The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate will host an industry day on Dec. 11 to discuss partnership opportunities with technology startups to counter fake documentation. DHS said Friday the event will take place in Menlo Park, Calif., and tackle an “other transaction” solicitation on the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology […] More

Red Hat has selected Carahsoft Technology as a recipient of the Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year award for the fifth year in a row. Carahsoft said Thursday the award recognizes its efforts to drive net revenue and support for Red Hat’s public sector partner program. The recognition was given during the 2018 North […] More

Amazon Web Services has introduced a 110-day training program that aims to help public sector partners further develop their skills as they work to support government, nonprofit and education clients in their cloud migration efforts. AWS said Thursday the Public Sector Partner Transformation Program is a two-phase initiative that seeks to help participants assess their cloud […] More

The Defense Department has selected Carahsoft to supply ForeScout Technologies-built software and services as a facilitating partner via a military enterprise-wide blanket purchasing agreement. Carahsoft said Tuesday it will distribute ForeScout software including the ForeScout CounterAct agentless security system, ControlFabric Architecture, ForeScout training and ActiveCare support services, Enterprise Manager and Extended Modules for third-party orchestration to aid […] More

The Defense Department has awarded ForeScout Technologies a blanket purchase agreement to provide network security products, maintenance and support services under DoD’s Enterprise Software Initiative program. ForeScout said Thursday it partnered with Alamo City Engineering Services, Carahsoft Technology, DLT Solutions, immixTechnology and Patriot Technologies to facilitate ESI purchases across the Pentagon, intelligence community and Coast Guard activities globally. The BPA covers the CounterAct agentless security platform, […] More

Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s public sector business, has accepted a Lifetime Achievement award from the Institute for Excellence in Sales during a ceremony held June 6 near Washington, D.C. IES chose Smith out of 50 nominees based on criteria such as sales excellence, capacity to train sales leaders and level of achievement over an extended […] More

An Aethlon Medical-developed medical device designed to eliminate viral pathogens from the circulatory system of infected patients has passed a milestone validation on its capacity to capture the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Aethlon said Thursday it has completed multiple milestones under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract such as the Hemopurifier stage and 29 other checkpoints […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, has received FedScoop’s Industry Leadership award in recognition of his work in the field of federal information technology, FedScoop reported Friday. FedScoop founder and CEO Goldy Kamali presented the awards in nine categories to 50 industry and government leaders in the federal IT sector during an awards ceremony held Thursday at […] More

An upcoming Red Hat symposium on government information technology will feature speakers from 13 government agencies who will discuss the impact of open source software on the sector. Red Hat said Thursday its Nov. 10 Government Symposium will focus on how open source software can address government IT challenges in agility, flexibility and collaboration. “The way government IT operates is evolving rapidly, […] More

Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

Information security may be one of the key areas in government information technology that needs automation through continuous monitoring, Chris LaPoint, SolarWinds vice president of product management, said Monday. He cited SolarWind’s latest public sector survey, which found that many agency IT departments do not consider infosec as a top skill slated for possible automation […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More