FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

A day in the life of the Treasury Department’s top cybersecurity official is an unrelenting game of Whac-a-Mole that has only grown more intense in the age of artificial intelligence and the corresponding rise of inexperienced-yet-prolific attackers. For Sarah Nur, Treasury’s chief information security officer and associate CIO for cyber, that arcade-style battle to protect federal networks from adversarial threats is “nonstop.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Government contractors on the whole are optimistic about future business. More than half grew their revenue year over year. They expect more growth as the government adopts artificial intelligence. The most recent contractor survey conducted by Deltek also shows small businesses have outsized challenges. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from Deltek Senior Vice President Kevin Plexico.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Agencies’ cybersecurity budgets continue to increase to help them better prevent evolving threats to sensitive data and systems. Investing in stronger security measures and cyber hygiene training for employees makes sense, but mistakes — such as clicking on a suspicious link — are inevitable, and when they occur, attackers can breach federal systems.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The FBI has released the list of 95 awardees on the second iteration of the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The bureau first announced the award of the ITSSS-2 BPA on May 24 in a SAM.gov notice.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 5, 2024

MetTel has received a contract from the U.S. Postal Service to retire around 35 million to 80 million plain old telephone lines or basic analog landlines across 17,000 USPS locations. Under the POTS transformation initiative, the global communications provider said Tuesday it will replace existing circuit-switched phone signals with networked multi-path internet protocol.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 3, 2024

62-year-old Robert Burke, a retired four-star admiral, is facing up to 30 years in prison for an alleged scheme to steer a government contract to a company in exchange for future employment. Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations from 2019 to 2020, has been arrested and charged with four felony counts, including bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Natnael Habtesion, an information security executive, has taken on the position of senior vice president and chief security officer at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN). In a LinkedIn post announcing his promotion, Habtesion said he is excited to help lead transformation efforts as Lumen pursues its “mission to revolutionize the telecommunications industry.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 3, 2024

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corp. two contracts to help the service branch improve energy resilience to support warfighters and their mission requirements. CTC said Friday both contracts were awarded by Marine Corps Installations Command.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2024

The vision of Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB) goes beyond making information accessible; the NLB is focused on bringing the richness of the nation’s cultural heritage right to the palm of your hand. As part of its LAB25 (Libraries and Archives Blueprint 2025) Singapore Storytellers initiative, the NLB seeks to nurture a stronger appreciation and understanding of the Singapore experience.

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USFCR

JUNE 6, 2024

The Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers , also known as the 2501 Program, has recently been released with the goal of enhancing equal access and opportunities for the underserved by encouraging participation in USDA programs related to agriculture and forestry. Under this initiative, the USDA, in partnership with the OPPE, is expected to reward applicants with funding geared towards aiding underserved populations with the ownership and operation of

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Tim Davis, formerly an associate director at Raytheon’s intelligence and space division, has been appointed vice president of strategy and operations at Chugach Government Solutions. In his new role, Davis will oversee the implementation and coordination of business strategies across the CGS enterprise, the Anchorage, Alaska-headquartered government contracting company said Thursday.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 3, 2024

Brian Vanderhoof, formerly vice president of growth and strategy at LCG, has assumed the role of VP of public sector sales at NTT Data Services, the executive announced on LinkedIn Friday. In his new position, he will be responsible for growing the company’s federal health and civilian business.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

Introduction Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed machine learning (ML) service that provides various capabilities, including Jupyter Notebook instances. While RStudio, a popular integrated development environment (IDE) for R, is available as a managed service in Amazon Web Services (AWS) commercial Regions , it’s currently not offered in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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USFCR

JUNE 6, 2024

Cameron Pawloski joined US Federal Contractor Registration (USFCR) as a Registration & Contracting Specialist on October 17th, 2023. Originally from Michigan, Cameron had always dreamed of moving to Florida. The opportunity to join USFCR, along with the support and guidance from Stephen, allowed him to make the move and quickly become an integral part of the team.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Frank Varga, formerly chief operating officer at Apogee Engineering, has been promoted to president and CEO of the Colorado-headquartered national security and defense technology and services provider.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 5, 2024

Organizations should strive to bolster the security of satellite ground stations, according to Xage Security Government President and General Manager Matthew Heideman.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JUNE 4, 2024

Besides the potential tax benefits of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2024 has introduced an additional benefit for employee-owned businesses contracting with the Department of Defense (DoD). A pilot program that will allow for the award of follow-on contracts without competition.

