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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.
DigitalGlobe has partnered with a scientific consortium on a two-year international project that aims to deliver space-based data for small farm operators to monitor and predict crop yields. The company said Tuesday it uses satellite imagery to help smallholders generate output projections, as well as to offer evidence-based strategies to the agricultural sector in developing […] More
BAE Systems has introduced a thermographic weapon sight platform designed to help military users recognize threats when they conduct surveillance missions during the day or night. The Universal Thermal Clip-On XII device is built with a 12-micron thermal imaging camera to allow operators to observe target locations that are surrounded by fog, dust or smoke, […] More
QTS has partnered with Carahsoft Technology Corp. to offer U.S. government customers access to QTS’s information technology service offerings through a General Services Administration acquisition program. QTS said Thursday its data center, colocation and cloud offerings have been added to Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70 contract. The QTS 3Cs suite includes a FedRAMP-certified platform designed to […] More
Xerox has agreed to offer a Kofax business process management product in conjunction with Xerox’s suite of document management and managed print offerings. The agreement calls for Xerox to sell and market the Kofax-made TotalAgility platform as well as to provide customers with product deployment and support services, Kofax said Thursday. Mike Feldman, president of […] More
CGI has been awarded a four-year contract to develop a technology to help British government agencies and contractors screen employees who aim to obtain security clearances. The U.K.’s National Security Vetting Solution platform will be designed to manage more than 200,000 applications a year and check applicant information such as criminal records, address and financial […] More
Ingate Systems and eTechHelp have collaborated to help the North Central Texas Council of Governments consolidate the group’s multivendor communication tools with an Office 365 cloud platform. The companies said Monday they worked to integrate Cisco‘s Unified Communications technology and Microsoft‘s Exchange Online hosted messaging service into a single cloud computing environment. ETechHelp used the […] More
Deltek estimates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has obligated a total of $635 million for information technology contracts from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2014, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Kathleen Sievers, a senior manager at Deltek, writes NRC reported $107 million in IT contract obligations in FY 2010 and $150 million contract spending last fiscal year. […] More
Amazon Web Services has added multiple services to the company’s suite of cloud computing offerings designed to help U.S. government clients manage sensitive data in cloud environments. The AWS GovCloud (US) portfolio now includes the Glacier storage service, CloudTrail log management documentation and VM Import system for virtual machine migration, AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has received 25 contracts worth almost $79 million combined to provide military health services at the U.S. Defense Department during the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. The contracts cover work in areas such as healthcare analytics, medical data privacy and security, behavioral health and wellness, combat care and health engagement, Booz Allen […] More
Lockheed Martin has subcontracted Marotta Controls to build power conversion units for an air-launched missile technology intended to help U.S. military users locate and defeat enemy vessels. Marotta said Friday it will produce multiple power converters for integration into the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile‘s avionics system. LRASM is a collaborative project of the Defense Advanced Research […] More
Jim Ghiloni, a program director at the U.S. General Services Administration, says the agency’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services program will follow a task order contracting method instead of a blanket purchase agreement construct. He writes in a blog post published Wednesday that federal customer agencies cannot use BPAs to acquire professional services through […] More
The U.S. Defense Department’s health services provider is seeking a contractor to support medical information technology systems across the military. In a notice published Friday on FedBizOpps, the Defense Health Agency said it would issue potential five-year contract for global help desk support related to the military health system. DHA wants a vendor who can […] More
