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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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  • BigBear.ai to Build Cloud-Based Tech for Army Test & Evaluation Command Under OTA; Mandy Long Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BigBear.ai to Build Cloud-Based Tech for Army Test & Evaluation Command Under OTA; Mandy Long Quoted

    BigBear.ai has received an other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to develop a cloud-based, no-code/low-code platform as part of the second phase of the Army Test and Evaluation Command Integrated Mission Management System program. The cloud-based tool to be developed under the potential nine-month, $7.7 million OTA will work to provide the Army access […] More

  • GSA’s Laura Stanton: Agencies Have Obligated $1B on Task Order Awards via 8(a) STARS III GWAC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s Laura Stanton: Agencies Have Obligated $1B on Task Order Awards via 8(a) STARS III GWAC

    Laura Stanton, a General Services Administration official, said that since 2021, federal agencies have obligated $1 billion on 600 task orders awarded through the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract to 309 small businesses. Of those small businesses, 177 marked their first GSA orders through the 8(a) STARS III GWAC, Stanton, […] More

  • IBM Gets DOD Accreditation for Embedded Microelectronics Security Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Gets DOD Accreditation for Embedded Microelectronics Security Services

    IBM has obtained accreditation from a Department of Defense organization to deliver embedded security services tailored to a U.S.-based advanced microelectronics producer. The company said Wednesday the Defense Microelectronics Activity issued the Trusted Supplier accreditation to IBM Consulting’s security services, which work to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in the microelectronics supply chain. The security services […] More

  • Kirsten Kliphouse Joins Dun & Bradstreet's Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kirsten Kliphouse Joins Dun & Bradstreet’s Board

    Kirsten Kliphouse, a technology industry leader, has been named to the board of directors of business decisioning data and analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet. She brings to the board decades of leadership experience and information security, data privacy, innovation and technological knowledge, the company said Wednesday. Kliphouse’s “deep technological expertise and significant leadership experiences at […] More

  • Amy Gilliland on GDIT's Digital Consulting Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amy Gilliland on GDIT’s Digital Consulting Practice

    Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology and a six-time Wash100 awardee, said GDIT is investing in its workforce as it works to expand its digital consulting practice to meet the evolving needs of government customers. “We reimagined what a consultative company needs, and what the folks on the front line need. And they […] More

  • Pentagon Sends Proposed Rule for CMMC Framework to OMB for Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon Sends Proposed Rule for CMMC Framework to OMB for Review

    The Department of Defense has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget its proposed rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The office of information and regulatory affairs within OMB is now set to review the CMMC framework after receiving the proposed rule on Monday. The CMMC framework seeks to help assess […] More

  • CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment

    CGI plans to invest approximately $757.9 million in efforts to further advance the development of artificial intelligence platforms and services over the next three years. The company said Monday the planned investment includes the expansion of AI-related consulting services, employee recruitment and training, intellectual property AI-enablement and ethical-use delivery platforms and accelerators. “As the next […] More

  • USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal's Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal’s Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted

    Hexagon‘s U.S. government subsidiary has secured its trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its geospatial platform, dubbed Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery System. ARTEMIS is a content management platform from Hexagon US Federal that uses sensors and small unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate the collection and use of tactical imagery […] More

  • Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP

    Michelle Rodrigues, a federal technology industry executive, has been appointed vice president for government business development at research and development services provider MRIGlobal. She will become part of the company’s executive leadership team as she oversees business development initiatives for both defense and civil health customers, including the departments of Defense, Agriculture and Health and […] More

  • Carahsoft's Tiffany Goddard: Agencies Should Begin With Improving Employee Experience - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Tiffany Goddard: Agencies Should Begin With Improving Employee Experience

    Tiffany Goddard, director of customer experience and engagement solutions at Carahsoft Technology, said government agencies looking to improve CX should start with enhancing employee experience. “Employees can be the most underutilized asset for organizations, so it is important for agencies to understand what employees need for peak performance,” Goddard wrote in a blog post published […] More

  • Report: Lockheed, RTX, General Dynamics Among GovCon Firms to Score the Most FY22 Federal Contract Dollars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, RTX, General Dynamics Among GovCon Firms to Score the Most FY22 Federal Contract Dollars

    A General Services Administration report shows that Lockheed Martin, RTX and General Dynamics emerged as the top three vendors that secured the most federal contracting dollars in fiscal year 2022, The Hill reported Friday. Lockheed received $47.7 billion in FY 2022 government contracts, up 13 percent from $42.1 billion in the past fiscal year. Of […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster: Agencies Should Adopt Data-Centric Security Approach - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster: Agencies Should Adopt Data-Centric Security Approach

    Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies looking to better defend systems from cybercrimes should foster collaboration with industry and other agencies through sharing of threat intelligence and best practices and establish secure standardized platforms for sharing information. In a Fed Gov Today podcast aired Thursday, Fuster highlighted the need […] More