The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In keeping with prior FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on government contractors and impede entry into the federal market by commercial entities. After all, the current Administration recently issued an executive order calling for the elimination of ten regulations for every new regulation.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

On February 6, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation agreed to pay $29 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through defective pricing on contracts for F-35 military aircraft. The settlement resolves allegations brought forward by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit. According to the government, Lockheed Martin inflated pricing proposals it submitted to obtain contracts for the F-35 by failing to provide to (the Department

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Even though cybersecurity is crucial to the many missions of federal agencies, it is easy to overlook the growth of the threat surface due to the increasing use of application programming interfaces (APIs), often driven by the use of generative AI. APIs serve as the communications hub between different applications, connecting agencies services to the applications that deliver those services.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A transportation company is asking a Colorado state judge on Monday to block a suspension barring it from providing rides to state Medicaid members, claiming a state agency doesn't have authority to suspend its work based on allegedly bogus accusations of fraud.

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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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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Thursday, March 25, 2025 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Federal agencies have spent the last several years putting their Zero Trust (ZT) architecture in place as the foundation for a never trust, always verify cybersecurity strategy. The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been a key facilitator for agencies pursuing ZT, since continuously identifying and fixing cybersecurity threats is one of CISAs central mission

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Federal Circuit judges considering Judge Pauline Newman's request to end her suspension said Friday that they had retained doctors who have expressed "significant concerns" that there are errors and oversights in reports from physicians who deemed the 97-year-old judge fit to serve.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The retraction of New Jersey's fourth offshore wind solicitation came alongside a wave of legislative and regulatory activity that also proposed workplace rules to bolster inclusivity and a new compensation path for assault victims

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

HII reported $3 billion in fourth-quarter revenues for fiscal 2024 and saw its full-year revenue increase 0.7 percent to $11.5 billion. In an earnings release published Thursday, the military shipbuilding company logged $12.1 billion in new contract awards and ended the year with a total backlog of approximately $48.7 billion.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

FEMA doesn't always keep up with whether its contractors are doing the job they were contracted to do properly, which can make oversight hard, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Open Security Controls Assessment Language is a standardized, machine-readable framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to improve the efficiency and consistency of security compliance. OSCAL addresses long-standing issues with security documentation by creating a universal language for assessing controls.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The U.S. Department of Labor made rootless arguments to save its final rule updating how prevailing wages are calculated under the Davis-Bacon Act, construction groups told a Texas federal court, continuing their push to entirely ax the already partially blocked rule.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

AutogenAI has launched AutogenAI Federal, an artificial intelligence-powered writing tool designed to streamline the federal proposal process and meet high-security standards. Sean Williams, founder and global CEO of AutogenAI, said in a statement Thursday, “We are excited to introduce AutogenAI Federal to the market.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest over a U.S. Army sole-source contract for power units that followed on from a prototyping deal, saying the Army showed that no alternative unitcould meet its needs.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Federal contracting rules and laws are complicated, and the rules arent always intuitive. Many contractors make legal mistakes routinely, involving everything from completing SAM profiles to calculating small business size to communicating with government contracting officers. Federal government contracts attorneys, Shane McCall & Annie Birney of Koprince McCall Pottroff, will discuss the top 21 most common legal mistakes that contractors make time and time again.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A Ninth Circuit panel decision holding GEO Group to Washington state's minimum wage standards discriminated against the federal government, the private prison giant argued, urging the full court to mull a case that has the company on the hook for $23.2 million.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Primer Technologies has released its artificial intelligence platform in the Amazon Web Services Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community Program, or ICMP.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A Florida federal judge has ruled that a Mexican oil company can use information on dismissed NAFTA arbitration and other documents in a bid to disqualify former counsel Quinn Emanuel, saying the evidence is relevant to underlying litigation over alleged funds transfers.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

