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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Carahsoft's Maryam Emdadi: Gov't Clients Embrace New Tech for Data Center Agility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Maryam Emdadi: Gov’t Clients Embrace New Tech for Data Center Agility

    Maryam Emdadi, vice president of the EMC team at Carahsoft, has observed some government agencies tapping into modern information technology offerings to address data center agility and security challenges. She wrote in an article published Wednesday that government data centers seek tools intended to simplify administration of virtual desktops and automatically integrate security policy into the machines. Carahsoft […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Subsidiary to Extend DOE Environmental Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Subsidiary to Extend DOE Environmental Program Support

    A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a potential five-year, $13.7 million contract to support environmental surveillance, education and research activities at an Energy Department facility in Idaho. HII said Wednesday its unit SN3 will continue to provide ESER services to the department’s Idaho operations office in partnership with Wastren Advantage. The contract has […] More

  • NAVSEA Eyes Northrop for Airborne Laser Designators Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVSEA Eyes Northrop for Airborne Laser Designators Contract

    The Naval Sea Systems Command plans to award Northrop Grumman a potential five-year, $44.9 million contract to provide diode-pumped laser designation technology for the U.S. Navy‘s airborne multispectral targeting systems. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the contract covers single-color laser designators and dual- and tri-beam emitters and receivers. Northrop will also provide spares, documentation, repairs, […] More

  • Tenable Network Security Unveils Cybersecurity Framework Dashboards for Public, Private Sectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable Network Security Unveils Cybersecurity Framework Dashboards for Public, Private Sectors

    Tenable Network Security has debuted a new set of cybersecurity framework dashboards for commercial and government organizations to manage their cyber postures and secure information technology networks. SecurityCenter Continuous View works to help organizations assess their security controls against the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Tenable Network Security said Monday. “Customers can put NIST recommendations […] More

  • Accenture to Help ONC Develop Guidelines for Patient-Generated Health Data Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture to Help ONC Develop Guidelines for Patient-Generated Health Data Mgmt

    Accenture has received a two-year contract from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to assist the agency in creating a policy framework on the collection and management of patient-reported information. The company said Monday it aims to help ONC identify strategies for healthcare organizations to use patient-generated health data for care delivery and clinical research efforts. PGHD refers […] More

  • McKesson Gets Extension on 2 Managed Healthcare IT Service Contracts; Nimesh Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKesson Gets Extension on 2 Managed Healthcare IT Service Contracts; Nimesh Shah Comments

    McKesson will continue to provide information technology hosting services to Virginia-based Davis Health System and the Western Reserve Hospital in Ohio under two separate contract extensions. The company said Friday it works with the two healthcare organizations to help them manage and secure their clinical and financial systems and applications. “We know our customers face an increasingly complex […] More

  • Air Force Unveils Northrop's B-21 LRS Bomber Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Unveils Northrop’s B-21 LRS Bomber Aircraft

    U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James showed a concept design for the military branch’s future B-21A Long Range Strike Bomber plane during an air warfare symposium held Friday in Orlando, Florida. “The B-21 has been designed from the beginning based on a set of requirements that allows the use of existing and mature technology,” James said […] More

  • Report: 5 Tech Firms Support Apple Stance on Customer Data Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: 5 Tech Firms Support Apple Stance on Customer Data Protection

    Five technology companies back Apple‘s resistance to help the FBI unlock an iPhone to assist in the investigation of a shooting incident that took place in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015, Mashable reported Thursday. Seth Fiegerman writes Apple CEO Tim Cook has argued the de-encryption tool being demanded by federal authorities could set a “dangerous” precedent and compromise the security and privacy […] More

  • DARPA, SRI International Partner for Data Privacy, Sharing Tech Integration Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, SRI International Partner for Data Privacy, Sharing Tech Integration Project

    SRI International has secured an $8.5 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency devise methods for the integration of enterprise data privacy, security and exchange tools. The company said Thursday it will study how privacy protection technology can facilitate use of sensitive data for humanitarian relief operations and other critical missions through DARPA’s Brandeis program. […] More

  • DARPA Taps General Dynamics for Classified Network Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps General Dynamics for Classified Network Support Contract

    General Dynamics has received a one-year, $25.4 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support classified information technology systems at the agency’s mission services office. The Defense Department said Thursday General Dynamics will provide classified office computing, networking, desktop, infrastructure, equipment, software, data and communications support services to MSO under the cost-plus-award-fee contract. Work is […] More

  • Army Eyes Contract for C5ISR, Supercomputing R&D Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Eyes Contract for C5ISR, Supercomputing R&D Services

    The Army Research Laboratory has asked for information on commercial tools and services to facilitate research and development of command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. ARL’s Computational and Information Sciences Directorate is also interested in collaborating with industry to explore supercomputing architectures for the U.S. Army and the Defense Department, the military branch said Monday in […] More

  • CSC Picks Tysons II Office Center for New Virginia HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC Picks Tysons II Office Center for New Virginia HQ

    Computer Sciences Corp. will move its headquarters to a new office building at 1775 Tysons Boulevard in Fairfax County, Virginia, this spring. CSC has signed a lease agreement with Lerner Enterprises to occupy two floors in the building located within the Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, the real estate development firm said Tuesday. The […] More