Public Procurement Intl
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Spurred by the report on The Future of European Competitiveness led by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, institutions across Europe are examining how to promote innovation through public procurement. On November 13-14, 2024, GW Law’s Christopher Yukins met with his colleagues in Europe about these ongoing initiatives. Photo : C. Yukins, N.
Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Maybe it is because I grew up watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, but there is something about the United States Postal. The post Consolidating the USPS Final Mile appeared first on Art of Procurement.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) , in partnership with Market Connections , is excited to announce the results of a recent study on how public sector leaders are approaching the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The survey asked 839 IT decision-makers in US government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations about how their organizations envision incorporating generative AI into their unique missions.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Leidos subsidiary Dynetics, a company specializing in hypersonics, has received a $670.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to supply the U.S. Army with the common-hypersonic glide body and thermal protection system. Dynetics Contract Scope Dynetics will perform work at its headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. The project is expected to run until Oct.
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FedScoop
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The federal government is continuing to invest in generative AI technology produced by OpenAI, with a handful of agencies recently inking deals to use the enterprise version of the firm’s ChatGPT platform. The increased activity comes as policymakers weigh potential concerns with the technology, while also trying to exploit its potential benefits. It also shows how OpenAI is developing as an early frontrunner in providing the government with generative AI technologies on both the defense and civ
Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A long-standing rule concerning small business preference is about to get a major expansion, courtesy of the Small Business Administration. The rule, which applied to open market competitions, will, once the rule is finalized, also apply to multiple award contract vehicles. That’s a big change. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide more details.
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Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
In July of 2024, the USDA suspended production at a Boar’s Head meat processing plant in Jarratt, Virginia and the. The post Liverwurst, Listeria, and Liability: Food Safety at Boar’s Head appeared first on Art of Procurement.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Across industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is revolutionizing the way we work, from enabling new capabilities to streamlining inefficient processes and improving service delivery. Successful adoption of generative AI, especially within the public sector, requires organizations to enable systematic experimentation and exploration, with their own data, for their workforce and constituents.
American City & Country
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
In the past, cities and counties were not a prime target for ransomware attacks, says Rahul Mahna , a partner who leads the Outsourced IT Services team at Eisner Advisory Group LLC. The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Mahna has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and information technology.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center has awarded a contract to Mission Conversion Services Alliance for the continued management and operation of all uranium hexafluoride activities at the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, or PPPO. According to an award notice posted on SAM.gov on Friday, the contract is potentially worth $1.
The Procurement ClassRoom
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Throughout the evolution of project and public procurement management, terms and expressions in the field have increasingly been used interchangeably. Yet, these terms—such as Request for Quotations (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI), and Invitation for Bids (IFB)—are technically indicative of distinct concepts.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Bryon Kroger, Rise8 founder and CEO, is a U.S. Air Force veteran turned bureaucracy hacker who is relentless in his pursuit of making the world work better—a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 enables large enterprises with critical missions to continuously deliver valuable software that users love.
Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
“The reason I like listening is I think, ‘If I’d have been CPO there or in other organizations, what would. The post Walking a Mile in Another Supply Chain’s Shoes appeared first on Art of Procurement.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship is hosting this helpful, virtual workshop on Legal Updates 2024. In this webinar, government contracting attorneys, John Holtz and Gregory Weber will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2024. Specifically, we will discuss important new small business rules, updates to the 8(a) rules and application procedures, joint venture changes, updated SDVOSB certification requirements, key provisions of the recen
Public Procurement Intl
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
On Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 6 p.m. Eastern , join a GW Law presentation online by GW Law student Justin Duffy (Class of 2025) on reverse auctions across the U.S. states. He will discuss the recent federal rule endorsing electronic reverse auctions ( prior webinar ), and a proposed federal rule which would bar reverse auctions for construction services.
