Law enforcement agencies in California and North Carolina have started to adopt Microsoft’s cloud platform due to the offering’s compliance with the security regulations of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services. The Los Angeles Police Department and North Carolina-based Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are among the agencies that access fingerprint files, surveillance videos and other criminal […] More

The FBI‘s National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force is seeking information on software technologies with knowledge management functions to handle cyber threats as a threat intelligence platform. In the notice posted May 7 on FedBizOpps, FBI said the technology should have functionality for data aggregation, extraction of observable data that will be used to establish signatures, as well as […] More

Timothy Murphy, a former FBI deputy director and previous vice president of corporate compliance at MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, has joined Praescient Analytics’ board of directors. Murphy began his career with the FBI as a special agent and later served as associate deputy director and chief financial officer before he was named deputy director, Praescient said Tuesday. “Tim […] More

A Preferred Systems Solutions subsidiary has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement to help the FBI procure financial management tools and services. PSS said Wednesday its Government Contract Solutions arm and partner Erimax will provide acquisition, program management and costing and pricing services to FBI’s finance division procurement department. Tanaz Shahrzad, vice president of GCS’ […] More

Microsoft‘s government cloud offering is now available to law enforcement agencies in California after the state’s justice department established Microsoft Azure Government‘s compliance with federal data security and privacy regulations. Michael Donlan, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. state and local government business, said Wednesday on the company website that compliance covers standards under the FBI Criminal Justice Information […] More

Several real estate companies have submitted bids to build a new, consolidated headquarters for the FBI and redevelop the current J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Eugene Meyer writes the General Services Administration will select five companies for the next round of competition, which requires cost proposals for the potential new sites in Greenbelt and […] More

Telos ID has obtained the FBI’s certification for the company’s fingerprint capture and enrollment software. The FBI’s criminal justice information services division and Mitre Corp. collaborated to review Telos ID’s MobileAssure fingerprint web capture and MobileAssure enrollment software, Telos ID said Tuesday. “Telos ID continues to work closely with the FBI and other law enforcement […] More

Joe DiZinno will lead AMERICAN SYSTEMS‘ identity analytics support business unit to help public sector agencies in fields such as law enforcement and homeland security as vice president of identity intelligence. The former FBI Laboratory executive and long-time law enforcement leader joined the Chantilly, Virginia-based company after prior roles at BAE Systems and Integenx. In this conversation […] More

CODY Systems has been named top Diamond Sponsor of the 50th Annual FBI National Academy Associates National Conference in Philadelphia, PA July 26-29. This year marks a milestone as the 50th anniversary of the conference, as Diamond Sponsor CODY systems makes a sizable contribution of $50,000 to benefit the Eastern Pennsylvania FBINAA chapter, where the […] More

General Dynamics C4 Systems‘s Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone has been chosen by the FBI as a replacement for the old Secure Terminal Equipment phones used by federal law enforcement and national security personnel. The vIPer Voice over Internet Protocol phones are designed to secure voice and data communications and can interoperate with all government secure phones, Defense Department networks […] More

Octo Consulting Group holds a prime position on a potential five-year, $400 million information technology services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the FBI. The company will compete for task orders to assist in software deployments, infrastructure and other technology processes for FBI missions, Octo said Wednesday. Octo supported previous FBI programs in national security, cyber, science and […] More

Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a $60 million task order to help the FBI maintain its Sentinel information and case management program. The five-year order falls under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Unrestricted Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, Sotera announced Tuesday. “Sotera is honored to be awarded this contract with Sentinel, which is used by the dedicated men […] More