A Maximus subsidiary is deploying three additional mobile units to facilitate medical examinations meant to help the Department of Veterans Affairs determine retired service personnel’s eligibility for disability benefits. The company said Tuesday its Veterans Evaluation Services business administers eye, hearing and oral exams as well as general health checkups through the VES fleet. “This […] More

TQI Solutions will provide information technology and cybersecurity services at a Pearl Harbor-located U.S. Navy shipyard in Hawaii under a potential five-year, $78.2 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency. The contract has a base period of performance valued at $19.3 million followed by four option years, the Department of Defense said Friday. Contract […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a contract extension from Defense Information Systems Agency to continue developing a zero trust security and network architecture prototype for another six months. DISA said Thursday the Thunderdome Prototype pilot extension will support the planning process for the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network development program, which is aimed at boosting […] More

Casepoint has received authorization for its cloud-based legal hold and eDiscovery software to host Department of Defense data at Impact Level 5. The Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s IL5 authority to operate allows Casepoint’s Legal Hold and eDiscovery platform to handle controlled unclassified information for DOD while enabling the department to meet deadlines for investigations, […] More

The Government Accountability Office has denied General Dynamics’ protest of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s potential 10-year, $11.5 billion contract awarded in February to Leidos, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos’ defense group and a three-time Wash100 winner, said the company could move forward with contract initiation meetings and review efforts for […] More

Pegasystems has received Impact Level 4 provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency for its cloud offering designed for federal government customers. Pega Cloud for Government is a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant platform that works to enable federal agencies to develop and deploy cloud-based applications in support of their digital transformation initiatives, […] More

Forcepoint’s federal business has won a potential four-year, $89 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to develop a user activity monitoring technology. The contract, which comes via meritorious election by the General Services Administration, tasks Forcepoint Federal with equipping the Department of Defense Combatant Commands and Fourth Estate entities with the user activity […] More

The Veterans Benefits Administration has awarded a Leidos business two prime contracts worth a potential combined value of $1.7 billion over six and a half years for medical disability assessment services. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contracts, QTC Medical Services will conduct disability examinations of transitioning and retiring service members while upholding the standards of the departments of […] More

Are you a woman small business owner looking for help getting your business to the next level? According to a 2020 report on the Annual Business Survey, about 20.9% or 1.2 million were businesses owned by females, which is a 1% increase compared to 2019. These small businesses run by women are a growing part […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has published a Security Technical Implementation Guide for a network virtualization and security product from VMware to the Department of Defense’s cyber exchange database. Through consultation of the installation rules, security guidelines and controls listed in the STIG, VMware NSX will be usable across the DOD and in other government departments, […] More

A Parsons company recently finished the critical design review of a directed energy system meant to use high-power microwaves to disable small boats during defense and homeland security missions. The milestone allows Polaris Alpha Advanced Systems to proceed with the integration of a full prototype microwave technology for an operational utility assessment onboard a maritime […] More

A Zoom Video Communications platform has secured a Defense Information Systems Agency provisional authorization to support communications and collaboration activities across the Department of Defense at Impact Level 4. The DISA provisional authorization will enable military services and other defense agencies in need of IL4-authorized platforms to use Zoom for Government to support missions, Matt […] More