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January 12, 2024
NGA LunoA RFP, Replicator acceleration pathways, Lynx buys Thompson, IRS has big delays, VA’s IT shop eyes top FITARA score, Congress chooses full year funding bills
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January 12, 2024
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QUICK HITS
Congress pivots to full-year funding bills: Deal would avoid major cuts but appropriators have just 10 days to avoid a partial shutdown.
Pentagon releases first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy: The goal is to “catalyze generational rather than incremental change".
Free GovCon data analytics tool: ANSWERS questions BDs and CMs ask every day about vendors, competitors, teaming partners, agencies, contracts, IDIQs, set-asides, and more.
How to secure a spot on NASA's SEWP VI: Learn key tips at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Space Summit.
Breaking overnight: USA and UK carry out 73 strikes against Houthis in Yemen.
TRIVIA
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Pentagon to throw the weight of senior leadership behind the next step in Replicator initiative.
Now that the DOD has picked the first set of Replicator capabilities, the next step is “acceleration pathways,” which are “each of the services-nominated capabilities for consideration in the selection process, based on a warfighter-centric set of criteria.” Read more
Important step: US, China resume military-to-military policy talks.
Beyond the potential for small incidents to spiral out of control, officials have emphasized keeping communications open is also critical in light of China’s long-stated ambition to reunify the country with the island nation of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rogue province. Read more
DOD AI adoption seems like it's coming together.
DOD’s AI adoption efforts are starting to pay off, according to one Pentagon official, who believes that the DOD considers innovative tech to be at “the center of how we think about planning for what the future of the military should look." Read more
ICYMI:
US fails to track more than $1B in high-tech weapons systems sent to Ukraine.
DOD willingness to assume risk must increase as part of new acquisition policies.
Northrop Grumman heralds expected international collaboration on DARC radar.
DOD's IG initiates review of procedures following Austin's hospitalization.
Defense Contract Awards
Peraton bags gig to support ARCYBER & Cyber Mission Partners.
Amentum won a $216M Navy contract for Submarine C51 Modernization Support.
General Dynamics awarded $438M Navy contract to modernize USS Chung-Hoon and USS James E. Williams.
Nationwide IT wins $24M AF TO for acquisitions support.
Follow the Defense Leaders
COO named as the new Digital Modernization SVP for DISA IT Business at Leidos.
Defense Job Openings
The USMC is looking for a Contract Specialist.
The ONR needs a Science Director.
The BUPERS is seeking a Director of Stem Activities.
DAU is hiring an Associate Director.
INTEL COMMUNITY
ICYMI:
NSA announces 2023 Cryptologic Hall of Honor inductees.
NGA releases RFP for Luno A — proposals due on March 6.
CIVILIAN
IRS has ‘unconscionable delays’ in helping taxpayers trying to resolve fraudulent returns.
According to a new report, victims of identity theft had to weait over a year and a half on average for the IRS to resolve their cases and to get their tax refunds in FY23. Fixing this problem has been a top challenge for the agency. Read more
Agencies are blocking and banning ChatGPT — for now.
More federal agencies are joining in on the temporary banning and blocking of the generative AI tool ChatGPT. The DOE and VA are the latest agencies to confirm they’ve banned generative AI tools, at least temporarily, on their systems. Read more
VA’s IT shop touts top spot on government-wide scorecard.
The VA has been hard at work making its IT shop one of the most attractive places to work in the federal government, and based on recent data, the VA’s OIT is well on its way toward achieving that goal in a push for higher VA employee satisfaction. Read more
ICYMI:
New AI tools spawn fears of greater 2024 election threats.
GAO reveals that agencies' FISMA implementation was pretty bad in recent years.
New protest filed: $31M VA acquisition support services IDIQ.
DOE to withhold payments from student loan servicers.
RFP: DOE seeks proposals for $2.7B uranium enrichment services procurement contract.
Civilian Contracts Awards
Nationwide IT Services wins $271K task order for DOI-USGS for Tier 2 mobile device management support services.
AleutianStar JV won a DOC-BIS contract to support and evolve the BIS help desk.
Itegrity won a $4M HHS PSC customer service and processing contract award.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Former Account Management Director is now American Systems’ VP of Corporate Development.
Former Twitter CFO elected to the Board of Directors of RingCentral.
Former SVP of Business Operations becomes Integral Federal’s CAO.
Former EVP of QinetiQ is now the new COO of Amyx.
Civilian Job Openings
DHS is looking for CETC Deputy Director.
DHS ICE is seeking a Contract Specialist.
DOJ’s USMS needs a Deputy Director.
The EPA is hiring a Deputy Director.
M&A CORNER
Applied Insight acquires Zavda Technologies.
Cloud services provider Applied Insight has completed its takeover of veteran-owned data services business Zavda Technologies, aimed at expanding its presence in the national security market while providing better career advancement opportunities for its employees. Read more
Lynx Software Technologies acquires Thompson Software Solutions.
Lynx Software Technologies has acquired Thompson Software Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to form a platform company that will provide full software development life cycle support services for customers in aerospace and defense markets. Read more
GOVBREW INSIDER
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SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Is electronic warfare the key to air dominance?
With today’s battlefield increasingly shaped by digital technologies, the U.S. military must sharpen its capabilities in the skies; electronic warfare will help USAF gain the upper hand in aerial warfare in coming years. Read more
Why does pricing matter so much in OASIS+?
Bidders for this massive professional services vehicle have to provide finer details on their rates, a move one protestor is opposing in court and is detailed in this denial by the GAO. Read more
How do agencies fill the gap between zero trust hype and its implementation?
The buzz around the concept of zero trust seems to have reached a fever pitch in recent months, with organizations and leaders proudly proclaiming they’ve “zero-trust-ed” this or “zero-trust-ed” that. While perhaps an inevitable byproduct of hype cycles, this adoption of terminology demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of the need for zero trust. Read more
TRIVIA ANSWER: D - Whitey Bulger
Whitey Bulger was subjected to experiments while serving time at an Atlanta penitentiary, where he claims he was injected with LSD in 1957. “Total loss of appetite. Hallucinating. The room would change shape. Hours of paranoia and feeling violent. We experienced horrible periods of living nightmares and even blood coming out of the walls. Guys turning to skeletons in front of me. I saw a camera change into the head of a dog. I felt like I was going insane.” (Whitey Bulger Story | MK-ULTRA Facts)
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