FedTech Magazine
MAY 8, 2025
Almost since the dawn of networked computing, the intelligence community has worked under self-imposed handicaps. The requirement for high security in classified environments has meant that government IT teams at IC agencies have had to either do without the latest internet-focused technologies or build their own isolated and secured environments from scratch, at enormous expense.
Kluwer Arbitration
MAY 6, 2025
Data protection laws and regulations are generally mandatory and apply anytime personal data is processed, including the methods, locations and times that personal information may be processed. However, such laws and regulations do not expressly or explicitly address data protection in arbitration proceedings. On 27 November 2022, the National Assembly of Tanzania passed the Personal Data Protection Act ( PDPA ), which came into force on 1 May 2023.
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FedScoop
MAY 6, 2025
The federal judicial branch is exploring uses of artificial intelligence aimed at promoting access to justice and cost efficiencies, a judiciary official focused on the technology said. Paul Drutz-Hannahs, the AI pilot lead at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, told FedScoop in a recent interview that the court system is much like the other branches of government looking at the technology to improve its operations.
GovLoop
MAY 8, 2025
Modernization is more than shiny laptops and high-end servers, the tools of advanced IT staff. Often, the most valuable reforms simply help agency employees in legal, procurement, human resources, facilities management, and other non-technical divisions leave their manual drudgery behind, so they can perform more mission-critical, satisfying work.
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GovCon Wire
MAY 7, 2025
By Aparna Achanta, Principal Security Lead, IBM Risk management in organizations is more than a routine checkbox exercise. Instead, it is the foundation of business resilience. What is the impact of security risks? Failing to implement appropriate and proportionate security measures can result in data breaches, infrastructure lapses and the loss of intellectual property, among other consequences.
Whistleblower Network News
MAY 8, 2025
While the whistleblower program administered by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is often heralded as the gold standard of whistleblower programs, advocates and members of Congress believe there is still need for reform. In a new article for the NYU Law Compliance & Enforcement blog , leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto outlines the needed reforms found in the bipartisan SEC Whistleblower Reform Act.
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Government Contracts
MAY 5, 2025
A special master rightly determined that no reasonable jury could render a verdict for the U.S. Department of Justice in a massive False Claims Act case targeting Medicare Advantage plans operated by UnitedHealth, the health insurance company told a D.C. federal judge.
GovCon Wire
MAY 6, 2025
The U.S. Navy has awarded KBR Services an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract worth $55.6 million to provide base operations support at U.S. military facilities across the African nation of Djibouti. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would increase the maximum dollar value of the effort to $476.8 million, the Department of Defense said Monday.
GovSpend
MAY 8, 2025
The US Small Business Administration has celebrated small businesses for over 60 years, and National Small Business Week (May 4-10, 2025) is a time for us to commemorate the small businesses that contribute to Americas innovation and growth. In honor of this observance, Im reflecting on the contributions small businesses make in the federal contracting space – a market where the federal government remains the largest customer and spent more than $774B in federal contracts in Fiscal Year (F
Scottish Government Procurement
MAY 7, 2025
One month to go until Meet the Buyer National 2025 The countdown to Scotlands largest free procurement event is on. The 16 th annual Meet the Buyer National will take place at Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Meet the Buyer National is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.
Federal News Network
MAY 8, 2025
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Federal contractors already have to certify that they don’t do business with foreign terrorist organizations. But new guidance from the Department of Justice means it might not be so easy to tell who’s who, and that has legal repercussions. To help us understand these new complexities, counsels from King and Spalding, Mike Galdo and Brandt Leibe join me now.
GovCon Wire
MAY 8, 2025
IonQ has agreed to buy Capella Space and Lightsynq Technologies to advance its plan to develop a space-based quantum key distribution, or QKD, network and extend its vision for the quantum internet.
Government Contracts
MAY 7, 2025
A pair of Pennsylvania nursing homes convicted of defrauding state and federal healthcare programs by falsifying staff records and exaggerating patient needs said they won't be able to pay the $2.7 million penalty the government is seeking since they're severely strapped for cash.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 7, 2025
Many government agencies rely on critical applications running on legacy systems, which is highlighted in a 2023 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These applications are typically monolithic, built on outdated technologies that necessitate workarounds, lack scalability, and incur escalating operational costs. The GAO report identified numerous federal IT legacy systems in urgent need of modernization.
Redstone Government Consulting
MAY 6, 2025
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a Report, Recent Guidance Could Enhance Subaward Oversight to the Senate dated March 26, 2025 (GAO-25-107315) , on its review of subaward oversight based on requirements in 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Grants. While prime recipients have responsibility over subawards, federal agencies are required to ensure recipients carry out oversight responsibilities.
GovCon Wire
MAY 7, 2025
Jane Rathbun, chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, received her 2025 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Founded by Garrettson in 2014, the Wash100 honors executives with significant impact throughout the government contracting sector.
Government Contracts
MAY 7, 2025
Frivolous litigation by local government officials is not constitutionally protected and carries financial consequences, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 5-0 decision reining in baseless legal battles.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 8, 2025
Slalom has been honored with the 2025 Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year Award for Public Sector. The global business and technology consulting company said it has won the Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award eight times since 2017.
