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CACI to Provide IT Support for Army CIO/G-6 Office; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a five-year, $48 million prime contract for information technology support services toÂ the architecture, operations, networks and space directorate within the U.S.Â Army‘s office of chief information officer/G-6. The company said ThursdayÂ itÂ will supportÂ Army CIO/G-6 in theÂ analytical, budget, planning and program areas to help address the service branch’s C4 and IT requirements. CACI will […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 27, 2017, 10:21 am
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DISA Issues Wideband Comm Ground Infrastructure RFI

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issuedÂ a request for information on the availability ofÂ commercialÂ ground infrastructure and related support services for satellite and non-satellite wideband communicationsÂ systems. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Monday that Congress asked the Defense Department toÂ perform an “analysis of alternatives” to identify a potential successor to DoD’sÂ Wideband Global Satellite Communication system […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 27, 2017, 5:10 am
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Vencore Lands $980M NGA Analytical, Technical Support IDIQ Spot; Mac Curtis Comments

Vencore has secured a prime positionÂ on a potential five-year, $980 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantityÂ contract to provide technical support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The company said Tuesday it will help NGA integrate analytics services and GEOINT sources to track and build up collection strategies as well as simulation and modeling operations under the multiple-award contract for […] More

by Jane Edwards April 26, 2017, 6:01 am
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Raytheon Moves GPS OCX Launch, Checkout System Qualification Testing to USAF Site; Dave Wajsgras Comments

Raytheon has begun to move the site-specific acceptance and qualification testing phase of the launch-and-checkout platform for the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s GPSÂ Next-Generation Operational Control System from the companyâ€™s factory to Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. The company said Wednesday the move came after the LCS system reached a score of 97.7 percent in a […] More

by Jane Edwards April 20, 2017, 5:20 am
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Reviewing Highly Skilled H-1B Visa Program

U.S. President Donald Trump plans toÂ sign an executive order in Wisconsin Tuesday that will order a review of the H-1B highly-skilled worker immigration visa program, a move that the White House says will encourageÂ tech companies to hireÂ American workers instead of cheaper foreign labor. The “buy American, hire American” directive does not make any immediate changes […] More

by Barbara Boland April 19, 2017, 2:01 pm
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Leidos to Provide Army UAS Support Services; Tim Reardon Comments

LeidosÂ will offer globalÂ technical services and field support toÂ the U.S. Army‘s tactical unmanned aircraft systems, universal ground control stations and universal ground data terminals through the company’s position under a potential $900 million contractÂ awarded earlier this month. The company said Wednesday it will vie for contract work in the areas ofÂ non-repetitive development, analysis and corrective action, […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 19, 2017, 11:14 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch on Commercial Satcom Services’ Interoperability With Military Satcom

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat, saidÂ in an interview aired Monday on Federal News Radio that commercial satellite communications services play a critical role in military communications amid delays and other challenges facing military satcom programs. Cowen-Hirsch told Federal Tech Talk host John GilroyÂ that a commercial satcom service is designed […] More

by Jane Edwards April 19, 2017, 7:06 am
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Interview with Teresa Weipert: SGSI ‘Poised’ to Help Government Adopt Customer Service Tools

In July 2015, Sutherland Global Services created the Sutherland Government Solutions, Inc. (SGSI) to better serve the specific needs of its government clients. Â Sutherland Global Services has been around since 1986 and is a world leader in technology-enabled business process services. They are a process transformation company for major industry verticals including a good […] More

by David Smith April 18, 2017, 9:35 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

SAP NS2â€™s Mark Testoni: Policymakers Should Facilitate Public-Private Collaboration Against Cyber Threats

Mark Testoni, president and CEO ofÂ SAPÂ National Security Services, has saidÂ government regulators and lawmakers should work to advance collaboration between public and private sectors in order to protect data networks and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Testoni wrote in an opinion piece published Monday on The Hill that a collaborative environment can be achieved through threat […] More

by Jane Edwards April 18, 2017, 7:18 am
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DISA Updates VMware vSphere STIG to Add Software-Defined Storage Platform; Bill Rowan Comments

The Defense Information Systems Agency has updated its Security Technical Implementation GuideÂ for VMwareâ€™s vSphere offering to include the companyâ€™s hyper-converged infrastructure platform. DISAâ€™s upgraded STIG seeks to offer cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to installÂ the VMware vSAN HCI system in Defense Department-run networks in compliance with the departmentâ€™s security requirements, VMware said Thursday. […] More

by Jane Edwards April 17, 2017, 4:50 am
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IBMâ€™s Sam Gordy: Federal Govt Should Consider Cognitive Intell, Analytics to Process Unstructured Data

Sam Gordy, general manager of IBMâ€™s federal business, has said that federal government leaders should work to target artificial intelligence components such as advanced analytics and cognitive intelligence that work to help facilitate analysis of real-time data. â€œCognitive intelligence and advanced analytics have the ability to mine unstructured data,â€ Gordy told MeriTalk in an interview […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2017, 3:20 am
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BAE Eyes Prototype Design, Test, Integration Task Orders Under Army Contract; DeEtte Gray Comments

BAE SystemsÂ is in line to provide design, test and integrationÂ support forÂ space, high-altitude and missile defense technology prototypes to theÂ U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. The company said WednesdayÂ it will bid on task orders to provide the required services under a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantityÂ contract the Army awarded to eight […] More

by Anna Forrester April 12, 2017, 11:09 am