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Eyeing Enhanced AI Security, Cisco to Acquire Robust Intelligence

ExecutiveBiz

Technology company Cisco recently announced its intent to acquire Robust Intelligence, a member of the Cisco Investments portfolio and the developer of a platform that works to provide security for artificial intelligence models.

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Expert Outlines Key Issues with New DOJ Whistleblower Program

Whistleblower Network News

On August 1, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the long-awaited rules for its corporate whistleblower award program. The DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program will offer awards to individuals who blow the whistle on corporate crimes under the jurisdiction of the DOJ which are not covered by other whistleblower programs. After the DOJ first announced their plans to implement a whistleblower award program in March, advocates were hopeful that the program would be modeled o

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President Sonia Mundra Explains How Astraeus Is Accelerating Chenega’s Mission

ExecutiveBiz

The Alaska Native Chenega Corporation is dedicated to preserving national security through its wide array of business with the U.S. military, the Intelligence Community and various civilian agencies. Sonia Mundra, who currently serves as president of Astraeus Operations — a Chenega subsidiary primarily focused on IT, cybersecurity and engineering — is deeply rooted in the business.

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DoD set to start ramping up new military moving contract

Federal News Network

The Defense Department is ready to start ramping up implementation of its planned overhaul to the military’s household goods moving system, including by conducting DoD’s first-ever long distance moves under the new contract structure, U.S. Transportation Command officials said Tuesday. The expansion of work under the up-to-$17.9 billion Global Household Goods contract (GHC), set for September, will mark DoD’s first attempt to use GHC outside of the short-distance, local moves it has been using t

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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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TD SYNNEX Appoints Alicia Lynch as Chief Information Security Officer

ExecutiveBiz

TD SYNNEX, an IT distribution company, has named Alicia Lynch as its chief information security officer. Lynch, who shared her appointment in a LinkedIn post, brings to the Fremont, California-based company more than 25 years of cybersecurity experience across the private industry and government sector, including the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

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Trends shaping the federal IT market

Federal News Network

Tony Celeste, head of Ingram Micro Public Sector LLC and Promark Technology Inc. , joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of significant trends shaping the federal IT market. Celeste offers his thoughts on digital transformation and best practices agencies and contractors can leverage towards IT modernization. He also addresses the role of AI and virtual reality in supporting federal IT mission requirements, including how agencies can effectively leverage these rapidly evolving capabi

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GSA taps TMF, USDS alum as new FedRAMP director

FedScoop

A former Technology Modernization Fund adviser and U.S. Digital Services engineer has been tapped as the new FedRAMP director, the General Services Administration announced in an internal email Monday. The appointment of Pete Waterman, who served at GSA as a senior technical adviser for TMF until earlier this year, was revealed to staff members by Lauren Bracey Scheidt, assistant commissioner of the agency’s Technology and Transformation Services Office of Solutions, and Eric Mill, GSA’s executi

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Leigh Dow Appointed Mattermost Chief Marketing Officer; Ian Tien Quoted

GovCon Wire

Mattermost has named Leigh Dow, a marketing and growth executive, as chief marketing officer. The collaboration platform provider said Monday Dow will oversee Mattermost’s global marketing strategy, drive growth efforts, expand brand presence and advance the development of public-private partnerships and public policy to facilitate the delivery of mission information technology platforms to customers.

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Landscape maintenance supplies and equipment are often near the top of local government shopping lists

American City & Country

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies. The company has more than 600 locations throughout the U.S.

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V2X to Maintain Navy’s F-5 Aircraft Under $747M Contract

GovCon Wire

V2X (NYSE: VVX) has secured a contract to ensure the operational readiness of F-5 Adversary aircraft of the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-5 maintenance is valued at $747 million and has a potential seven-year period of performance, including three 12-month options.

