Space Force's Secret Weapon EM Video: GovCon Daily 1/22/2024 [Gen. Guetlein Spills!]

0:06 GovCon Index Rebounded After Losses Early Week

0:18 Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Streamline Procurement Process for Federal Agencies, Contractors

0:29 Weaknesses in Ivanti's Connect Secure, Policy Secure Platforms Prompt CISA Emergency Directive; Jen Easterly Quoted

0:45 Gen. Michael Guetlein: Space Force Eyes Commerce's Collected Data to Improve Space Domain Awareness

0:58 OUSD, Naval Surface Warfare Center to Lead Tour of Microelectronics Commons Hubs

1:19 NASA Concludes Latest Hot Fire Test of RS-25 Certification Engine

1:32 Department of Defense in Search of Technologies for Collecting, Processing, Transmitting Data

1:50 AFGSC to Receive Funding for 4 Approved SBIR Solicitations

2:05 The CX Imperative Forum

2:16 Jeff Rothblum Joins Office of the National Cyber Director as Head of Cyber Policy & Plans

2:31 Biden Administration Announces Tax Credit Guidance, New Investments to Advance EV Charging Network
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Executive Mosaic's Govt con index closed last week with a 0.04% uptick to $4,609.49 after a decline earlier in the week. Senators Gary Peters and Joni Ernst have proposed a bill that seeks to streamline the solicitation process and procedures for awarding delivery and task orders for federal agencies.

00:00:30:02 - 00:00:58:08
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A new emergency directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging all federal civilian agencies to implement measures to mitigate online threats associated with vulnerabilities found in Ivanti Connect secure and policy, secure platforms. General Michael Gatlin, vice chief of space operations, said the U.S. Space Force is considering using data collected by the Department of Commerce to improve its initiative to enhance space domain awareness.

00:00:58:22 - 00:01:32:13
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The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will send representatives, along with delegates from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division and National Security Technology Accelerator to the Microelectronics Commons hubs in a three week tour as part of an initiative to speed up advanced microchip prototyping for military technologies. Nassar has conducted a full duration hot fire test of an RS25 certification engine to demonstrate and validate its capability to power the agency's space launch system rocket for future deep space missions.

00:01:33:01 - 00:02:05:13
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The Department of Defense is calling on technology developers to submit brief descriptions of proposed solutions that would address the U.S. military's need for capabilities that would enable the speedy collection, storage, processing, monitoring, analysis and communication of data at scale. Air Force Global Strike Command has secured up to $18 million in small business innovation research allocation from the U.S. Air Force's innovation arm to partner with commercial vendors, to modernize legacy systems and integrate new warfighting capabilities.

00:02:05:21 - 00:02:48:18
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Join Potomac Officers Clubs The Imperative Forum on January 25th, 2024. Visit Potomac Officers Club dot com. Slash Events. Jeff Rathbun, most recently a senior professional staff member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has joined the Office of the National Cyber Director within the Executive Office of the President as Director of Cyber Policy and Plans. The Biden administration has launched new initiatives to cut the cost of electric vehicles and ensure the reliability of the U.S. EV charging network, including updated guidance on EV charger, tax credit eligibility for individuals and businesses, and new investments in EV technologies.

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