FedTech Magazine
MAY 19, 2025
Federal IT and cybersecurity teams dealing with critical infrastructure must take steps to build supply chain resilience in light of increased risk. Nearly half of critical infrastructure organizations are unable to monitor their supply chains, and 36% of supply chain professionals believe cybercriminals have already penetrated their networks via unreported supplier breaches, according to a DNV Cyber report from March.
Open Contracting Partnership
MAY 19, 2025
This blog post is part of our series exploring the impact of AI on public procurement and cutting through the buzz. It has been written by Oxford Insights team Jasmine Kendall and Joram Brouwer who spoke to Vitaliy Trenkenshu, a managing partner at Datanomix.pro in Kazakhstan about the companys tool Red Flags Management. The problem: misconduct in procurement processes Procurement processes are prone to fraud and misconduct.
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WashngtonExec
MAY 22, 2025
Chris George, Intel Chris George is the president of Intel Government Technologies. George is a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise across corporate strategy, engineering and innovation. For decades, American ingenuity has shaped the world. Innovations ranging from the transistor to the microprocessor to the internet have left an indelible mark on humanity, impacting all aspects of our lives.
WashngtonExec
MAY 22, 2025
Ray DeMeo, GrammaTech Ray DeMeo Chief Growth Officer, GrammaTech Ray DeMeo’s biggest recent achievement is shaping the business and advancing the message of GrammaTech’s ability to both secure and modernize critical software and cyber-physical systems. “We are now seeing this take root in customer engagement, strategic teaming agreements, and new contract wins,” he said.
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Whistleblower Network News
MAY 23, 2025
On May 22, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay allowing for the Trump administrations termination of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) chair Cathy Harris to stand while her lawsuit challenging her termination works its way through the courts. The order formalizes a temporary emergency stay granted in April and means that the MSPB, the quasi-judicial agency which oversees retaliation cases for federal employee whistleblowers, will continue without a quorum needed to issue decisions.
FedScoop
MAY 19, 2025
Elon Musks DOGE isnt about efficiency its about destruction. We should not let this administration tear down our best defenses against those trying to attack us in cyberspace.
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Federal News Network
MAY 23, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management is taking a second bite at the apple to modernize its human resources platform. OPM released a new request for proposals on Thursday through the General Services Administration schedules program for a secure, cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) human capital management (HCM) platform. The objective of this acquisition is to deploy an integrated, enterprise-wide core HR platformpowered by a secure, FedRAMP-authorized SaaS solutionthat consolidates key human
FedTech Magazine
MAY 22, 2025
Artificial intelligence-enabled learning platforms deliver the proper training in the proper format to federal employees looking to keep their skills current in an age of digital government. These platforms tailor content to the learner and help close vital skills gaps in government. Ironically, the rise of AI created some of the very skills gaps agencies are trying to fill, and the technology offers them a path forward.
FedScoop
MAY 23, 2025
A congressional push to utilize AI and other emerging technologies at the border got a boost this week with the introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill aimed at strengthening the Department of Homeland Securitys tech resources. The Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act from Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., would make permanent an innovation team created at Customs and Border Protection in 2018 to quickly deploy new capabilities to fight human and drug traffic
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2025
L3Harris Technologies has commenced construction of five new solid rocket motor facilities in Virginia. The defense technology company said Thursday that the upcoming facilities will boost production of critical components and support key national security initiatives.
GovLoop
MAY 23, 2025
We’ve never been more distracted. Incessant notifications, emails, calls, pings, deadlines, meetings, and competing priorities make staying focused nearly impossible. Yet, as a supervisor, its crucial to manage these distractions while meeting team objectives. The key is to master time management. Much like our learning styles, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing our workloads and calendars.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 19, 2025
Pilot to determine if Amazon Nova foundation model can meet the unique demands of health-focused generative AI through fine-tuning and collaboration. HSR.health, a pioneer in geospatial health risk prediction, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a pilot project testing the performance, process, and pricing of fine-tuning the newly announced Amazon Nova foundation model for advanced health risk prediction.
FedScoop
MAY 19, 2025
The National Credit Union Administration is lacking two critical tools that hinder its ability to monitor how the financial institutions it regulates are using artificial intelligence, a new watchdog report found. An independent federal agency charged with chartering and overseeing credit unions and insuring the savings held in those financial institutions, the NCUA employs model risk management guidance that the Government Accountability Office said is limited in scope and detail.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 22, 2025
On March 26, 2025, the German Federal Government, the federal states ( Lnder ), and municipal organizations have entered into an agreement to establish arbitral proceedings for claims concerning Nazi-confiscated art. This article endeavors to show the cornerstones of the new arbitration procedure as well as to highlight some possible weak points of this reform.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2025
Zscaler has achieved Level 2 certification under the Department of Defenses Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework.
ivalua
MAY 21, 2025
Enterprise procurement teams face growing pressure to deliver strategic value – managing supplier risk, ensuring compliance, and supporting sustainability – all without sacrificing speed or control. Unfortunately, outdated tools and fragmented processes make it difficult to maintain visibility across the supply chain and adapt at the pace of business.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2025
A Missouri company that supplies the U.S. Forest Service with fire retardants and support services had no basis to protest a sole-source award for the agency to buy 900,000 gallons of another company's product for testing, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.
