Art of Procurement
JULY 25, 2024
According to the New York Times, about 20 million containers move through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The post The Great Supply Train Robbery appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 22, 2024
The White House has tapped Microsoft and Google to provide free cybersecurity services to approximately 2,000 “critical access” hospitals in an effort to protect healthcare in rural parts of the U.S. Critical access facilities are located more than 35 miles from comparable facilities, making their continuous operation essential to residents and their need for security funding, assessments, tools and training great.
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FedScoop
JULY 25, 2024
A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., called the Validation and Evaluation for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (VET AI) Act , now counts Sen.
GovCon Wire
JULY 24, 2024
The State Department has approved Saudi Arabia’s potential $2.8 billion foreign military sales request to purchase from the U.S. government follow-on logistics and sustainment support services for its air force’s aircraft fleets and existing platforms.
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AWS Public Sector
JULY 23, 2024
The tech industry in the state of Texas is booming, with a growing demand for skilled workers in cloud, information technology (IT), software development, and data analytics roles. According to the Dallas Federal Reserve, high tech represents almost 5 percent of Texas’ gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 9 percent of employment. The tech sector in Texas has added jobs at an average annual rate of 4.7 percent over the last decade, more than double the overall state job growth rate.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 23, 2024
As the current market shifts, some agencies are looking for virtualization alternatives. Multiple paths forward exist for agencies seeking virtual representations of physical machines — including storage, networks and servers — to use resources more efficiently, whether they’re improving existing efforts or just starting out. Different agencies have different hypervisor, cloud migration, desktop virtualization and application modernization needs, so it’s important to understand which alternative
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ExecutiveBiz
JULY 25, 2024
The FBI has awarded Jacobs a position on the second iteration of the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement. Gwen Clavon, senior vice president at Jacobs, said in a statement Wednesday the award extends the company’s nearly 20-year partnership with the agency.
GovCon Wire
JULY 24, 2024
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit presents an exciting opportunity to gain exclusive knowledge about one of the service branch’s top priorities: 5G. During this event, you will have the chance to hear from a variety of keynote speakers and panelists from across the Navy and industry.
GovLoop
JULY 26, 2024
July 26 marks the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush. The unprecedented law, enacted in 1990, affirmed the rights of the disabled, making public spaces, places of employment and transportation less discriminatory. Significant changes across the public and private sectors were needed so disabled individuals could fully participation in public and economic life in the United States.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 25, 2024
As artificial intelligence pervades every facet of society, federal agencies now consider the many ways they can accelerate the use of AI-enabled tools (and whether they’re the right tool for the task). At the Department of Agriculture, the executive leading the charge on that front is Chief Data and AI Officer Christopher Alvares, who recently shared the department’s vision for AI adoption and examples of how USDA teams already leverage the technology.
FedScoop
JULY 25, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a reshuffle of its technology, data, AI and cybersecurity responsibilities Thursday, mainly moving portfolios from the Assistant Secretary for Administration to other components. Under the new organization, the departmentwide chief technology, data and AI officer roles will move from the Assistant Secretary for Administration — which houses the Office of the Chief Information Officer — to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Info
GovCon Wire
JULY 26, 2024
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary will continue providing the U.S. Navy with long-lead-time materials in support of the Virginia Class Block VI submarines. The Department of Defense said Thursday Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $181 million contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat for the requirements.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 26, 2024
Intel has appointed Naga Chandrasekaran to succeed Keyvan Esfarjani as chief global operations officer, executive vice president and general manager of Intel Foundry Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Chandrasekaran will officially assume his new roles on Aug. 12 and he will report to CEO Pat Gelsinger, the technology company said.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 24, 2024
Only 53 percent of IT leaders said their agency uses hybrid cloud with a “well-established” strategy, according to a joint MeriTalk and Hitachi Vantara Federal survey released earlier this year. Of the 150 decisionmakers surveyed between March and April, 91 percent cited operational challenges — data compatibility and downtime issues, in particular — with hindering strategic hybrid cloud adoption.
FedScoop
JULY 25, 2024
The House Homeland Security Committee is currently eyeing September for a hearing focused on last week’s CrowdStrike outage, a committee aide told FedScoop. Unforeseen changes in the congressional calendar were cited by the aide for the reasoning behind the timing of the hearing. In a Monday letter, the committee had called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify , giving him until Wednesday to schedule a hearing regarding the incident, which grounded flights and disrupted businesses ar
Federal News Network
JULY 24, 2024
Other transaction agreements are not as protest proof as once thought. A recent decision by the Court of Federal Claims gives contractors a more specific path to file complaints over these non-typical federal buying efforts. While federal procurement lawyers say the court’s decision isn’t earth shattering or a significant change in legal precedence, the judge’s ruling cements the path for contractors to file protests of OTAs.
FedInsider
JULY 23, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Power grids, water systems, transportation networks and other vital services are essential to communities but lack substantial cyber defenses. Their vulnerabilities make them tempting targets, whether for nation-states or cybercriminals. For instance, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning earlier this year that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group already has footholds in multiple networks operated
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 22, 2024
Jason Wicker has assumed the role of chief technology officer for the public sector at IT consulting company Rackspace Technology. In a LinkedIn post on Friday, he said he would oversee the company’s efforts to drive technological innovations and develop new business offerings for customers in the public sector.
