Whistleblower Network News
AUGUST 1, 2024
On July 31, just a day after this year’s National Whistleblower Day celebration , a resolution designating July 30 as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day” was unanimously agreed to by the Senate. The resolution encourages each federal agency to recognize the day by sharing the stories of the agency’s own whistleblowers and informing their employees about their right to blow the whistle.
FedScoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
Lisa Einstein, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s senior adviser for artificial intelligence, has been tapped to serve as the agency’s first chief AI officer. A Stanford and Princeton graduate who joined CISA in 2022 as executive director of its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, Einstein will assume the CAIO role at a time when the agency is attempting to leverage the technology to advance cyber defenses and more effectively support critical infrastructure owners and operator
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton has deployed a generative artificial intelligence tool onboard the International Space Station National Lab. The company said Thursday its large language model application uses Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Spaceborne Computer-2 platform to help ISS astronauts address complex issues by retrieving and analyzing information without relying on Earth-bound internet.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 1, 2024
When you read news that a company is thinking about spinning off a division, it is usually because that division. The post Will FedEx Freight hit the open road? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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Federal News Network
JULY 31, 2024
Replicating the WeWork model for sensitive compartmented information facilities, known as SCIFs, could increase small businesses participation in defense contracting, Moshe Schwartz, senior fellow of acquisition policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, told members of the House Oversight Committee’s national security subcommittee last week.
FedScoop
AUGUST 1, 2024
On a normal day at the General Services Administration, agency staffers interested in using artificial intelligence-based platforms must submit a request and wait for approval to proceed. On Wednesday, those platforms were freed during the agency’s inaugural AI hackathon , a three-city competition that saw public and private sector participants attempt to “hack” federal agency websites and build out solutions for prizes.
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ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Brett Surbey, a senior contract manager with over 20 years of experience, has joined Empower AI as director of contracts, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Most recently, Surbey worked as vice president of contracts and compliance at VSE. He initially served as the contracts director at the engineering services company.
FedTech Magazine
AUGUST 1, 2024
Listen in on a conversation among federal IT leaders, and it won’t be long before artificial intelligence, with all its promise and challenges, comes up. Such discussions, in fact, are now mandatory: Last October, the White House issued an executive order on the federal government’s role in the development and use of AI. A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management.
Federal News Network
AUGUST 1, 2024
Contractor performance ratings remain stuck. The General Services Administration made its first set of awards for the next great governmentwide contract. And it’s the federal fourth quarter buying season. These are some of the story lines in this latest edition of As the Procurement World Turns. Agencies are expected to spend more than $200 billion on acquisition programs over the last quarter of fiscal 2024.
GovCon Wire
JULY 31, 2024
5G is transforming communications around the world. But is the U.S. keeping up with adversaries in this critical technology area? Are we adopting 5G in the battlespace quickly enough to outpace threats? What’s next for 5G? We sat down with General Rob Spalding to find out. Hear Gen.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 31, 2024
July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and whistleblowers, advocates and government officials gathered on Capitol Hill to celebrate. The National Whistleblower Day event ( available to rewatch on C-SPAN ) highlighted the contributions and sacrifices of whistleblowers and underscored the importance of continuing the deep American tradition of supporting whistleblowers.
FedScoop
AUGUST 2, 2024
The bill to update the Technology Modernization Fund passed out of a Senate committee this week, teeing it up for a full vote soon. The Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act passed out of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday by a 10-1 vote, a win for House lawmakers and TMF advocates across the government. The bill left the House floor in May via voice note under suspension of rules after the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability marked it up in September
USFCR
JULY 29, 2024
Did you know the average time to secure a federal contract can take up to 12 months? Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) can significantly reduce this timeframe, offering a streamlined path to success. By leveraging GWACs, businesses can gain access to a broader market while government agencies benefit from efficient and cost-effective purchasing.
GovCon Wire
JULY 30, 2024
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $823 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide sustainment and operations support services for the Department of Defense Network program. The company said Monday the task order was issued under the 10-year, $11.5 billion Defense Enclave Services contract awarded by DISA in 2022.
Government Contracts
AUGUST 2, 2024
A Delaware Superior Court judge refused to enforce a "no-action" clause in a suit brought by real estate holding companies seeking directors and officers coverage for an underlying False Claims Act qui tam action, according to a document obtained by Law360 on Friday.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 30, 2024
Cherokee Federal has booked a $49 million firm-fixed-price task order from the U.S. Air Force for technical program support over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Monday the award is for USAF’s Training Intelligence Plans and Exercise Support Cyber Readiness Operations Weapons and Tactics Network Defensive Operations II, or TRIPLECROWN.
FedInsider
JULY 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE As the use of artificial intelligence has exploded throughout both the public and private sectors, much of the attention has been focused on its risks, because the technology is still developing and has the potential to cause harm. Less attention has been paid to how AI can be utilized to improve cybersecurity.