Whistleblower Network News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
On November 19, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Dell Technologies Inc. and Dell Federal Systems L.P. (collectively Dell), located in Austin, Texas, agreed to pay $2,300,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting non-competitive bids to the U.S. Army. Iron Bow Technologies LLC (Iron Bow), located in Herndon, Virginia, also agreed to pay $2,051,000 for its role in the scheme.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Ever since the 2016 presidential election drew concerns of foreign influence, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been the point guard to ensure that the process runs fairly, equitably and without a hitch. After many public appearances by the agency’s director, Wash100 Award winner Jen Easterly, leading up to Nov.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Moving company Suddath has disputed a $20 billion dollar contract to manage moving services for the U.S. Department of Defense, arguing U.S. Transportation Command significantly altered contractual terms after award and should have reopened the deal to competition.
Art of Procurement
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Anyone who spends their day working with data will tell you that data alone is never enough. It needs to. The post The Power of Visualization in Freight Optimization and Resilience appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
CDW is working with agency components of varying sizes to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E and even Wi-Fi 7 depending on bandwidth requirements. Those components currently prioritizing the increased bandwidth that comes with the transition generally have high device density on their networks. The Federal Communications Commission decided in 2020 to open 1.2 gigahertz of spectrum covering the 6GHz band for unlicensed use to enable Wi-Fi 6E to deliver performance increases.
Federal News Network
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The government both creates and runs on data. Given that agencies spend hundreds of billions of dollars on goods and services the more procurement data it has, the better it can understand trends and ‘manage’ procurement. That’s the idea behind a data source effort known as Hi-Def. GSA’s assistant commissioner for the office of strategic innovation, Charlotte Phalen, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more details.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Amentum has won a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $447.9 million for global prepositioned materiel services, or GPMS. According to an award notice published Thursday on SAM.gov, the service branch launched a full and open competition for the hybrid contract, which will support the 9th Air Force, Air Forces Central.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The Romanian government, in an effort to bolster the capabilities of its air force, has agreed to purchase 32 stealth fighter jets for $7.2 billion from manufacturer Lockheed Martin, according to multiple statements.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
The Federal Acquisition Institute, a career development resource housed within the General Services Administration, recently released a credential focused on artificial intelligence prompt engineering. The credential is more evidence that federal interest in purchasing AI technology continues to grow. The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Pacific Defense, an innovative service provider specializing in Modular Open Systems Approach, has completed the expansion of its Sunnyvale, California, facility to enable the company to meet increasing demands.
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Agencies preparing for a cloud migration would do well to run a cloud readiness assessment to set both their modernization strategy and security posture. The Department of Health and Human Services uses cloud assessment tools to ensure system configurations are appropriate and to identify weak security controls in need of remediation, Tamara Lilly, HHS’s assistant inspector general for cybersecurity, told Federal News Network.
Redstone Government Consulting
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Both the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) used by Federal Agencies to acquire products and services to support their operations and 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200 used by Federal Agencies for grants to support Federal programs set forth requirements that the organizations awarded contracts or grants have an established purchasing/procurement systems.
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.
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.
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.
ExecutiveBiz
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Jennifer Parlato, a human resources leader with decades of experience in the government contracting industry, has taken on the role of vice president of HR for Amentum’s Intelligence and Cyber Business Group. The executive confirmed her new position in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Who is Jennifer Parlato?
FedTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The federal government relies on forms and other documents. Many important forms sit on the web, while others sit in storage boxes. The wealth of information available to government agencies is often locked in these forms due to a lack of manpower to process and analyze them for correlations and relationships. Unlocking this data requires significant work due to the requirements for data entry, validation, and proper routing and categorization of the information.
SmallGovCon
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
While the federal government uses wage determinations for many occupations that contractors must abide by, things are different with professional occupations such as physicians, accountants, engineers, and (yours truly) attorneys. Contractors generally have more leeway with regard to how they pay their professional employees on a given contract. But it’s not unlimited.
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Daniel Gizinski has transitioned to the role of president of the Satellite & Space Communications segment at Comtech Telecommunications, where he previously served as chief strategy officer and president of the Comtech Satellite Network Technologies division.
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
A Florida pharmaceutical company and its chief executive have agreed to pay $47 million to settle claims that their practice of paying for certain patient tests crossed the line into being an illegal kickback to increase prescriptions of an enzyme replacement therapy, Boston federal prosecutors said on Friday.
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