FedTech Magazine
JULY 18, 2024
Before the advent of cloud computing and self-service tech, IT professionals often drowned customers in tech jargon. But the industry’s evolution has brought a new way to interface with technology. Today, tech is intuitive and a lot more user-friendly. A toddler can master a tablet in minutes without any instruction. If it’s on, most toddlers understand the tablet’s common features in about 30 minutes or less.
GovCon Wire
JULY 16, 2024
Deloitte Consulting has won a potential $2.4 billion contract from the General Services Administration to help meet the submarine workforce and industrial base requirement.
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Whistleblower Network News
JULY 15, 2024
FBI whistleblower and whistleblower advocate Jane Turner is asking that whistleblowers and whistleblower supporters write in personal messages of appreciation to be delivered to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on National Whistleblower Day. Senator Grassley, co-Chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, will be delivering a speech at the National Whistleblower Day celebration on Capitol Hill on July 30.
FedScoop
JULY 17, 2024
The Treasury Department and an industry-led nonprofit on Wednesday released secure cloud adoption guidance for financial institutions, the culmination of a year-long effort that the agency’s deputy secretary called “critically important to our work on cybersecurity.” The suite of resources released by Treasury and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council as part of the public-private Cloud Executive Steering Group is intended to address gaps called out in the department’s February 2023
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FedTech Magazine
JULY 19, 2024
U.S. Cyber Command finds itself at a crossroads with the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture, which must meet current operational needs while also evolving to integrate with more systems. Further integration of the cyber warfare platform depends on shifting software development from the traditional waterfall approach to one that’s more agile.
Art of Procurement
JULY 18, 2024
Section 321 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930 contains a small provision known as ‘de minimis,’ a Latin phrase. The post De Minimis: Supply Chain Trifles the Law Should be Concerned With appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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FedScoop
JULY 19, 2024
The U.S. global development agency is continuing to focus on the opportunities and potential challenges raised by artificial intelligence. After USAID revealed a democracy, human rights, and governance policy Thursday, Administrator Samantha Power highlighted the need to use technology to strengthen democracy, while also remaining vigilant about the ways the same kinds of tools could be used to harm people.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 16, 2024
Ensuring the integrity and security of applications is paramount as agencies increasingly rely on complex software systems and interconnected application programing interfaces to drive their operations. APIs, which form the foundation of modern digital services, are attractive targets for attackers looking to exploit vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive data.
Federal News Network
JULY 16, 2024
Top Republicans who oversee the Small Business Administration are calling on the agency to delay an overhaul of its online certification portal until after the end of the fiscal year. SBA is planning to upgrade its online certification platform , starting on Aug. 1. The agency wrote on its website that the upgraded system would be available for new applications by early September.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 17, 2024
On July 10, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Strauss Ventures LLC, doing business as The Grand Health Care System, and 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (collectively, the Grand) agreed to pay $21.3 million to settle accusations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal health care programs for therapy treatments that were unreasonable, unnecessary, unskilled or that did not occur as billed.
FedScoop
JULY 16, 2024
The Department of Energy on Tuesday released an artificial intelligence roadmap focused on its Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology — or FASST — program. The initiative, which is focused on national security, building the AI workforce, and advancing breakthroughs with energy and science, would help coordinate Energy’s work on advancing AI technology.
FedTech Magazine
JULY 15, 2024
The remnants of a stint in the federal workforce can include agency-logo coffee mugs and pictures with elected or appointed bosses, but still-active IT accounts should not be among the occupational leftovers. While so-called “zombie accounts” that can be revived by an attacker always represent a problem, the typically large volume of resignations handled at the end of a presidential term magnify the risks.
Federal News Network
JULY 18, 2024
Joy Sturm, partner, Hogan Lovells Joy Sturm, partner at Hogan Lovells , joins Off the Shelf for a briefing on the proposed BIOSECURE Act that would reshape biotechnology supply chains serving the federal government. The proposed legislation would prohibit the federal government from contracting with certain Chinese “companies of concern.” The prohibition would cover contracts, grants, and subcontractors.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 15, 2024
Whistleblowers from OpenAI have filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the company is silencing employees from sharing concerns with the public and federal employees about its AI technology through its employment contracts. In a letter filed with the SEC, representation for the whistleblowers called for a federal investigation into OpenAI’s policies, demanding changes to ensure a culture of transparency and accountability as the industry races to d
FedScoop
JULY 19, 2024
The Small Business Administration is moving forward with planned upgrades to its online certification portal, rejecting a call from two Republican committee leaders to delay the modernization project. An SBA spokesperson said in a statement Friday that the agency “does not intend to pause a project that has been budgeted and planned for launch this year,” referring to technology upgrades for how users apply for and manage their federal contracting certifications.
GovCon Wire
JULY 18, 2024
Wagish Bhartiya’s career trajectory has included the best of both worlds: he has spent roughly half of his working life in government contracting and half in the commercial sector.