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 2, 2024
Mark Rayha, senior vice president and chief operating officer of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) Electric Boat, will take over Kevin Graney as president of the subsidiary, effective Dec. 1. Kevin Graney General Dynamics said Thursday Graney will retire at the end of the year.
Government Contracts
JULY 31, 2024
Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
Redstone Government Consulting
JULY 29, 2024
Looking to streamline your procurement process? Now is the perfect time to begin reviewing your complete source to pay process to increase efficiency, productivity, integration, and revenue.
FedScoop
JULY 30, 2024
The release last week of long-awaited FedRAMP modernization guidance for federal agencies began with “a novel approach” from a pair of Office of Management and Budget colleagues that included room to test out some of their ideas. Drew Myklegard, the deputy federal CIO, recalled that he and Eric Mill, now the General Services Administration’s executive director for cloud strategy, put their heads together when both were at OMB and began the process of drafting the memo , which aims to tighten the
GovCon Wire
JULY 31, 2024
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has agreed to buy BlackSignal Technologies for approximately $200 million to broaden its cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities and its client base across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.
Government Contracts
JULY 29, 2024
A Maryland federal judge on Monday enjoined electronic medical records company PointClickCare from blocking nursing home analytics company Real Time Medical Systems from accessing patient data with automated bots, saying PCC's firewall wasn't justified by concerns over security or system speed.
WashngtonExec
JULY 30, 2024
The health care industry is one of the most evolving, impactful and discussed sectors in government contracting and the nation. Throughout 2023 and into 2024, these companies have continued working with the government to strategically, efficiently and safely track the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and other viruses, spread health awareness and keep citizens and [.
AWS Public Sector
AUGUST 1, 2024
A large language model (LLM) is a general-purpose language model that can understand and respond to human input in a conversational manner. It’s trained on a massive dataset of text from the internet and can generate humanlike responses to a wide range of topics and questions. There are two primary approaches to adapting a model to a specific task or domain: the in-context approach and fine-tuning the foundation model (FM).
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 1, 2024
Robert “Kelly” Ortberg was appointed president and CEO of Boeing (NYSE: BA), effective Aug. 8. The industry veteran will bring more than 35 years of aerospace experience and succeed Dave Calhoun, who is retiring from the company, Boeing said Tuesday.
Government Contracts
JULY 30, 2024
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a lower court should have determined whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent Doraleh Container Terminal SA before deciding whether to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 31, 2024
July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and a number of federal agencies celebrated the day by highlighting the importance of whistleblowers and educating employees about their whistleblower rights. In April, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) sent letters to federal agencies calling for the celebration of National Whistleblower Day 2024 on July 30.
SmallGovCon
JULY 31, 2024
SAM.gov is like the home base of federal government contracting. Everything in federal government contracting seems to either start there, or require using SAM in some fashion. As a consequence, contractors are expected to register on SAM to work in federal contracting. However, it can be easy to overlook registering a joint venture entity on SAM, when contractors making up the joint venture are already registered on SAM.
GovCon Wire
JULY 29, 2024
RTX (NYSE: RTX) posted $19.7 billion in fiscal 2024 second-quarter sales, up 8 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its adjusted earnings per share for the period rise 9 percent to $1.41.
Government Contracts
JULY 29, 2024
From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
FedScoop
JULY 30, 2024
Staffing up and establishing policies to support departmentwide use of artificial intelligence are among the first steps for the Department of Health and Human Services’ new assistant secretary for technology policy following a reshuffle that put Micky Tripathi at the helm, overseeing the agency’s technology, data and AI portfolios. The department announced the reorganization last week, primarily moving responsibilities from the Assistant Secretary of Administration to other components of the de
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 30, 2024
On July 30, whistleblowers, whistleblower advocates, and government officials will gather on Capitol Hill for the annual National Whistleblower Day celebration. The event, the year’s largest and most notable whistleblowing celebration, will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. The broadcast begins at 12:20pm EST. Notable speakers at the event include: 12:40 pm: Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson 1:25 pm: U.S.
GovCon Wire
JULY 29, 2024
Ultra Intelligence & Communications has appointed Jeff Wrobel, a 20-year business executive, as vice president of business development. The former U.S. Marine Corps officer announced his move to Ultra I&C in a LinkedIn post published Sunday.
Government Contracts
JULY 30, 2024
Prosecutors accusing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of corruption said Monday night his case is unaffected by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling limiting the reach of a bribery statute that once criminalized gratuities, saying the government's allegations do not rely on gratuities, so "this dog will not hunt.
AWS Public Sector
JULY 31, 2024
Many Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers in regulated environments such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) struggle to gain security approval to take advantage of the scaling of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) using its Auto Scaling capabilities. This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation.
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