Coleman Jackson, P.C.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service served a search warrant at Carahsoft Technology Corp.’s headquarters in Reston, Virginia this morning. Multiple sources confirmed law enforcement agencies closed down the building and removed computers and boxes of documents. One source said they tried to enter the building around 10 a.m. today, but they were turned away by FBI agents at the front door.

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Art of Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I pre-interview about a dozen people each month for all of the podcasts produced by Art of Procurement. One thing. The post Developing and Deploying Digital Empathy appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 million in Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program awards to assist tribal nations with managing and reducing systemic cyber risk and threats.

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

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,

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, is suing Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson, an Icelandic art student known as Odee. The lawsuit concerns a spoof of the company’s website created by the artist. The fake webpage featured the heading We’re Sorry , with a made-up apology. This fake apology was directly related to a scandal involving Samherji and Namibian fishing quotas.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New systems installations need to go smoothly, says Steve Witt , director of public sector at Nintex , a global provider of process and workflow automation software with clients that include public sector entities, including the U.S. Department of Defense, city of Denver, the federal Veterans Administration and the U.S. Air Force. Go to the following link for information on Nintex’s work with governments.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

U.S. government representatives have been largely bullish, at least publicly, about the benefits of artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, while also acknowledging its risks and misuses.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hyperconverged infrastructure offers agencies a chance to bolster their edge computing capabilities by enhancing security, reducing costs and improving management — even in the most unconventional locations. The evolving demands of data management and processing at the edge have more agencies looking to HCI, particularly as technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning become more prevalent.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Federal agencies across the government have posted their plans to comply with an Office of Management and Budget memo on artificial intelligence governance, providing a window into what risk management and reporting practices will look like in the executive branch. The compliance plans, which were due 180 days following the finalization of OMB’s M-24-10 memo , outline steps each covered agency plans to take when it comes to updating their internal policies, collecting information for their AI us

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WashngtonExec

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Nathaniel Fick, State Department’s ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy, and Brad Medairy, executive vice president and cyber security leader at Booz Allen Hamilton, participated in a panel at the Sept. 3 Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. They discussed global cybersecurity trends and the evolving challenges in the field.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a $99.8 million contract to extend access to the Maven Smart System to all military branches, including the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force and Marine Corps.

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Agencies can struggle to stick to recommended three- to five-year IT refresh cycles due to their large install bases, tight budgets and legacy technologies that are not interoperable with newer ones. The Department of Defense wants to standardize refresh cycles across its branches because holding on to aging IT infrastructure has led to widespread frustration over poor user experience.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A bipartisan bill requiring the Department of Homeland Security to explore how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could be used to secure the border passed the House on Monday, teeing it up for a potential Senate partner in the weeks ahead. The Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act from Reps. Lou Correa, D-Calif., and Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, passed the chamber by unanimous consent, a little more than five months after it was introduced and quickly advanced out of the

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

CACI International has secured a five-year task order worth up to $314 million from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and technology to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Under the NUWC Engineering and Modernization Operations program, CACI will train sailors to provide integration support, logistics, project management, cyber capabilities and analysis, the company said Tuesday.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Steve Parker, chief operating officer of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, will serve as interim CEO of BDS while the company searches for a permanent replacement, Breaking Defense reported Friday. His appointment follows the departure of Ted Colbert as chief executive of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense business unit.

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Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A court deadline to challenge liability limits over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse shows an intense legal battle brewing as the U.S. government, Maryland and private plaintiffs sharpen their claims for damages against the owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into the bridge six months ago.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs is making tele-emergency care available nationwide following a pilot that the agency credited with helping over 60,000 callers. In a Thursday announcement , the VA announced that tele-EC, which aims to increase “timely access to virtual emergency care options” for veterans enrolled in VA health care, will be available across the nation to assist those who are unsure if what they’re experiencing is a minor emergency or not.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As government agencies focus their energy and resources on all-domain operations, hyper-automation and information technology modernization have become essential components in achieving success. With this, officials believe the government should continue implementing a tech-focused approach to protect the U.S. homeland from evolving threats across the global geopolitical landscape.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

David Young, a strategy and business development leader, has joined Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business as vice president and deputy general manager for national security space. He disclosed his new position in a LinkedIn post published Monday.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a Proposed Rule that significantly changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following a merger or acquisition of a contractor with small business awards.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

