ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 7, 2024

Dan Skinner , head of federal go-to-market at Material Security , began his career nearly three decades ago and has since garnered a wealth of technical and leadership experience. In a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz, Skinner assessed the ways in which the cybersecurity landscape has changed over the past few years and shared his insights on the role of the cloud on this transformation.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Brian Berger, president of Cytellix, said merging governance, risk and compliance with managed detection and response could enable organizations to improve their cybersecurity posture. “When companies combine GRC and MDR capabilities, however, they create a measurable and comprehensive approach to cybersecurity risk and compliance,” Berger wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

Better to be an early adopter than one scrambling to do everything at the last minute. That’s how Joe Powers sees it. As associate CIO for enterprise infrastructure solutions at the Office of Personnel Management, Powers is leading the agency’s rollout of Microsoft Windows 11. The new operating system replaces Windows 10, which will reach end of life in October 2025.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 5, 2024

This year T-Rex Solutions marks 25 years in business. That’s impressive on its own, and even more so when one considers the context. “To have been around for 25 years to be competing in the full and open market, and to have done that as a privately-held business that hasn’t had external investments or private [.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 6, 2024

The use cases for artificial intelligence don’t stop multiplying in the government contracting industry and since its founding in 2021, AutogenAI has developed a new one: using AI to assist the proposal writing process. Noted business leader Elizabeth Lukas came aboard the company last fall as its Americas CEO. Recently, we sat down with Lukas to gain an understanding about AutogenAI’s unique offerings and inquire what the company’s performance tells us about the federal marketplace.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

A Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) subsidiary has secured a $178.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a next-generation intelligence ground station system for collecting and disseminating sensor data.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 4, 2024

On February 22, 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted its first Federal Financial Services Artificial Intelligence (AI) Forum at Amazon HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia, convening leaders from the public sector and financial services industry. AI has the potential to revolutionize the financial services sector by leveraging data to enhance customer experiences, reduce risks, mitigate counterintelligence, and streamline operations.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 7, 2024

Donnie Parish , former chief information officer of Cherokee Nation Health Services, has been appointed vice president of strategic operations at General Dynamics ' information technology division. "My role will be supporting the Indian Health Service Health IT Modernization initiative, an incredible mission that I am thrilled to be a part of and something that means so much to me," Parish wrote in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

V2X (NYSE: VVX) was among the big gainers on the NYSE on March 5, following the release of its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 results. In the three months ending Dec. 31, revenue grew 6.4 percent year-over-year to a record $1.04 billion. The top line rose 8 percent to $3.

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FedInsider

MARCH 6, 2024

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE Florida is the third-largest state in the U.S. by population, and it continues to grow rapidly – from 2010 to 2020, its population grew by 14.5%. That kind of growth rate might be the envy of other states, but it also means increased pressure on the state government to deliver internet-based, user-friendly services for everything from child support services to renewing business licenses.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 7, 2024

On March 7, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be rolling out a whistleblower award program this year. “We’re planning something new: a DOJ-run whistleblower rewards program,” Monaco announced in a speech at American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. “The premise is simple: if an individual helps DOJ discover significant corporate or financial misconduct — otherwise unknown to us — then the individual could quali

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 6, 2024

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman has been inducted into the 2024 class of the Wash100 Award , his third straight win. Sherman is being honored this year for having worked to ensure that the DOD and the broader U.S. defense establishment possess the cyber talent and digital capabilities needed to preserve national security against threats posed by adversaries.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut has been named to Executive Mosaic’s prestigious 2024 Wash100 list for accelerating cyber and technology innovation and for spearheading growth through partnerships with other government contractors. This marks Dahut’s fourth year of Wash100 recognition. Participate in GovCon’s most exciting race — the Wash100 popular vote competition!

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Government Contracts

MARCH 8, 2024

As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 6, 2024

Longtime industry CEO and board member Sid Fuchs has joined Greystones Group’s advisory board. Fuchs is a national security authority with over 35 years of experience building high-performance engineering and technology companies in the aerospace and defense sector. He’s also a former CIA officer. “Greystones brings together best in class commercial data analytics technology with [.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Booz Allen Hamilton has named Mac Thornberry , former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to its board of directors , effective April 1. He brings to Booz Allen his expertise and experience in defense technology, policymaking and national security and will serve on the board's nominating and corporate governance committee and compensation, culture and people panel, the company said Monday.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

The U.S. Army is currently working to implement its Unified Data Reference Architecture, which is designed to join a data mesh and data fabric in a way that would allow users to easily access data products across different formats and locations.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 7, 2024

A lifetime of skiing has helped me develop important professional skills, and taught me that embracing challenges with a spirit of adventure can allow lawyers to push boundaries, expand their capabilities and ultimately excel in their careers, says Andrea Przybysz at Tucker Ellis.

