GovCon & Trade
JANUARY 30, 2024
I recently outlined key takeaways from the “2023 Year in Review” report issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in early January for a Law360 article. As I explained in the article, the report “emphasizes specific actions and thus serves as a valuable indicator of priorities for BIS [the Bureau of Industry and Security] and other U.S. government actors involved in export compliance, in 2024 and beyond.
FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 29, 2024
When the Office of Personnel and Management secured $9.9 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to support its zero-trust security efforts, the agency was thinking big. “We wanted to tackle it all,” says OPM CISO James Saunders of its journey to a zero-trust architecture. “Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.
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FedScoop
JANUARY 31, 2024
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped using commercial telemetry data, which can include phone data that reveals a person’s location, an agency spokesperson confirmed to FedScoop. “Like other law enforcement agencies, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) employs various forms of technology to investigate violations of the law, while appropriately respecting civil liberties and privacy interests,” the spokesperson said.
Public Procurement Intl
JANUARY 30, 2024
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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,
Whistleblower Network News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
[link] In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast , FBI whistleblower Jane Turner speaks with online disinformation specialist Dr. Joan Donovan, the former Technology and Social Change Research Project Director at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. Donovan blew the whistle on alleged improper donor influence at the Kennedy School.
FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2024
Integrated artificial intelligence is opening the door to exciting possibilities in client computing and databases as it sparks a wave of innovation across the technology industry. Semiconductor giant AMD has made significant strides by integrating AI engines with client systems, from fourth-generation, Windows 11-supported Epyc and Ryzen processors to its MI300X virtual machines.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Tria Federal, an information technology and advisory services provider, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of technology leader John Cho as its first chief technology officer and Brian Wagner, a public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, as vice president of marketing and communications.
Whistleblower Network News
JANUARY 31, 2024
On January 30, the United States Attorney for Eastern District of Michigan announced that Merrill Technologies Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries will pay $5 million to settle charges that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) “by falsely overstating cost or pricing data included in a subcontract proposal for work under a contract with the U.S. Department of the Army.
FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2024
Even the most secure networks are expected to be in compliance with White House requirements to create a zero-trust environment. The Department of Defense has to develop three — one for its nonclassified network, another for its classified network and one more for its top-secret/sensitive network. When Leslie Beavers became DOD’s principal deputy CIO in May 2023, she joined an agency whose zero-trust requirements were so complex that it was given more time to comply than civilian agencies, whose
FedScoop
JANUARY 31, 2024
A new report dives into how government agencies can meet the zero-trust security mandate with strategic partnerships and innovative technologies.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Five companies secured spots on a potential $375 million contract to deliver environmental restoration and compliance services to NASA. AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) Technical Services division, Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK), HydroGeoLogic, ISMS-Navarro and the joint venture between Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J) and Geosyntec won positions on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, NASA said Wednesday.
Whistleblower Network News
JANUARY 29, 2024
On January 26, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced a False Claims Act complaint filed against MultiCare Health System. The complaint, which stems from a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit, alleges that Multicare endangered patients and falsely and fraudulently billed federal health care programs for spinal surgeries performed by Dr.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 31, 2024
Bill Cull has led a 25-year career assisting technology companies in creating and marketing programs to serve the government’s mission. He has served in senior leadership positions at companies such as IBM, Splunk, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. He is now VP of the U.S. federal business at SpyCloud. In this Spotlight interview, Cull outlined the demands of the new era of cybercrime that has developed over the last decade, the value and risks of open-source intelligence and more.
FedScoop
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed adding AI-generated voices to the list of illegal telemarketing technologies.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 31, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking vendors to supply personnel that can provide cloud, network and cybersecurity services.
Whistleblower Network News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Online disinformation specialist Dr. Joan Donovan appears as this week’s guest on the Whistleblower of the Week podcast hosted by Jane Turner. Donovan is the former Technology and Social Change Research Project director at Harvard Kennedy’s Shorenstein Center. After the leak of the Facebook papers in 2021 and Frances Haugen’s testimony to Congress, Donovan set out to make the documents publicly available in a database.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Steve Escaravage , an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton , was inducted into Executive Mosaic's 2024 class of Wash100 honorees for his distinctive artificial intelligence leadership and technology innovation push. The award marks the third consecutive year that Escaravage secured the recognition. Vote for Escaravage as one of your 10 favorite government industry leaders at Wash100.com.
FedScoop
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Congress and federal agencies have legislative and regulatory work to do on the use of artificial intelligence in the housing and rental markets, lawmakers and experts said during a congenial Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Members of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development were largely in agreement on the need for regulations in these mostly uncharted waters.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 29, 2024
The Department of Defense is perpetually concerned with how to best diffuse and counteract missile threats from near-peer adversaries. Hence, systems like the U.S. Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability, or IFPC. This deterrence mechanism is meant to dispose of incoming cruise missiles and drones and protect fixed and semi-fixed targets from rockets, artillery and mortars.
