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  • Merlin to Compete on $3B DHS IT Commodities Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Merlin to Compete on $3B DHS IT Commodities Vehicle

    Merlin International holds a prime position on a potential seven-year, $22 billion contract to help the Department of Homeland Security acquire information technology commodities from original equipment manufacturers. The $3 billion DHS FirstSource II contract has a five-year base period with two one-year option periods, Merlin announced Monday. FirstSource II is intended to connect DHS […] More

  • CA Technologies Helps Celebrate STEM Program Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Helps Celebrate STEM Program Milestone

    CA Technologies and DonorsChoose.org have collaborated to launch 350 projects and help 36,855 students through learning materials for science, technology, engineering and math programs Through the CA Technologies Double Your Impact STEM Campaign, the company has contributed more than $100,000 within the past two years in eight states, CA announced Tuesday. “Supporting STEM learning is a top […] More

  • Jeff Brubaker: Bechtel to Enter Final Phase of Weapons Disposal Plant Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Brubaker: Bechtel to Enter Final Phase of Weapons Disposal Plant Construction

    A team led by Bechtel is more than 75-percent complete with construction of a weapons disposal facility for the U.S. Army’s program executive office for assembled chemical weapons alternatives. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant is being built to destroy stockpiles of chemical nerve agent weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot outside […] More

  • ZipRealty, Army Team Aims to Help Vets Find Realtor Jobs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ZipRealty, Army Team Aims to Help Vets Find Realtor Jobs

    ZipRealty will work with the U.S. Army to help veterans find jobs as real estate agents through guaranteed job interviews that could lead to possible employment. The Partnership for Youth Success program is comprised of 500 companies and public sector organizations in the real estate industry, ZipRealty announced Tuesday. “Whether just coming out of the Armed […] More

  • A-T Solutions Wins Security Audit Work from NY, NJ Port Authority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A-T Solutions Wins Security Audit Work from NY, NJ Port Authority

    A-T Solutions Inc. was awarded a $6.5 million five-year firm-fixed contract to assess and recommend the best security practices to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Under the security auditing program, the company will provide the Port Authority’s security managers with a “repeatable, scalable and proven methodology” for conducting security audits, A-T […] More

  • Jianmin Cui to Lead Cobham's China Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jianmin Cui to Lead Cobham’s China Sales

    Jianmin Cui has been named sales director for China at Cobham as the Denmark-based satellite communications company seeks to grow its presence in China’s general aviation market, AIN Online reported Tuesday.  Charles Alcock writes that Cui will focus the company’s air transport sector and its main product, the Aviator SwiftBroadband series of communications systems. Cui […] More

  • Mark Zamzow, Former USAF Africa Commander, Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Zamzow, Former USAF Africa Commander, Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments

    Ret. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Zamzow has joined The SPECTRUM Group where he will support clients interested in airlift, aerial refuelling, training and mobility operations. Prior to his new role at the Alexandria, Va.-based consulting firm, Zamzow spent 34 years in the Air Force and accumulated 3,400 flying hours as a pilot, SPECTRUM announced Monday. […] More

  • Inmarsat Adds ESL Group to Global Xpress Reseller Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Adds ESL Group to Global Xpress Reseller Network

    Inmarsat has designated the ESL Group as a value added reseller of the Global Xpress Ka-band mobile broadband satellite network to the government market in Europe. The agreement is intended to build on the companies’ nearly two-decade long partnership and a period where ESL was an Inmarsat Platinum Service Provider, Inmarsat announced Monday. ESL works […] More

  • Orit Gadiesh Nominated for Philips Supervisory Board Spot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orit Gadiesh Nominated for Philips Supervisory Board Spot

    Orit Gadiesh, Bain & Company chairman, has been nominated to the serve on the supervisory board of Royal Philips. She will become the ninth member of the board if approved by shareholders on May 1, Philips announced Monday. “Her expertise will be invaluable, particularly as Philips transitions towards a technological company focused on integrating big […] More

  • Iron Mountain Launches Online JFK Library - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Launches Online JFK Library

    Iron Mountain helped to launch an online library of papers, photos, films and other records related to President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. The JFKLibrary.org website was a four-year effort for the company and was launched a week shy of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration, the company announced Jan. 13, 2011. “Protecting information […] More

  • Maureen Dougherty Named Boeing Australia, South Pacific President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maureen Dougherty Named Boeing Australia, South Pacific President

    Maureen Dougherty has been appointed president of Australia and South Pacific operations at Boeing, The Australian reported Wednesday. Boeing Australia has 3,400 employees and is the company’s largest international presence outside the U.S., according to the report. Dougherty will succeed Ian Thomas, who has been named president of Boeing China. Through her career in Boeing, Dougherty […] More

  • Forrester Includes CA Technologies on Service Virtualization, Testing Leadership List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forrester Includes CA Technologies on Service Virtualization, Testing Leadership List

    CA Technologies was named a “leader” on a Forrester research list that evaluated multiple offerings from service virtualization and testing companies through 15 factors. For the “Forrester Wave: Service Virtualization and Testing Solutions, Q1 2014” report, CA Technologies received the top score in scalability and tied for the highest score in global presence and installed […] More