Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Photo: Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) Prof. Daein Kim Professor Daein Kim of Ewha Womans University’s School of Law (Seoul) is visiting Washington with a team of fellow researchers from South Korea to share lessons learned on humanitarian assistance in fragile states. Professor Kim previously visited George Washington University Law School as a Visiting Scholar, and he is a long-time friend of and fellow researcher with GW Law’s Government Procurement Law Program

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Department of Energy has awarded four companies spots on a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion contract to procure uranium enrichment services to help establish a domestic supply chain of high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU, used for deploying advanced nuclear reactors.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 1932, Aldous Huxley published the book Brave New World. At the time, the actual world was perched between World. The post Tips for Surviving in a Brave New World appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Zach Whitman, the General Services Administration’s chief AI officer and data scientist, reminds his colleagues that the GSA was one of the first agencies to adopt email and internet access for the government workplace. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that GSA has fully embraced experimenting with generative AI, an emerging technology that has similar potential to transform the workplace, Whitman says.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is using artificial intelligence to mine tips about potential threats but is revealing little about how the system actually works. Specifically, the bureau is using a system it calls the “Complaint Lead Value Probability” to prioritize tips by conducting algorithm scores and triaging, according to two versions of an agency AI disclosure.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Pentagon didn’t introduce any groundbreaking changes in the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rule, but CMMC observers say the Defense Department made several key updates and definitions to help companies as they work to comply with the requirements. Meanwhile, industry groups are now turning their attention to potential challenges with implementing the CMMC requirements through the contracting process.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a tribe of nearly 40,000 in Shawnee, Okla., guarding against a potential loss of data related to its history, language and culture is a huge priority. That means protecting tribal history at CPN’s Cultural Heritage Center museum and data in the Tribal Rolls Department, which handles membership, including tribal enrollment, burial insurance and tribal ID cards.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security wants to transition its massive biometric identity management system to more cloud-focused technology. Now, it’s seeking more information from vendors about their biometric capabilities as it tries to pursue that goal. The request for information was published by the agency’s Office of Procurement Operations on behalf of the Office of Biometric Identity Management, which manages biometric identity profiles — including iris and facial data — for DHS components.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On October 11, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $399,990 settlement with Allstar Health Providers Inc., a California home health agency, and its owner, Maria Chua over allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) through Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. According to the DOJ, “Chua submitted two PPP loan applications on behalf of Allstar Health Providers in May 2020, and in both applications, she certified that the company would not receive more than one

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has conducted in-flight trials of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment system in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

One of the country’s leading generative AI startups is urging congressional leadership to take action on a trio of safety, data and definitional priorities for the emerging technology before the end of the year. In a letter sent Thursday from Alexandr Wang to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Scale AI founder and chief executive officer applauded the lawmakers f

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

On October 10, U.S. authorities announced that TD Bank agreed to pay $3.1 billion in penalties and pled guilty to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the nation’s primary anti-money laundering (AML) law. TD Bank will pay $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation and $1.3 billion to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Businesses should build up a comprehensive artificial intelligence intellectual property portfolio as part of a strategic IP management approach that aims to maximize exit valuations or funding opportunities, according to Keegan Caldwell, global managing partner at global law firm Caldwell.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Pentagon's stringent new cybersecurity rule for its contractors threatens to drive away companies that may struggle with the added costs of compliance, while exacerbating concerns about an already-shrinking defense industrial base.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Chief Technology Officer is piloting two internal generative artificial intelligence chat interfaces, according to an agency official. Kaeli Yuen, the data and AI product lead in the VA’s OCTO, said in an interview with FedScoop that the two pilots use generative AI interfaces to assist with administrative tasks, such as summarizing documents, writing emails, drafting talking points and helping write performance reviews.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Activity is constantly moving across and into the theater of the Middle East and central Asia, with sizable impacts for global security and global commerce. There are countless “ripple effects” from this area, such as Iranian drones that have appeared on battlefields in Ukraine.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mike Moran, a seasoned space industry professional, has been named director of U.S. government business at Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Government Solutions, according to a LinkedIn post he shared Sunday. Moran previously served as senior vice president of defense and intelligence systems at Terran Orbital and chief operating officer and co-president of PredaSAR.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Solicitor General's Office will defend private citizens' ability to sue for E-rate fraud on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the solicitor general's request to participate in oral arguments in an AT&T subsidiary's challenge to the law's application.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration component responsible for publicly sharing environmental and weather data and information said it has resumed ingesting data into a majority of its streams after an outage caused by Hurricane Helene. NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, which is located in Asheville, N.C. reiterated on Thursday that its staff and the data it holds, including paper and film records, were not harmed by the storm.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Fifteen Takeaways from Holland & Knight on the publication of the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program rule by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The U.S. Army is set to migrate its Integrated Personnel and Pay System to the Oracle US Defense Cloud with the support of Accenture Federal Services and Red River, in line with efforts to adopt cloud services to boost efficiency, lower expenditures and provide its clients access to cloud capabilities.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in prison for Leonard Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor and ex-fugitive known as "Fat Leonard" who led a sprawling bribery and corruption scheme that allegedly caused over $20 million in losses for the U.S. Navy.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Christopher Bogdan, executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and finalist in the Space Executive of the Year, Public Company, category. Here, he talks about recent [.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Department of Labor is spelling out how artificial intelligence can boost job quality without harming the rights of workers, releasing a roadmap this week that aims to empower workforces in underserved communities as use of the emerging technology proliferates. The 17-page document, titled “ Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-Being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers ,” details eight key priorities for AI companies and management to follow that are intended to ke

