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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • Oak Ridge Lab Taps Citrix Tool for Mobile Device Mgmt; Tina Snyder Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oak Ridge Lab Taps Citrix Tool for Mobile Device Mgmt; Tina Snyder Comments

    The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has moved to adopt a Citrix-built platform in an effort to centralize mobile device management operations, GCN reported Thursday. Stephanie Kanowitz writes ORNL mobile managers previously used two different MDM services to manage the national lab’s bring-your-own-device initiative and laboratory-owned devices but decided to implement the Citrix-developed tool […] More

  • PwC Wins $12M DHA Performance Mgmt Task Order Via GSA’s BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Wins $12M DHA Performance Mgmt Task Order Via GSA’s BPA

    PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP will continue to provide process improvement and performance management support services for the Defense Health Agency under a $12.2 million task order awarded through a blanket purchase agreement of the General Services Administration. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers support for DHA’s Healthcare Operations Directorate, assistant defense secretary and […] More

  • Integrated Data Services Lands $17M Air Force SME Contract for Financial Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Integrated Data Services Lands $17M Air Force SME Contract for Financial Mgmt Tool

    Integrated Data Services has secured a three-year, $16.9 million contract to provide subject matter expertise for the U.S. Air Force’s Web-based financial management system. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers the acquisition of services for the implementation and maintenance of the Web Comprehensive Cost and Requirements platform, the Defense Department said Friday. The contractor will perform work […] More

  • Marine Corps Issues 1st IOC for Lockheed F-35B Squadron; Jon Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Issues 1st IOC for Lockheed F-35B Squadron; Jon Davis Comments

    The U.S. Marine Corps has designated a group of 10 Lockheed Martin-built F-35B fighter jets for initial operational capability to become the first military service branch to declare the plane ready for worldwide deployment. “(Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121) has ten aircraft in the Block 2B configuration with the requisite performance envelope and weapons clearances, to include the training, […] More

  • Iron Bow’s Ray Harris: CIOs Consider Operational Factors in IT Systems Procurement for 'Internet of Things' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Bow’s Ray Harris: CIOs Consider Operational Factors in IT Systems Procurement for ‘Internet of Things’

    Ray Harris, chief information officer at Iron Bow Technologies, has said that most corporate CIOs focus on the operational aspect when purchasing and managing information technology systems in an effort to leverage the Internet of Things. Harris advised CIOs to conduct pilot testing of IoT-based projects to determine their capabilities before they launch large-scale programs, Iron Bow’s TechSource […] More

  • Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments

    The U.S. Army has purchased a Motorola Solutions-built software platform intended to facilitate communication between disparate devices, the branch website said Thursday. The service branch will integrate the WAVE software tool with its tactical communications network to meet program requirements of the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tactical in Maryland. WAVE is designed to convert […] More

  • Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City

    Boeing has begun construction work on a new facility in Oklahoma City as part of its plan to move the aircraft sustainment and modernization division’s headquarters there. The company said Wednesday it will open the 290,000-square-foot building in the summer of 2016 to accommodate personnel involved in research and development and engineering operations. Leanne Caret, president […] More

  • PwC, Tanium Forge Cybersecurity Alliance; Kris McConkey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC, Tanium Forge Cybersecurity Alliance; Kris McConkey Comments

    PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tanium have agreed to combine their platforms through an alliance in an effort to help companies and government agencies protect their computer networks from insider threats and potential cyber attacks. PwC will integrate Tanium Accelerator tools and software platform intended for systems and endpoint management with its cybersecurity practice, which consists of consulting […] More

  • Boeing Unveils 1st Growler Electronic Attack Jet for Australia in 12-Plane Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils 1st Growler Electronic Attack Jet for Australia in 12-Plane Buy

    Boeing has presented the first of 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the Australian air force as part of a foreign military sales contract between the U.S. Navy and Australia signed in 2014. Australia will incorporate the Growler into its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter planes as part of its Plan Jericho program that seeks to create an integrated […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Pentagon’s BBP Initiative Promotes Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable Process Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Pentagon’s BBP Initiative Promotes Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable Process Adoption

    The Defense Department’s Better Buying Power program has spurred the adoption of “lowest price-technically acceptable” methods to procure supplies and services across DoD, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, says BBP aims to speed up acquisitions and help the DoD integrate platforms with its information technology infrastructure through “short term procurements with […] More

  • Inovalon-HP Team to Provide Analytics Tools for Georgia Health Programs; Mike Burgin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inovalon-HP Team to Provide Analytics Tools for Georgia Health Programs; Mike Burgin Comments

    Inovalon and Hewlett-Packard have signed a multi-year agreement to provide analytical platforms for the Georgia Department of Community Health in an effort to help the state agency manage its health insurance programs. Inovalon said Wednesday it will combine its iPORT cloud-based platform for data integration and Quality Spectrum Insight cloud-based analytics tool with HP’s reporting, analytics […] More

  • CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a U.S. patent for a magnesium-based battery intended to power water purification machines for the production of drinkable water in disaster-struck areas and remote locations. The MagC carbon battery is designed to produce energy through the use of magnesium and applies saltwater brine derived from reverse osmosis-based waste stream as an electrolyte, CTC said […] More