stage venture capital firm Dcode Capital, with backing from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has made an investment in Nucleus Security, the provider of an automated vulnerability management platform.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has canceled a long-pending $12 billion solicitation for nuclear missile program support services in the wake of a protest decision finding that the Air Force didn't properly assess awardee Guidehouse LLP's contract proposal.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
The U.S. Army has announced the final request for proposals on the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration II Domain 1 contract to support the missions of its Space and Missile Defense Command. The solicitation is for a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity basic contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price task orders, according to a SAM.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 22, 2024
The U.S. General Services Administration announced that it has awarded a construction company with a $524 million contract to build the new Washington, D.C., headquarters for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
Axiom Space has tapped Nokia to develop high-speed wireless communications for use on the upcoming NASA Artemis III mission. The companies said Wednesday that high-speed 4G/LTE cellular network capabilities will be integrated into the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the next-generation spacesuit under development at Axiom.
Government Contracts & Global Trade
AUGUST 22, 2024
After a series of preliminary, narrowly decided, and conflicting court decisions concerning requests for preliminary injunctions (see August 20, 2024 Alert ), a federal district court in Texas has now entirely set aside the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would have invalidated tens of millions of non-compete agreements in the United States (see judge’s order ).
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
Software company Second Front Systems has promoted Aaron Creel, a security executive with over two decades of experience in security policy and compliance, to vice president of global public sector. TJ Rowe, chief revenue officer at 2F, announced Creel’s promotion in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
Relationships are the glue that bind the modern networked supply chain together. In a world where market conditions can change. The post What is Supplier Relationship Management in Procurement? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
The Defense Information Systems Agency has tapped Trellix to provide its Email Security service to protect over 4 million Department of Defense inboxes from advanced cyber threats. Trellix said Wednesday the agreement is in support of DISA’s Zero Day Network Defense Program, an initiative designed to safeguard DOD networks from unpatched software vulnerabilities.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
Supplier management refers to the administration of providers of goods and/or services to a business. While this sounds straightforward, today’s. The post Supplier Management Explained – Definitions, Elements, and Examples appeared first on Art of Procurement.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
CyrusOne has named Leslie Jones as its new executive vice president and chief people officer. She brings to the role an expansive experience as a human resources executive, with her most recent post as the chief HR officer at Coalfire, where she oversaw the cybersecurity company’s human capital strategy, CyrusOne said.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 22, 2024
Mobix Labs (Nasdaq: MOBX) intends to acquire electromagnetic interference technology provider J-Mark Connectors in an effort to boost revenue and grow its military aerospace footprint. The Irvine, California-based semiconductor company said it expects the acquisition to close in August and to enhance sales strategy and boost gross margins for Mobix Labs.
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 22, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton has received a five-year, $82.7 million contract to continue supporting the life cycle management process – integrated data environment for the U.S. Air Force. The contract covers the sustainment of the LCMP-IDE program management tool and software system, infrastructure, applications and related information technology management services, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 22, 2024
General Dynamics Information Technology has named Chris Internicola, a more than 25-year project management and growth leader, as vice president of capture for the federal civilian division. Internicola announced his new role at the General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday.
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