Cisco has made changes to the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security certification program, including a provision intended to help network security engineers design, maintain and manage end-to-end network security tools. The company also updated the certification and training of the program in an effort to give professionals a full understanding of the elements that comprise […] More

Government agencies are increasingly looking to adopt practices of their counterparts in the private sector for taking paper documents and transforming them into an electronic format, according to Chuck Brooks, vice president and client executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Xerox. A former legislative affairs director for DHS’ science and technology directorate, Brooks […] More

Some contracting executives believe that recent budget deals in Congress could provide investment certainty to federal agencies and contractors in the near term, the Washington Post reported Monday. “My expectation is that we’ll see a lot more money being put to projects and programs over the next couple of quarters,” said Brad Antle, CEO of […] More

CoStar Group has released new research that suggests a decline in government office space demand across the Washington D.C. area during the third quarter of 2013, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Maeve Gallagher, real estate economist for CoStar, writes private sector demand for office space recorded a positive performance during that time period. The government […] More

Aon Global Risk Consulting has completed a survey of captive directors to examine the attitude of organizations toward major threats. The Aon Plc risk management consulting arm extended its recent biennial Global Risk Management Survey in 2013 to investigate the respondents’ view on the top 50 risks, with a focus on analytics, Aon said Wednesday. […] More

Autodesk University has released seven online classes for engineering graduates, students or enthusiasts that can be accessed for free through their website. The AU 2013 classes will give registered users access to select sessions, handouts, presentations and more, according to a Thursday blog post of Caron Beesley, an editor of DLT Solutions’ Acronym Online magazine. […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

Four companies have won task orders worth up to $60 million combined to develop tools and sensors for the Department of Homeland Security to scan its network for security risks, Federal Times reported Thursday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes these awards fall under DHS’ $6 billion continuous monitoring program, which is handled by the General Services Administration. […] More

Indiana’s Revenue Department has contracted LexisNexis Risk Solutions to help combat identify theft and tax refund fraud in the state. The company plans to use filters to screen requests for tax refunds, checking the ID information against public databases and other sources as part of the verification process, said Wednesday. “Identity-based tax refund fraud causes individuals to […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. and HCL Technologies are partnering to create an application modernization delivery network that is intended to help clients transition into a cloud computing platform. The team’s first delivery centers will be based in Bangalore and Chennai and the companies plan to share cloud application modernization revenue and direct costs, CSC announced Wednesday. “Enterprises today […] More

The information technology business unit of General Dynamics has been chosen by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to receive the performance-based logistics award for 2013. General Dynamics Information Technology won the award for its work on the U.S. Marine Corps. combat operating center program, the company announced Thursday. The company and the Marine Corps Systems […] More

General Dynamics Information Technology has been chosen to run a web-based cloud computing brokerage service for the state of Texas. The subsidiary launched the CloudBroker online portal where state and local government organizations and public education institutions can acquire cloud platforms and services, General Dynamics IT said Wednesday. As the state’s official cloud broker, General […] More