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  • GSA Posts RFI on Supply Chain Risk Management System for Gov't Market Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts RFI on Supply Chain Risk Management System for Gov’t Market Offerings

    The General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service is requesting information on tools that could track and authenticate information and communication products distributed in the federal market to manage supply chain risk. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, GSA said the targeted supply chain management tool is an integrated and portable device set that could detect tampered, counterfeit and grey market products. GSA added it wants […] More

  • Missile Defense Agency Taps ManTech for Counterintelligence Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Missile Defense Agency Taps ManTech for Counterintelligence Program Support

    ManTech International has won a potential five-year, $32.1 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services for the Missile Defense Agency‘s counterintelligence programs. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will support counterintelligence missions and functional areas covered by the DoD Directive 5240.02. ManTech will work to help MDA detect, identify, exploit and work to neutralize intelligence collection efforts against agency personnel, data, facilities, material, […] More

  • Applied DNA Sciences Receives Security, Authentication Tech Contract From US Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied DNA Sciences Receives Security, Authentication Tech Contract From US Agency

    Applied DNA Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million contract to provide botanical-DNA based security and authentication tools to an unidentified U.S. government agency. The company said Tuesday the government customer will have access to its SigNature DNA products under the blanket purchase agreement and Applied DNA Sciences will also develop new products throughout […] More

  • Study: 781 Data Breaches Occurred in Public, Private Sectors During 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: 781 Data Breaches Occurred in Public, Private Sectors During 2015

    The Identity Theft Resource Center found during a study that there were 781 publicly reported data breaches across the U.S. public and private sectors during 2015. Forty-percent of those breaches tracked by ITRC occurred in the business sector, an 8.1 percent increase from 2014 figures, the center said Jan. 25. Healthcare organizations had the second highest percentage of data security incidents last […] More

  • Australian Finance Dept Seeks Proposals for Telecoms Services Panel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australian Finance Dept Seeks Proposals for Telecoms Services Panel

    Australia’s finance department has issued a request for proposals to establish a panel of telecommunications service providers in November that would provide transport data link services, managed wide-area network and Internet connection services to government agencies, ZDNet reported Monday. Corinne Reichert writes the proposed TSP would replace Australia’s Internet based network connection services committee and […] More

  • Lockheed Picks GP Strategies as Learning Services Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Picks GP Strategies as Learning Services Partner

    GP Strategies has been awarded two contracts to provide training administrative and consulting support services for Lockheed Martin’s aerospace and defense business over a three-year period. The contracts also cover course development, instructional design and other learning support services for all employees and facilities within Lockheed’s aerospace and defense business, GP Strategies said Tuesday. GP Strategies […] More

  • CACI Logistics, Material Readiness Segment Obtains Third CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Logistics, Material Readiness Segment Obtains Third CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International‘s logistics and material readiness segment has been rated at maturity level five under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for the third time as a result of an appraisal. CACI said Tuesday the company has worked to meet industry-standard operations to maintain its CMMI levels for decades. President and CEO Ken Asbury said the achievement of ML […] More

  • OPM, Excelsior Sign Agreement to Back Federal Employees' Higher Education Pursuits; Beth Cobert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM, Excelsior Sign Agreement to Back Federal Employees’ Higher Education Pursuits; Beth Cobert Comments

    Excelsior College has inked an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to assist more than 1 million federal employees along with respective spouses and domestic partners in their individual pursuits of higher education degrees. The collaboration will build on OPM’s efforts to gather new talent and support federal employees’ career development and address government-wide and agency-specific skill requirements, […] More

  • DHS, University of North Dakota Partner for Unmanned Aerial Tech Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, University of North Dakota Partner for Unmanned Aerial Tech Research Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has signed a three-year cooperative research and development agreement with the University of North Dakota to study the potential advantages and risks of using unmanned aerial technology. DHS’ science and technology directorate and the university aim to identify strategies to prevent misuse of unmanned aerial systems, the department said Monday. “This mission critical research will facilitate a […] More

  • CTC to Present Intell, Data Mgmt Platforms at GEOINT Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Present Intell, Data Mgmt Platforms at GEOINT Symposium

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. will display its intelligence and information platforms at a U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation symposium that will be held in Orlando, Florida, from May 15 to 18. CTC said Monday it will exhibit products the company designed to address data discovery, correlation and analysis challenges as well as offer an in-booth demonstration of a machine environment that is built […] More

  • Summit Consulting to Help SBA Review Federal Credit Subsidy Models; Frieda Chung Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Summit Consulting to Help SBA Review Federal Credit Subsidy Models; Frieda Chung Comments

    Summit Consulting has been awarded a potential five-year contract to examine federal credit subsidy models for the U.S. Small Business Administration in order to help verify the models’ compliance with accounting and industry standards. The company will evaluate SBA model methodology, operations, input and output and documentations against the Federal Credit Reform Act regulations, Summit said Monday. “It […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds User1st Accessibility Software to GSA Schedule; Tiffany Goddard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds User1st Accessibility Software to GSA Schedule; Tiffany Goddard Comments

    Carahsoft Technology Corp. has added the cloud-based accessibility software offerings of User1st to the company’s General Services Administration schedule in an effort to help agencies and businesses gain access to websites. User1st’s accessibility software is designed to help public sector customers follow domestic and international web accessibility standards under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User1st […] More