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Understanding the Consequences of Healthcare Fraud

Watson & Associates

Why Early Legal Help is Critical Healthcare fraud accusations are among the most serious allegations that a physician, hospital, or healthcare business can face. Federal prosecutors aggressively pursue these cases, and the consequences of healthcare fraud can devastate not only careers but entire healthcare organizations. Whether the case is pursued.

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No surprise: Attention to detail matters in federal acquisition regulations

Federal News Network

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton: You’ve got an interesting story of two cases in the Federal Claims Court that derive from a rescinded FAR [Federal Acquisition Regulation] rule. Let’s start with the bottom line up front. Zach Prince: Sure. As the background for listeners, the system for award management, or SAM, is an important database that the government maintains for all prime contractors at least, and often a lot of subcontractors and recipients of grants, etc.

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Meet Our Leaders: Kristen Richardson, CHRO

GovSpend

An inside look at the people, experiences, and ideas driving GovSpend forward. At GovSpend, progress starts with the decisions and direction of our leadership teamthose setting the vision, shaping our strategy, and ensuring we build solutions that truly serve our users. Meet Our Leaders features interviews with our executive team and department heads, offering insight into how theyre guiding our growth and helping us deliver smarter, more impactful solutions for the public sector.

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NIH Letters Ending Grants Lack Factual Support, Judge Says

Government Contracts

A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday that a "blast" of hundreds of virtually identical letters in March canceling National Institutes of Health-funded research projects appeared to offer no factual basis, only unsupported assertions that the projects were unscientific or discriminatory.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

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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Navy Transformation, Modernization is About the Mission

FedInsider

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When the Navy CIO released the Services Information Superiority Vision 2.0 last year, its focus was on facilitating the secure movement of information to support warfighters, by emphasizing three pillars optimize, secure, and decide. For Navy IT users, optimize means utilizing modern software and services such as cloud adoption; secure refers to implementing zero trust and increasing focus on cybersecurity; and decide zeros in on data mana

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10th Circ. Wary Of Nixing $20M Fraud Award For Colo. Town

Government Contracts

The Tenth Circuit seemed poised Tuesday to affirm a $19.8 million verdict in favor of a Colorado city battling a software developer accused of misrepresenting the readiness of its integrated billing platform for fiberoptic broadband services, even as the contractor insisted the language in the agreement was transparent.

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NJ AG, Data Co. Defend Judicial Privacy Law At 3rd Circ.

Government Contracts

Data protection company Atlas Data Corp. and New Jersey's attorney general are urging the Third Circuit to uphold a decision declaring the state's judicial privacy measure known as Daniel's Law as constitutional.

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Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2025: Parsons’ Ricardo Lorenzo

WashngtonExec

Ricardo Lorenzo, Parsons Corp. Ricardo Lorenzos most significant recent achievement was driving company growth through technological differentiation. He works closely with business partners and commercial providers to develop emerging technologies, lead an enterprisewide AI strategy and run an internal R&D program that consistently delivers high ROI.

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Improving Agency Efficiency to Improve Public Trust

GovLoop

Theres a push at the federal level to make government more efficient and more responsive. But although agencies made major investments in information technology systems over the years, digital transformation wasnt always as successful as promised. Legacy systems and home-grown custom applications often left agencies with a complicated and costly IT landscape.

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Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2025: CACI’s Jason Bales

WashngtonExec

Jason Bales, CACI Jason Bales is a forward-thinking leader actively shaping CACIs technological roadmap for success. With more than two decades of experience in product engineering, he has a deep understanding of mission-critical software-defined capabilities that help CACIs customers pivot to a more flexible software-centric future. Since stepping into his current roles in January, Bales hit the ground running to continue CACIs advancement of key technology initiatives.

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Improving weather forecasting accuracy using Amazon AppStream 2.0 graphic-intensive instances

AWS Public Sector

The ability to access applications and data from anywhere on any device is increasingly important for remote, disconnected, and distributed workers. In-field researchers and meteorologists throughout the globe depend on real-time data ingestion for essential weather capabilities. The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a weather forecasting and display system used by the National Weather Service (NWS) and other meteorological agencies worldwide.