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USFCR

JUNE 3, 2024

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month June marks the start of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD is a debilitating illness that causes people to repeatedly relive a traumatic event, significantly reducing their quality of life. 1,2 Approximately 70% of adults experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, and 20% of these individuals will develop PTSD. 3 In total, roughly 13 million people in the United States have PTSD in a given year. 3 Raising awa

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has closed its purchase of the electron device business of Communications & Power Industries, a TJC portfolio company, for approximately $1.38 billion in cash. The CPI electron device business produces electronic components and subsystems for the aerospace and defense market through its manufacturing locations in California, Massachusetts and the U.K.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 7, 2024

Northrop Grumman has secured a task order from the U.S. Air Force to continue providing operations and sustainment support services for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft through January 2027.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2024

Mixed reality headsets and similar systems are tested for resiliency against attacks while in development, but once MR and related technologies are deployed, there’s less effort to test for new threats from malicious actors. Direct attacks on users could flood headsets with information designed to cause motion sickness or disorientation. Or, attacks might clutter displays with virtual objects that cause users to misinterpret critical information and compromise military operations.

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USFCR

JUNE 6, 2024

Jorja Tobey joined US Federal Contractor Registration (USFCR) in August 2022, bringing her enthusiasm and dedication to enhancing client experiences. A Florida native, Jorja balances her professional life with her love for painting, which reflects her creativity and attention to detail.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Jennifer Kauffman, most recently chief operating officer of CyberCore Technologies, will transition to the role of CEO after multinational information technology company HP (NYSE: HPQ) completed its acquisition of the Maryland-based secure supply chain management and cybersecurity services provider.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 7, 2024

Spirit AeroSystems has appointed Irene Esteves, a member of the company’s board of directors, as its new chief financial officer. Esteves succeeds Mark Suchinski, who is stepping down but will stay on to provide support during the transition period, Spirit AeroSystems said Wednesday.

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FedScoop

JUNE 7, 2024

An IRS pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to select audit cases and identify noncompliance didn’t properly document elements of the technology’s sample selection models, a new watchdog report found. Because the tax agency had “not completed its documentation of several elements” of the models used for its National Research Program audits, the IRS could struggle to “retain organizational knowledge, ensure the models are implemented consistently, and make the process more transparent

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Government Contracts

JUNE 7, 2024

John Deere has agreed to pay $1.1 million to the U.S. Department of Labor to shutter an investigation alleging the agricultural manufacturing company declined to employ nearly 300 Black and Hispanic workers through systemic hiring discrimination, the agency announced.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Aaron Weis, managing director of technology at Google Public Sector, received his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson. The annual Wash100 Award shines a light on government contracting industry executives who have consistently exhibited top-notch leadership skills.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 7, 2024

SMX is a mid-sized provider of information technology services like cloud, command, control, communications, cyber and advanced engineering to a wide variety of government agencies, as well as private sector clients.

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FedScoop

JUNE 7, 2024

A shout-out from the White House doesn’t happen to federal agencies every day, but the Department of Labor got a turn in March when it was lauded in a fact sheet for “leading by example” with its work on principles to mitigate artificial intelligence’s potential harms to employees. Mangala Kuppa, who took over as DOL’s chief AI officer this week after previously serving as its deputy CAIO, believes the agency has even more to be confident about when it comes to its work on the technology, posses

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Government Contracts

JUNE 7, 2024

A suburban Chicago man is facing healthcare fraud and money laundering charges over more than $60 million in Medicare reimbursement claims for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits that were allegedly never provided, including thousands of tests for dead people.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

In its 2022 Zero Trust Strategy, the Department of Defense set a goal to achieve full zero trust implementation by 2027, a target David McKeown, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer for the DOD, described in February as “super aggressive.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 6, 2024

Bryan Eckle, chief technology officer at cBEYONData, said organizations should first identify their data goals in artificial intelligence projects before they start cleaning up and organizing their data, CIO reported Wednesday. “You can back up and start with, ‘What kind of questions do we want to be able to answer?'” Eckle said.

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FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

The Department of Energy’s national labs have an especially critical role to play in the advancement of artificial intelligence systems and research into the technology, a top federal official said Tuesday during a Joint Economic Committee hearing on AI and economic growth. Jennifer Gaudioso, director of the Sandia National Laboratory’s Center for Computing Research, emphasized during her testimony the role that DOE’s national labs could have in both accelerating computing capacity and helping s

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Government Contracts

JUNE 6, 2024

A Michigan federal judge on Thursday gave initial approval for a $25 million settlement between a class of Flint adults and businesses and a water engineering company accused of prolonging the town's water crisis, calling the deal fair and an opportunity to avoid years of "exhausting" litigation.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Maurizio Surdo, an information technology and program management professional, has joined LinTech Global, a subsidiary of staffing and IT services provider Dexian, as vice president of business development. He announced his move to LinTech through a LinkedIn post published Friday.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 6, 2024

Scott Berrier, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has transitioned to the industry and was appointed senior vice president within the national security business of Booz Allen Hamilton.

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