Parsons‘ joint venture with engineering and consulting group Systra has won a design consultancy services contract for the Qatar Long Distance Railway Network, which will carry cargo and passengers within Qatar and to adjacent countries. The 248.5-mile railway will connect Qatar to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council rail network and the under-construction Doha Metro, Parsons said […] More

Knowledge Consulting Group has  announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters, effective march 1. The new building will be in Reston, Va. and will be 17,000 square feet, KCG said Monday “Relocating our office to a larger facility marks an important milestone for KCG,” said Dusty Wince, KCG founder and CEO. “The company has experienced […] More

Rigil Corp. has been authorized to develop information technology and integrated services for federal agencies under two General Services Administration contract vehicles. The technology and strategy consulting firm holds a place on GSA’s Information Technology Schedule 70 and Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services vehicles, Rigil said Jan. 13. Rigil will sell products and services to agencies on pre-negotiated […] More

An online waterway monitoring tool developed by Indus Corp. for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has won an innovation award from The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. Indus and EPA received the Top Innovator award for their How’s my Waterway application through the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Awards Program, Indus said Wednesday. The […] More

Cyber awareness in corporations is on the rise and they need tools to help with the decision making process in case a cyber attack occurs, Software AG executives Bill Lochten and Chris Steel said to On The Frontlines magazine. Government senior officials, mission leaders and information technology professionals need real-time insight into the important aspects of their […] More

Rafeeq Rehman, senior security solutions architect at Verizon Terremark, has urged enterprises to draw lessons from large data breaches that have occurred to retailers in the U.S. and around the world. “While IT and security professionals are trying to piece together information about how the recently reported  U.S. data breaches happened and how many customers are […] More

Kim Vanderland, founder of workplace management firm Space Matters Consulting, has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as senior vice president for the Washington-based workplace strategy group. She has more than 14 years of experience helping organizations implement strategies for corporate working conditions, real estate portfolios and employee satisfaction, JLL said Thursday. “Kim is seasoned in delivering workplace […] More

Akima President and CEO Bill Monet has joined the National Safety Council’s “CEOs Who Get It” list for his efforts to push employee wellbeing. The award is annually given out to ten leaders committed to elevating worker safety and health through leadership and engagement, safety management systems, risk reduction and performance measurement, Akima said Jan. […] More

An AT&T business unit will provide managed network connectivity services to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. offices throughout the U.S. under a $12 million contract. AT&T Government Solutions — the telecommunications company’s federal business organization – will support private wide area networks and voice communications at 95 FDIC locations nationwide, AT&T said Thursday. Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T Government Solutions, […] More

SwishData has formed a new cybersecurity practice that will work to help agencies combat cyber threats. The company intends to help agencies identify anomalies and attacks, as well as to gain access to forensic and behavioral analytics through the new practice, SwishData said Wednesday. Jean-Paul Bergeaux, chief technology officer at SwishData, said agencies are facing a […] More

Dell Inc. has been selected to help the Homeland Security Department and General Services Administration manage the agencies’ information technology services under a contract worth up to $22 billion. Dell will work to develop and maintain DHS’ IT infrastructure under the department’s Eagle II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of more than $20 billion, […] More

Kofax has entered into a $4 million sales agreement with a European wealth and asset management firm covering two software products used to build, deploy and manage smart process applications. The deal covers $1.25 million in licenses for Kofax’s TotalAgility and Analytics software offerings as well as $2.75 million in training, maintence and other support […] More