Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
Defense contractors should prepare for a wide range of disruptions related to procurement and contract administration that are likely amid federal workforce reductions, say attorneys at Covington.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 22, 2025
Lockheed Martin has received a $180 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to procure parts, materials and components to support the conversion of three F-35 production aircraft to flight science replacement planes.
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Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
A Georgia woman convicted of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a case involving nearly $156 million in fraudulent contracts related to Hurricane Maria relief has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 22, 2025
Erika Dinnie, a longtime General Services Administration leader, has joined MetTel as vice president of federal strategy and planning. She confirmed her new role in a LinkedIn post Monday. Erika Dinnie’s Public Sector Career The executive brings to MetTel extensive experience from the GSA, where she served in leadership roles for over a decade.
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Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
A Colorado-based construction company told a federal judge that a Parsons Corp. unit wrongfully terminated its $36 million subcontract for a U.S. government airfield project on the remote Marshall Islands, failed to pay it for work and materials and seized some of its assets.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 22, 2025
Lockheed Martin recorded a 4 percent year-over-year increase in fiscal 2025 first-quarter sales to $18 billion, a total backlog of $173 billion and Q1 net earnings of $1.7 billion, or $7.28 per share. In an earnings release published Tuesday, the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor said its cash from operations was $1.
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ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 22, 2025
Raytheon has completed a series of flight tests for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, and started preparing for its production phase. The radar went through eight flight tests to stress the system and prove its capabilities against real-world threats, RTX said Monday. Following the trials, the U.S.
Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
Northrop Grumman Corp. announced on Tuesday that it took a $477 million pretax hit on the first batch of five aircraft for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber program.
Utrecht University
APRIL 22, 2025
Ruben Nicolas will defend his PhD thesis 'Sustainable Public Procurement: A Multidisciplinary Analysis'
Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
An owner of a pharmaceutical company has pled guilty in Florida to participating in a $60 million nationwide scheme to illegally distribute misbranded and adulterated HIV drugs to patients.
Utrecht University
APRIL 22, 2025
Tom Huisjes will defend his dissertation on inclusive procurement, on 23 May 2025 at Utrecht University.
Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman will stand before a panel of D.C. Circuit judges on Thursday, arguing that her colleagues wrongly suspended her two years ago. Here's what you should know about the judges who are tasked with overseeing the 97-year-old jurist's challenge.
Utrecht University
APRIL 22, 2025
On Friday, May 23, Tom Huisjes will defend his dissertation on inclusive procurement as a powerful tool for social change.
Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
Boeing said Tuesday it has agreed to sell portions of its digital aviation solutions business to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo in an $10.55 billion all-cash transaction steered byMayer Brown LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
FedScoop
APRIL 22, 2025
The federal government is undergoing a transformative journey one that reimagines how services are delivered, how operations are conducted, and how taxpayer dollars are spent. By embracing cutting-edge technologies, federal agencies are driving towards greater efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness to meet the evolving needs of the American people.
Government Contracts
APRIL 22, 2025
Recent executive orders, instructing the government to cease issuing paper checks and to modernize and fraud-proof federal payments, will likely benefit financial services providers that facilitate government disbursements provided they can manage the challenges and risks of transitioning to fully digital payments, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
Open Contracting Partnership
APRIL 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day! Many of the blogs and communications today will rightly be calling for a huge investment into climate finance, with proponents arguing for a scaling up of spending from billions of dollars to trillions. What impact is that spending having? Whats working and what could we do better? These are important questions, not only because the sums needed are huge but also if we cant demonstrate their impact, citizens will be less motivated to fight for that spending at a time of rising co
FedInsider
APRIL 22, 2025
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When legitimate credentials are used for illegitimate purposes, traditional defenses fall short. Thats the reality government agencies are facingacross state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. The challenge isnt just keeping bad actors out anymore; its spotting them when theyre already in, using real accounts to move laterally, elevate privileges, and quietly dig deeper.
AWS Public Sector
APRIL 22, 2025
In todays highly competitive public sector landscape, the ability to quickly respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) with high-quality proposals can be the difference between winning and losing multi-million-dollar opportunities. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners face increasing pressure to accelerate their go-to-market strategies while maintaining proposal quality, generative AI has emerged as a game-changing solution.
USFCR
APRIL 22, 2025
This Earth Day, nonprofits dedicated to environmental conservation have the chance to access vital funding to further their impactful work. Grants aimed at protecting the environment are available across the country, supporting efforts to preserve natural resources and promote green initiatives. See below to explore environmental funding opportunities by state or region.
AWS Public Sector
APRIL 22, 2025
This is a guest post from Bedfordshire Police, an AWS customer. A collaboration between the UKs Bedfordshire Police and Amazon Web Services (AWS) resulted in rapid deployment of high-impact, cloud-based solutions that free up officer and staff time and resources. This has helped officers to better serve communities and victims. Based on cloud technology, the model is easily replicable by other law-enforcement organizations.
Scottish Government Procurement
APRIL 22, 2025
To celebrate World Innovation and Creativity day 2025, we would like to take the opportunity to highlight Scotland Innovates, our National supplier led innovation service which provides an easy to use, secure route to connect with the Scottish Public Sector and NHS Scotland. The Scotland Innovates website also provides information, guidance and details of support to develop ideas and innovations into products and technologies that may be of use in the provision of public services in Scotland.