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Tips for Introverted Leaders

GovLoop

If you consider yourself to be an introvert, you may have at one point come across the misconception that introverts make poor leaders. The truth is, there is a lot of value in tapping into your authentic self and using that as your leadership strength. During the most recent New Supervisors in Government Community of Practice, Susan Schneider, Director of Anhinga Coaching, LLC, offered advice on how to manage more effectively based on your personality.

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Meet the Buyer North – two weeks to go!

Scottish Government Procurement

Only two weeks to go until the Supplier Development Programme’s seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event , on 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen. Meet the Buyer North 2024 is officially supported by The Scottish Government, Scotland Excel and Commercial and Procurement Shared Services, made up of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Highland Councils.

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Salesforce Offers As-a-Service Platform With DISA BCAP Connection, IL5 Authorization

ExecutiveBiz

Salesforce’s Government Cloud Plus – Defense dedicated software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service environment has achieved a Boundary Cloud Access Point connection and Department of Defense Impact Level 5 certification – the highest unclassified data security standard in the United States.

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Serco Wins $323M Power Plant Construction Contract at Pituffik Space Base

WashngtonExec

Serco Inc. announced a new contract to manage repairs and upgrades for the backup electrical plant at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, supports missile warning, defense and space surveillance. The base is encased in ice for nine months of the year, making reliable power crucial. Serco will build [.

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Steve Stone Joins SentinelOne as SVP of Threat Intelligence and Managed Hunting

ExecutiveBiz

Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne has appointed Steve Stone as senior vice president of threat intelligence and managed hunting, a role responsible for driving innovation to the organization’s offerings.

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What’s Next for DIA’s MARS Program?

GovCon Wire

The Defense Intelligence Agency is working on an artificial intelligence-powered system that once deployed will be able to quickly sift through vast amounts of data, perform intelligence analysis and help DIA analysts to focus on more complex intelligence tasks. This program has made significant progress thus far. But what’s next for MARS?

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“Appropriate Legality” and Arbitration Reform in Pakistan

Kluwer Arbitration

“Small is Beautiful”, a collection of essays by the economist E. F. Schumacher, was published first in 1973, more than 50 years ago. Schumacher’s basic thesis was that the latest, shiniest or most complex technology was not necessarily the best option for developing countries. Instead, he argued in favor of a practical, more “people-centric” approach, later dubbed “ appropriate technology ”.

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Bank Seeks To End Claims It Mismanaged Treasury Program

Government Contracts

A bank is seeking to permanently dismiss a suit accusing it of misleading an investor about its oversight of a U.S. Department of Treasury contract, saying despite amending its case three times, the investor hasn't connected any sustained stock loss to contract issues.

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Delivering Impactful Services

GovLoop

In today’s era of rapidly changing customer expectations , there are three primary ways that agencies using legacy approaches can fail to meet their constituent’s needs: Insufficient scalability: Surges in demand for government services can trigger long wait times as legacy systems struggle to scale up to handle the exponential increase in requests.

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Admiral Seeks Bribery Trial Separate From Contractors

Government Contracts

A retired U.S. Navy admiral accused of accepting bribes from two contractors pushed a Washington, D.C., federal court to sever his trial from theirs, saying the pair appeared poised to pin any alleged misconduct on him.

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A Data-Centric Approach to Cyber Resilience

GovLoop

According to a study released by Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, the number of ransomware attack claims worldwide in 2023, rose 73% as compared with 2022. Ransomware and other threats are showing no signs of letting up. If anything, bad actors are more determined, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in their efforts to obtain sensitive data and hold your agency hostage.

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Whistleblowers Must Note 5 Key Differences Of DOJ Program

Government Contracts

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently unveiled whistleblower awards program diverges in key ways from similar programs at other agencies, and individuals must weigh these differences and look first to programs with stronger, proven protections before blowing the whistle, say Stephen Kohn and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

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V2X Wins $747M Navy Contract for F-5 Maintenance

WashngtonExec

V2X, Inc. has secured a $747 million single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The F-5 aircraft are vital in training naval pilots, offering adversary combat tactics and simulation capabilities. This advanced training prepares pilots for real-world scenarios, enhancing their combat readiness and skills. The F-5s’ role in aggressor training is key to maintaining the overall readiness of our [.