GovCon Wire
MAY 23, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected three companies for a potential $250 million contract to provide shoreline mapping services for the National Geodetic Survey, or NGS, within NOAA’s National Ocean Service. According to notices published Thursday on SAM.gov, Dewberry Engineers, NV5 Geospatial and Woolpert are the awardees on the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 18, 2025
On March 18, 2025, the Office of the Paraguayan Presidencys Legal Counsel submitted to the Paraguayan Arbitration and Mediation Center (the Center) its draft to modernize Law No. 1879/2002, the Paraguayan Arbitration Act (the Project), following a recent trend in other jurisdictions amending their arbitration legislation (e.g., France, the UK, and Germany).
Bestek Procurement
MAY 22, 2025
This blog post is the first in a two-part series that examines the evolving EU regulatory landscape on corporate sustainability due diligence and its implications for the future of public procurement law. In particular, it considers the recent shift in emphasis toward regulatory simplification and what this may mean for the future of corporate sustainability.
Government Contracts
MAY 19, 2025
A retired high-ranking U.S. Navy admiral was convicted Monday by a D.C. federal jury of bribery charges stemming from allegations that he steered Navy contracts to a consulting company whose executives promised him a lucrative post-retirement job.
GovCon Wire
MAY 18, 2025
RTX has secured a $1 billion contract from the Missile Defense Agency to deliver Standard Missile-3 Block IB All-Up Rounds. Contract Specifications The Department of Defense said Friday the non-competitive firm-fixed-price contract covers the procurement of up to 55 units SM-3 Block IB All-Up Rounds built to SM-3 Block IB specifications, including manufacturing, assembly and testing.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 22, 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to delivering substantial social value across the United Kingdom (UK) public sector through strategic technology initiatives and partnerships. The AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance launched in April 2025exemplifies this commitment, aiming to address critical AI and cloud computing expertise shortages in the public sector.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2025
Experience management software developer Qualtrics has appointed Jay Patel as its public sector chief operating officer. New Responsibilities at Qualtrics Patel, who previously served as the companys federal financials lead, announced his new position in a LinkedIn post Thursday.
Government Contracts
MAY 19, 2025
A Connecticut man has admitted to a federal charge in connection with a Medicaid scam he ran with a now-former state employee that netted nearly $1.9 million, federal prosecutors said, noting that some of the criminal activity took place while he was in prison for a different healthcare ripoff.
GovCon Wire
MAY 22, 2025
RingCentral has appointed Antonio Nucci, a technology industry leader, as chief artificial intelligence officer. The AI-powered, cloud-based communications platform provider announced Nucci’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday.
GovLoop
MAY 19, 2025
Federal networks rely on legacy systems that arent designed to protect against modern cybersecurity threats nor equipped to support artificial intelligence (AI). As agencies embrace AI, the pressures on their networks increase theres more data going to more places and introducing more potential security risks. Upgrading network infrastructure is more than just fixing whats broken.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 23, 2025
Deloitte has expanded its Silicon to Service, or S2S, artificial intelligence offering to government agencies and regulated industries to enable them to rapidly prototype, field and scale AI tools for mission-critical operations.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused discovery Friday into whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, giving the initiative a short reprieve as the U.S. Supreme Court considers DOGE's bid to more fully halt a purported "fishing expedition.
GovCon Wire
MAY 22, 2025
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems Land and Armaments a cost-no-fee contract action valued at up to $423.3 million to manufacture and deliver self-propelled howitzer weapon systems. Work on the contract will be performed at multiple sites across the country, including Pennsylvania, Michigan and South Carolina, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
GovLoop
MAY 22, 2025
The past few months have brought uncertainty to the federal workforce. Amid the chaos, workers hope to stand out in the best ways and to make themselves indispensable. Although those efforts can be successful, they can also be a breeding ground for negative internal politics the dynamics and social interactions within an organization. During GovLoops May 21 NextGen Summit , Javier Incln, Assistant Inspector General for Management at the National Science Foundations (NSF) Office of Inspector Gen
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 19, 2025
Seerist and EarthDailys federal business have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence-powered geospatial intelligence platform, combining their technologies to support public and private sector organizations working in high-risk, fast-changing environments.
Government Contracts
MAY 23, 2025
A South Carolina federal judge upheld a 9,000-unit housing plan brought in part by heirs of the Guggenheim family on the Cainhoy Peninsula near Charleston, finding federal authorities properly considered environmental effects of the development.
GovCon Wire
MAY 19, 2025
The U.S. Navy plans to raise the ceiling price of the fifth iteration of the Fielded Training Systems Support multiple-award contract, or FTSS V MAC, by approximately $720 million to enable the government to meet immediate fleet requirements and demand for training maintenance and instruction until a follow-on contract is awarded.
WashngtonExec
MAY 22, 2025
Nabeela Barbari, GDIT Nabeela Barbari Vice President of Cyber, Law Enforcement, Intelligence, and Citizenship Business Area, GDIT As a recent addition to GDIT, Nabeela Barbaris greatest achievement was transitioning from the public to the private sector while maintaining her strong commitment to the homeland security mission. Her work spans law enforcement, continuity of government, cybersecurity and advancing national emergency response through technology.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 19, 2025
The Department of Defenses Platform One Solutions Marketplace, or P1SM, has designated Highlight’s cloud-native DevSecOps framework, Stratus, as Awardable, allowing DOD organizations to procure it to enhance software development and deployment processes.
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