Public Procurement Intl

MARCH 18, 2025

From 5-7 March 2025, South Korea’s Public Procurement Service hosted an extraordinary conference featuring centralized purchasing agencies from over half of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member states, from North America, Europe and Asia. The conference presentations , available for download here , addressed next steps for central purchasing bodies, including in sustainability , procurement-for-innovation and artificial intelligence (AI).

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

RTX business Raytheon has received a U.S. Navy contract modification worth approximately $141 million for the procurement of Standard Missile-2 and spares. Scope of Contract Modification The Department of Defense said Thursday the contract action combines purchases for the governments of Japan, Australia, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands under the foreign military sales program.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 16, 2025

Ben Gianni, GDIT General Dynamics Information Technology announced a new strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to drive digital modernization and advance government missions. GDIT and AWS will partner to develop cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud migration and modernization solutions that help advance digital transformation for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies, the company said.

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FedScoop

MARCH 17, 2025

The post DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows appeared first on FedScoop.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 19, 2025

Salesforce company MuleSoft has published the results of its new survey, which found that 98 percent of public sector organizations have adopted autonomous agents or plan to use artificial intelligence tools in the next two years, but hurdles remain.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 19, 2025

Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.

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Utrecht University

MARCH 19, 2025

Organised by UUCePP and IOS platform The Transactional State, Bastian Krieger (ZEW Mannheim) presents his research on price-based procurement and innovation.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Joanna Tepper, a former Leidos executive, has been elevated to chief growth officer at Tsymmetry. The federal IT and management consulting firm said Thursday Tepper will play an instrumental role in the company’s efforts to enhance its capabilities, develop strong partnerships and drive market growth.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 21, 2025

Telos and Government Acquisitions Inc. have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to bolster the Wi-Fi network of the U.S. Air Force Academy, or USAFA.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

Iraq has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a petition asking it to clarify parts of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activity exception, as it looks to avoid a $120 million judgment issued to a Pennsylvania defense contractor following a dispute over a two-decade-old contract.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Jenny Miller, Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has secured an $80 million contract to upgrade U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters with a next-generation avionics system under the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program. The upgrade includes Mosarc, Collins’ Modular Open Systems Approach-compliant technology, designed to simplify integration and keep pace with evolving battlefield needs.

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USFCR

MARCH 19, 2025

T ime-and-Materials (T&M) contracts provide flexibility for both contractors and government agencies, making them a common choice for projects with uncertain scopes or shifting requirements. Instead of a fixed price, these contracts compensate businesses based on actual labor hours worked and material costs incurred.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Karman Space & Defense has completed an initial public offering, or IPO, raising over $500 million in capital in its stock market debut. Trive Capital said Thursday Karman plans to use the net proceeds from the IPO to buy complementary businesses or technologies, fund capital expenditures and support other general corporate initiatives.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 19, 2025

Cubic provided fourth and fifth-generation Air Combat Maneuver Instrumentation, or ACMI, training systems to the Department of Defenses annual trilateral exercise Cope North 25 in Guam, which concluded on Feb. 21 and saw participation from the U.S., Japan and Australia.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

Attorneys representing noncitizens who successfully challenged the New York Field Office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's policy of detaining virtually every noncitizen it arrested told a Manhattan federal judge that the so-called "no release policy" is back in place.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Jeremy Wensinger, V2X V2X has won a spot on the U.S. Navy’s Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract 2.0, a key contract vehicle for global logistics support. “This award reaffirms our commitment to delivering mission-critical solutions that strengthen global security and ensure warfighters have the resources they need,” said Jeremy C.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

MARCH 16, 2025

Judge Armando Bonilla of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims weighed in on the ongoing debate about jurisdiction over protests of other transaction agreements.

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USFCR

MARCH 17, 2025

Winning a government contract can be a major opportunity for small businesses, but understanding contract types is key to success. Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contracts are one of the most common government contract types, offering a set payment amount that doesnt change, no matter the contractors actual costs.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 19, 2025

Gone are the days when commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS, services were seen as lesser or risky options for defense systems operated by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are urging a Michigan federal judge to dismiss a marine transportation company's lawsuit accusing them of negligently causing $8.25 million worth of damages to its dock while testing a naval combat vessel.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 20, 2025

Joe Logue, Two Six Technologies Two Six Technologies saw substantial growth and notable milestones in 2024 by sticking to its ethos: A tech company that puts the mission first. The company achieved 25% organic revenue growth, supported over 46,000 mission operations, and expanded its single-award contract ceiling to over $1.5 billion and annual recurring revenue to $60 million through proprietary products and software platforms.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2025

