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ISS Federal Lead Rob Rogers on Agencies’ Open Source Moves & ‘Information Advantage’ Efforts

Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners unveiled its new Polaris Alpha portfolio holding company in November through the merger of three government contracting businessesÂ that included data services providerÂ Intelligent Software Solutions. Based in Colorado Springs, ISS works with agencies on initiatives in data visualization, mobile software and other technology areas in efforts to help decision-makers capture […] More

January 19, 2017, 2:15 pm
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First Iridium ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch Deployed to Space After SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

An initial batch of 10Â Iridium CommunicationsÂ satellites launched intoÂ space and transmitted signals to ground controllers Saturday in the start of the McLean, Va.-based company’sÂ program to formÂ itsÂ 81-strong, second-generation NEXT constellation for government and commercial customers around the world. Saturdayâ€™sÂ launch is the first of seven for Elon Musk’s SpaceX outfit to carry out through early 2018 forÂ IridiumÂ in support […] More

January 14, 2017, 2:18 pm
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CSRA Holds Hacking Competition for Employees in Facet of ‘Customer Zero’ Strategy

CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) kicked off its first internalÂ “Hack-A-Thon” competition Wednesday morning at its Falls Church, Va. headquarters for employees as part of the company’s push to gain status asÂ “Customer Zero” for the federal government regarding technology adoption and integration. That distinction as Customer ZeroÂ — or “Client Zero” — would put forth CSRA as aÂ primary resource […] More

January 12, 2017, 11:12 am
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Dawn Scalici on Thomson Reuters’ Government Market Strategy & Data Priorities at Agencies

Dawn Scalici joined global media and information services company Thomson ReutersÂ in July 2015 as its first global government business director after a three-decade career in the U.S. intelligence community that includedÂ roles at the CIA,Â Office of the Director of National IntelligenceÂ andÂ Department of Homeland Security. At Thomson Reuters, she overseesÂ efforts to build relationships with government agencies and […] More

January 11, 2017, 2:30 pm
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Hughes’ Rick Lober on Commercial Satcom Trends Agencies & Company’s Airbus Partnership

Rick Lober oversees Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division as its vice president and general manager with responsibility over sales of satellite communications technologies and services to military and other national security agencies. Lober has advocated for government customers to increase their adoption and usage rates of satcom tools from the commercial arena […] More

January 10, 2017, 2:30 pm
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CEO Matt Desch Previews Iridium’s ‘NEXT’ Chapter, Satellite Launch

Iridium Communications‘ long-awaited next-generation satellite constellation will start to take form Sunday night when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. An initial 10 NEXT satellites willÂ enter space then to kick off aÂ seven-launch campaign to deploy 10 space vehicles at a time in a process to replace each […] More

January 5, 2017, 5:45 am
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Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh on Federal IT Trends to Watch in 2017 & Cyber’s Info Mgmt Aspects

Work to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act along with continuedÂ digital transformation, cloud computing andÂ data analytics initiatives at agencies were among several topics that led the federal IT landscape in 2016. The federal and commercial technology market landscape also shifted this year as the former Dell Inc. closed the industry-record $67 billion purchase […] More

December 13, 2016, 2:15 pm
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Wayne Lewandowski on Vormetric’s Integration Into Thales, Bookings Growth & Data Encryption Trends at Agencies

Defense and industrial conglomerate Thales Group completed its estimated $424 million acquisition of data security technology maker Vormetric in March to add new product and service offerings into the Thales e-Security business portfolio. Based in Silicon Valley, Vormetric designed its platform to help enterprises and public sector agencies defend their information and applications in either […] More

December 7, 2016, 2:00 pm
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Howard Steinman on A.T. Kearney’s Cyber Partnership With American University and Industry-Govt Partnerships

Howard Steinman serves as a partner and leader for the Americas region public sector practice at A.T. KearneyÂ out of the global consulting and professional services firm’s Washington, D.C. office. The Center for Strategic and International Studies recognizes Steinman as a subject matter expert in the field of homeland security and he has focused much of […] More

November 30, 2016, 1:45 pm
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Wanda Gamble on Battelle’s Federal Health Analytics Collaborations & Agencies’ Precision Medicine Goals

Wanda Gamble oversees theÂ health and analytics unit at Battelle as a vice presidentÂ for theÂ nonprofit science and researchÂ organization whose federal healthcare clients include the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, HHS components and the Military Health System. She joined Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Battelle in 2012 after three years at the former VangentÂ as VP of […] More

November 29, 2016, 1:30 pm
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Mark Scallion on SAP Public Services’ Analytics Work With Civilian Agencies, How Agencies Can ‘Re-Imagine’ IT

Mark ScallionÂ leads the federal civilian business as a vice president forÂ SAP Public Services, a subsidiary of the global technology services conglomerate that focuses on work with government agencies in areas such as electronic government and shared services. A two-decade industry veteran, ScallionÂ led SAP Public Services’Â Defense DepartmentÂ organization for three years prior to his current role and […] More

November 17, 2016, 2:15 pm
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Deltek FedFocus Speakers Preview Uncertain Period With Shift to New Trump Administration

Ways for government contractorsÂ to planÂ during a time of uncertainty with theÂ transition into a new Donald Trump administration and align business strategies with the future president’s policy priorities were the central talking points ofÂ Deltekâ€™s “FedFocus 2017″Â event Monday at National Harbor, Md. Against the backdrop of an incoming administration, one immediate item of uncertainty for industry to […] More

November 15, 2016, 5:30 am