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June 5, 2024
Tyto Athene buys MindPoint, NASA new Acting CIO, NIST needs IT for database backlog, SDA RFP, DOD Zero Trust Overlays, impressive DHA AI Safety board
GovBrew
June 05, 2024
QUICK HITS
Post Quantum Cryptography Standards: NIST will publish it soon.
The “gatekeepers” to small business contractors: Do you want to enter the defense contracting arena?
The new DHS AI Safety and Security Board: Over 20 policymakers, executives, leaders and academics have joined. See the powerful list!
Are you getting feedback on your bids? If you aren’t—you need to!
FAR Part 39: Learn more about “Acquisition of IT” in this Friday’s webinar.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
DOD released a 400-page guide to “Zero Trust Overlays”.
The CIO of the DOD recently published a nearly 400-page “Zero Trust Overlays” document. It serves as a roadmap and guide to aid the department reach the goals outlined in a 2021 executive order signed by POTUS. Read more
Lawmakers’ proposed military budget cuts; What does POTUS think about them?
House lawmakers want to slice $700 million from the military construction budget, and more from other agencies. Others argue that going through this course of action will cause the country to lose its place on the international stage. Will POTUS sign this bill into law? Read more
Related: House lawmakers’ proposal: $1.3B for Pentagon in 2025.
DOD: B-21s are exempted from LRIP limitation.
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider stealth bomber is not subject to the Title 10 waiver requirement for low-rate initial production purchases exceeding 10 percent of total production for a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). “Concurrency,” buying production aircraft before they finish operational testing, is decades-old and reached a high pitch at the time of Air Force plans for the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, the forerunner to the B-21. Nerd out on some legalese. Read more
ICYMI:
RFP: Acquisition program solicitation posted! SDA wants non-traditional defense contractors for future flight demo prototypes.
Mixed reality headsets: They need protection from cyberthreats.
Commercial computer vision technology proposals needed: CDAO wants them for CENTCOM.
From ASA(ALT): More than $32B has been obligated on contract to procure capabilities for Ukraine. (click through the pics for data)
DOD’s OIG found that Defense Digital Service directors tapped unauthorized tech without proper waivers.
Defense Contract Awards
2 companies got a $50M DODEA IT Network Outfitting FFP IDIQ.
Deloitte scored a $56M AFA Cadet Admission Sys Support contract.
Vuzix nabs USAF Augmented Reality HMD Display Dev deal.
VetTech, a small biz, won a $348M MDA contract for financial system support services.
Follow the Defense Leaders
DOD CDAO selected new leaders.
RIVA Solutions has a new Cybersecurity VP.
Former TechFlow Business Development VP is now Tysymmetry’s Capture Excellence VP.
G3 Innovative’s former CGO was chosen to be LinTech Global’s Business Development VP.
Defense Job Openings
DAF needs a Supervisory Executive Director.
AFC is seeking a Division Chief.
NAVSEA is hiring a Program Manager.
INTEL COMMUNITY
How journalists smuggled out the iconic Tiananmen Square photo.
The shot is iconic: an unidentified man in a white shirt, hands full of bags, facing off against a column of tanks on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace. The photo and footage of the so-called “tank man” became the defining image of the Tiananmen Square crackdown whose 35th anniversary passed on Tuesday. The story of how that photographer covertly snapped the photo (spoiler: working with college kids) and then smuggled the photo out of the country is pretty wild! Read more
ICYMI:
Former NSA head feels “really good” about election security in Nov.
ODNI needs an OSET Program Director (open to public | open to feds)
ODNI wants an IC Human Capital Deputy ADNI.
The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board has 3 new members.
CIVILIAN
DHS has revealed the first ever Emerging Tech Road Map.
The DHS agency-wide road map for emerging technologies has been revealed. Tech advancements will be used to protect the country against criminal organizations and terrorism, as well as to pursue immigration, emergency preparedness, and border security missions. Read more
More about that levitating “robo-train” NASA plans to build on the moon….
NASA's goal is to develop a a lunar robotic railway system as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts program. The project, called "Flexible Levitation on a Track" is heading towards providing a reliable, autonomous payload transport on the Moon. If successful, it could be operational by the 2030s. Read more
VA’s technical infrastructure is “on pretty good footing.”
Working under the threat of technology-related budget cuts that has elicited concern from both sides of the aisle, the VA has managed to make progress on several tech priorities, the agency’s CDAO/CTO said. This interview discusses the status of the modernization push and how the agency is handling budget uncertainty. Read more
ICYMI:
The $64.8B DHS bill has been approved.
NIST needs IT consultants to take care of National Vulnerability Database backlog.
Microsoft probe? FTC says they might look into hacking incidents.
Yurts and Carahsoft partner to bring secure and private GenAI integration solutions to government agencies.
Civilian Contracts Awards
Windsor group won a $4.3M HHS CDC Administrative Support Services deal.
Valiant Solutions gets $13M ED OCIO Cyber Data Innovation Services contract.
FEMA has awarded AECOM an Advisory and Program Management Services contract.
Terran Orbital added 2 vehicles to the $6B Multi-Participant Rapid IV IDIQ.
CareView Communications inks MOU-ISA with the VA.
Follow Civilian Leaders
NASA has a new Acting Chief Information Officer at HQ/Goddard.
Former DHS Metadata Program Manager is now the Parsons Corporation’s VP of AI Solutions.
Guidehouse Financial Services has a new Partner.
Alesig has a new Business Development VP.
Applied Network Solutions Executive Director tapped to be Nyla Technology Solutions’ Business Development VP.
Civilian Job Openings
NASA needs a Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate Deputy Director.
NSF is looking for a Deputy Assistant Director.
CBP is seeking an Assistant Chief.
DOS wants a Program Manager.
M&A CORNER
Kanders & Company acquires L3Harris’ antenna & test equipment businesses.
Kanders & Company, Inc. has completed the acquisition of L3Harris Technologies' antenna and test equipment businesses for $200 million. These companies will run under Fisica, Inc. Read more
Tyto Athene to acquire MindPoint.
Tyto Athene, a company that provides solutions that make enterprise IT, cybersecurity, and modern networking possible for its clients, has agreed to acquire MindPoint Group. MindPoint will strengthen Tyto's cyber capabilities and widen its reach in the federal civilian market. Read more
Deloitte has acquired End Pointer’s disease surveillance business assets.
Deloitte has acquired a good amount of End Point's CasePointer assets. CasePointer uses open-source public health software to make tools and to make processes autonomous for state and local public health agencies connected to disease surveillance and epidemiology. Read more
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Need info on extreme heat? HHS got your back.
As we brace ourselves for the hottest time of the year, feds prepared an online tool to provide data on heat risks in the United States. What portal did the officials prepare and how can it help us survive the anticipated "hellish" summer? Read more
Can we now charge a smartphone within 60 seconds?
University of Colorado Researchers claim to have discovered a revolutionary way to make charging within a minute a reality. Will we be able to charge our gadgets almost instantaneously soon? Let’s find out! Read more
Just how long have we been trying to get federal approval for MDMA? (Spoiler: For a long, LONG time.)
An FDA advisory committee held a public hearing this week to weigh the evidence on MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, casting a non-binding vote against approving the treatment — indicating strong odds that the FDA will follow suit in their official determination, and setting a handful of precedents for efforts to legalize other psychedelics that are close behind. The FDA’s decision is slated to arrive by August 11, and if MDMA therapy is approved, it will mark the true beginning of the end of the psychedelic prohibition that’s stifled research since 1970. Read more
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