National defense and security depend upon close collaboration between international allies. These allies want to use each others capabilities, which include data and technologies. To protect sensitive data and promote robust cybersecurity frameworks, organizations must consider one anothers compliance requirements. One such requirement is the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) , which restricts and controls the export of defense and military-related technologies in or

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Justice Departments ongoing case against the Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrates how many colleges and universities may be unwittingly exposed to myriad cybersecurity requirements that, if not followed, could lead to False Claims Act liability, say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Serving hundreds of thousands of residents in all 34 cities of the region, Orange County United Way provides a wide range of vital community services throughout Orange County, California. In addition to its ongoing initiatives, which address critical issues in the community and develop solutions to help end homelessness, increase family financial stability, and support equity in education, United Way offers a 2-1-1 crisis hotline that connects callers with local health and human resource service

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The New Jersey attorney general's takeover of the embattled Paterson police department and a dispute over how undocumented migrants are treated under the state's wage law are among the matters the Garden State high court recently agreed to tackle.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Robotics company Knightscope announced establishing operations in Washington, D.C., through a partnership with government relations firm Washington Office for federal growth. In a press release Thursday, Evan Burfield, co-founder and managing partner at Washington Office, said, Washington Office exists to help transformative companies like Knightscope navigate the complexities of the federal landscape.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Wiley Rein LLP's multiple recent successes in litigation involving federal contractor clients, including a precedent-setting victory for Boeing at the Federal Circuit, have earned the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Nova Space Solutions, a joint venture between Chugach Government Solutions and Amentum, has received an $822.7 million NASA contract for consolidated operations, services and maintenance infrastructure at Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Facility.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

KPMGs recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the states relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics and SupplyCore a $60M firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract each to provide facilities maintenance, repair, and operations supplies.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A dozen Democratic lawmakers on Friday pressed the U.S. attorney general and the Office of Government Ethics to look into whether Elon Musk's personal financial interests mean his work as a special government employee violates federal ethics laws.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Tria Federal and Shearwater, a for-profit subsidiary of the Ho’oilina Foundation, have launched a new joint venture, called Olakino Solutions, focused on providing health IT platforms and services for federal government customers.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Vehicle software supplier Applied Intuition has acquired autonomy software provider EpiSys Science, also known as EpiSci. The companies said Thursday the move is part of a strategy to position Applied Intuition’s defense business as one of the leading developers of autonomy software for all-domain applications.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Many U.S. Air Force assets remain grounded due to supply chain and maintenance issues, a problem that can be addressed with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning, according to a thought leadership piece from service-disabled, veteran-owned small business EXPANSIA.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Mike Marshall, a former principal and health market business leader at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined technology consulting and partner training provider Fedstack as senior vice president for client solutions. The company said Thursday Marshall’s hiring is geared toward establishing its position as an integral partner to federal clients.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The telecommunications landscape is rapidly evolving, with open radio access networks emerging as a transformative technology. ORAN offers a vision of more flexible, scalable and cost-effective network architectures, and its development and implementation are gaining attention from industry and government alike.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Honeywell has announced plans to separate its automation and aerospace technologies businesses into two standalone public entities as the multinational conglomerate continues to simplify its operating structure and optimize its portfolio to drive growth. The move came four months after Honeywell announced plans to spin off its advanced materials business into an independent, publicly traded company.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Trump administration is not complying with a temporary restraining order barring a freeze on funding for federal grant and aid programs, a coalition of states told a Rhode Island federal judge Friday, asking the court to enforce its order and to enter a stiffer injunction blocking the funding freeze.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Department of Energy on Friday replaced its chief information officer with a network engineer from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, FedScoop has learned. Dawn Zimmer who’d been serving as Energy CIO since Ann Dunkin resigned from the role as the Biden administration left office has been removed from her role by the department’s leadership, a source with direct knowledge of the move told FedScoop.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In keeping with prior FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on government contractors and impede entry into the federal market by commercial entities. After all, the current Administration recently issued an executive order calling for the elimination of ten regulations for every new regulation.

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