Whistleblower Network News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Dr. Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. Her case before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) established the right for federal whistleblowers to pursue hostile work environment claims.
USFCR
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Curavetti Medical Staffing, in significant collaboration with Prometheus Federal Services, has been entrusted with a vital role in the Veterans Health Administration's $23 billion staffing program. This initiative, aimed at addressing staffing shortages, will directly benefit over 9 million veterans nationwide.
FedScoop
JANUARY 29, 2024
Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. With an annual spend of more than $100 billion on IT products, the federal government is falling short on the consistent tracking of its software licenses, leading to missed opportunities for cost reductions, the GAO found.
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Caitlin Marsh, former strategic intelligence manager of Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, has joined SpiderOak as vice president of product. The company said Thursday she was appointed to oversee product and market strategy, product development and customer mission requirements.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Venice Goodwine , chief information officer of the Department of the Air Force, as a first-time Wash100 Award recipient. Goodwine is included in the 2024 Wash100 roster for her outstanding leadership in spearheading the service branch's information technology investment strategy and fostering innovation in emerging technologies across the enterprise.
SmallGovCon
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Happy February! Our Kansas City Chiefs have once again managed to make it back into the Super Bowl and we couldn’t be happier about it! Whether you’re a Chiefs fan, a 49ers fan or a Swiftie, it’s sure to be a good one! Start gathering those favorite snack recipes and get out the lucky sports gear, folks! This week in federal government contracting news had some important updates, including a new GSA schedule catalog platform, a report on savings in software purchases, and a rev
FedScoop
JANUARY 31, 2024
A trio of House bills introduced this week aim to cement disclosure requirements on artificial intelligence-fueled robocallers and stiffen penalties against those who defy rules against AI impersonations. Part of a broader package known as the Do Not Disturb Act , Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and architect of the legislation, said in a statement that the bills are intended to bring “anti-robocall protections into the 21st century and ensur
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The Department of Defense has awarded seven companies contracts worth $192.5 million combined to develop domestic capabilities to manufacture critical chemicals.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The U.S. Air Force awarded Serco Inc. a $90 million follow-on contract to continue implementing IBM's TRIRIGA software at the maintenance and installation systems division of the U.S. Air Force Program Executive Office for Business Enterprise Systems. The potential five-year contract includes a base performance period of one year and four one-year option periods, the company said Wednesday.
SmallGovCon
JANUARY 31, 2024
The second entry in our new “Why File” series covers some of the main reasons unsuccessful offerors file veteran-owned small business (VOSB) and service-disabled veteran owned small businesses (SDVOSB) status protests. Don’t worry if VOSB and SDVOSB are new acronyms to you–or you just need a refresher–we’ve got a Back to Basics blog for that.
FedScoop
JANUARY 31, 2024
The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer is developing a new policy regarding artificial intelligence with the Committee on House Administration, a CAO official said Tuesday. During a committee hearing about AI innovations in the legislative branch, John Clocker, the House’s deputy chief administrative officer, said that the chamber needs to develop AI-focused policies and processes to continue to protect against bad actors and malicious cyber activity, using the National Institute of Stan
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Julie Clark, a business development executive, has joined IPT Associates as vice president of business development and capture. She announced the move in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. Clark previously served as senior VP of business development at BTAS, a woman-owned information technology services provider supporting defense and federal civilian agencies.
ExecutiveBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Artificial intelligence and satellite innovations are driving advancements within the communications industry, and we’re just beginning to see how far these technologies can take us. In an Executive Spotlight with Executive Mosaic, MetTel Vice President of Public Sector Sales and Solution Architecture Don Parente spoke about how low earth orbit satellites, global networks and AI tools can help close the digital divide for government agencies.
Select GCR
JANUARY 30, 2024
As the economic landscape continues to evolve, small businesses remain a cornerstone of growth, innovation, and job creation. Recently, governments at various levels recognized the pivotal role played by small enterprises, allocating substantial funds to support their development. In this blog, we delve into the agencies and departments of the government that invested in small businesses throughout the year, exploring the impact it had on government contracting.
FedScoop
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a notice of intent Thursday for an open competition on digital twins for semiconductor manufacturing, packaging and assembly. According to the Federal Register posting , the CHIPS Research and Development Office seeks to establish “one (1) Manufacturing USA Institute focused on” digital twins — a digital representation of a physical object or process that can assist in simulating potential situations and their outcomes — for semiconduct
GovCon Wire
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Executive Mosaic‘s 2024 Wash100 is the most esteemed, diverse and, yes, competitive class of winners in the award’s 11 years of existence. Now that we have unveiled who is on the list, the storied popular vote contest has been underway for just over a week.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 31, 2024
TRAX International will continue supporting NASA and several of its facilities under a potential $46.8 million contract extension. The company supports NASA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Wallops Flight Facility and Langley Research Center in Virginia as part of the Goddard Logistics and Technical Information II contract , the space agency said Tuesday.
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