Federal News Network

MAY 13, 2025

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transcript: Terry Gerton: You’ve got an interesting story of two cases in the Federal Claims Court that derive from a rescinded FAR [Federal Acquisition Regulation] rule.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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FedScoop

MAY 12, 2025

As the internet becomes overrun with AI slop and public trust in artificial intelligence plummets, a bipartisan group of senators want to enlist the Commerce Department in an education operation about the emerging technology. The Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act would require the Commerce secretary to oversee an initiative to provide Americans with information about the benefits of AI in their daily lives, as well as the risks the technology presents.

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Government Contracts

MAY 12, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address for the first time Thursday the propriety of universal injunctions, a tool federal judges have increasingly used to broadly halt presidential orders and policy initiatives, and whose validity has haunted the high court's merits and emergency dockets for more than a decade.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 15, 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.

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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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Watson & Associates

MAY 13, 2025

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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SmallGovCon

MAY 16, 2025

SBA has indicated that it will be holding a tribal consultation meeting in June. Among the topics to be discussed will be the 8(a) Program and SBA Mentor-Protege Program and joint ventures. This request is interesting because it reveals a little bit about what the SBA is thinking with regards to the Mentor-Protg Program and joint venture issues. While it is especially relevant for entity-owned 8(a) Program firms, it is also revealing for other small businesses.

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WashngtonExec

MAY 14, 2025

Renny Dipentima Renato Renny DiPentima joined SRA International in 1995, but his federal career started long before that. He began in the Social Services Administration and credits his government experience for shaping his path. I wouldn’t be president and CEO of a public company if I hadn’t built a career in government, DiPentima told WashingtonExec.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 16, 2025

The U.S. Army has selected 11 companies for a $495 million contract to provide construction services for Hawaii. Hawaii Construction Contract Details The Department of Defense said Thursday the companies that will compete for each order include the following U.S.-based companies: Absher Construction ContiFederal Services Environmental Chemical Corp.

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2025

The U.S. militarys system for moving household goods is entering its busiest time of the year amid significant uncertainty: It’s unclear precisely how service members belongings will get from place to place given mounting indications the Defense Department’s multibillion-dollar contract for handling those shipments is nowhere near ready for full implementation.

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FedScoop

MAY 16, 2025

A top Senate Intelligence Democrat is warning the Office of Personnel Management against cancelling identity protection services that have been provided to current and former federal employees since their data was exposed in the massive 2015 OPM data breach. In a letter sent Friday to OPM acting Director Charles Ezell, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., expressed concerns about Department of Government Efficiency-instituted cuts to the personnel agency and plans that it may have to curtail identity theft

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 15, 2025

In a significant decision issued on 24 June 2024 (Case No. 200 of 2023), the Bahraini Court of Cassation (“Court of Cassation”) reaffirmed the centrality of arbitral autonomy by upholding the principle of Kompetenz-Kompetenz. This doctrine, foundational in international arbitration, empowers arbitral tribunals to rule on their own jurisdiction, including disputes over the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement itself.

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Government Contracts

MAY 15, 2025

KPMG has lodged a bid protest accusing the U.S. Air Force of unlawfully forgoing competition when awarding Deloitte more than $1 billion worth of audit remediation contracts, telling the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that KPMG can't compete unless the "billion-dollar boondoggle" is stopped.

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GovSpend

MAY 13, 2025

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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GovCon Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Software developers who want to sell to the federal government better ensure they are meeting minimum cybersecurity standards, or else, a top federal official said Thursday at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Cyber Summit.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 16, 2025

One could be forgiven for thinking that teaching international economic law in the United States (U.S.) is challenging these days. The U.S. has disabled the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body. In the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ( USMCA ), the parties (following a transition period ) eliminated Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) between the U.S. and Canada and curtailed the types of claims that could be brought against Mexico and the U.S. by the investors of the

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Government Contracts

MAY 13, 2025

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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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 12, 2025

Rocket Lab has secured a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to launch its medium-lift, reusable Neutron rocket to support the Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics program, a Department of Defense initiative that aims to develop a space-based system for rapid global cargo delivery.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 12, 2025

By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International In recent years, cyber attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure have been relentless. In 2025, that pattern unfortunately continues as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are being adapted in the attacker tool chests.

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FedInsider

MAY 15, 2025

In recent years, the Department of Defense has been rethinking how it approaches communications technology shifting from traditional, insular solutions to embracing innovation from the commercial sector. While off-the-shelf cellular devices arent suitable for the battlefield, the underlying technologies powering 5G and emerging 6G networks are becoming too valuable to ignore.