SmallGovCon
MAY 6, 2025
SBA and the FAR contain rules governing a situation where a small business is purchased by another entity and becomes a large business. SBA has recently updated those rules in a new regulation found at 13 C.F.R. 125.12. In particular, there is a special scenario where a small business has submitted an offer on a small-business procurement and then is acquired within 180 days after that offer.
GovCon Wire
MAY 8, 2025
KBR reported a strong performance in the first quarter of 2025, with double-digit growth in both revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA. Q1 2025 Financial Highlights The aerospace and defense company said Tuesday it gained revenue of $2.1 billion, up 13 percent compared to the prior year.
Government Contracts
MAY 7, 2025
A Camden, New Jersey, real estate developer is fighting to keep alive his civil racketeering suit against South Jersey power broker George Norcross, arguingin New Jersey state courtthe recent dismissal of a related indictment against Norcross "changes nothing" in the civil litigation.
Holland & Knight: Government Contracts
MAY 6, 2025
Government contracts and grant recipients working through contract and grant terminations must be especially careful to avoid False Claims Act (FCA) liability or violations.
WashngtonExec
MAY 6, 2025
Alisa Bearfield, CGI Federal The Federal Aviation Administration has tapped CGI Federal to modernize its Notice to Airmen system, a key tool for communicating safety alerts across U.S. airspace. The overhaul aims to strengthen the safety, speed and reliability of the National Airspace System. CGI Federal will lead the effort alongside Google Public Sector, NG Aviation and Mosaic ATM.
GovCon Wire
MAY 7, 2025
Mike Lisman has been selected as the next president and CEO of the TransDigm Group, succeeding Kevin Stein, who will officially retire on Sept. 30. The Cleveland-based company specializing in engineered aircraft components said Tuesday Stein will remain an adviser until March 31, 2026, to guide Lisman through the transition.
Government Contracts
MAY 7, 2025
New York transportation agencies have asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Transportation from following through on its threat to withhold federal funding for Manhattan roadway projects if the Empire State doesn't halt congestion pricing.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 8, 2025
The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued an $84 million task order to Booz Allen Hamilton for prototyping and reports on Vanish software and hardware. The companys work on the cost-plus-fixed-fee task order will address various requirements, including weapon information system development, acquisition, engineering, integration and transitioning, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
WashngtonExec
MAY 8, 2025
Dennis Kelly, Tyto Athene Tyto Athene has acquired stackArmor, a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions for government and defense contractors. A portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, Tyto helps government and defense leaders modernize and integrate enterprise operations to boost mission resilience and flexibility. As a subsidiary, stackArmor adds cloud strategy, migration and managed services for regulated industries, all compliant with FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMC, HIPAA, State
GovCon Wire
MAY 7, 2025
Chuck Johnson announced on LinkedIn Tuesday that he has been appointed vice president of advanced weapons at Northrop Grumman. The long-serving Northrop Grumman executive succeeds Susan Bruce, who has held the position since 2023. Johnson brings extensive experience in delivering all-domain technologies for a diverse local and global customer base.
Government Contracts
MAY 7, 2025
The Federal Circuit upheld an Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals decision that granted summary judgment to the Army in a dispute over a contract to procure practice bombs.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 8, 2025
Clearspeed has entered into a distribution partnership with Carahsoft to bring voice analytics technology to the public sector. Powered by artificial intelligence, Clearspeed’s offering works to enable accurate screening of foreign soldiers working with U.S. and allied forces to reduce insider threat concerns, Carahsoft said Tuesday.
Scottish Government Procurement
MAY 8, 2025
This year, Commercial Week will take place between Monday 19 to Friday 23 May 2025 and provides an opportunity to build greater awareness of commercial programmes, activities and the key skills required within the Public Sector across Scotland, to deliver better outcomes and play a pivotal role in ensuring Scotland will be a wealthier, fairer, greener and a more equal country.
GovCon Wire
MAY 8, 2025
Aperio Global CEO Earl Stafford Jr. has received the 2025 Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Award founder Jim Garrettson paid a visit to Aperio Global to personally congratulate Stafford for his first Wash100 win.
Government Contracts
MAY 9, 2025
A Montana federal jury has hit aircraft manufacturer Kaman Aerospace Corp. with a $22 million verdict over claims that it defectively manufactured a helicopter that crashed and killed a veteran pilot who was fighting a wildfire.
ExecutiveBiz
MAY 8, 2025
Spectro Cloud has promoted Kyle Goodwin to senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. Goodwin, who announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, was selected for the role after holding the vice president of global sales position at Spectro Cloud for over a year.
WashngtonExec
MAY 8, 2025
Mike Raker, Maximus Mike Raker joined Maximus as its new CTO in 2024, and his impact was felt almost immediately across the company. In particular, one of his first initiatives was to launch two capability accelerators one for artificial intelligence and machine learning and one for customer experience that developed technology roadmaps to impact all business segments.
GovCon Wire
MAY 8, 2025
Dennis Hager shared on LinkedIn Tuesday that he has been named vice president of business strategy at Client Solution Architects.
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