• Industry urges POTUS to pounce on CHIPS Act impact: The semiconductor industry is urging POTUS to maximize the Act post-annual address.
• A quick-and-dirty guide to HUBZone sole source contracts: All the info you could ever ask for when it comes to HUBZone set-asides.
• Lawmakers clash over unemployment insurance fraud: House members point fingers over fraudulent payouts from COVID-era programs
• What to expect from new IT/cyber/innovation House subcommittee: What does it mean for federal IT and cybersecurity innovation?

DEFENSE & AEROSPACE

ICYMI Snippets

• RFP: DLA drops formal solicitation for potential 10-year, $500M contract.
• RFP: DISA seeks decision support tool for joint electromagnetic battle management program.
• RFI: Army releases Arcane Thunder 23.
• Opp: Companies on Pool 1 Unrestricted on OASIS can bid on Tansportation Command support. (SAM)
• The Space Force is in the market for a new satellite comms system.

Defense Contract Awards

• State department OKs potential $10B sale of HIMARS launchers to Poland.
• Leonardo scores $92M USSOCOM contract for C-27J aircraft avionics update.
• MTSI receives $87M Space Systems Command satcom program support contract.
• IronNet books Navy contract after completing a pilot run of its cybersecurity tech.
• SAIC wins $150M USTRANSCOM Enterprise IT work.

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• Former director of Peraton’s NAVSEA programs promoted to Maritime Solutions VP.

Defense Job Openings

• Navy needs a Scientist/Engineer for Cybersecurity Combat Systems Integration.
• Army Futures Command seeks a Supervisory General Engineer.

INTEL COMMUNITY

Azure Red Hat OpenShift for Microsoft Azure government launched.

Red Hat announced the general availability of Azure Red Hat OpenShift on Microsoft Azure for the Government, bringing together one of the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platforms and the power and scale of Microsoft Azure to U.S. government agencies. Read more

Seven new members added to INSA board.

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has welcomed seven new members to its 2023 Board of Directors. Led by Chairwoman Letitia A. Long, the 18-member board provides INSA with strategic guidance, direction, and business oversight. Read more

ICYMI Snippets

• For FBI, evidence for recent Chinese balloon incident is still mostly underwater.
• Maxar books $192M contract to support NGA’s foreign commercial imagery program.
• ODNI is looking for a Supervisory Auditor.
• Steampunk wins FedRAMP contract.

CIVILIAN

Chair of House VA Committee “open to any idea that holds VA and Oracle Cerner accountable.”

He’s seriously looking for proposals. One possibility: provide a more holistic approach to solving issues with the EHR system without reverting to its precursor system, the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, known as VistA. Other ideas: scrape EHR program entirely. (That’ll teach ’em!) Read more

When picking IT projects to fund, OMB seeks evidence of zero trust.

Senior IT leaders at the White House assess a range of factors including an agency’s progress in adopting zero-trust architecture when deciding what technology projects to support as part of the larger federal budget request. Read more

Industry has just one week to weigh in on the next T4NG draft solicitation.

The VA isn’t paying much heed to contractors’ complaints that they do not have enough time to give meaningful comments on the first draft solicitation for this $60B IT services contract vehicle. Read more

ICYMI Snippets

• Register: CISA Emergency Communications & Stakeholder Engagement Industry Day 2023, Feb. 21-23 (Online).
• How CISA is tackling rising cyber threats and supply chain problems.
• We love that CISA is at the Superbowl keeping infrastructure safe!
• Octo convinces NIH to reconsider its bid for a seat on a $1.7B BPA.
• White House looks to shore up public trust in government websites by encouraging .gov endings. (….except USPS?)

Civilian Contracts Awards

• CACI lands $150M follow-on award for NASA simulation, software tech services.
• Navarro to extend NASA environmental program support with $80M follow-on award.

Civilian Job Openings

• NASA is looking for an Associate Director of Engineering.
• New Chief of Staff needed by Agriculture Department.

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