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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Satcom, Industry-Military Partnerships at Satellite 2018

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, cited the importance of communications to the U.S. military during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Satellite 2018 conference, National Defense reported Thursday. â€œThere is no mission that takes place in the United States military that isnâ€™t enabled by communication. It is the […] More

by Jane Edwards March 16, 2018, 3:30 am
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Hortonworksâ€™ Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Open Source Offers Options to Agencies

Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of U.S. public sector atÂ Hortonworks, has said federal agencies seeking to modernize information technology infrastructure should leverage enterprise open source software platforms. Bierweiler wrote in a GCN guest piece published Tuesday that there are four advantages associated with the adoption of enterprise open source and one of those is choice. An […] More

by Jane Edwards March 15, 2018, 10:17 am
in Featured, General, Healthcare IT, News

CSRA Eyes IT Engineering Task Orders Under $139M HHS NGITS BPA; Kamal Narang Comments

CSRA will compete for task orders to provide information technology engineering support services for theÂ Department of Health and Human ServicesÂ under a potential eight-year, $139 millionÂ blanket purchase agreement awarded in February. The company said Tuesday the Next-Generation IT Services engineering BPA covers unified communications and collaboration, enterprise mobile management, infrastructure, endpoint, email, facilities and print-server engineering […] More

by Jane Edwards March 14, 2018, 10:05 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Rick Wagner: ManTech to Back Army INSCOM Through Insider Threat, Forensic Capabilities

Rick Wagner, president of ManTech Internationalâ€™s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, has said the company will leverage its cyber forensic and insider threat capabilities to support the mission of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security CommandÂ and the 902nd military intelligence group through a potential $133 million contract. â€œINSCOM, like many government partners, faces an […] More

by Jane Edwards March 14, 2018, 4:33 am
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ACT I Gets Task Order to Support USAF Exercise Program; Claudio Monticelli Comments

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured aÂ three-year task order to provide exercise program support to the U.S. Air Force‘s Eighth Air Force organization headquartered at Barksdale AF Base in Louisiana. ACT I said the order covers planning, scheduling, tasking and monitoring the participation of Eighth Air Force in the chairman of the joint chiefs […] More

by Ramona Adams March 14, 2018, 3:40 am
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Iridium NEXT Satellites Arrive in California for 5th Launch; Matt Desch Comments

Iridium Communications has announced the arrival of the fifth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for the launch aboard SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 rocket that is set to take off on March 29. Iridium said Monday each satellite will go through encapsulation, fueling and other pre-launch processing […] More

by Jane Edwards March 13, 2018, 3:25 pm
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CACI to Open Oklahoma-Based Shared Services Center; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has announced it will establish a shared services center in Oklahoma City to expand its business operations and workforce in the state. The company said Thursday it aims to consolidate some of CACI’s transactional functions into the Oklahoma-based SSC in an effort to simplify the delivery of services to customers. CACI President and […] More

by Joanna Crews March 9, 2018, 2:01 am
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ManTechâ€™s Kevin Phillips Voices Concerns About US Security Clearance Process

Kevin Phillips, president and CEO ofÂ ManTech International, has discussed the wait times associated with the federal governmentâ€™s security clearance process at a Senate panel hearing, Government ExecutiveÂ reported Wednesday. â€œThe time to get a top secret clearance is over a year, and for a secret clearance, the wait is eight months,â€Â Phillips told Senate Intelligence Committee members […] More

by Jane Edwards March 8, 2018, 8:20 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

CBP to Adopt Salesforce Cloud, Analytics Tech Platforms; Dave Rey Comments

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has chosen Salesforce to provide cloud computing and analytics platforms to support the agency’s digital modernization effort. CBP will implement Salesforce’s Analytics, Community Cloud and Service CloudÂ products to update agency personnel management process, manage activities along U.S. borders and engage citizens, the companyÂ said Tuesday. “There is a huge opportunity […] More

by Joanna Crews March 7, 2018, 9:20 am
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TAPE Gets ISO Quality & Project Mgmt Certifications; Michael Kelliher Comments

Technical and Project EngineeringÂ has received two certifications from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s quality management systems andÂ project management practices. TAPEÂ said MondayÂ itsÂ ISOÂ 9001:2015 certificate demonstrates that the company works toÂ maintain the quality of its products and services, address stringent requirements and adhere to applicable laws and regulations. TheÂ ISO 21500:2012 certificate recognizes the firm’s capacity […] More

by Nichols Martin March 6, 2018, 9:50 am
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Microsoft to Integrate Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud With Azure Government; Steve Harris, Nick Michaelides Comment

Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud offering with the Azure Government cloud platform in mid-2018. Natalia Mackevicius, director of Azure Stack, wrote in a blog entryÂ posted Monday the planned integration seeks to establish connectivity with Azure Marketplace as well as Azure Government subscription, identity, billing, backup and registration functions. The […] More

by Jane Edwards March 6, 2018, 5:33 am
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Intelâ€™s Melvin Greer: Ethical Standard Needed to Prevent AI Tech Abuse

Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intelâ€™s public sector, has said developers of artificial intelligence platforms should follow an ethical standard when it comes to programming behavior in order to prevent AI technologies from being weaponized, Bisnow reported Wednesday. â€œThe brake has to be applied by humans,â€ Greer said Tuesday during a panel discussion at […] More

by Jane Edwards March 2, 2018, 11:39 am