Whistleblower Network News
JULY 11, 2024
On July 10, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), alongside 10 other senators, introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act , which increases protections for federal employee whistleblowers who provide information to Congress. The Act is endorsed by major U.S. whistleblower organizations, who believe that the reforms contained in the bill are long overdue.
Art of Procurement
JULY 11, 2024
For over a decade, one public-private partnership has worked to make lifesaving medicines available in the most remote parts of. The post Chasing a Common Supply Chain Objective: Saving Lives appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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AWS Public Sector
JULY 9, 2024
Introduction About 4.5 million electroencephalogram (EEG) tests are performed in the US each year. That’s more than if every person in Oregon, Connecticut, or Iowa got an EEG. Compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, which use magnetic fields and radio waves to generate images of the structure of the brain, EEGs use wires placed on the scalp to record the brain function as seen through the electrical activity that the brain generates in the process of neurons in the brain sending sign
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 12, 2024
Raytheon has secured a U.S. Navy contract potentially worth $42.9 million to enhance the service branch’s radar signal processing capabilities. The cost-plus, fixed-fee contract has a three-year base period with options for two 27-month, one 18-month and 36-month periods, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
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Federal News Network
JULY 9, 2024
The Senate Armed Services Committee has introduced an amendment that would give the Defense Department components more authority to purchase alternative cybersecurity products and services. Senate Armed Services Committee leaders filed their version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2025 on Monday, which was passed behind closed doors last month in a 22-3 vote.
Art of Procurement
JULY 12, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – July 12th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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GovCon Wire
JULY 12, 2024
By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint A compromised password can lead to identity theft, a phishing attack can disrupt a major corporation’s operations and a ransomware attack can paralyze an entire industry for days. The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood.
Federal News Network
JULY 10, 2024
Conflicts of interest in federal contracting can happen in a lot of ways. In one tangled case, an award winner’s subcontractor turned out to have a conflict of interest. And it may have scuttled the deal. Haynes Boone Procurement Attorney Zach Prince joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin This one’s a little bit convoluted, but you’re always good at sorting them out for us, Zach.
FedScoop
JULY 11, 2024
A new bill from two of the Senate’s most influential lawmakers on energy policy calls on the Department of Energy to leverage artificial intelligence to advance its science and security missions. The Department of Energy AI Act from Sens. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., and Lisa Murkowksi, R-Alaska, would require the DOE secretary to establish an R&D program centered on the aggregation and training of AI datasets, the deployment of advanced computing platforms and infrastructure, the development of sa
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 10, 2024
The Military Sealift Command has awarded CACI a potential five-year, $69.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide worldwide logistics services. The services under the contract covers support lifecycle logistics, material handling equipment and ordnance handling equipment, ships acquisition, consolidated maintenance and logistics system, combat logistics force and ordnance management, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
GovCon Wire
JULY 12, 2024
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) company, has received a U.S. Army contract modification worth $251.5 million for UH-60M aircraft delivery. The Department of Defense said Thursday Sikorsky will perform contract work at its Stratford, Connecticut location until June 30, 2027, the award’s estimated completion date.
Federal News Network
JULY 11, 2024
The Army has a plan to no longer “fight the network.” Through the Unified Network Operations (UNO), initiative, the Army wants to create an agile, software-defined network that is easy to set up and use. This is the opposite of what soldiers currently must deal with then setting up a tactical network that requires on-premise hardware, cables and unique knowledge and skillsets.
FedScoop
JULY 8, 2024
Securing federal funding for artificial intelligence research and establishing an executive task force to monitor the development and use of AI should be prioritized in the first year of the next presidential term, a new policy document from MITRE recommended. MITRE, the federally funded organization that operates research and development centers on behalf of agencies, said in the document — which is intended to advise the incoming administration on AI security, innovation, trust and ethics — th
WashngtonExec
JULY 7, 2024
Wes Anderson Vice President, Defense, Microsoft Federal In his role with Microsoft Federal, Wes Anderson supported the acceleration of the Defense Department’s technological transformation in a time of unprecedented near-peer competition. “My team has achieved this by delivering DOD mission needs through secure solutions and services powered by the cloud, expanding the use and capabilities [.
GovCon Wire
JULY 11, 2024
Anneke Christensen, a P&L and growth executive and project management professional, was appointed vice president of growth at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, according to her LinkedIn announcement.
Federal News Network
JULY 8, 2024
The Office Of Management and Budget and General Services Administration have been fielding a data integration tool to help contracting officers. Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions. How’s the first month been going?
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 10, 2024
Deloitte and Amazon Web Services will help customers worldwide scale their generative artificial intelligence, analytics, quantum computing and data capabilities using AWS services under a multiyear collaboration agreement.
FedScoop
JULY 12, 2024
As the federal government awaits final guidance from the Office of Management and Budget meant to modernize and reform the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, one of Capitol Hill’s top federal IT modernization advocates believes that the program is “undeniably” in a state of limbo until that guidance is issued. In a statement to FedScoop, Rep.
