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The Department of Justice has given United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) an antitrust approval to proceed with their proposed merger through an all-stock transaction, Reuters reported Friday. A DOJ notice posted Thursday says the approval comes with a proposed settlement that requires both companies to divest to a U.S. approved-buyer Raytheon’s airborne tactical radios business and UTC’s military GPS business and its large space-based optical systems unit to maintain competition.

The required waiting period for Science Applications International Corp.’s (NYSE: SAIC) proposed acquisition of the federal arm of Unisys (NYSE: UIS) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired Thursday, March 12, the companies said in a joint release published Friday.

Joe Klimavicz, formerly chief information officer of the Department of Justice, has joined KPMG as a managing director, FedScoop reported Thursday. He will advise federal agencies on cybersecurity and cloud migration in his new role at KPMG.

M.C. Dean has secured a potential five-year, $200M contract to install, maintain and repair electronic security equipment for the U.S. Marshals Services, accoridng to an award notice published Thursday.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Haywood Talcove, CEO of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, with his first Wash100 Award on Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Haywood “Woody” Talcove, chief executive officer of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his efforts to create innovation technology solutions, advance the public safety’s mission and drive growth for the company. 

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.