GovCon Wire
APRIL 22, 2025
ASRC Federal has appointed Mike Manzo, a more than three-decade General Dynamics veteran, as president of its defense and intelligence operating group. Jennifer Felix, president and CEO of ASRC Federal and a previous Wash100 awardee, welcomed Manzo’s addition to the company and commended his ability to build trust and deliver on commitments.
WashngtonExec
APRIL 22, 2025
John Burton, SPA Systems Planning and Analysis has won a $1.5 million sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy. The award could reach $43.5 million if all options are exercised. The contract supports Navy efforts in policy, planning, training, compliance, incident response and safety engineering. Our decades-long support to the U.S.
Kluwer Arbitration
APRIL 22, 2025
Paris Arbitration Week (PAW) featured multiple discussions on the growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in arbitration proceedings, a much-debated topic. Issues such as the slow uptake in use of AI by legal professionals, the ethical and legal risks involved in the use of AI, and finding a balance between AI use and the necessary avoidance of those risks continue to be discussed as hot topics.
WashngtonExec
APRIL 22, 2025
Kevin Joyce, ServiceNow Kevin Joyce Senior Director, Legal-Global Head of Public Sector Ethics & Compliance, ServiceNow Kevin Joyce’s biggest achievement has been empowering his team to grow and flourish into senior leaders within the legal department and organization as a whole. “I’ve had the honor and pleasure of watching many of my team members move on to bigger and better roles with greater responsibility,” he said. “True success as a leader is measured by h
Kluwer Arbitration
APRIL 22, 2025
Recent amendments to the United Nations (UN) Model Tax Convention aim at banning the use of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions for disputing tax measures, thereby attempting to deal a further blow to international investment agreements (IIAs). The UN Model Tax Convention is regularly updated and was drafted with the aim to cater for the needs of countries which are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and therefore whose interests are
WashngtonExec
APRIL 22, 2025
Kathleen Dickson, A-TEK Inc. The finalists for WashingtonExecs Chief Officer Awards were announced April 8, and well be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person June 4. Next is Kathleen Dickson, vice president and chief financial officer at A-TEK Inc., and finalist in the Private CFO of the Year Award (annual revenue less than $100 million) category.
GovLoop
APRIL 22, 2025
Network and security modernization initiatives have taken on new importance in recent months. With return-to-office mandates, agencies are concerned about the ability of their legacy infrastructure to handle the surge in bandwidth requirements. At the same time, as the threat landscape continues to evolve, agencies also are looking to adopt advanced cyber capabilities, such as defense-in-depth, micro-segmentation and zero trust.
The Softly Spark
APRIL 22, 2025
Driven by patriotism, support for the American economy, or a belief that U.S.-made products are of superior quality and more eco-friendly, consumers are increasingly seeking the Made in the USA label. As a result, many brands prominently display this on their packaging. However, before boasting the red, white, and blue, it’s important to understand the requirements and the potential risks of non-compliant labeling.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 22, 2025
Mike McCalip, vice president for government programs and strategy at Carahsoft Technology, said integrating artificial intelligence into maritime missions and preparing data for mission readiness are some of the key themes discussed at a recent maritime conference.
Federal News Network
APRIL 22, 2025
What’s it like to spend literally decades trying to understand, decode and interpret a federal agency and then joining it at the executive level? Larry Allen spent years as a federal sales and marketing consultant after a stint as president of the Coalition for Government Procurement. He was also a regular guest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 22, 2025
Sam Choi, former vice president of federal sales at Vibrint, announced Monday on LinkedIn that he has joined Virginia-based PsiQuantum as vice president of national security business development and partnerships. Choi brings leadership experience spanning the U.S. military, federal government and private sector technology firms.
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
APRIL 22, 2025
Rozpoczynamy now seri informacyjn Fintech: What about FiDAR? w ktrej regularnie bdziemy dzieli si kluczowymi informacjami na temat prac nad projektem rozporzdzenia FiDAR (Financial Data Access Regulation) – jednego z najbardziej rewolucyjnych aktw prawnych dotyczcych sektora finansowego w Unii Europejskiej. Czym jest Open Finance? Koncepcja Open Finance (Otwartych Finansw) zakada dzielenie si przez takie podmioty jak m.in. banki, zakady ubezpiecze, instytucje patnicze, domy maklerskie, czy
ExecutiveBiz
APRIL 22, 2025
Electra can begin the pre-production and certification phase of its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft using the $115 million it raised in a Series B funding round led by Prysm Capital to fulfill more than 2,200 EL9 pre-orders valued at over $10 billion.
Kluwer Arbitration
APRIL 22, 2025
The ICCA-KIAC Conference is approaching, taking place on 5 June 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. It will focus on the theme Africa & International Arbitration: Untold Stories and discuss legal reform processes being implemented across the continent to overcome historical obstacles, explore current challenges and opportunities for commerce, trade and investment in the region, and predict what the future holds for international arbitration in Africa.
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