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Joshua Duvall
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (5/9–13)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers testimony on Capitol Hill on small business contracting, tech bills advance through Senate and House committees, Army's air-to-ground network, Space Force's priorities, small businesses and big OTAs, and cyber agencies and others advise reviewing contracts with technology vendors. Congress FCW – Acquisition experts ask Congress to address decline in small business awards "Acquisition experts urged lawmakers to reform current procurement polic
Joshua Duvall
- May 7
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (5/2–6)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers DoD and more focus on cyber and electronic warfare, inflation impacting defense contractors, NASA's TROPICS mission, cost-plus an issue at NASA, VA's new website to streamline contracting, and USPS price increases. Defense FedScoop – Pentagon’s Hicks wants more focus on cyber, EW capabilities for missile defense "The Pentagon needs to evolve in its approach to air and missile defense, particularly through non-kinetic, technological means, acc
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 29
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (4/25–29)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers news out of the Space Force, NASA, NOAA, NASA, LOC, and NSA. Space BreakingDefense – Space Force team asks warfighters: What do you need from space ISR? "Space Force is in the midst of an effort to assess warfighter needs for, and capability gaps in, space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman said on Wednesday. The service has “kicked off an ISR integrated process team, IPT, to focus and drive th
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 22
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (4/18–22)
The week's Weekly Debrief covers DoD's winding road to enterprise cloud, CMMC, DIU opens in Chicago, intel weighing role of OSINT in light of Russia conflict, defense contractor's cyber trial could be DoJ bellwether, and GSA's busy 2022. Defense NextGov – DOD’s Long and Winding Road to (Hopefully) Deploying an Enterprise Cloud "The award date for the Pentagon’s latest multibillion-dollar pursuit to provide departmentwide commercial cloud services was recently delayed, pushing
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 19
- 3 min
GAO Report: Key Takeaways for DOD Space System Acquisitions
[with Mary Anne Hanke] Recently, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a report on the continuing challenges and opportunities for the Department of Defense (“DOD”) in space acquisitions. GAO’s report, which was timely published during the 37th Annual Space Symposium, reflects the current rise of space systems in military and national security operations. The report also unearths challenges and opportunities related to space acquisitions stemming from a n
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 15
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (4/11–15)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers threats to space-based systems, NASA's continued embrace of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, moon mining and satellite collisions, VA soft-testing AI, and equity action plans. Space NextGov – U.S. Space Systems See 'Dramatic' Spike in Risks Amid Global Competition "Threats to space-based systems, from navigation to communications, are increasing, defense intelligence officials warn. Officials from the Defense Intelligence Agency said there's been a
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 14
- 3 min
Maynard Expands Florida Footprint
Last week, nationally recognized law firm Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) announced a series of moves to expand the Firm’s Florida footprint. Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears, P.A., an AV-rated, full-service law firm based in Winter Park, Florida, will be merging into Maynard. This union serves as the latest market extension for Maynard, with the new Central Florida location serving as the fourteenth office in Maynard’s national practice. Swann Hadley enjoys a well-earned
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Joshua Duvall to Speak on Commerce Acquisition Regulations
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 12:00pm ET, Joshua Duvall will be presenting a webinar on the Commerce Acquisition Regulations ("CAR"). For government contractors doing business with the Department of Commerce ("DoC"), the CAR is an important regulation because it implements and supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"). In this webinar, Josh will provide a high-level overview of the CAR and government contracting and will explain why contractors should be mindf
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 8
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (4/4–8)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers space traffic, contractors in Russia, VA's EHR system outage, POLARIS slowing down, DoD and AI/ML, and appeals court reinstates federal employee vaccine mandate. Space SpaceNews – Getting a jump on traffic: The sudden urgency of government-industry partnerships in space traffic management "Some operators of low Earth orbit satellites are bracing for a storm of debris. Russia’s demonstration of an antisatellite weapon last November, destroying
Joshua Duvall
- Apr 1
- 2 min
GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (3/28–4/1)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers health data interoperability, SSA seeking $2.4B for IT modernization, $27M PPP fraud scheme, SAM.gov's outage this weekend, MDA and Guam, and Space Force contract for simulation and war gaming. Health NextGov – Public Health Agencies Seek More Data Interoperability "Data integration is a top priority for the National Institutes of Health’s modernization efforts, with an emphasis on interoperability. Susan Gregurick, the associate director for