Federal News Network
JULY 18, 2024
Lockheed Martin recently won a settlement worth more than $130 million in a protest with the Air Force. The company completed a contract to update the big C5 transport places with new engines. But it also had to do thousands of repairs outside the scope of the contract, and that’s where the disagreements started. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got details from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 16, 2024
In the midst of a renewed debate in the U.K. around offering monetary awards to whistleblowers who report corporate crimes, a newly published paper by leading whistleblower attorney and author Stephen M. Kohn revisits and refutes prior arguments made against the implementation of whistleblower awards in the U.K. Examining 14 years of data around the whistleblower provisions of the United States’ Dodd-Frank Act, Kohn, a founding partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto , shows that widely-cited argu
FedScoop
JULY 16, 2024
The General Services Administration’s Acquisition Policy Federal Advisory Committee (GAP FAC) is seeking nominations for members who have expertise in emerging technology and acquisition. In a Federal Register posting Tuesday, the GSA said the recently renewed GAP FAC will be composed of between 10 and 30 federal and non-federal members to support the group’s new focus area within artificial intelligence, cloud computing and infrastructure, machine learning, cybersecurity and other technology-re
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 16, 2024
KBR has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase LinQuest Corporation – a company focused on engineering, data analytics and digital integration – for $737 million.
GovCon Wire
JULY 17, 2024
The shifting global security landscape, emerging technologies and workforce trends are all shaping how the government and the GovCon industry operate. GovCon Wire sat down with Rich Sawchak, CEO of Systems Planning and Analysis, to get his perspective on the GovCon trends influencing the federal landscape today.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 16, 2024
On July 12, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that telecommunications provider Armstrong Group, based in Butler, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle False Claims Act accusations. The government alleges that Armstrong Group knowingly violated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules for the High-Cost Program and submitted improper costs to inflate the subsidies received from the federal Universal Service Fund (USF).
FedScoop
JULY 15, 2024
Late last week, the Social Security Administration announced that long-time users of the agency’s online account system would have to switch to Login.gov, the government-wide identity management and sign-on service created by the General Services Administration. The new requirement applies to users who created accounts for Social Security’s services, including its my Social Security benefits-management platform, before September 2021, but not those who already have a Login.gov account or those w
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 18, 2024
Lockheed Martin has delivered a C-130J-30 Super Hercules airlifter to the Ohio Youngstown Air Reserve Station.
GovCon Wire
JULY 18, 2024
V2X (NYSE: VVX) has booked a $141 million U.S. Navy task order for continued delivery of assured communication capability to the naval fleet. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee award, the company said Wednesday it will perform engineering services in support of the command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems used by the service branch’s afloat force.
Whistleblower Network News
JULY 17, 2024
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Noel Engels. After spending over two decades working for the US government in intelligence, law enforcement, and military combat operations, Engels left his role as a Criminal Analyst at the Department of Homeland Security after filing a whistleblower complaint. Engels claims he was improperly removed from an investigation into human trafficking allegations against Utah County Attorney David O.
FedScoop
JULY 17, 2024
The CIO-SP3 governmentwide acquisition contracts for IT services operated by the National Institutes of Health were again extended, this time for nine months, while bid protests over the embattled successor CIO-SP4 persist. In an update posted this week, NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) said that CIO-SP3 and its small business counterpart would be extended through April 2025 to ensure there won’t be a break in service.
USFCR
JULY 19, 2024
Efficient procurement is essential in federal contracting. One key tool that ensures this efficiency is the National Stock Number (NSN). By understanding NSNs, businesses can streamline their procurement processes and gain a competitive edge in federal contracts. What Are National Stock Numbers (NSNs)? National Stock Numbers (NSNs) are standardized 13-digit codes used by the federal government to identify and catalog items.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 16, 2024
Craig McIntire currently serves as vice president of the Department of Homeland Security Account within SAIC’s Civilian Business Group. In this role, he oversees the full spectrum of the company’s DHS portfolio, which includes a wide variety of information technology and engineering services.
SmallGovCon
JULY 18, 2024
The Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) Program has long held a sort of unheralded position in SBA and federal contracting. Unlike its much more expansive counterpart, the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program, the VOSB Program only allows for set asides for VOSBs for VA procurements (and even within VA SDVOSB companies are in a higher tier than VOSBs).
Redstone Government Consulting
JULY 17, 2024
Probably now. Depending on the type and dollar amount of your subcontracts, FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts clause requires a contractor that does not have an approved purchasing system (never been reviewed or is disapproved) to obtain written consent from the Contracting Officer before subcontract award.
USFCR
JULY 18, 2024
Securing federal contracts requires a solid understanding of various laws and regulations. Among these, the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) is a key regulation that can significantly impact your ability to win government contracts. This blog will explain TAA compliance, why it matters for federal contractors, and how to ensure your products meet the necessary standards.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 16, 2024
Kapil Wadhera, vice president and general manager of government engagements and business operations at Intel Foundry, said in a June 25 blog post that there are five ways that Intel is working with the U.S. government to help the U.S. regain its semiconductor leadership.
GovCon Wire
JULY 19, 2024
Peter Schumacher, a board member at Firefly Aerospace, has been appointed as interim CEO of the Cedar Park, Texas-based space transportation services provider.
Redstone Government Consulting
JULY 15, 2024
In the June 27, 2024 Federal Register , the Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) put out a notification that it was looking for input on its efforts to conform Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) related to operating revenue and lease accounting. Back on March 13, 2019, the CASB published a Discussion Paper to collect initial input on the conformance of CAS to GAAP.
USFCR
JULY 15, 2024
Registering in the System for Award Management (SAM) is a vital first step for businesses aiming to secure federal contracts. However, SAM registration alone is not enough to guarantee success. To effectively compete in the federal marketplace, businesses must take additional steps. This blog will guide you through essential actions to take after SAM registration, including understanding NAICS codes, finding contract opportunities, and building a compelling proposal.
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