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Acentra Health Adds Digital Health Leader Dr. Budhrani to Advisory Board

WashngtonExec

Dr. Sunil Budhrani Acentra Health has appointed Dr. Sunil Budhrani to its Healthcare Advisory Board to help guide the companys public and private sector strategy with his expertise in clinical innovation, digital health and health care transformation. Acentra Health CEO Todd Stottlemyer said the addition of Budhrani reflects the companys focus on combining clinical insight and innovation to meet the evolving needs of public-sector health care. “His cross-sector leadership insights and prov

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Ex-Palantir executive Clark Minor listed publicly as HHS’s chief information officer 

FedScoop

Clark Minor, a former Palantir employee, is the chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, per a public listing of agency CIOs. In an update to the federal CIO Councils list of officials , Minor replaced Jennifer Wendel as the departments IT leader. That edit was made Monday, according to a website tracking tool used by FedScoop.

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Phil Thiel Assumes New Leadership Role at Dewberry

GovCon Wire

Professional services firm Dewberry has promoted Executive Vice President Phil Thiel to president of Dewberry & Davis. Thiel announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. In this capacity, Thiel will oversee Dewberry & Davis, which supports federal, geospatial and technology customers and contracts at Dewberry.

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Leadership at DHS biometrics office asked cramped staff to bring their own chairs to work

FedScoop

Amid a governmentwide effort to bring federal employees back to the office , a small but powerful biometrics office based in the Department of Homeland Security is now so packed that employees were briefly asked to bring their own chairs to work. An email viewed by FedScoop shows that employees of the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) were at one point guided to bring their own chairs to work, but that advice was quickly rescinded.

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Chaos engineering made clear: Generate AWS FIS experiments using natural language through Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector

This post explores how combining AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) with the power of generative AI through Amazon Bedrock can streamline chaos engineering practices in the public sector. Using large language models (LLMs) to generate and customize application-specific AWS FIS experiments using natural language allows organizations to significantly lower the barrier to entry for chaos engineering while maintaining the rigorous testing standards needed for government workloads.

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Watchdog identifies $100B in potential government cost savings

FedScoop

As DOGE continues its decimation of the federal workforce , grinds various operations to a halt and touts dubious cost-savings claims , the congressional agency with deep experience rooting out fraud, waste and abuse in government released a litany of recommendations Tuesday that it says could save the public tens of billions of dollars. The Government Accountability Offices 15th annual report on federal programs that have fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals or actions identified 148 c

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GSA expands efforts to reshape federal consulting contracts

Federal News Network

The second group of consulting contractors are coming under the General Services Administrations microscope. A new set of 10 vendors have until Friday to submit data, analysis and options for potential savings of their existing consulting contracts to GSA and agency customers for review. The 10 vendors are: ASGN Incorporated Chemonics International FCN Inc.

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X-Bow Systems Ends Series B Funding Round With $105M From Lockheed Martin, Other Supporters

GovCon Wire

X-Bow Systems announced that Lockheed Martin made a significant investment in the company during its recently concluded Series B funding round. The non-traditional producer of advanced manufactured solid rocket motors and defense technologies said Monday that it raised over $105 million.

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Guidehouse Names John Morris as Global Health Segment Leader

ExecutiveBiz

Guidehouse has appointed John Morris to lead its global health segment, bringing decades of experience in healthcare transformation to the role. Morris’ Responsibilities Morris will oversee strategy, innovation and growth across the firms provider, payer, life sciences and government health practices, the global consulting firm said Monday.

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Eric Laychock Named Alpha Omega Chief Operating Officer

GovCon Wire

Eric Laychock, a long-standing KPMG executive, has been appointed chief operating officer of Alpha Omega. The artificial intelligence-driven modernization and digital transformation company said Monday Laychock will oversee the Vienna, Virginia-based firm’s strategic operations in line with its expansion efforts, particularly its recent acquisitions of Macro Solutions and SeKON.

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Carahsoft’s Mike Adams Provides Highlights From National Lab Tech Summit

ExecutiveBiz

Representatives from national laboratories across the United States showcased advancements in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing cybersecurity, automation and cloud migration at the recent National Laboratories Information Technology Summit.

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GovCon Expert Matt Heideman: Real-Time Decision-Making Requires Secure but Flexible Collaboration Tools

GovCon Wire

By Matt Heideman, Vice President of Public Sector at Mattermost “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people,” Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs once said. The same applies to government operations, where success depends on seamless collaboration with many organizations under high-stakes conditions.