GovCon Wire
JULY 8, 2024
Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced on LinkedIn that she has been named acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Beavers previously held the position of principal deputy CIO at the Pentagon.
Federal News Network
JULY 12, 2024
The pandemic and its aftermath created a greater awareness of the fragility of global supply chains, and the federal government’s overreliance on adversaries in the supply chain. As a result, there has been no shortage of procurement legislation and regulation prohibiting or curtailing the federal government’s purchase of Chinese products: Section 889 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (restrictions on the use of telecommunications equipment and services); Sec
SmallGovCon
JULY 12, 2024
If you have ever looked into socio-economic certifications through the SBA or “set-asides” as some call them, you undoubtedly have run into SBA’s certify portal. It certainly is a big part of the small business federal contracting landscape, with likely massive numbers of site visitors a day. However, it will soon be updated, causing a pause on new applications very soon.
FedScoop
JULY 11, 2024
A computing facility being built by the National Science Foundation in Texas aims to advance computational research and development through new hardware, software and other services that will be available to scientists across the country, the agency said. NSF on Thursday announced it had started construction on the Leadership-Class Computing Facility, which will be led by the University of Texas at Austin.
GovCon Wire
JULY 11, 2024
The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director have released a memorandum outlining the current administration’s cybersecurity investment priorities that federal agencies should focus on as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2026.
Federal News Network
JULY 11, 2024
Just as important as obtaining contracts with companies to help fulfill an agency’s mission, is the ability to end them properly. That’s the part the National Institutes of Health is apparently having some trouble with. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently analyzed a handful of NIH contracts and found many of them were not properly closed out.
Public Procurement Intl
JULY 11, 2024
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FedScoop
JULY 8, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced on Monday that six technology companies had been offered contracts to develop digital wallet services, part of an agency goal to advance digital technology used in the context of immigration and travel. Three U.S.-based companies — Credence ID, Hushmesh, and SpruceID — won awards, according to the DHS ress release , as did the European companies Ubiqu, Procivis, and Netis d.o.o.
GovCon Wire
JULY 12, 2024
Cognosante has won a potential five-year, $582.9 million contract from the General Services Administration to support a program designed to provide service members and their families with a wide array of information and referrals to military and civilian resources and counseling support services through a centralized source.
Federal News Network
JULY 9, 2024
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) is exactly what it sounds like: a mandate for reporting. There’s also a cyber reporting rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission already in effect. Is it overkill? Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council Stephanie Kostro shared more with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Government Contracts
JULY 11, 2024
Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.
FedScoop
JULY 9, 2024
The Transportation Department is doubling down on GPS technology, announcing a series of new investments last week that are meant to help boost the reliability of positioning, navigation and timing services. Companies focused on terrestrial radio frequency, map matching, time over fiber, and low-Earth orbit technologies were awarded contracts — which totaled more than $7.2 million — following a DOT request for information last year to identify alternatives to GPS technologies.
GovCon Wire
JULY 9, 2024
By Joe Paiva, Chief Operating Officer at Fearless The digital divide of the 1990s exacerbated long-standing inequities in our society. As broadband internet and personal computers proliferated, they reached affluent neighborhoods and households first. This left economically disadvantaged communities, disproportionately communities of color, on the wrong side of the divide.
WashngtonExec
JULY 9, 2024
Nominations are now open for WashingtonExec’s annual Pinnacle Awards, and we want to know which executives had the biggest impact implementing and executing on business development strategies. The Pinnacle Awards embody the WashingtonExec spirit of highlighting successful executives and businesses saving money and fostering innovation for federal clients across the region.
Government Contracts
JULY 12, 2024
The Delaware Chancery Court on Friday dismissed a Centene stockholder derivative lawsuit seeking damages from company directors and officers over allegations of a multistate Medicaid pharmacy benefit billing fraud scheme that the investors said could result in a $1.25 billion liability for the healthcare giant.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 12, 2024
Moving applications to the cloud doesn’t mean you can shut down your old data center. Agencies need basic computing services, such as on-premises print and directory servers. Applications that can’t be “lifted and shifted” will need a place to live in an onsite data center. With real estate at a premium, IT managers can save space by building new, smaller data centers to handle the few on-premises devices required.
GovCon Wire
JULY 10, 2024
Jack Fletcher was appointed vice president of business development for Navy and maritime programs at Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS), according to his LinkedIn announcement on Tuesday. Fletcher joined the Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor from DRS RADA Technologies, another Leonardo subsidiary, where he most recently served as director of business development.
GovLoop
JULY 9, 2024
Government organizations have ample motivation to secure their networks, devices and infrastructure: Ransomware targets 58% of public-sector entities each year, and it costs them each more than $2 million, on average, to get up and running again. According to Jared Vichengrad, Head of Public Sector for Check Point, that’s largely because agencies struggle with legacy systems.
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