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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.
The General Services Administration plans to include special item numbers for health information technology and cybersecurity offerings on the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes Soundjata Carty, a contracting officer at GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services, said the agency could publish a request for information in the coming […] More
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to contract a vendor to help redesign and maintain a public-facing website run by the agency’s office of population affairs. HHS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it is looking for a contractor that can also support a clinic database for the Title X Family […] More
Oracle and SRA International have collaborated to help the U.S. Coast Guard implement a single enterprise-wide infrastructure for managing human resource and payroll functions. The Direct Access system is built to run Oracle’s PeopleSoft Global Payroll software and consolidates multiple applications used by the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and […] More
An International Data Corp. report projects the Internet of Things market to grow by the end of 2020 at a 16.9 percent compound annual growth rate and generate a total worldwide revenue of $1.7 trillion. IDC said Tuesday that devices, connectivity and information technology services are projected to account for more than two-thirds of the global market share […] More
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a modular sensor technology for military customers to track and spot airborne targets. The OpenPod platform is designed to house multiple sensors and employ targeting and infrared search and track systems, Northrop said Tuesday. James Mocarski, vice president of Northrop’s airborne tactical sensors unit, said the company built the pod with […] More
Some information technology industry leaders believe more government agencies are poised to adopt connected systems that have the potential to remake their operations, FCW reported Monday. Zach Noble writes Matthew Burrell, a spokesperson for the U.S. General Services Administration, said it is crucial for agencies to prepare workers for Internet of Things implementation initiatives. “This is […] More
Iridium Communications has integrated an Aireon-built air traffic surveillance payload system into a NEXT satellite that is scheduled to go into space between 2015 and 2017. Aireon will utilize the hosted Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receiver payload to help the aviation industry access information about aircraft position and status, Iridium said Monday. The payload integration effort […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has been awarded three contracts to provide assistance to certain programs of the U.S. Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency. CTC said Friday it received a $2.2 million task order to help the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery conduct industrial hygiene surveys and evaluate workplace hazard control measures. “It is of […] More
An AtHoc–MDreieck alliance has helped the Mexican government build and implement an emergency communication system to alert residents before an earthquake occurs. The Mexican Seismic Alert System worked to detect the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that hit Oaxaca on April 28 and sent automated alerts through Seismic Alert Radio System receivers and school public address systems, […] More
Maximus and MicroPact have partnered to combine their technology and service offerings with the goal of helping customer agencies manage cases and business processes. MicroPact said Thursday that Maximus agreed to leverage the integrated case and business process management platform entellitrak to support health, financial and civilian programs in the government sector. Tom Romeo, president […] More
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $72 million contract to produce a C4ISR technology for an eighth National Security Cutter that Huntington Ingalls Industries is building for the U.S. Coast Guard. The C4ISR platform will be designed to help Midgett NSC’s crew track and engage targets as well as communicate with other Coast Guard maritime, air […] More
The U.S. Air Force wants a Lockheed Martin-built missile system to host a new microwave weapon technology designed to disrupt adversaries’ computer and electronic systems, Flightglobal reported May 14. James Drew writes Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, said the lab will miniaturize the Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project […] More
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