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- December 8, 2023
December 8, 2023
TechFlow 2.1B TSA logistics recompete, DHS CISA 3 Cloud RFI, Yulista buys DSoft, VA isn’t screening employees, draft 874.2B NDAA, DOD space acquisition
Good morning. We hope you’ve had a great week so far. If you’re a football fan, don’t forget the Army-Navy matchup tomorrow at 3 pm ET.
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QUICK HITS
Pentagon space acquisition doesn't need new legal authorities: It just needs some hard scrubbing of too much red tape.
DARPA 'off to the races' with quantum computing: The reauthorization ensures competitiveness against China and Russia.
Bill to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative approved: Next up for the legislation is the full chamber.
Rapidly evolving threats demand 21st Century Security solutions: Lockheed VP talks about capabilities to meet new challenges.
TRIVIA
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Not just 155mm: Army seeks funding for more vehicle fleets.
US Army leaders want lawmakers to pass a stalled supplemental spending bill, in part, to ramp up artillery production lines. But two senior service officials say they need also the money for another critical task: backfilling US stocks of ground combat vehicles. Read more
AUKUS, JADC2, planes and tanks: What’s in the draft $874.2B NDAA.
Lawmakers have filed their compromise version of the annual defense policy bill, featuring a $874.2B topline, with key provisions ranging from the transfer of nuclear-powered submarines to tank upgrades. Read more
Military recruiting chiefs are making progress in meeting goals.
One called it: "one of the toughest recruiting landscapes I've seen in over 33 years of service." The Army, Navy and Air Force failed to meet recruiting goals in the fiscal year that ended in September. The Marine Corps and the Space Force made their goals, but the recruiting environment remains tough. Read more
ICYMI:
“I’m not dead yet!” DHA Director Lt. Gen calls for improvements in patient care.
10 countries got together this week to talk space security.
The defense industrial base is “in crisis” experts tell the Hill.
5G has become a critical technology for warfighters, border patrol, law enforcement.
Here are eight contracts to watch in FY24 worth a combined $61.9B.
Defense Contract Awards
Heads up: TITAN to be awarded soon!
12 companies win spots on $975M Army training support contract.
DLA awards CTA contract to Electrosoft for G-invoicing integration.
ASRC Federal, Noble have booked $185M in DLA contracts.
DARPA picks 14 companies for study on developing commercial lunar infrastructure.
Follow the Defense Leaders
Former Cubic VP, GM joins Fuse Integration as president.
New Chief Corporate Development Officer appointed at Comtech.
GovCon industry veteran joins Frontgrade Technologies as president and CEO.
Defense Job Openings
USAF seeks a Chief Data and Information Officer.
USAF seeks a Director of Strategic Integration.
INTEL COMMUNITY
Nuclear declassifications: the good, the bad & the ugly
Recent U.S. government decisions on the declassification of historical records on nuclear proliferation demonstrate the good, the bad, and the ugly in the current national security secrecy system. Read more
US to work with 'top secret' Australian intel cloud.
Australia is currently developing a ‘top secret’ intelligence cloud to work with US and UK spy agencies. Australia's Director-General of National Intelligence said that, “We are working very hard on a top-secret cloud initiative where we’re hoping that we will be in a position to take that initiative forward." Read more
ICYMI:
DHS Sources Sought: Three-Cloud Provision for CISA. Due Jan 5.
The Senate has confirmed a new director of the DIA. They also confirmed a new chief AI officer.
NRO awards 5 commercial electro-optical imagery contracts.
US spy “Donna” —she’s also Fidel Castro’s sister Juanita—died at the age of 90.
CIVILIAN
Watchdog warns VA putting vets at risk with employee screening.
After years of warnings, watchdogs are claiming that the VA is still not vetting or properly screening many of its employees, putting veterans at an increased risk of harm. The VA does not have a good explanation for why the shortfalls continue to occur. Check out this statistic: VA saw 1,400 incidents of controlled substance theft or loss in 2021, accounting for 7% of all such incidents reported to the DEA that year. Read more
The return to office may be pushing feds to job hunt.
