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PAE, Parsons Form JV to Bid on Army LOGCAP V Contract; Carey Smith Comments

Parsons and PAE have established a new joint venture to compete forÂ a potential 10-year, $82 billion contract vehicle that seeks to help the U.S. Army meet global facility and logistical requirements. Scott Welker, formerÂ deputy commander of the Armyâ€™s Joint Munitions Command,Â will serve as president of Rock Island, Illinois-based PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services JV that will […] More

by Jane Edwards October 6, 2017, 5:15 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Featured, General, News

CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments

CenturyLink has opened a new facility in Arlington, Virginia, that seeks to provide the company and its partners a workspace to build and demonstrate platforms and capabilities designed to help federal agency clients meet information technology requirements and implement digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Erich Sanchack, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLinkâ€™s […] More

by Jane Edwards October 5, 2017, 5:15 am
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IDC Ranks Unisys Among Top Federal IT Vendors; PV Puvvada Comments

AnÂ IDC Government Insights report has designatedÂ Unisys as one of the top information technology enterprise companies that serve the U.S. federal government. UnisysÂ said Wednesday it ranked eighth in the 2017Â IDC Federal IT Rankings based on the company’s revenues from government IT products and services. “We are pleased that leading analysts and thought leaders in the federal […] More

by Scott Nicholas October 4, 2017, 9:46 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

BDO USAâ€™s Gregory Garrett: Security Incidents Drive Cyber Liability Insurance Demand Among Contractors

Gregory Garrett, head of international cybersecurity practice at BDO USA, told Federal News Radio in an interview thatÂ aired MondayÂ he has observed a growing demand for cyber liability insurance among government contracting firms due to increased breach incidents. â€œIt is very much real and in demand,â€ Garrett said of cyber liability insurance. â€œWhile the federal acquisition […] More

by Jane Edwards October 3, 2017, 10:04 am
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Engility to Help NOAA Develop High-Performance Computing Software; Lynn Dugle Comments

Engility has received a pair of task orders worth $14 million combined to develop and optimize high-performance computing software for theÂ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s climate and weather research efforts. The companyÂ said MondayÂ it will also help NOAA’s Geophysical FluidÂ Dynamics Laboratory access scientific data and manage cybersecurity of a research and development HPC system. â€œAs we […] More

by Nichols Martin October 2, 2017, 1:00 pm
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Matt Desch: Iridium Satellite Network Helps Meet Demand for Satcom Services in Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico

Iridium CommunicationsÂ CEOÂ Matt DeschÂ has said the companyâ€™s network of low-Earth orbit satellites works to accommodate satellite phone communications amid the high demand for satcom services in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, USA Today reported Friday. Desch said usage of satellite phones that usually lasts for three to five days following a disaster has […] More

by Jane Edwards October 2, 2017, 7:52 am
in Featured, General, Mobility, News

DXCâ€™s Earl Matthews: Organizations Should Implement User-Focused Mobile Strategy

Earl Matthews,Â vice president ofÂ DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has saidÂ organizations should adopt a modern mobile strategy that focuses more on end users than the technology itself. Such a user-centered strategy â€œrequires a different approach to enabling the user with the right information sources, devices, security, connectivity and support,â€ Matthews wrote in an article published […] More

by Jane Edwards October 2, 2017, 6:35 am
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Huntington Ingalls Lands Navy C4ISR Training Support IDIQ; Andy Green Comments

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ technical solutions division has secured a potential five-year, $43 million contract to provide training support for multiple U.S. NavyÂ tactical systems. HIIÂ said ThursdayÂ it is one of four contractors selected by the Navy to supportÂ training efforts forÂ command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems used on tactical afloat shipboard, ashore and submarine platforms. […] More

by Scott Nicholas September 29, 2017, 11:15 am
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Jacobs to Develop Air Traffic Mgmt Software Under USAF Contract; Darren Kraabel Comments

Jacobs Engineering Group has received a potential five-year,Â $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop a communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management software platform. The company said Thursday theÂ CNS/ATM software will work to support various aircraft of the Air Mobility and Air Combat Command, including the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON […] More

by Ramona Adams September 28, 2017, 9:21 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

QTS Deploys Cloud-Based Unemployment Insurance System; David McOmber Comments

QTS Realty Trust has deployed a cloud-based platform designed to help states process and deliver unemployment insurance benefits and comply with the Labor Departmentâ€™s requirement to develop practices that seek to reduce costs in the workforce system. The unemployment insurance andÂ single state tax system complies with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and is […] More

by Jane Edwards September 28, 2017, 5:13 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

BDO USA Survey: 79% of Public Company Directors Say Boards More Involved in Cybersecurity; Gregory Garrett Comments

A newÂ BDO USA survey has found that 79 percent of board members at public companies say their boards have become more involved in cybersecurity efforts than they were in the past year. The company said Tuesday its corporate government practice polled 140 public company directors in August for the 2017 BDO Survey on Cyber Governance. […] More

by Jane Edwards September 27, 2017, 9:03 am
in Featured, General, Healthcare IT, News

Leidos Team Deploys New DoD EHR Platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton; Jerry Hogge Comments

The team ofÂ Leidos, Cerner and Accenture has installed a newÂ electronic health records platform atÂ Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington as part of the Defense Department‘s efforts to modernize the Military Health System. Leidos said Monday the deployment of the MHS GENESIS platform in Bremerton is part of the initial operational capability rollout of the EHR system […] More

by Ramona Adams September 27, 2017, 9:02 am