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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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  • Maximus' Tom Romeo: Technology, Industry Participation Vital for Public Service Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus’ Tom Romeo: Technology, Industry Participation Vital for Public Service Programs

    Many federal agencies are responding to the public’s need for government services through modern technology and collaboration with industry, Tom Romeo, president of Maximus‘ federal services business, wrote in a Federal Times article published Tuesday. Romeo said he believes the federal government could transform customer experience this year and onward with outcomes-based and collaborative strategies. […] More

  • CSC-AT&T Team to Help Utility with Workplace IT Management; John Walsh III Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC-AT&T Team to Help Utility with Workplace IT Management; John Walsh III Comments

    A Computer Sciences Corp. and AT&T partnership has been awarded a potential seven-year contract to provide information technology network and communication services to Swedish power company Vattenfall. The team will work to build a workplace IT environment for approximately 30,000 end users at Vatenfall’s facilities worldwide, CSC said Tuesday. “Sweden is a key market for […] More

  • Veris Group Rebrands its Adaptive Threat Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group Rebrands its Adaptive Threat Division

    Veris Group has revamped the business logo and website of its adaptive threat division in a push to rebrand the unit. ATD employs security testing professionals who aim to help organizations simulate and manage advanced threats through technology, Veris said Monday. This year also marks Veris Group’s 10th anniversary in the industry. The Vienna, Virginia-based […] More

  • Richard Montoni: Maximus to Help Manage Australia Employment Services Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: Maximus to Help Manage Australia Employment Services Program

    A Maximus subsidiary has been awarded a five-year contract to oversee a program for helping Australian job seekers and companies meet their employment needs. Max Solutions will run the Australian Department of Employment’s jobactive service, which is meant to replace the Job Services Australia program and slated to debut in July, Maximus said Tuesday. Richard […] More

  • Bob Picciano: IBM Seeks to Facilitate IoT Apps Development with Open Platform Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Picciano: IBM Seeks to Facilitate IoT Apps Development with Open Platform Offering

    IBM plans to release a new cloud-based open platform in an effort to help developers and clients build enterprise applications for managing data from connected devices. The company said Tuesday it will also add Internet of Things services to the firm’s Bluemix platform-as-a-service offering to facilitate the integration of IoT information into cloud computing apps. […] More

  • DARPA Starts Air Warfare Systems Integration Project; John Shaw Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Starts Air Warfare Systems Integration Project; John Shaw Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with seven companies to build tools for distributing air warfare functions across multiple unmanned and manned platforms. DARPA said Monday it aims to blend new and existing airborne sensors, weapons, navigation, electronic warfare, positioning, navigation, communication and battle management architectures through the agency’s System of Systems Integration Technology […] More

  • Orbital ATK Helps NASA Launch Scientific Balloon on Test Flight; John Pullen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Helps NASA Launch Scientific Balloon on Test Flight; John Pullen Comments

    Orbital ATK helped send aloft a NASA scientific balloon after 5 p.m. Eastern time Thursday from Wanaka Airport in New Zealand. The company won a contract in November 2014 to provide management, planning, engineering and field operations support for NASA’s super pressure balloon flight missions, Orbital ATK said Friday. NASA aims to surpass the current […] More

  • Unisys to Help Update EU Food Authority's IT Systems; Bart Steukers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Help Update EU Food Authority’s IT Systems; Bart Steukers Comments

    A Unisys–Maps SpA consortium has been awarded a multimillion contract to support an information technology modernization program of the European Food Safety Authority. The team will deliver a system intended to help the agency disseminate scientific advice on food and feed safety issues to consumer groups and nongovernmental organizations, Unisys said Monday. “We look forward to […] More

  • Lockheed, SSBV-Rovsing Forge Solar Array Simulation Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, SSBV-Rovsing Forge Solar Array Simulation Partnership

    Lockheed Martin and Denmark-based space technology firm SSBV-Rovsing have reached a $438,500 partnership deal for the Danish company’s solar array simulation technology, Bidness Etc reported Friday. Larry Darrell writes Lockheed will help SSBV-Rovsing evaluate and test the SAS platform through the agreement. SSBV-Rovsing sought the assistance of the Danish Business Authority to form the collaborative […] More

  • Dynetics Debuts Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio; Robert Dowling, Jonathan Whitcomb Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Debuts Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio; Robert Dowling, Jonathan Whitcomb Comment

    Dynetics has introduced a suite of risk management tools for companies to assess cyber-related threats to their operations and identify the levels of protection they need to meet security requirements. Cyber RiskScope is designed to employ infographics to help organizations visualize how potential malicious intrusions could affect their business, Dynetics said Thursday. Robert Dowling, Dynetics’ […] More

  • Iridium's Matt Desch: Communications Satellite Requires High Startup Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium’s Matt Desch: Communications Satellite Requires High Startup Costs

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has shared his thoughts on emerging satellite broadband ventures in an interview with Via Satellite magazine. Mark Holmes writes Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, told the publication he believes the plans of SpaceX and OneWeb to build their own satellite Internet networks somewhat reflect Iridium’s approach […] More

  • Stan Ratcliffe: NCR Subsidiary to Update DoD's Commissary Operations Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stan Ratcliffe: NCR Subsidiary to Update DoD’s Commissary Operations Mgmt System

    The Defense Commissary Agency has partnered with an NCR Corp. subsidiary to build a new technology platform for the agency to manage distribution of groceries for U.S. military personnel, veterans and their families. NCR Government Systems will deliver multiple software products for DeCA’s enterprise business system modernization initiative, NCR said Wednesday. “From back-end supply chain […] More