FedScoop
APRIL 15, 2024
Back in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had stopped using commercial telemetry data that government agencies buy from private companies. That practice has been frequently criticized by civil rights groups that argue that by purchasing the phone location data from third parties, the government is essentially side-stepping the Fourth Amendment and violating peoples’ privacy.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 16, 2024
The cyber domain is constantly evolving, and as its importance in federal operations has grown, the number and variety of cyber threats has also increased. Technological advancements have made it possible for adversaries to get creative with new types of cyberattacks, and U.S. supply chains are now at risk.
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Federal News Network
APRIL 15, 2024
U.S. Cyber Command is aiming to expand its acquisition team and rely on flexible buying strategies as CYBERCOM becomes a focal point of cyber procurement in the Defense Department. The command was initially granted limited acquisition authority in fiscal 2016, with 10 billets and $75 million in buying authority over five years. Congress has since lifted the command’s spending limitations and restrictions.
AWS Public Sector
APRIL 15, 2024
Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The science of event simulation and emergency response is based broadly on physics and earth science for climate simulations. These processes rely heavily on domain-specific data ingestion and processing for batch and continuous data sources.
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GovLoop
APRIL 16, 2024
National Park Week is April 20-28 — and there are so many ways to celebrate. Take a look at the National Park Service’s main site for National Park Week events , kicking off with waived entrance fees on Saturday, April 20. The nine-day lineup includes days for volunteering, getting to know parks staff, events for kids, and more. That’s in addition to fun and educational events that parks host throughout the year: You can find them on the NPS calendar.
WashngtonExec
APRIL 17, 2024
The security landscape is constantly evolving — sophisticated cyber tactics create new challenges, requiring companies to constantly strengthen networks, adapt protocols and protect stakeholders. GovCon is in a never-ending fight to proactively detect threats, shape policy and defend office and home systems, networks and enterprisewide IT infrastructures to ensure the security of its own systems [.
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GovCon Wire
APRIL 17, 2024
The Department of Energy services platform of private equity management firm Bernhard Capital Partners has acquired federal technical consulting services provider Strategic Management Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
FedTech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2024
The Department of Defense reports strong momentum toward meeting its goal of implementing a zero-trust security architecture departmentwide by 2027. DOD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office recently approved implementation plans from all military components. One key takeaway from this milestone moment: Agencies that leveraged commercial solutions got a big head start on their zero-trust efforts.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 19, 2024
A potential foreign military sale of Basler BT-67 aircraft to the government of Argentina has been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday that the FMS has an estimated cost of $143 million and includes the aircraft themselves, various parts, technical documentation, training equipment and logistics and program support, such as personnel training, technical and engineering services and transportation.
FedScoop
APRIL 15, 2024
Few organizations in the world do more to turn biomedical and behavioral research into better health than the National Institutes of Health, its 27 institutes and centers and more than 18,000 employees. One of those institutes is the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Considered the NIH’s data hub, NLM’s 200-plus databases and systems serve billions of user sessions every day.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 16, 2024
The Department of State has approved the government of Iraq’s request to buy from the U.S. government C-172 and AC/RC-208 aircraft contractor logistics support, training and related equipment through a potential $140 million foreign military sales agreement.
GovLoop
APRIL 18, 2024
An interview with LeAnn Oliver, Director of Corporate Business Systems, U.S. Department of Energy’s Offices of the CFO A leadership expert once said , “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” The principle holds true for public and private entities alike: At times, they all suffer from excessive bureaucracy and other challenges.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 18, 2024
BlueHalo has achieved a key milestone in its work under a $1.4 billion U.S. Space Force satellite communications program. The milestone, a successful demonstration of integrated backend mission services to Guardian operators, was completed at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, BlueHalo announced on Thursday.
Whistleblower Network News
APRIL 16, 2024
On April 23, the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn, and Colapinto, LLP , in partnership with the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), will be hosting a free webinar on the topic of “Establishing an Effective DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Program to Fight Corruption Worldwide.” The U.S. Department of Justice is currently engaging in a “90-day policy sprint” to develop a whistleblower reward program.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 16, 2024
Accenture Federal Services has agreed to purchase federal digital transformation and cloud modernization platforms provider Cognosante for an undisclosed sum. Since 2008, Cognosante has been providing cloud migration support, program management and technology platforms for federal health care programs supporting veterans, active-duty personnel, providers and other beneficiaries, Accenture said Monday.
Federal News Network
APRIL 16, 2024
This week Jason Miller , executive editor at Federal News Network , joins Off the Shelf , for a wide-ranging discussion of the policies, regulations, legislation, trends, and programs shaping the federal procurement market. Topics include the FAR at 40 years, the new part 40 of the FAR, GSA’s commercial platform awards, GSA’s new policy on SaaS and advance payments, the impact of CMMC on small business, new grant regulations, and the trends on DoD’s PALT for task and delivery o
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 18, 2024
SRC , a not-for-profit research and development company, has received a seven-year, $60 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide R&D services for avionics development. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the contractor will develop new and emerging concepts related to the development, integration, assessment, evaluation and demonstration of several technologies focusing on the electric warfare piece of the avionics.
