CGI Federal has booked a potential 10-year, $69.9 million task order from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs to continue offering consular services in five nations across the Asia Pacific region. Under the contract, CGI will extend its provision of on-site processing functions for consular services in Australia, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea by implementing an upgraded version of its Atlas360 product, the Fairfax, Virginia-based enterprise announced on Tuesday.

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The Department of State has approved a possible foreign military sale of 36 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the government of Lithuania. The transaction, which has a total estimated cost of $100 million, includes an AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM guidance section, common munitions built-in-test/reprogramming equipment, ADU-891/E adapter group computer test sets and AIM-120 spare control sections and containers, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday.

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The State Department is warning U.S. citizens traveling anywhere in the world "to exercise increased caution". In an Oct. 23 travel advisory, the department called for vigilance on the part of U.S. citizens when visiting locations frequented by tourists and recommended that they enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.

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Software-as-a-service provider Hypori has released an update to Halo, which works to provide customers with a bring-your-own-device capability. The update to Halo improves its performance and makes it possible for users to receive notifications even when their virtual devices are offline, Hypori said Wednesday.

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A Leidos-led team will help the Department of Defense develop and integrate climate resilience strategies into its core functions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions under a potential five-year, $100 million blanket purchase agreement. Leidos said Thursday it will work with McKinsey & Co., ICF and Rocky Mountain Institute to assist DOD in meeting mission requirements and improving resource management processes under the Strategic Climate Sustainability and Resilience Services BPA.

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Tetra Tech has secured a spot on a $450 million, multiple-award U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contract to support Great Lakes region environmental restoration efforts. The goal of the five-year award is to accelerate the cleanup of contaminated sediment sites in the area to minimize risks to human health and the environment, the Pasadena, California-based company said on Thursday.

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CGI Federal has won a potential $522.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with systems and technology modernization services. Awarded by the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, the contract includes an incrementally-funded one-year base period as well as six one-year option periods, CGI announced from Fairfax, Virginia on Wednesday.

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Ricardo Lorenzo, chief technology officer at Parsons, said the company helps military customers build, operationalize and employ artificial intelligence systems for multi-domain missions. According to Lorenzo, Parsons builds operational AI capabilities designed to function within real-world hardware and communications-constrained environments, interact with legacy software systems and operate on disparate and unreliable sensor feeds.

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Emerging technologies are changing the way the federal government operates and unlocking new opportunities across the entire ecosystem. In Executive Mosaic’s latest video interview, Jimmy Hall, intelligence chief information officer for the Department of State, sat down with video reporter Summer Myatt to discuss the emerging technologies he anticipates will positively impact the public sector.

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The Department of the Treasury is seeking industry feedback on the draft performance work statement of a blanket purchase agreement for enterprise-wide professional and cybersecurity services. The potential eight-year BPA covers the provision of highly adaptive cybersecurity services to support the Treasury's security operations center functions in areas such as information security incident management, vulnerability management and adversary and advanced operations.

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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress and delivered the required certification for a possible foreign military sale deal with Kuwait. The State Department had approved Kuwait's request for the repair and recertification of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles under a potential $150 million deal. More

The Department of the Interior has awarded ICF a potential five-year, $30 million blanket purchase agreement to update the training systems of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Additionally, the global consulting and technology services provider will assist in developing incident position standards for wildland firefighters under the single-award BPA. More