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FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 12:00PM – 5:00PM EDT | 3 CPE | Albany, NY The state of New York and many of its cities are aggressively pursuing a strategic overhaul of the delivery of services to residents. For instance, the state’s 2022-23 IT strategic plan emphasizes improving IT resiliency in part by getting away from legacy systems, implementing an enterprise architecture, and improving demand management and service delivery, to name a few.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 8, 2024

On February 12, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent letters to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) regarding the issuance of a memo that threatened ATF employees with disciplinary action or criminal charges for unauthorized disclosure of unclassified information.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Robert Hill, founder and CEO of Cyturus, highlighted the importance of complying with regulatory requirements like the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in order to ensure the security of every link in the supply chain and protect tiny subsystems in U.S. defense platforms from cyberthreat actors. In the article published on Carahsoft.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 6, 2024

After the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia – its largest to date since the Ukraine war began – companies will need to continue to strengthen due diligence and compliance measures to navigate the related complexities, say James Min and Chelsea Ellis at Rimon.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

This week’s episode of Art of Supply features an interview with David Moran, an “unofficially retired” procurement and supply chain. The post Surviving the Supply Chain Arena appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 8, 2024

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated “final rule” on independent contractor classifications. [1] As expected, they adopted the “totality of the circumstances” test which means that many more workers will be found to be w-2 employees as opposed to 1099 independent contractors. This rule takes effect on March 11, 2024, and is anticipated to have a significant impact across many industries that rely on contract workers, including government contra

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GovLoop

MARCH 4, 2024

“Hopefully, the government can save itself from itself, before it’s too late.” – Jason Briefel, Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw, Bransford, and Roth, P.C. In the latest edition of Management Minutes With Mika , Mika Cross, Workplace Transformation Strategist, sat down with Briefel to elaborate on this quote and to get his suggestions for creating a good government culture.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 5, 2024

The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 5, 2024

On March 1, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that international commodities trading company Gunvor pled guilty and agreed to pay $661 million to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The FCPA violations relate to a bribery scheme in which Gunvor paid substantial bribes to Ecuadorean government officials to secure business with Ecuador’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company, Petroecuador.

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FedScoop

MARCH 6, 2024

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is seeking public comments on its proposal to allow transportation authorities to use a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tool to better address cyber incidents. The FHWA’s proposal to adopt CISA’s Cyber Security Evaluation Tool — which “authorities can use to assist in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from cyber incidents,” per a Federal Register posting — would meet a requi

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Federal News Network

MARCH 7, 2024

Ken Dodds, Coalition for Government Procurement Ken Dodds, vice president of Acquisition Policy at the Coalition for Government Procurement joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the latest policy, contracting, and program developments impacting small businesses in the federal procurement market. The discussion topics include the impact of the Ultima decision on small, disadvantaged businesses, the Forward Slope size appeal and the impact on Sea

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Government Contracts

MARCH 8, 2024

Department of Justice officials on Friday signaled a renewed emphasis on fighting foreign corruption, saying its planned whistleblower rewards program should prove useful in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases against private companies, and warned companies against running afoul of new rules barring the sale of personal data to foreign adversaries of the U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 5, 2024

On March 6, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the whistleblower retaliation case Lindsey Gulden and Damian Burch v. Exxon Mobil Corporation. The court is set to decide whether or not a district court can enforce Department of Labor orders calling for the preliminary reinstatement of whistleblowers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). “The Exxon case is critical to upholding the enforceability of the preliminary reinstatement remedy for whistleblowers,” said Siri

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Sandra Amis, an international development leader with more than 25 years of experience, was appointed as chief administrative officer of CRDF Global, a nonprofit organization that delivers security and international development support to customers. CRDF Global said Friday Amis joined from Management Systems International, a Tetra Tech company (Nasdaq: TTEK) supporting the U.S.

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FedScoop

MARCH 7, 2024

The Department of Agriculture would be tasked with making cybersecurity upgrades to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under new bipartisan, bicameral legislation that aims to stop fraudsters who have already stolen tens of millions of dollars from the electronic food benefits cards. The Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act , introduced by Sens.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 4, 2024

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge tossed a lawsuit protesting a $14.5 million U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement body armor deal, but not without chiding the agency for failing to address a purported conflict of interest earlier on in the dispute.

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Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 8, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule effective November 17, 2023, amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to limit DoD prime contractors from flowing down FAR and DFARS clauses to commercial subcontracts unless the flowdown is specified in the regulation.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 4, 2024

A NAICS code appeal can be a powerful tool for altering the competitive landscape of a bid by changing what size of business is allowed to submit a bid and thereby either increasing or decreasing the potential competitor pool. This post explores some of the important reasons for considering filing a NAICS code appeal. While NAICS codes appeals are not that common, they have a fairly high rate of success.

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