FedScoop
APRIL 17, 2024
The Department of Commerce is requesting information concerning AI-ready open data assets, alongside the development of data dissemination standards. In a Federal Register posting Wednesday, Commerce calls on industry experts, civil society organizations, researchers and members of the public to share information about the challenges that data providers and users face in light of the emergence of generative AI and general AI technologies.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 16, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been selected to develop the Missile Defense Agency’s next-generation missile interceptor system designed to defend the U.S. homeland against intercontinental ballistic missile threats.
Government Contracts
APRIL 16, 2024
The U.S. General Services Administration's recent request for information concerning its intent to acquire a large amount of carbon pollution-free electricity over the next decade in the PJM Interconnection region offers key insights for companies interested in becoming electric power suppliers to federal government agencies, say Shaunna Bailey and Nicholas Dugdale at Sheppard Mullin.
Federal News Network
APRIL 16, 2024
This week on Off the Shelf , Alan Thomas, founder and chief strategist at Alpha Tango Strategies, examines the history of the eCommerce platform and shares his thoughts on the acquisition and policy history of the CPI as well as prospects for growth now that the eight follow on contracts have been awarded. Thomas highlights the outreach role GSA has played and must continue to play to enhance opportunities for growth in customer agency usage., and he discusses the impact of GSA’s new SaaS
FedScoop
APRIL 18, 2024
The White House is urging Congress to fund the Technology Modernization Fund following the release last month of an appropriations package that would rescind $100 million from the General Services Administration-run funding vehicle. “Congress, if you can hear me, please fund the TMF,” federal CIO Clare Martorana said Tuesday during an event co-hosted by Venable LLP and Trend Micro.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 15, 2024
Jon Rosenwasser, former budget and policy director at the Senate Select Committee for Intelligence, has joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to serve as chief financial officer.
Government Contracts
APRIL 17, 2024
Whether it's seeing clients and their issues from a new perspective, or staying nimble in a moment of intense challenge, the lessons learned from whitewater kayaking transcend the rapids of a river and prepare attorneys for the courtroom and beyond, says Matthew Kent at Alston & Bird.
Whistleblower Network News
APRIL 15, 2024
Leading up to Tax Day on April 15, whistleblower advocates and a member of Congress spoke about the importance of whistleblowers in effective tax enforcement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program offers monetary awards and anti-retaliation protections to individuals reporting large scale tax fraud. On April 10, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke at a Senate Budget Committee hearing “Sunny Places for Shady People: Offshore Tax Evasion by the Wealthy and Corporations.
FedScoop
APRIL 19, 2024
Running 150 artificial intelligence pilots while using 132 different generative AI tools and technologies might seem like a lot for any federal agency. So, too, might a yearslong track record of using machine learning, large language models and language processing bots. But for the General Services Administration, the decision to go all-in on AI wasn’t really up for debate.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 18, 2024
Godspeed Capital Management has partnered with Special Aerospace Services to establish a new platform focused on delivering space engineering, missile defense, hypersonics and communications technologies to U.S. defense and intelligence community agencies and commercial space clients.
Government Contracts
APRIL 16, 2024
An AT&T subsidiary is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether reimbursement requests for the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program for schools and libraries are "claims" under the False Claims Act, part of a whistleblower suit accusing the company of overcharging public schools and libraries.
Art of Procurement
APRIL 18, 2024
When I think about global trade, I think about massive container ships, trains and trucks waiting to take containers to. The post Playing the “China Card” in U.S. Ports appeared first on Art of Procurement.
FedScoop
APRIL 17, 2024
Fresh off a filing season that saw the Internal Revenue Service set records for customer response time and website traffic, the tax agency’s chief is now looking at how artificial intelligence-powered solutions can better address taxpayer needs in 2024 and beyond. Speaking Wednesday at the Scoop News Group-produced UiPath On Tour: Public Sector event in Washington, D.C., IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said the agency is using Inflation Reduction Act funds to continue to modernize systems through
GovCon Wire
APRIL 17, 2024
ECS President John Heneghan was recently presented with his third Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and creator of the esteemed Wash100 Award. Wash100 is an annual commemoration of government contracting industry executives who have established themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the field.
Government Contracts
APRIL 16, 2024
As Earth Day approaches, law firms and attorneys should consider adopting more sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint — from minimizing single-use plastics to purchasing carbon offsets for air travel — which ultimately can also reduce costs for clients, say M’Lynn Phillips and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.
Federal News Network
APRIL 19, 2024
Flow-down requirements are a unique, yet ubiquitous, feature of the federal acquisition system. Flow-down requirements impact prime contractors, subcontractors, customer agencies, contracting activities, and contracting officers. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) includes a host of contract clauses that must be flowed down to subcontractors. Moreover, given the procurement system’s focus on regulatory and performance compliance, prime contractors are incentivized to flow down as many clau
FedScoop
APRIL 17, 2024
More than 218 new product announcements over the course of three days delivered to more than 30,000 attendees — that, in a nutshell, was Google Cloud’s annual Next tech conference, which took place last week in Las Vegas. A frenetic energy consumed the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, with so much of that excitement focused on the untapped potential of generative artificial intelligence in every industry.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 15, 2024
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index ended the week with a 2.36% loss following the 0.8% drop Friday to $4,780.55. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, has fallen 3.04% since the start of April. Wall Street saw a broad market selloff due to the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.
Government Contracts
APRIL 16, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday said her agency hoped to complete the review of its liquefied natural gas export policy by year's end and pushed back on accusations that the current pause of export reviews is permanent.
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