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Return Of Venezuela Sanctions Reignites Criminal Probes

Government Contracts

Criminal investigations into Venezuela-related sanctions violations appear to be ramping back up since the U.S. government reimposed crushing trade penalties on the South American country's oil and gas sectors in response to an allegedly sham presidential election, according to experts.

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Firefly Aerospace Delivers Blue Ghost to NASA JPL for Pre-Launch Environmental Tests

ExecutiveBiz

Firefly Aerospace announced that its Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for pre-launch environmental testing. The company said Monday that the spacecraft’s target launch date for the mission to moon is the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: ENSCO’s Bindi Patel

WashngtonExec

Bindi Patel Vice President of Contracts and Procurement & Corporate Risk Officer, ENSCO Bindi Patel successfully led the integration of ENSCO’s contracts and procurement teams. The convergence inspired more innovative solutions for both internal and external customers, as well as increased efficiency and cost savings companywide. She also facilitated an overhaul of ENSCO’s contractual and [.

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Stephen Tyndall Appointed VP of Pricing at Tyto Athene

ExecutiveBiz

Stephen Tyndall has been appointed vice president of pricing at Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Saturday. In his new role, Tyndall will serve as a strategic pricing leader, managing the team tasked with developing and implementing pricing strategies to boost the company’s growth and profitability.

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US Arrests Hungarian Suspected Of Sending Radios To Russia

Government Contracts

The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against a Hungarian national suspected to have run a multinational procurement network designed to help Russia obtain U.S. military-grade communications technology.

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BWXT Subsidiary Books NNSA Contract for Domestic Uranium Enrichment Engineering Study

ExecutiveBiz

Nuclear Fuel Services, a BWX Technologies company, has received a one-year contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration to explore deploying a centrifuge pilot plant to establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability.

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Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: CACI’s Amanda Christian

WashngtonExec

Amanda Christian Senior Vice President of Contracts and Subcontracts, CACI Since joining CACI a decade ago, Amanda Christian leveraged her passion for technology, analytics and continuous process improvement to drive transformative change at the company. In 2024, Christian was driven by this same passion as she readily assumed her new position effectively overseeing thousands of [.

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SAIC’s Jay Meil on AI Adoption Challenges in DDIL Environments

ExecutiveBiz

Jay Meil, vice president of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., said training the “human element” to trust and operate models through data science literacy is the biggest challenge to the adoption of artificial intelligence in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited impact environments, FedTech Magazine reported Friday.

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Creditor Claims in the Administration of Estates

Government Contracts & Global Trade

Tim Ferges presents “Creditor Claims in the Administration of Estates” at the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Estate Planning Summer Institute in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The post Creditor Claims in the Administration of Estates appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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Raytheon Receives Air Force Contract for CASTLE Program

ExecutiveBiz

RTX company Raytheon has booked a $26.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to work on the Creating Arrays for Strategic elecTro-optical, proLiferated and Exquisite program, which seeks to enhance focal plane arrays used for space applications.

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Top Gov't Contract Cases Of 2024: Midyear Report

Government Contracts

Courts and appeals boards have decided several consequential cases impacting government contractors this year, including determining whether software end-user licenses are procurement contracts and weighing in on when companies can protest alleged violations of a federal preference for commercial items. Here, Law360 looks back at the top government contracts-related rulings in 2024 so far.

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Bid Protest Bootcamp: A Contractor’s Survival Guide

Government Contracts & Global Trade

Bid protests are a fact of life in federal contracting. Learn how to navigate this complex process as both a protestor and intervenor. Experienced contracts attorney Maria Panichelli covers pre-award and post-award protests, debriefings, and strategies for success. More information The post Bid Protest Bootcamp: A Contractor’s Survival Guide appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

Government Contracts

Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.