First published in 1915, Arbitration now enters a new era, building on a rich legacy while looking towards the opportunities ahead. The upcoming arrival of Issue 91.1the first issue for 2025marks the first step into a new chapter, with Prof. S.I. Strong taking the helm as the journals new Editor-in-Chief. In her inaugural editorial, Prof. Strong reflects on how the field of international dispute resolution has evolved since her own first exposure to Arbitration and outlines her vision for the jo

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 20, 2025

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. This means agencies should invest in endpoint detection and response tools, then focus on securing identities and establishing cross-domain visibility. Voice phishing attacks in particular rose 442% between the first and second half of 2024, in part because EDR has led more threat actors to abandon traditional cyberattacks, such as deploying malware via malicious documents, in favor of targeting help desks, according to CrowdStrikes 2025 Global Threat

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Jennifer Flynn announced on LinkedIn Thursday that she has been selected as the new vice president and chief information officer at Raytheon, an RTX business. Career at RTX Flynn has been with RTX for only two years. She joined the company in 2023 and took on the role of chief technology officer at Raytheon.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert atLankler Siffert & Wohl.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2025

Madison Bahmer, Two Six Technologies Madison Bahmer Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, Two Six Technologies Madison Bahmer and his team have worked to standardize approaches, techniques and infrastructure related to Two Six Technologies applications. “Our teams come from a variety of different backgrounds and skill sets, and being able to establish common ground to stand on makes interoperability across our product suite that much easier,” he said.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 19, 2025

The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to accelerate the rollout of its new Electronic Health Record.But it will have fewer resources to complete that work. The VA recently cut ties with several companies supporting EHR modernization, as part of a mass cancellation of contracts. Documents obtained by Federal News Network show the VA terminated contracts for at least six companies supporting the rollout of a new EHR from Cerner and its parent company, Oracle.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 20, 2025

Google Cloud Security provides federal cybersecurity analysts ready access to some of the latest artificial intelligence capabilities for detecting the increasing volume of AI-enabled threats and responding automatically. AI helps protect government systems and sensitive information by automating threat detection, analyzing massive amounts of data and responding to incidents quickly.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Mark Serway, president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal and a previous Wash100 awardee, said federal agencies should adopt technologies that rely on modern data management platforms to reduce costs while ensuring the delivery of public services amid the budgetary pressure from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

The Third Circuit has granted requests by several data brokers to review a lower court judge's ruling that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure, known as Daniel's Law, is constitutional.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 16, 2025

John Nemoto, CGI Federal John Nemoto Vice President, CGI Federal As a senior cloud and cybersecurity expert, John Nemoto provides innovative cloud-based solutions for clients in the national security sector, including the Department of Homeland Security. Nemoto spent the past several years developing cloud-based cybersecurity services, partnering with leading commercial cloud providers to deliver cybersecurity solutions to over 65 federal agencies through the $7 billion Continuous Diagnostics an

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FedScoop

MARCH 18, 2025

A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to give the Energy Department component charged with managing the country’s nuclear stockpile more power to protect against unmanned aerial systems flying nearby. The Nuclear Ecosystem Drone Defense (NEDD) Act from Reps. Susie Lee, D-Nev., Mark Amodei, R-Nev., Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., and Seth Moulton, D-Mass.,would expand the National Nuclear Security Administrations authority to build and develop counter-drone technology.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Data poisoning presents an imposing cyberthreat to artificial intelligence amid agencies digital transformations because its designed to be subtle. Unlike traditional cyberattacks that focus on disrupting systems or stealing data, data poisoning aims to undermine the very foundation of AI decision-making in government and the sectors with which it partners.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 17, 2025

Amazon Web Services has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its AWS Verified Access and Amazon EMR Serverless offerings. The company said Friday that AWS Verified Access received a Moderate level authorization in the AWS US East and US West commercial regions and a High authorization in the AWS GovCloud regions.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2025

A Ninth Circuit panel disregarded Congress' wishes when it ordered the GEO Group to pay $23.2 million because it needed to pay detainees in a work program under Washington state's minimum wage, the government said, backing the company's bid for rehearing.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 20, 2025

Neil Kronimus, Maximus Neil Kronimus Senior Vice President, Maximus For federal agencies, the cloud has been the catalyst for implementing new solutions and emerging technologies to better meet todays needs. Few know this space better than Neil Kronimus, a leader in federal IT and cloud technology for decades. In recent years, he has been recognized with several industry awards honoring his leadership and reputation in systems integration and cloud technology.

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