A new survey shows that half of federal employees have applied for a new job since 2021 when agencies were first formally told to initiate return-to-office plans in the wake of the pandemic. OPM found that in assessing job announcements posted on the USA Jobs portal between June and October 2022, remote job opportunity announcements received on average 17 times more applications. Read more
20 agencies miss deadline to implement incident tracking requirements.
20 federal agencies have missed their deadline for implementing cyber incident tracking requirements, according to a GAO watchdog; the agency found that “many agencies have not met requirements for investigative and remediation (event logging) capabilities.” Read more
ICYMI:
CMS' December Opportunity Forecast is out – 3 dozen opportunities added.
AI nerds can’t wait! GAO will be publishing a report on agency AI use case inventories.
OMB piloting new analytics it says will measure, advance progress across agencies.
NASA Stennis cleared a major milestone for a historic in-flight autonomous software mission.
Civilian Contracts Awards
TechFlow secures $2.1B TSA logistics recompete.
WOSB Intellect Solutions wins $48M Treasury OCC IT Enterprise Infrastructure Management (ITEIM) contract.
FAA awards DTIS a ATCT & TRACON 3D Digital Twin Data Development services task
Skanska snags $147M NOAA marine operations center construction contract.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Commerce CIO announces retirement; new gig to be announced!
HHS names a new acting CIO.
Two-decade consulting industry veteran appointed to contracts VP at Ensco.
Former SkyePoint Decisions COO transitioned to the role of chief strategy officer.
Two-decade Booz Allen veteran promoted to VP of finance.
Civilian Job Openings
John Glenn Research Center seeks Deputy Director of Research and Engineering.
NASA needs a new Director for its Office of Procurement.
NNSA seeks Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Infrastructure.
The DOE is looking for a new Assistant Administrator for Energy Statistics
M&A CORNER
Yulista expands tech capabilities with DSoft acquisition.
Yulista has acquired DSoft Technology, Engineering & Analysis to expand its information and technology capabilities for aerospace, defense, and government customers. The acquired company aims to provide technology, engineering, and analysis consulting services for various defense, civil, and commercial customers. Read more
Acclaim Technical Services purchases Alder Technology.
Acclaim Technical Services is continuing its mission to expand its IT capabilities with the purchase of network engineering and data management company Alder Technology. Acclaim said the move is part of its strategy to expand and strengthen its mission-critical technology business. Read more
GOVBREW INSIDER
Check out this week’s 100+ opportunities from defense, civilian, and intel agencies.
Our team uncovered 40+ upcoming IT services opportunities at the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in this week's recompete report.
See if your company qualifies for any of the latest grants & competitions.
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Keep track of the latest Agency Acquisition Forecasts.
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SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Does higher federal employee satisfaction make for better public-facing service?
The White House is trying to set a higher bar for public-facing services across government — with a new focus on providing a “digital-first” experience. As a result, the OMB is focused on higher federal employee satisfaction as the key to better public-facing services. Read more
Is Agile transformation the key to cutting costs?
Agile is opening the door to improved collaboration, streamlined services, and mission success; Agile transformation may very well be the key to helping federal agencies speed up their services while cutting costs. Read more
Has the real Generative AI boom actually starting now, with the launch of Gemini?
The 12 months since ChatGPT launched have been a banner year for AI, but there is good reason to think that the current AI boom is only getting started. Remember, when OpenAI launched its “low key research preview” called ChatGPT last year, it was simply a test of a new interface for its text-generating large language models (LLMs). When OpenAI added its new GPT-4 LLM to ChatGPT, some experts were so freaked out that they begged the company to slow down. But this week, Gemini was launched. Read more
TRIVIA ANSWER: C - The Homestead Act
In the ten years preceding the passage of the Homestead Act, almost 128 million acres of land were granted to railroads, which often included the most agriculturally viable land. The arduous planning and construction of railroads, as well as the uncertainty of where planned routes would actually be built, led to large tracts of land becoming unavailable for homestead claiming. When land along railroad lines was opened up to the public, it was often snapped up by land speculators and later resold at high prices. (Source)
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