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Government Contracts

MAY 13, 2025

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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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 12, 2025

Delteks latest study on the government contracting industry identified the rising compliance costs related to the updated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements as one of the challenges facing contractors in 2025.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 16, 2025

SpyCloud has appointed Brad Rouse, a technology sales leader, as chief revenue officer. The company said Thursday Rouse will oversee enterprise and federal sales teams, partnerships and customer success groups worldwide as SpyCloud advances go-to-market initiatives to address the increasing demand for proactive threat remediation platforms.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 12, 2025

On 30 April 2025, the European Court of Justice ( CJEU ) issued a judgment on the concept of repayment granted in error as laid down in Article 116(7) of the Union Customs Code ( UCC ). This article (116 (7) of the UCC) provides that if customs authorities have granted repayment or remission in error, the original customs debt shall be re-instated (insofar not time-barred).

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Government Contracts

MAY 16, 2025

NJ Transit has hit two unions with lawsuits in New Jersey federal court over a rail strike that began Friday, accusing a Teamsters unit and the American Train Dispatchers Association of violating the Railway Labor Act by refusing to cross another Teamsters unit's picket line.

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WashngtonExec

MAY 13, 2025

Susan Case, TekSynap Corp. Susan Case has been a federal government contractor for over 40 years and has supported the intelligence community for over 30. As vice president of intelligence at TekSynap Corp., she continues to do so by providing innovative and quality IT solutions to support customer missions. “Every day at TekSynap is a new adventure!

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GovCon Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Elbit Systems of America has secured a $112 million delivery order from the Marine Corps Systems Command for Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle, or SBNVG, systems. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company said Wednesday the delivery order was issued under a multi-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in 2023.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 12, 2025

mPower Technology has received over $21 million in funding to accelerate the advancement and boost high-volume production of its DragonSCALES technology for future space missions. The company said Thursday the Series B funding was spearheaded by Razors Edge Ventures, with participation from Shield Capital. It follows the Cottonwood Technology-led Series A financing.

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Government Contracts

MAY 16, 2025

Eurofinsa SA has asked a D.C. federal court for permission to begin seizing the Gabonese Republic's assets as the Spanish company that specializes in global infrastructure projects looks to enforce a nearly $18 million arbitral award against the African country.

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FedInsider

MAY 13, 2025

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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GovCon Wire

MAY 12, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security Headquarters and Components plan to launch a recompetition for the enterprise Vetting Management System, or eVMS, contract valued at an estimated $100 million.

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Federal News Network

MAY 12, 2025

This week on Off the Shelf ,Tina Murphy, president & CEO of GHX , discusses commercial best practices in healthcare supply chain management. Tina Murphy, president & CEO, GHX Murphy addresses the imperative of simplifying federal healthcare operations through automation technology for order and data management to improve patient care, and explains how digital transformation supports supply chain resilience addressing vulnerabilities and disruptions brought on by events like COVID-19.

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Government Contracts

MAY 12, 2025

If the Internal Revenue Service revokes Harvard's tax-exempt status for violating established public policy a position unsupported by currently available information the precedent set by surviving the inevitable court challenge could undercut the autonomy and distinctiveness of the charitable sector, says Johnny Rex Buckles at Houston Law Center.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 12, 2025

Sierra Nevada Corp. has conducted the initial flight testing of its RAPCON-X Bombardier Global 6500 jet. SNC said Thursday the recent demonstration marks a significant step towards delivering the aircraft to contractor-owned, contractor-operated, or COCO, service customers. Validating RAPCON-Xs Performance By achieving flight performance handling qualification, or FPHQ, SNC confirmed the RAPCON-Xs consistent performance and airworthiness.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 12, 2025

Peder Jungck, chair of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Senior Intel Group, has assumed the responsibilities as chief innovation and strategy officer for the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems. The executive confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Monday.

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WashngtonExec

MAY 12, 2025

Jon Check, Nightwing A breach doesnt start with a firewall alert or a blinking light. It starts with a quiet probe, a subtle misstep, a pattern only an attacker would notice. At Nightwing, defenders dont wait for sirens they train like attackers, think like adversaries and use artificial intelligence to anticipate the next move before it happens. In an era where cyber threats move at machine speed, Nightwings approach is anything but reactive.

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Government Contracts

MAY 12, 2025

A national authors group sued the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency on Monday in New York federal court, claiming the cancellation of about $175 million in grants was "flagrantly unlawful.

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