The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of maintenance support services for the Real Time Location System as part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says interested vendors should submit a summary of technical capabilities to carry out the services, knowledge of […] More

Carahsoft and LexisNexis have entered an agreement to offer the latter company’s legal software products to the federal government through Carahsoft’s positions on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicles. The partnership seeks to increase public sector demand for LexisNexis’ business of law software portfolio designed to support case analysis, presentation, legal and eDiscovery management processes, Carahsoft […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs wants information from potential industry sources of a web-based platform designed to track GPS-equipped vehicles within the continental U.S. A sources sought notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated that VA seeks vendors who can provide hardware, installation, training, monthly wireless GPS vehicle tracking and fleet management services. VA requires equipment and software that are compatible with the Las Vegas […] More

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research have developed an artificial intelligence software program the team designed to serve as a “human user manual” for robots. The U.S. Navy said Thursday Quixote will be used to teach robots how to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and ways to conduct itself in […] More

MacAulay-Brown will collaborate with Exeter Government Services to provide process management and sustainment support for the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition platform under a five-year contract. MacB said Monday the contract also covers system analysis and software code design and testing support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Purchase Request Processing System as well as […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting information on commercial software that could be used to search exploited agency data on a dark Web site. In a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday, the VA said it is interested in technology that will employ an encrypted data hash or a pattern matching tool to scan the dark Web for VA-sourced data […] More

The Justice Department has issued a request for information in support of the National Institute of Justice’s upcoming market survey that aims to identify commercial body-worn cameras designed for use in law enforcement operations. DOJ’s justice programs office said in a Federal Register notice posted Thursday the survey will work to help law enforcement agencies’ purchasing agents […] More

The State Department has approved a request by France to purchase Lockheed Martin-built unitary rocket pods and other related resources from the U.S. government under a $90 million foreign military sales agreement between both countries. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification to notify Congress of France’s request to buy Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System unitary rocket pods, DSCA […] More

The U.S. Army Contracting Command has sought information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of command, control, communications, computer and cyber platforms for the Defense Department. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Feb. 3 the consortium will build prototypes under the “other transaction” agreement in order to reduce DoD’s dependence […] More

The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to award a potential $49.5 million contract to commercial companies to develop software programs that could help the service branch block potential cyber attacks and hack threat actors’ computer systems, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the military branch published the draft contract for the “Offensive Cyberspace Operations […] More

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is exploring sources of application or software programs that VA can potentially use to verify credentials of employees and contractors who access its facilities. In a request for information posted Aug. 26 on FedBizOpps, VA said it seeks to identify a new credential management tool for the department’s Personal […] More

Tim Chi, founder and CEO of online software marketplace WeddingWire, will headline the fireside chat portion at the summer 2015 edition of the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forum, an event for venture capitalists and other business leaders. Chi, also a founder of Blackboard, started WeddingWire in 2007 and the Chevy Chase, Md.-based company now operates in 14 countries as a connection […] More