GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Intel has received up to $7.86 billion in CHIPS and Science Act direct funding from the Department of Commerce to support its semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging projects in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Oregon.
Whistleblower Network News
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
In this special episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner continues her talk with legendary Big Tobacco whistleblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand. Dr. Wigand is the former Vice President of Research and Development at Brown and Williamson, a major tobacco company. He blew the whistle on Brown and Williamson’s deliberate misconduct, strategic cigarette engineering, and research manipulation that aimed to get, and keep, cigarette users addicted while concealing the truth of the pr
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ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
NASA has awarded Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory a $20.5 million contract to develop two Suprathermal Ion Sensor instruments for the Lagrange 1 Series project satellites under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Next Program.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The General Services Administration announced Wednesday that it has awarded IBM a 15-year, $903.5 million contract to provide a next-generation travel and expense management service for the federal government. A modernized version of the E-Gov Travel Service (ETS) called ETSNext, the system will provide a “more intuitive experience for booking federal travel” and improved access to commercially available features such as a mobile interface and charge card integration, according to the release.
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ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
BAE Systems has secured a potential $238.8 million contract to modernize, repair and maintain USS Green Bay, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. The company’s San Diego Ship Repair unit in California will perform work on the vessel designated as LPD 20, the Department of Defense said Monday.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
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Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law through smaller headcounts and cheaper litigation.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Matthew Finney, former senior engagement manager at McKinsey & Co.’s QuantumBlack division, has been appointed vice president of generative artificial intelligence at LMI. The Virginia-based management consulting firm said on LinkedIn Tuesday that Finney will lead its generative AI practice, LIGER, as it continues to advance AI efforts.
Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Plans for a next-generation governmentwide travel and expense management platform are coming into focus, following a recent contract award central to its day-to-day operations. The General Services Administration awarded a 15-year contract to IBM to provide technology-managed services for ETSNext, the next generation of the agency’s E-Gov Travel Service (ETS).
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Hackathons are a mechanism for employee empowerment and innovation that have grown in popularity over the last 20 years. During hackathons, employees stop working on their regular tasks for two or more days to participate. Hackathon participants self-organize into teams, typically cross-organizational and cross-functional. Participants select their own projects, creating autonomy and ownership.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Allocore has earned Amazon Web Services recognition as a Premier Tier Services Partner for its proven ability to assist government agencies in creating secure, scalable and efficient services on AWS platforms.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
This month, the U.S. Air Force added three companies to an ongoing $33 billion R&D deal, while Boeing scored two military aircraft production contracts and Lockheed Martin shook on it with the Pentagon for hundreds more F-35 fighter jets. These are Law360's most noteworthy government contracts for November 2024.
USFCR
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Federal contracting can be a significant opportunity for businesses of all sizes, but the key to success lies in preparation. Understanding where your business stands in terms of federal compliance, resources, and strategic capabilities can make all the difference. That’s why USFCR created the Federal Contracting Readiness Quiz —a simple yet effective tool designed to help businesses assess their readiness to succeed in the federal marketplace.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Federal health officials are no longer enforcing a rule in Texas that tied funding to contraceptive access for minors, Texas officials told a court Tuesday as it asked to dismiss a suit it had filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Amit Kohli, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence-assistive tools and data analytics could enable the Customs and Border Protection to support CBP officers’ well-being and help improve their ability to make sound enforcement decisions while strengthening border security.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Air Force must reconsider its award of an $83 million task order, saying the veteran-owned small business protesting the award possessed the requisite certification following a merger.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a $13.3 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce to build the website and user experience of the Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
An inventor has accused Deloitte Consulting LLP in New York federal court of stealing her proprietary vaccination management system and securing a multimillion-dollar government contract for rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, saying the firm colluded with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pilfer the technology.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
LexisNexis, a company specializing in artificial intelligence-powered analytics and decision tools, has secured a seven-year contract from the U.S. federal judiciary to serve as its primary information provider. The company said Friday its legal and professional business will grant federal judges, staff members and judiciary employees access to a comprehensive suite of primary and secondary legal resources.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure Daniel's Law is constitutional, handing a defeat to a large group of data brokers accused of illegally posting judges' names and addresses online.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
PCI Government Services, a small business providing technical and professional services, has received a $45.5 million contract from the U.S. Transportation Command for Cloud Optimal DevSecOps Ecosystem, or TCODE, services. The Reston, Virginia-based company will perform work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 30, 2029, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will broaden administrative practices around nonnotified transaction investigations, increase the scope of information demands from the committee and accelerate its ability to impose mitigation on parties, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The Army Contracting Command has announced an upcoming solicitation for qualified vendors to support the Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors’ missions. The effort seeks contractors that would help PEO IEW&S to deliver intelligence, sensor and electronic warfare capabilities more efficiently, according to a draft request for proposal posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The recently formed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is already at the forefront of the healthcare industry’s efforts to develop artificial intelligence use cases. ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn shared her agency’s priorities and commitment to public-private partnerships at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Washington, D.C. in October. The audience included AI and robotics experts and other technologists, all eager to learn about new capabilities in the works.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Public sector organizations worldwide face a common challenge: processing an ever-growing volume of document-heavy applications across various services. From naturalization procedures to asylum applications and university admissions, many crucial processes still rely on manual or partially manual methods, leading to significant backlogs, extended processing times, and increased costs.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Vishal Ranjan has been elevated to the role of senior vice president of consulting services at CGI, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Tuesday. Vishal Ranjan’s 20-Year CGI Career Ranjan is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in IT services and management.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
L3Harris Technologies has completed a critical design review for satellite radios intended to strengthen missile warning and defense capabilities.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
SupplyCore has received a potential $112.5 million contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency for continued delivery of commercial maintenance, repair and operations products. MRO Contract Option The Department of Defense said the first 18-month option period of the firm-fixed-price contract has been exercised.
Kluwer Arbitration
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
With Procedural Order No 4 on Bifurcation (hereinafter “PO 4”), the Tribunal of Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission v. USA issued a decision on bifurcation at the request of the Respondent following, as many others, Glamis Gold. While in Glamis Gold the request to bifurcate proceedings was rejected, this Tribunal decided to grant the application.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
General Dynamics Information Technology has secured two task orders worth $330 million from the Army Contracting Command – Orlando for mission training complexes support services.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Three Democratic lawmakers from Massachusetts wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin asking him to ground V-22 Osprey aircraft so a series of safety and design issues, which have led to fatal crashes, can be investigated and addressed.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Steven Braverman, a senior healthcare executive, as chief operating officer of the Veterans Health Administration, or VHA.
Import and Trade Remedies
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
As a result of the statement on migration, fentanyl and tariffs published by President Elect Donald Trump on November 25, 2024, Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Mr. Trump expressing her concerns and the need to maintain the commercial partnership between the two countries. The letter was read by Mrs. Sheinbaum during her morning press conference of November 26, 2024 and was sent to Mr.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The Trump-Vance transition team and the Biden administration signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday formally kicking off the process to hand over executive power — though the Trump team has decided not to accept some of the government’s available resources, including tech and information security provided by the General Services Administration.
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