You probably don’t wake up thinking about cyber security, or whether you may fall for a phishing attack. No, you wake up thinking about how you’re going to get three kids to three different events on time, if your boss liked your presentation, or what you’re going to make for dinner. The truth is, most of us don’t worry about what can compromise our personal and financial data until it’s too late.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Amid increasing adversary use of cyber capabilities to target space infrastructure, Lockheed Martin‘s space division now places cybersecurity at the forefront of its work to ensure that its networks, spacecraft and personnel are protected against such threats, according to 2024 Wash100 award winner Maria Demaree.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) subsidiary has won a Department of Defense contract worth approximately $794.6 million to provide Adobe Enterprise software licenses, related upgrades, modernization and maintenance support services for users across DOD.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The intersection of the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and General Services Administration (GSA) leasing has undergone significant changes over the past year, raising important issues for lessors, legal practitioners and government agencies alike.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Back in 2023, we wrote about Congress’s late-2022 mandate to update and clarify various rules surrounding organizational conflicts of interest (or OCIs). At that time, Congress, in a short piece of legislation, asked that OCI rules be updated to address a number of areas. In this post, I’ll provide some predictions about how the OCI rules will be updated, as we wait for the new proposed rule to come out.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention has selected digital services integrator Fearless and professional services company Deloitte to enhance how the agency tracks, analyzes and gains insight from data to help prevent the spread of human immunodeficiency virus.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As is evident from the modern way battles have been waged in Ukraine and elsewhere, warfare and military relations are becoming increasingly driven by technology and data.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The General Services Administration has tapped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ chief information officer and chief data officer to serve as its new deputy CIO, the agency confirmed Thursday. Dovarius Peoples will join GSA on Oct. 6, an agency spokesperson told FedScoop, adding that he is an “experienced leader with an impressive track record, having implemented countless technology projects to improve the delivery of public services.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In a proposed rule in August of 2024, SBA has unveiled a brand new regulation related specifically to recertification of size and status. A frequent question of federal contractors is whether they can continue to be small, or maintain a specific socio-economic status (i.e., WOSB, SDVOSB etc.) after a change in ownership or business structure. The SBA’s size and status recertification standards are currently found in multiple places: the size determination timing regulations, each socio-eco

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Travis Knutson has been promoted to senior vice president of operations at the combined Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies organization. In his new role, Knutson will promote operational excellence in the organization and ensure that customers will receive advanced communication solutions, EAC and OWT said.

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Redstone Government Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Title 2 Subtitle A Chapter II of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) includes Part 200 – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (i.e., grants and cooperative agreements). 2 CFR 200.405, Allocable costs , falls under Subpart E–Cost Principles applicable to all organizations that are not commercial for-profit organizations. 2 CFR 200.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services would be required to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program that leverages artificial intelligence under new bipartisan Senate legislation. That bill ( S. 5222 ), which was introduced Wednesday and announced Thursday, would call on the secretary of HHS to establish a new program called “MedShield” that would protect against future pandemics by aiding collaboration between government and the private sector and use AI in several areas, in

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USFCR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene continues to intensify, with forecasts predicting it could strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall. Areas along the Florida Panhandle and Gulf Coast are at risk, with storm surge warnings issued for Tampa Bay and evacuation orders in effect for several counties. Helene could bring up to 8 feet of storm surge and drop 4 to 8 inches of rain, causing flash flooding in vulnerable areas.

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ExecutiveBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For Intel Federal Chief Technology Officer Steve Orrin, artificial intelligence can be most beneficial in what he describes as “the more mundane aspects of cybersecurity” like managing patches or handling regular firewall hits.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Roya Mohadjer has been named vice president of government business development at Battelle, a global scientific research and development company. Battelle said Monday Mohadjer’s promotion will take effect on Oct. 1. Mohadjer previously served as VP of government business development for the health business unit of Battelle.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has neglected to put in the proper controls for its Oracle Cerner electronic health record system to adequately prevent and respond to major incidents, according to a new audit from the agency’s Office of Inspector General. In another report scrutinizing the VA’s management of IT systems, VA OIG found a weakness in controls including configuration management, assessment, authorization and monitoring, which collectively accounted for 23 incidents and a total of

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