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IBMâ€™s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind

Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for global business servicesÂ at IBMâ€™s federal business, has said that health information technology platforms should be designed for users and should be equipped with cybersecurity tools and features that protect privacy in order to realize the benefits ofÂ health care digitization. Salzman told Dan Chenok,Â executive director ofÂ IBMâ€™s Center for the […] More

by Jane Edwards June 6, 2017, 6:54 am
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CACI Receives NAVSEA Task Order for Workforce Development, Support Services; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has secured a five-year, $40 million task order under theÂ SeaPort-e contract vehicle to help develop theÂ Naval Sea Systems Command’s workforce and facilitate organizational efficiency and effectiveness. The company said MondayÂ the task order covers professional, technical and consulting services in support of the chief strategy office, chief of staff and the total force and corporate […] More

by Anna Forrester June 5, 2017, 11:23 am
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CTC Lands GSA Task Order Under OASIS Contract Vehicle to Provide NWDTP Instructors

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential two-year, $1.8 million task order from the General Services Administration to provide instructors for the National Weapons Detection Training Program for the Federal Protective Service National Academy. CTC said Thursday that the instructors will offer training services for law enforcement personnel and protective security officers to help provide […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 5, 2017, 10:39 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp.Â has won a spot on a potential five-year, $248.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Research Laboratory with research and development support services related to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers design, analysis and demonstration of ISR technologies and concepts designed to help identify and locate terrorist […] More

by Jane Edwards June 5, 2017, 2:21 am
in General

Energy Department Announces Additional $20 Million in Research Awards

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday that it 10 previously selected Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees will receive a total of $20 million, honoring additional commitments. This marks the end of the road for the DOE’s approval process of the ARPA-Eâ€™s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) and […] More

by Barbara Boland June 2, 2017, 10:43 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Carl De Groote: Cisco Helps DoD Migrate Joint Regional Security Stacks to Cloud

Carl De Groote, senior director for the Defense DepartmentÂ programs at Cisco Systems, has said the company collaborates with DoD to facilitate the migration of Joint Regional Security Stacks to the cloud, Defense Systems reported Thursday. JRSS is a set of tools designed to detect breaches, provide firewall functions and perform virtual routing and forwarding, enterprise […] More

by Jane Edwards June 2, 2017, 9:07 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

CTC Buys New 3D Printing Equipment for Metal Processes; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has boughtÂ new additive manufacturing equipment worth $1.2 million to support metal processing at the company’sÂ Johnstown, Pennsylvania facility. CTC said Thursday its new three-dimensional printingÂ platforms include a VRC Metal Systems Gen III Max cold spray system, an AMBIT hybrid additive manufacturing multi-task system and anÂ SLM 280HL 3D printer. The new systems willÂ help CTC […] More

by Ramona Adams June 2, 2017, 8:02 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

Dell EMCâ€™s Cameron Chehreh: Microservices, Engineering Help Drive Agenciesâ€™ Hybrid Cloud Adoption Strategies

Cameron Chehreh,Â chief technology officer atÂ Dell EMCâ€™s federal business,Â has said engineering and microservices are some of the factors that have driven most government agenciesâ€™ strategies as they transition from legacy information technology systems to hybrid cloud platforms, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. â€œThe definition of cloud has really, really changed, and itâ€™s really about your engineering […] More

by Jane Edwards June 2, 2017, 5:30 am
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CTC-UDRI JV to Help Manage Air Force Installation Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Comments

A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-University of Dayton Research InstituteÂ joint venture has been awardedÂ a two-year, $2.4 million task order toÂ examine, install and record upgrades to U.S. Air Force installations as part of the service branch’s energy management efforts. It marks the 25th task order E2 Technologies received under a potential $99 million contract with the Air Force […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 2, 2017, 4:43 am
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Cubic Breaks Ground on Huntsville, Alabama Facility Expansion; Mike Twyman Comments

CubicÂ has begun construction ofÂ an expanded facility forÂ theÂ GATR TechnologiesÂ businessÂ of the defense and transportation contractor’s mission solutionsÂ segment. The company said Thursday the projectÂ will extend GATR’s currentÂ 35,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama toÂ 63,000 square feet. Cubic added the expanded facilityÂ will consolidate GATR’s production and operations andÂ house the unit’sÂ engineering, business development and administrative offices. “We anticipate the facility expansion […] More

by Ramona Adams June 1, 2017, 10:05 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

SAP NS2, CounterTack Form Enterprise Security Partnership; Mark Testoni Comments

SAP National Security ServicesÂ and CounterTackÂ have forged a strategic partnership to facilitate the delivery of an enterprise security tool to government and commercial clients. CounterTack said Wednesday it will integrate its Endpoint Threat Platform with the SAP HANA in-memory database management system in an effort to accelerate data processing operations and provide security analysts with predictive […] More

by Jane Edwards June 1, 2017, 5:25 am
in Executive Spotlight, General

Spotlight: Interview with Marilyn Crouther, SVP of U.S. Public Sector at DXC

Marilyn Crouther is senior vice president and general manager, U.S. Public Sector, at DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC). She isÂ one of Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017 and an influential leader in the government contracting arena. Crouther played a pivotal role in the merger of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) into a new […] More

by Barbara Boland May 31, 2017, 9:21 am