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The U.S. Space Force has begun soliciting offers for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide radar, computer and communications support for the service branch’s missile warning, missile defense and space domain awareness efforts worldwide.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Hello, SmallGovCon readers. We hope you are enjoying some nice fall weather wherever you are, here in Kansas our temperatures are finally down in the 70s, which has been a welcome relief. Some articles we’ve highlighted this week include multiple takes on the new CMMC rule finalized by the Pentagon, and a updates on DoD spending. You can read more about these topics and news from this week in the links below.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The cyberthreat landscape is constantly evolving, introducing new challenges, expanding vulnerabilities and leading to more sophisticated hacks and breaches. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shifted much of the workforce to remote and hybrid environments, government and industry found ways to secure home workspaces while continuing to fulfill critical missions.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Social Security Administration is off track on recouping the costs it took to create and maintain a database aimed at helping banks catch a form of identity fraud, a new watchdog report found. Launched in June 2020 to comply with the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, the SSA’s electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service was pitched to financial institutions as a way to combat synthetic identity fraud, a practice in which

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Engineers from L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies have optimized edge computing platforms using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in support of target detection and delineation advancement efforts. In a demonstration, L3Harris said Monday the team equipped a fixed-wing aircraft with L3Harris’ WESCAM MX-Series electro-optical/infrared imaging systems and Palantir’s Sensor Inference Platform.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Check out my podcast recording with Eric Coffie of Govcon Giants. In this podcast, we talk about about key strategies that can help small businesses succeed. From the importance of understanding the Small Business Administration (SBA) rules to forming effective joint ventures and teaming agreements. Check out this recording and a lot of other great recordings from Govcon Giants.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On October 16, U.S. authorities announced major settlements with defense contractor RTX (formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) over allegations that the company violated both the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and False Claims Act (FCA). The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $950 million settlement while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a related $124 million settlement.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Over the course of his 14-plus years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nick Langle has learned a thing or two about the chasm that exists between the internet’s haves and have nots. As a principal investigator for the Department of Energy-funded Community Power Accelerator , Langle spends his days researching web sustainability and human-computer interaction in the pursuit of expanding access to affordable solar energy.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Dr. Anne Bailey, executive director of the Strategic Initiatives Lab in the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, and finalist in the Healthcare [.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the defense landscape, and especially at the tactical edge, communications are critical to the success of the mission. But often, our nation’s warfighters are in denied and degraded environments with barriers to connectivity and communications. The solution to this challenge is decentralized comms, according to SpiderOak CEO Dave Pearah.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AI software company Primer Technologies has introduced its enhanced artificial intelligence platform that can achieve a near-zero hallucination rate when analyzing and summarizing large volumes of data. The company said Monday its updated AI platform uses RAG-V, a proprietary technology that can capture over 99 percent of errors before they reach users.

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