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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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  • Navy Evaluates Raytheon's Intell Tools for Maritime Use; Bob Dehnert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Navy Evaluates Raytheon’s Intell Tools for Maritime Use; Bob Dehnert Comments

    The U.S. Navy has tested a Raytheon-built integrated intelligence technology onboard an experimental vessel as part of the military branch’s Stiletto Maritime Technology Demonstration Program. Raytheon combined its Persistent Surveillance System Cross Domain Solution and Intersect Sentry analytics tool into a single platform intended to support joint and coalition operations at sea, the company said […] More

  • DigitalGlobe-Exelis Team to Jointly Offer Geospatial Big Data, Analytics Tech Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    DigitalGlobe-Exelis Team to Jointly Offer Geospatial Big Data, Analytics Tech Tools

    Exelis has integrated its ENVI image analysis tool into a DigitalGlobe cloud-based big data platform with the goal of helping government, academic and commercial users gain insights from geospatial information. The combined offering is designed to offer clients access to Exelis’ analytics software and DigitalGlobe’s catalog of high-resolution satellite imagery collected over a 15-year period, […] More

  • Technavio: Smart Tech to Help Drive IoT Security Market Growth Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Technavio: Smart Tech to Help Drive IoT Security Market Growth Through 2019

    Technavio has forecast a 55 percent compound annual growth rate for the worldwide Internet of Things security market over the next four years. The research firm said Tuesday that security regulations and the development of smart cities will drive industry growth. “With so much information passing between people, governments are taking steps to secure networks […] More

  • Mike Rhodin: IBM, Epic, Mayo Clinic Aim to Connect EHRs with Watson Supercomputer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Mike Rhodin: IBM, Epic, Mayo Clinic Aim to Connect EHRs with Watson Supercomputer

    IBM has partnered with Epic and the Mayo Clinic to help clinicians leverage IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system to access and analyze electronic health records. Epic seeks to integrate the IBM technology into clinical decision support tools that are based on open architecture and designed to offer providers insight from medical literature, IBM said Tuesday. […] More

  • Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015

    Deltek estimates the number of solicitations for multiple public sector services at the state level were up 6 percent in April from the previous month. Alexandra Howden, an analyst at Deltek’s general government services division, said Tuesday majority of the contracting opportunities last month were for higher education, professional services and information technology. Among all […] More

  • Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment

    Omar Balkissoon, co-founder and CEO of OGSystems, said Monday the company has used an investment from venture capital firm General Catalyst to develop new technology products for defense and intelligence customers. “We… are responding to the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call for action to innovate and increase research and development activities addressing the […] More

  • Bruce Caswell: Maximus Aims to Help States Manage Medicaid Programs with DecisionPoint Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bruce Caswell: Maximus Aims to Help States Manage Medicaid Programs with DecisionPoint Tool

    Maximus has developed a pharmacy benefits management platform designed to help state governments manage Medicaid prescription drug programs and comply with Affordable Care Act. DecisionPoint is comprised of tools for state Medicaid administrators to monitor PBM requirements, benefits and beneficiaries, prescriber populations, member pharmacies and prior authorizations, Maximus said Monday. “Health care reform brought millions […] More

  • Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, FAA Collaborate to Implement NextGen ATC Automation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, FAA Collaborate to Implement NextGen ATC Automation System

    Lockheed Martin has helped the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration build and implement a computer system to manage air traffic flow in national airspace. The En Route Automation Modernization infrastructure is designed to replace a legacy air traffic control platform that FAA has used to monitor planes flying at a high altitude, Lockheed said Thursday. Stephanie Hill, […] More

  • AWS' Teresa Carlson: Silicon Valley Firms See Federal Collaboration Opportunity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS’ Teresa Carlson: Silicon Valley Firms See Federal Collaboration Opportunity

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has observed that Silicon Valley-based technology companies have seen an opportunity to collaborate with federal agencies, she told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. “Government is going out there,” Carlson told the Business Journal’s Jill Aitoro, in reference to the U.S. […] More

  • AM General's Mobility Vehicle Offering Added to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General’s Mobility Vehicle Offering Added to GSA Schedule

    An AM General subsidiary has partnered with Master’s Transportation to offer federal agencies a mobility vehicle platform designed to transport disabled passengers. The Mobility Ventures-built MV-1 vehicle has been added to a U.S. General Services Administration Schedule contract held by Master’s Transportation, AM General said Wednesday. MV-1s are designed to accommodate up to two wheelchair […] More

  • John McNally: Capstone Extends Navy Logistics Mgmt System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John McNally: Capstone Extends Navy Logistics Mgmt System Support

    Capstone has won a task order to help the U.S. Navy Installations Command manage information technology applications for the command’s logistics management program. The company said Wednesday it will continue to support Logistics Functional Area Management systems, networks and databases for CNIC. John McNally, senior vice president of growth at Capstone, said the company aims […] More