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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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  • Google Cloud Service Gets DISA Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Cloud Service Gets DISA Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization

    Google Cloud’s service offering has received a Defense Information Systems Agency provisional authorization to host Department of Defense data at Impact Level 5. DISA said Tuesday the IL5 provisional authorization covers several services, including BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Cloud Hardware Security Module, Cloud Key Management Service, Google Compute Engine, Identity and Access Management, Persistent Disk […] More

  • Raytheon's Shane Zabel on 4 Steps to Consider in AI Strategy Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Shane Zabel on 4 Steps to Consider in AI Strategy Development

    Shane Zabel, artificial intelligence technology director for Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, said there are four steps organizations should consider as they develop and implement their AI strategies and the first two are understanding the technology and its potential impact on the organization and identifying potential processes where they can implement AI. Zabel told […] More

  • Peraton's Andrew Hallman: Intelligence Agencies Should Reimagine Digital Foundations to Drive Innovation, Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton’s Andrew Hallman: Intelligence Agencies Should Reimagine Digital Foundations to Drive Innovation, Collaboration

    Andrew Hallman, vice president of national security strategy and integration at Peraton and a previous Wash100 awardee, said agencies within the intelligence community looking to use emerging technologies to maintain their edge over adversaries should develop a secure digital foundation by transitioning to secure cloud environments that could help them make better use of data. […] More

  • SBA, DOD Unveil Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA, DOD Unveil Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative

    The Small Business Administration and the Department of Defense have launched an initiative to drive investments in critical technologies that are key to national security. The Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative advances the current administration’s commitment to building the country’s national security innovation base by scaling new technology platforms. “Earlier this week, I […] More

  • ARL, Amyx & Edgewater to Support Energy Department's CFO Office; William Schaefer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARL, Amyx & Edgewater to Support Energy Department’s CFO Office; William Schaefer Quoted

    Acquisition, Research and Logistics will work with Amyx and Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide Corporate Business Systems support services to the Department of Energy’s office of the chief financial officer under a potential five-year, $20 million contract. The OCFO contract awarded through the DOE Professional and Administrative Support Services blanket purchase agreement includes consulting, administrative, […] More

  • Carahsoft's Alex Whitworth: Agencies Need Backup Response Plans to Protect Data From Supply Chain Attacks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth: Agencies Need Backup Response Plans to Protect Data From Supply Chain Attacks

    Alex Whitworth, director of sales and CMMC program executive at Carahsoft Technology, said agencies should build up their security defense and have a backup response plan in place to protect their supply chains and data from cybersecurity breaches. He wrote in a blog post published Wednesday about a number of factors agencies should consider to […] More

  • PCS-Mosaic Rebrands as Athenix Solutions Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PCS-Mosaic Rebrands as Athenix Solutions Group

    PCS-Mosaic Holdings has changed its name to Athenix Solutions Group to reflect its expanded resources and growth as a technology company focused on meeting mission readiness, systems development and operational needs of customers in the Department of Defense cyber, national intelligence and special operations communities. The rebranding effort came after PCS-Mosaic acquired Mosaic and VATC […] More

  • Clint Crosier: AWS, Partners Demo Edge Computing Capabilities on Orbiting Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clint Crosier: AWS, Partners Demo Edge Computing Capabilities on Orbiting Satellite

    Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS operated compute and machine learning services on a satellite in low-Earth orbit as part of a space experiment meant to test a method for gathering and analyzing space data using the cloud in support of decision-makers. “Providing AWS edge capabilities onboard […] More

  • Empower AI Establishes JV, Signs Mentor-Protege Agreement With AI-Vets; Paul Dillahay Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Empower AI Establishes JV, Signs Mentor-Protege Agreement With AI-Vets; Paul Dillahay Quoted

    Empower AI and AmeriinfoVets have formed a joint venture, called Sugarloaf Technologies, to develop artificial intelligence and other emerging information technology platforms for defense and civilian agencies. Empower AI said Tuesday it will share best practices and offer assistance to AI-Vets in the areas of technology, engineering, management, general administration, contracting, strategic counsel and business […] More

  • Intel, Lockheed Host 5G Base Station Tech on Flyable Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel, Lockheed Host 5G Base Station Tech on Flyable Hardware

    Lockheed Martin and Intel have implemented 5G communications capabilities on flight-ready hardware using commercial 5G standards and open systems architecture as part of efforts to improve connectivity and accelerate decision-making for military operators across domains. Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed said Monday it integrated a 5G Core and Open Radio Access Network technology into its 5G.MIL Hybrid […] More

  • Navy Assesses Industry Interest in Potential On-Ramp for $982M Unmanned Surface Vessel Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Assesses Industry Interest in Potential On-Ramp for $982M Unmanned Surface Vessel Support IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has started soliciting input from industry stakeholders to assess whether to hold an on-ramp process for a potential 10-year, $982.1 million multiple-award contract to provide support services for the military branch’s unmanned surface vehicle family of systems. Naval Sea Systems Command issued a request for information to gauge industry interest in a […] More