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Tricentis Report Highlights AI-Driven Software Quality Enhancements

ExecutiveBiz

Tricentis has released its 2025 Quality Transformation Report, which highlights the need for scalable automated testing approaches to strengthen software development and delivery in the public sector.

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Derek Wood Assumes New Role at GardaWorld Federal Services

GovCon Wire

GardaWorld Federal Services has appointed Derek Wood, a leader with over 21 years of experience in program and operations management, as its new vice president for WPS and LGS Iraq. Wood confirmed his new executive role in a LinkedIn post Sunday. Who is Derek Wood?

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Kansas City Bank Fights Ex-Detainees' Debit Fee Case

Government Contracts

A Kansas City, Missouri-based bank urged a Washington federal judge to dismiss a class action from former detainees who said they were hit with illegal card fees to get back money confiscated from them, arguing that the bank has made changes to comply with a federal electronic fund transfers law.

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Michael Ellerbe Appointed OSC Edge President

GovCon Wire

Michael Ellerbe, a retired U.S. Army officer, has been named president of OSC Edge. The Atlanta, Georgia-based engineered IT provider said Tuesday Ellerbe will spearhead OSC Edge’s next phase of growth and innovation. The federal strategy leader will leverage over forty years of experience encompassing national defense, government technology and enterprise business development.

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Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Under 18 USC 1349

Watson & Associates

When a healthcare provider, hospital executive, pharmaceutical company, or physician faces allegations under 18 U.S.C. 1349, the situation demands serious legal intervention. Health care fraud conspiracy charges can devastate reputations, careers, and companies. As experienced defense attorneys, we aim to explain what constitutes conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, what.

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Viasat Board of Directors Adds William LaPlante, Michael Paull

ExecutiveBiz

Viasat has added to its board of directors three-time Wash100 winner Willian LaPlante, former undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, and Michael Paull, the CEO of RBmedia. In a statement issued Monday, Mark Dankberg, Viasat CEO and board chairman, conveyed delight in LaPlante’s and Paull’s acceptance of their appointments.

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Mass. Contractor To Pay $10M For Alleged Overcharges

Government Contracts

Massachusetts-headquartered government contractor NORESCO LLC has agreed to pay $9.6 million to settle allegations that it overcharged multiple federal agencies for energy efficiency improvements, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston announced Tuesday.

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Contract Modification Extends GDIT Work on Navy Personnel Management Platform

ExecutiveBiz

General Dynamics Information Technology will continue providing sustainment support for the U.S. Navys online personnel management platform under a $49.1 million modification to a previously awarded contract.

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Anti-Suit Injunction Cases in the U.K.: Fueled By Russian Sanctions?

Kluwer Arbitration

Anti-suit injunction (ASI) cases have risen in number in the United Kingdom (U.K.) over the last two decades. Sanctions imposed by various States, including the European Union (EU) and the U.K., have been in place against Russia for about half of this period in light of its invasion of Ukraine and the on-going Russia-Ukraine war (see a complete timeline of the EUs sanctions against Russia and the one of the U.K.s sanctions against Russia since February 2022 ), contributing to a proliferation of

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Cubic & HawkEye 360 Partner to Boost Tactical GEOINT Platform

ExecutiveBiz

Cubic Digital Intelligence has integrated HawkEye 360s advanced radiofrequency data and analytics into its Tactical Assault Kit – Timely Imagery Content Service, or TAKTICS, platform. Partnership Details HawkEye 360’s space-based RF geolocation data enhances land and maritime situational awareness and now integrates with TAKTICS for daily threat detection updates, CDI said Monday.

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RTX Lands $2.1B MDA Contract for SM-3 Missile Engineering and Product Support

GovCon Wire

RTX has secured a $2.13 billion contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency for engineering and product support services to sustain Standard Missile-3 Block missile variants.

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Nokia Provides Marine Corps With Tactical Communications Technology

ExecutiveBiz

Nokia has delivered its Banshee tactical private wireless technology to the U.S. Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity. The milestone highlights a long-term collaboration with the Marine Corps to test and refine new communication technologies that meet its mission requirements, Nokia said Monday.

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QinetiQ US Books Army IDIQ Contract, Task Order for Sensor Data Collection & Management Support

GovCon Wire

QinetiQ US has secured a five-year, $49.4 million sole-source contract and a two-year task order from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to help ARL collect and manage sensor data and improve its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.

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