WashngtonExec
JULY 23, 2024
ACT1 Federal has transitioned to a 100% employee-owned company under a program called the ACT1 Federal Employee Stock Ownership Plan. “It is a very exciting time for ACT1 and for our new employee-owners and customers as we enter our 26th year as a company,” said ACT1 President and CEO Mehdi Cherqaoui. “We are proud of [.
Federal News Network
JULY 25, 2024
Contractors and subcontractors should review their agreements to ensure that any limitations on liability (caps on the amount of damages available in litigation) are enforceable in the aftermath of the Western District of Virginia’s recent decision prohibiting caps on damages for changes in BAE Sys. Ordnance Sys., Inc., v. Fluor Fed. Sols., LLC. What happened in the court case?
GovCon Wire
JULY 23, 2024
Conn Doherty, an expert in program management, engineering, product development and business development, announced on LinkedIn that he has been appointed vice president and general manager of strategic solutions at RTX (NYSE: RTX). Doherty previously served as VP and general manager of BMC2 and autonomy solutions at RTX business Collins Aerospace.
FedScoop
JULY 24, 2024
The U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent federal agency that distributes foreign aid across the world, has seen more than 1,300 electronic devices go missing over the past three years, according to a document viewed by FedScoop. The document shows that the devices lost by the agency include multiple generations of Apple iPhones and iPads, and Iridium satellite phones, as well as hundreds of computers, primarily Dell and Lenovo products.
Redstone Government Consulting
JULY 24, 2024
Employers generally strive to create an environment that is fair, safe, and pro-employee. So, when employers hear that their employees want to unionize, it truly puzzles and frustrates them, leaving them wondering - why is this happening? Employees often see unionizing as a way to negotiate from a position of strength over wages, safety, benefits, and other job-related issues that individuals acting alone cannot normally solve.
Government Contracts
JULY 25, 2024
A D.C. federal judge entered a $194.3 million judgment against the Republic of Djibouti, enforcing an arbitration award secured by a Dubai-based port terminal operator in a long-running legal battle over an international container terminal in the East African country.
GovCon Wire
JULY 22, 2024
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have secured $1.76 billion in contract modifications from the U.S. Space Force to provide launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program.
FedScoop
JULY 25, 2024
The IRS is making progress in moving its use of Login.gov toward compliance with federal standards, but the tax agency has more security improvements to implement around its expanded use of the single sign-on service, a new watchdog report found. In findings released this week, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration applauded the cybersecurity function within the tax agency’s Information Technology unit for completing an initial analysis of Login.gov’s FedRAMP security in a “timel
SmallGovCon
JULY 25, 2024
In a recent post , we looked at the implications of BA OHA’s reasoning in In & Out Valet Co., SBA No. VSBC033-P, 2024 (June 12, 2024) on the full-time devotion requirement. Today we look at the impact of that case on another of SBA’s rules that has implications for both small businesses and for companies in the 8(a) Program, Women-Owned Small Business Program (WOSB), and the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program (SDVOSB)–the ostensible subcontractor rule.
Government Contracts
JULY 24, 2024
When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.
GovCon Wire
JULY 23, 2024
Matthew Heideman, an executive with more than 25 years of experience in information technology and applications, was named vice president of public sector at Mattermost, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Heideman most recently served as president and general manager of the government-focused business arm of Xage Security.
FedScoop
JULY 24, 2024
TikTok, WeChat, Grammarly, and Microsoft Yammer are just some of the tools that NASA employees are barred from using on agency devices, according to a document obtained by FedScoop that provides insight into software denials on the space agency’s networks. The list is a reminder of the myriad reasons why federal employees might not be able to access certain tools on their workstations, including agency policy directives, chief information officer decisions, and federal law.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 25, 2024
On July 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a circular warning that broad and restrictive nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) may violate federal whistleblower protection laws. “Imposing sweeping nondisclosure agreements that do not clearly permit communication with law enforcement may intimidate employees from disclosing misconduct or cooperating with investigations,” the CFPB explains.
Government Contracts
JULY 23, 2024
The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
GovCon Wire
JULY 26, 2024
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential $1.94 billion contract from the Missile Defense Agency to manufacture and assemble next-generation ballistic missile interceptors for the U.S. government and Japan’s defense ministry. The Department of Defense said Thursday the sole-source award covers the production of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up rounds for the two countries.
Redstone Government Consulting
JULY 22, 2024
What is your company using to track Opportunities? A robust Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution or spreadsheets and sticky notes? As companies grow, it’s imperative that your team adapts to stay competitive and win contracts. A lot of business development teams track opportunities in Excel. First, bravo for using Excel and not a sticky note.
USFCR
JULY 22, 2024
Federal contracting can be complex. Fortunately, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts offer a robust solution, streamlining procurement for both government agencies and contractors. These flexible agreements provide access to a steady stream of work over a set period, with specific details ironed out through individual task orders.
Government Contracts
JULY 22, 2024
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge denied an Illinois-based construction company's emergency bid to halt the U.S. Army's procurement for a habitat restoration deal it was disqualified from, saying the protester failed to show it would be irreparably harmed.
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