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  • Survey Highlights Data Sharing Opportunity in Federal IT Modernization Efforts; Red Hat’s David Egts Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Survey Highlights Data Sharing Opportunity in Federal IT Modernization Efforts; Red Hat’s David Egts Comments

    A new report by MeriTalk has found that 73 percent of federal information technology leaders said that deriving data from legacy applications is vital in efforts to advance government reform and use of shared services. The publication said Thursday it conducted an online survey of 275 federal IT leaders in January for the report, which was […] More

  • MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order

    Millennium Engineering and Integration has won a one-year, $9.9 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force‘s certification process for two proposed launch vehicles. MEI will provide systems engineering and integration services as the government evaluates United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan rocket and Orbital ATK‘s Next Generation Launcher system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under the order will occur through […] More

  • Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract

    Accenture has secured a potential six-year, $138 million contract to help modernize the Commonwealth of Virginia’s system for processing and managing Medicaid claims. The company said Thursday it will support the implementation and operation of core systems for the state’s Medicaid Enterprise infrastructure as part of the Modular Core Services Solutions contract. The Commonwealth will adopt two Public Health […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ

    Boeing‘s Digital Receiver Technology subsidiary has secured a $23.8 million contract to provide ruggedized surveillance equipment and peripherals to the U.S. Navy‘s Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck. The Defense Department said Thursday that CDSA Dam Neck will use the equipment in engineering, technical design and acquisition activities. The service branch will obligate $30,610 in initial contract funds slated to expire at the […] More

  • Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform

    Unisys has received a National Information Assurance Partnership accreditation to make its microsegmentation security software platform available to government agencies seeking to protect classified data and systems that run on Microsoft 10 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems. The company said Thursday the expanded certification for the Stealth software came two years after NIAP initially issued accreditation […] More

  • Engility Awards Cyber Scholarships to 2 Army Veterans; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Awards Cyber Scholarships to 2 Army Veterans; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has selected U.S. Army veterans Magdalena Seitz and Leo Bastidas as the first two recipients of the company’s cybersecurity scholarships. The company said Wednesday it partnered with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education to establish the CyberWarrior Scholarship, which will give military veterans funds to pursue cybersecurity certifications. “We are grateful for our veterans’ commitment to […] More

  • Intell Community Vet Stephanie O’Sullivan Joins Peraton Advisory Board; Stu Shea Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intell Community Vet Stephanie O’Sullivan Joins Peraton Advisory Board; Stu Shea Comments

    Stephanie O’Sullivan, former principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has joined the advisory board of Herndon, Virginia-based communications and technology services contractor Peraton. The company said Thursday O’Sullivan led information technology integration efforts during her time as PDDNI, the second-highest position in the U.S. intelligence community. In that capacity, she also led […] More

  • FedRAMP Grants 5 Companies Priority Status to Offer Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Grants 5 Companies Priority Status to Offer Cloud Services

    Five companies have gained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board to offer cloud products to the federal government. FedRAMP’s program management office said Feb. 15 it chose the five cloud service providers as part of the FedRAMP Connect program based on existing and potential government customer demand for their products […] More

  • Sehlke Details Pillars of Financial & Feeder System Optimization Methodology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sehlke Details Pillars of Financial & Feeder System Optimization Methodology

    Arlington, Virginia-based Sehlke Consulting has created a four-pillar approach meant to help federal customers transform their financial management systems and achieve auditability. This approach forms the basis of the professional services contractor’s Financial and Feeder System Optimization Methodology that covers Leadership and Governance; Stakeholder and User Readiness; Internal Controls and Audit Readiness; and System Implementation […] More

  • Thales: Federal Agencies Saw 20% Rise in Data Breaches; Nick Jovanovic Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales: Federal Agencies Saw 20% Rise in Data Breaches; Nick Jovanovic Comments

    A new report by Thales says 57 percent of U.S. federal government respondents claimed their agencies experienced a data breach over the past year. The figure in the “2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition” shows a 23-percent increase from the 2017 report, which revealed that 34 percent of respondents encountered a breach, Thales said Thursday. […] More

  • Orbital ATK Celebrates 5,000th F-35 Aircraft Composite Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Celebrates 5,000th F-35 Aircraft Composite Parts

    Orbital ATK celebrates manufacturing 5,000 total composite parts for the F-35 aircraft. The company said Wednesday its Clearfield, Utah facility is responsible for manufacturing nearly 90 percent of the F-35’s wing skins, fixed skins, engine nacelles and access covers, using automated fiber placement machines. Janicki Industries furnishes the parts for further engineering viability before the final delivery to Lockheed […] More

  • Sequoia Holdings Unveils Blockchain-Based Software Dev. Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sequoia Holdings Unveils Blockchain-Based Software Dev. Platform

    Sequoia Holdings has introduced a blockchain-based software development platform designed to help application developers and government agencies build, test and deploy smart contract applications. The software company said Wednesday the SEQNet blockchain-as-a-service platform will support the development of blockchain-based smart contracts, which work to log all agreements, processes, tasks and payments in a digital record that […] More