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.
Federal News Network
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.
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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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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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
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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
FedTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
The federal CAIO Council is prioritizing artificial intelligence-capable infrastructure, with an emphasis on computing power and resilience, as agencies increasingly look to leverage the technology. Agencies will likely need some major technology enhancements to operationalize their AI efforts, and given the government’s intense interest in this area, it’s worth taking a deeper look into what those entail.
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
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.
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
FedTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 24, 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.
Federal News Network
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend. In addition, it’s launching a lifecycle management approach to help streamline and standardize procurement workflows.
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.
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
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.
Whistleblower Network News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
On September 23, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced four whistleblower award orders totaling $4.5 million. The four award orders are the most issued by the CFTC Whistleblower Program in a single day. The orders awarded seven individual whistleblowers, who included victims of fraud, employees and market participants. Through the CFTC Whistleblower Program , qualified whistleblowers, individuals who voluntarily provide original information which leads to a successful en
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
FedScoop
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
The IRS has fallen short in meeting a critical governmentwide modernization priority, a new watchdog report found, potentially undercutting the agency’s ability to “meet evolving business needs” and bolster “the taxpayer experience.” According to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the IRS has yet to complete a number of actions tied to the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6.
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.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Charles O’Brien currently serves as vice president of SOSi’s Civil Solutions arm.
Whistleblower Network News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
On August 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in Barr v. SEC, that two whistleblowers are not eligible to receive whistleblower awards based on proceeds collected by the government in a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding. After two whistleblowers exposed what has been called “one of the biggest frauds in Texas history” the SEC sanctioned the fraud-committing company $38.7 million.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
USFCR
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
When the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates , it can have a broad ripple effect across the entire economy, and federal spending is no exception. The recent 0.5% reduction in interest rates has brought renewed attention to how these changes affect the federal budget, government borrowing, and, ultimately, federal contractors.
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Dave Musci was elevated to the role of chief delivery officer at stackArmor, where he previously served as vice president of cloud solutions. In a LinkedIn post announcing his move, Musci underscored the growth for both the company and his professional development in the last three years, and expressed appreciation for his team at stackArmor.
Redstone Government Consulting
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
DoD issued a proposed rule dated August 15, 2024 ( DFARS Case 2019-D041 ) to amend DFARS to incorporate contractual requirements related to the Cybersecurity Maturity Module Certification (CMMC) Program. This implements a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 to enhance cybersecurity for the US defense industrial base. DoD is estimating that the final rule will be issued during Quarter 1 2025.
FedScoop
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Election season is here, and politics, rather than policy, is in the spotlight. With lawmakers preoccupied with the upcoming elections in November, the prospect of major new legislation working its way through Capitol Hill is slim to none. However, innovation in potentially disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence won’t pause for the election.
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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