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  • Jane Whitfield Becomes First Female to Head PenFed Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jane Whitfield Becomes First Female to Head PenFed Foundation

    Jane Whitfield has been appointed president and CEO of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, becoming the first female to head the charity group following a nationwide search. She holds more than two decades of experience in nonprofit work following a career in sales and marketing, the foundation said Wednesday. Whitfield will start her new […] More

  • Michael Menking: Airbus Seeks to Extend Radar Exports with Korea Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Menking: Airbus Seeks to Extend Radar Exports with Korea Contract

    Airbus Defence and Space has secured a contract to supply radar antenna and electronics for a new South Korean satellite, a deal  Michael Menking, earth observation, navigation and science head, expects will boost the company’s radar exports in the region. The instruments will be installed aboard the Kompsat-6 Earth observation satellite, Airbus said Wednesday. “The Kompsat-6 […] More

  • Dell to Help DHS, GSA Manage IT Infrastructure; George Newstrom Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell to Help DHS, GSA Manage IT Infrastructure; George Newstrom Comments

    Dell Inc. has been selected to help the Homeland Security Department and General Services Administration manage the agencies’ information technology services under a contract worth up to $22 billion. Dell will work to develop and maintain DHS’ IT infrastructure under the department’s Eagle II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of more than $20 billion, […] More

  • CSC to Offer Clients Co3 Cyber Incidence Response Manager; Samuel Visner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC to Offer Clients Co3 Cyber Incidence Response Manager; Samuel Visner Comments

    Computer Sciences Corp. will offer Co3 Systems’ incidence response product to cybersecurity service customers worldwide CSC will provide the Co3 platform to clients that seek to develop pre-incident plans, response management postures and regulatory compliance to mitigate an online attack, both companies said Tuesday. A 2,000-strong CSC incident response team across five security operations centers around […] More

  • IBM, SAS Design Data Analytics Modules for Warwick Business School Master's Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, SAS Design Data Analytics Modules for Warwick Business School Master’s Program

    IBM and SAS have partnered with Warwick Business School to develop course modules for a master’s program in business analytics centered on big data mining and analytics technology, Computerworld UK reported Wednesday. Antony Savvas writes the school’s operational research and management science group has collaborated with IBM on the Analytics in Practice module and with SAS on the Text Analytics module. […] More

  • Howard Dratler: Kofax Lands Software Deal With European Investment Mgmt Firm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Howard Dratler: Kofax Lands Software Deal With European Investment Mgmt Firm

    Kofax has entered into a $4 million sales agreement with a European wealth and asset management firm covering two software products used to build, deploy and manage smart process applications. The deal covers $1.25 million in licenses for Kofax’s TotalAgility and Analytics software offerings as well as $2.75 million in training, maintence and other support […] More

  • URS Adds Army Facility Environmental Remediation Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    URS Adds Army Facility Environmental Remediation Contracts

    URS Corp. has won two separate environmental remediation contracts to help clean U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities in Utah and Kansas. For the Kansas-based McConnell Air Force Base, URS will use in-situ remediation technologies to treat chlorinated and petroleum-related contaminants, the company announced Feb. 20. URS will also provide the Utah Test and Training Range and […] More

  • Lexmark Picks Kentucky Teacher for STEM Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lexmark Picks Kentucky Teacher for STEM Award

    Lexmark International Inc. has awarded a math teacher from Paris, Ky., with $1,000 to promote science, technology, engineering and math education at her school. Bethany Neel from the Cane Ridge Elementary School was presented with the INSPIRE: Lexmark’s Teaching Award at an event at the elementary school, Lexmark announced Monday. Neel was chosen for the […] More

  • STEALTHbits Adds Data Tracking Feature to EMC Storage Platform; Steve Cochran Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STEALTHbits Adds Data Tracking Feature to EMC Storage Platform; Steve Cochran Comments

    A storage platform developed by EMC contains data activity tracking features developed by STEALTHbits Technologies. STEALTHbits designs its products to serve as a source for unstructured data governance and reporting for EMC and RSA customers, STEALTHbits announced Tuesday. The data activity tracking feature is built to security professionals gauge controls of data security systems. “Our biggest customers […] More

  • Northrop Concludes 12-Week Student Engineering Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Concludes 12-Week Student Engineering Competition

    Northrop Grumman ended a 12-week engineering competition Friday by picking one team from six Los Angeles-area high schools that worked together to solve an engineering problem. A panel of judges for the 2014 Northrop Grumman High School Innovation Challenge picked Lennox Math, Science and Technology Academy for the competition, the company announced Monday. Hawthorne Math […] More

  • Cisco Picked for EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Picked for EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Award

    Cisco has been selected to receive an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Corporate Climate Leadership for work to help reduce carbon pollution. The company was picked for the Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management-Goal Achievement for the Climate Leadership Award that is given also by the Association of Climate Change Officers, the Center […] More

  • Mark Douglas: ARRAY Team Aims to Help Air Force Nuke Center Meet Audit Mandates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Douglas: ARRAY Team Aims to Help Air Force Nuke Center Meet Audit Mandates

    ARRAY Information Technology will lead a contract team to provide financial and information technology services to the Air Force’s Nuclear Warfare Center under a task order. The company said Friday that the team, which includes Integrated Data Services, will perform the work at the Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.-based center. Mark Douglas, Array defense client […] More