Tag Archives: DOJ

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has secured a six-year, multimillion contract from the Department of Justice to provide technology platforms for DOJ and five component agencies to access legal and investigative data. "We consider it an honor to put our innovation and research to work to advance the public safety mission across the different DOJ components," said Haywood Talcove, CEO, Government, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and LexisNexis Special Services.

Thomson Reuters has secured a multiyear contract from the Administration Office of the U.S. Courts to provide federal judiciary professionals access to company-built legal research tools. "We are honored that the AO has again chosen Westlaw for its legal research needs," said Steve Rubley, president of Thomson Reuters' government segment and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient.

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) filed a federal suit Friday in Washington contesting the fairness of the Department of Defense's move to award a $10B cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Bloomberg reported Saturday. DoD faces the legal challenge one month after it selected Microsoft to be its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contractor.

Thomson Reuters has secured a multiyear contract to give Department of Justice personnel access to technology platforms designed for legal research and investigative purposes. “We are honored to be of continued service to DOJ professionals and to contribute to their mission to provide public safety, prevent and investigate crime and administer justice,” said Steve Rubley, president of Thomson Reuters' government segment and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient.

A new policy alert from Washington, D.C.-based Financial Integrity Network says illegal financing threats and weaknesses in China’s anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism measures increase the risk posed by criminal actors operating in the East Asian country to multinational corporations and banks worldwide. Juan Zarate, a 2016 Wash100 award recipient, is chairman and co-founder of FIN.

A new policy alert from Washington, D.C.-based Financial Integrity Network says illegal financing threats and weaknesses in China’s anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism measures increase the risk posed by criminal actors operating in the East Asian country to multinational corporations and banks worldwide. Juan Zarate, a 2016 Wash100 award recipient, is chairman and co-founder of FIN.

AT&T (NYSE: T) has secured a potential 15-year, $984M task order to help the Department of Justice adopt a modern communications platform designed to improve DOJ’s mission performance.

The Department of Justice has awarded AT&T (NYSE: T) a potential 13-year, $527M contract under the $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle for information technology and telecommunications services.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has secured unconditional approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for $34B cash, nearly two months after the U.S. Department of Justice cleared the transaction. The commission said Thursday the merger, which both companies first announced in October 2018, would not put market competition at risk.

Harris (NYSE: HRS) and L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) set June 29, Saturday, as the closing date for their all-stock merger deal after they secured the regulatory clearances needed to complete the transaction.