Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 12, a Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) administrative judge ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a letter of “sincere thanks” to whistleblower Dr. Tommie (Toni) Savage. When she entered her new position, she found rampant government contracting fraud occurring in plain sight.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The State Department has approved the possible sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon engine components and support to the government of Greece. The proposed foreign military sale is estimated to be valued at $160 million with General Electric Aerospace serving as the principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The April merger between government technology companies Engineering Solutions and Meadowgate Technologies has now yielded the combined brand Vibrint , which has officially launched.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Public-sector fleet managers may want to consider delaying replacing their internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicles/trucks (EVs) says Randall Taylor , CEO of The Fuel Ox , a global provider of fuel treatments and lubricants. This technology is here now and is easy to find.”

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FedScoop

MARCH 14, 2025

Graber comes to government after a long career in the private sector, where his experience includes managing Googles security and privacy technical program for four years and joining Twitter before it became X as an information security manager and then a risk and data analytics senior manager, according to his LinkedIn.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Think about autonomous agents as digital employees that works alongside human employees, said Paul Tatum, Executive Vice President for Solution Engineering at Salesforce, which recently launched a solution called Agentforce. The technology also can be used to make guide constituents through government services and information.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

A Michigan federal judge granted final approval of an $8 million settlement between a civil engineering company and Flint, Michigan, residents, putting to rest claims the company failed to warn them of likely lead contamination that triggered a drinking water crisis in the city.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Want to expand your small business with government contracts? This article covers how a small business government contractor can qualify, find opportunities, and thrive in this space. government has ramped up efforts to reserve more contracts specifically for small businesses. Recognizing the potential, the U.S.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because of the urgent need for decarbonization and reducing climate change, local government fleet managers are facing several major trends. Many local governments across the country have set ambitious climate targets, recognizing the substantial contribution of their vehicle fleets to their overall carbon footprint.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Ken Rollins, technology architect for digital engineering/edge at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said government agencies seeking to accelerate technology modernization efforts and better use data to address complex challenges should consider adopting digital twins.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 23, 2024

To view this webinar: How to Increase Government IT Agility. in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA in Marketing and Information Technology from UC Davis. Jane brings a lifetime career in media and government to her role. Visionary Integration Professional Inc., Gupta has a B.E.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A Gartner study predicts that by 2026, more than 70% of government agencies will employ AI to augment human decision-making, marking a significant turn towards automation from 35% in 2022 to more than 70% by 2026. Adopting AI is no longer an option but a necessity for developing efficient, transparent and responsive government operations.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The results indicate that despite the government’s longstanding commitment to improving citizens’ experiences online , there’s still progress to be made. The point of the project, Fretwell told FedScoop, was to show how well the government was performing on certain important aspects of web page operations. Because it’s so varied.”

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Often contractors will protest an award, then learn that the contract at issue was cancelled by the government due to corrective action. During that process, the government took corrective action, cancelling the contract, initially leaving in place the delivery orders. Later, the Government cancelled these delivery orders as well.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office in charge of handling data around millions of patents said Tuesday that artificial intelligence adoption faces significant barriers within the federal government due to the current culture and bureaucracy. Everything we do in the government is pretty stupid, when you compare it to the commercial world, right?”

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The NSC provides the Government direct access to over 350 members of U.S. The goal of Brightlabs is to experiment, prototype, and bring to market new, emerging technologies of impact to government and industry.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

October 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Dallas-based engineering firm AECOM agreed to pay $11.8 Government appeared first on Whistleblower Network News. Further Reading: AECOM to Pay $11.8

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GovCon Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Astrion said Wednesday it expects the acquisition to conclude in the third quarter of 2024, subject to government and regulatory clearances and other customary closing

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USFCR

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Build Relationships, Win More Contracts Winning federal contracts requires more than meeting technical requirementsits about building relationships with government decision-makers who influence awards. Network with military buyers and government decision-makers awarding contracts for defense infrastructure projects. Why attend?

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GovLoop

JULY 3, 2023

Identity is key to a modernized government experience. Externally, a coherent and deliberate approach to identity can help drive improved constituent engagements, meeting rising citizen expectations around their government encounters. He spoke during a recent GovLoop panel discussion with government and industry executives.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Department of Defense said Thursday the deal includes foreign military sales of non-recurring engineering for the governments of Canada and Germany. Boeing has secured a contract modification valued at $1.68 billion to manufacture and deliver seven Lot 13 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek With fiscal year 2023 behind us, companies can quickly take a deep breath and recover from what is, for many, the busiest time of year in the government contracting market. But very quickly, companies must pivot to the new fiscal year. It is the

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 10, 2024

Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources. Businesses face tough challenges in achieving data governance, like compliance, security, scalability and management overhead.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Managing identities and access across Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud, and AWS is a growing challenge for government agencies at all levels. Currently, he serves as the Director of Federal Sales Engineering at Quest Software Public Sector Inc.,

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 25, 2024

As a nonprofit engineering company, Draper can center its customers’ missions in designing and developing systems solutions. With an objectivity that enables unbiased assessments of technology and designs, Draper takes a multidisciplinary approach to drive innovative engineering.

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Inside Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Army Corps of Engineers and the Army had the most appeals pending, followed by the Navy and the Defense Contract Management Agency (“DCMA”), which handles appeals of cost disallowances and Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) noncompliance determinations. Separately, the Board provided a breakdown of appeal figures by agency.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Air Force to maintain engines for F-22 fighter jets, while the government mulls when the next generation of jets will be rolled out to replace them. RTX unit Pratt & Whitney was given a three-year contract worth up to $1.5 billion with the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

Governments encourage public sector organizations, businesses, and citizens to embrace digital technologies and practices through a range of incentives. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) government transformation advisor, I’ve observed best practices that deliver success, and in this post, I summarize them.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

John Ratigan, formerly CEO and president of ST Engineering’s iDirect Government subsidiary, has joined Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL) as chief corporate development officer.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 3, 2025

There’s some provisions about tracking and reporting actual OTA awards, both directly from the government and from the consortia to small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors. And I think we all know how long it takes the government to actually implement directives from the NDAA. Zach Prince It’s a cool idea.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has dismissed an engineering company's claims seeking $4.1 Army Corps of Engineers terminated a Mexico City-based construction contract, saying the court lacks jurisdiction. million in damages after the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 9, 2025

billion contract to provide electrical and electronic engineering support to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. NASA has selected California-based Columbus Technologies and Services Inc. to receive a five-year, up to $1.1

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 14, 2025

This 10-year multi-agency contract is a government-wide, multiple-award IDIQ program. Sigma Defense will deliver services in management and advisory, technical and engineering, and intelligence services domains. OASIS+ offers a streamlined procurement framework for federal agencies, supporting mission-critical, service-based [.]

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss why the API threat is growing so rapidly, how the use of generative AI is aggravating that trend, and the tangible steps agencies can take to address the potential risks APIs can pose. among others.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To view this webinar: CyberSmart 2023 – Combating Cyber Crime in State & Local Government. He had an extensive career in the Federal Government, with leadership responsibilities leading to numerous national level roles at the Senior Executive Service level since April 2006.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) functions as a tribunal at which contractors and civilian agencies can “resolve contract disputes between government contractors and agencies under the Contract Disputes Act.” Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Call us at 785-200-8919.

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