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  • Carahsoft Offers Cloud-Hosted Tool for DoD Collaboration, Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Offers Cloud-Hosted Tool for DoD Collaboration, Training

    Carahsoft Technology has launched the cloud-hosted Defense Connect Online II tool, which builds on the company’s DCO offering for military collaboration and training activities. “DCO II can be used by anyone associated with the [Defense Department] who wishes to continue using DCO Connect for their collaboration needs,” Mark Mills, DCO II program manager and vice president at […] More

  • IBM Receives FCC Nod to Operate Federal Cloud; Anne Altman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Receives FCC Nod to Operate Federal Cloud; Anne Altman Comments

    IBM has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission to host federal workloads in the company’s Softlayer cloud environment, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes IBM’s Ashburn, Virginia and Richardson, Texas-based data centers received the FCC’s authorization to run government applications. “IBM’s federal cloud business has reached another milestone as we continue to work with federal agencies […] More

  • CACI Secures SEC Investigation Support Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Secures SEC Investigation Support Task Orders

    CACI International has received two task orders worth $29.8 million combined to provide investigation support and legal assistance services for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The five-year contracts cover work for SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Division of Enforcement and Office of the Investor Advocate, the company said Thursday. CACI said the task orders fall […] More

  • Capgemini to Build, Install Cloud-Based ERP System for British Airport Operator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini to Build, Install Cloud-Based ERP System for British Airport Operator

    Capgemini has won a contract of an undisclosed value to help U.K.-based Manchester Airports Group to build, implement and run an enterprise resource planning system through summer 2016. MAG seeks to integrate multiple business applications and functions across its network of four airports through the project, Capgemini said Thursday. The information technology firm plans to […] More

  • DigitaliBiz Lands 5-Year FAA Facility Integration Task Order; Michael Wu Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitaliBiz Lands 5-Year FAA Facility Integration Task Order; Michael Wu Comments

    DigitaliBiz has received a five-year task order to extend the company’s engineering services for the Federal Aviation Administration’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company will perform proof-of-concept studies, develop prototypes, integrate and verify systems, assess users, create scenarios, provide simulations and maintain systems under the new order,  DigitaliBiz said […] More

  • AWS Kicks Off GSA Mobile, Cloud Connection Project; Jennifer Gray, Matt Goodrich Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Kicks Off GSA Mobile, Cloud Connection Project; Jennifer Gray, Matt Goodrich Comment

    Amazon Web Services has started to work with the General Services Administration‘s 18F on a project to help federal mobile users access Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud services, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes the pilot project kicked off in May and its goal is to grant FedRAMP and trusted Internet connection certifications to cloud service […] More

  • General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of 2nd SEA-Vista Product Tanker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of 2nd SEA-Vista Product Tanker

    A subsidiary of General Dynamics has begun construction of the second product tanker for SEA-Vista Newbuild III, which will support the transportation of crude oil and refined products. General Dynamics NASSCO said Thursday the tanker, which has a 330,000-barrel cargo capacity and deadweight of 50,000 tons, is based on the ECO MR Tanker design of South Korea’s DSEC. Kevin Graney, vice […] More

  • GSA's Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx

    The General Services Administration intends to extend Regional Local Service Agreements with multiple government telecommunication service providers to coincide with a planned 2020 extension of Networx contracts. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of GSA’s office of integrated technology services, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the agency also plans to add current regional telecommunication offerings […] More

  • ICF-AEE: US Natural Gas Pipeline to Meet Power Demand Under CPP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF-AEE: US Natural Gas Pipeline to Meet Power Demand Under CPP

    ICF International worked with Advanced Energy Economy to look into the capability of the U.S. natural gas pipeline system to align with the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Clean Power Plan, Natural Gas Intelligence reported Thursday. Carolyn Davis writes the analysis report says the pipeline can keep up with power generation needs as the proposed CPP calls for a […] More

  • Stu Shea Joins Riverside Research's Board of Trustees; Richard Annas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stu Shea Joins Riverside Research’s Board of Trustees; Richard Annas Comments

    Stu Shea, formerly president and chief operating officer at Leidos, has joined the board of trustees at nonprofit scientific research company Riverside Research. Riverside Research said Friday it appointed Shea for his close-to three decades of experience at technology-focused government contractors in background in strategy and business development. “I am honored to be part of a company that […] More

  • Jeff DeMarrais to Join CA Tech as SVP, Chief Communications Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff DeMarrais to Join CA Tech as SVP, Chief Communications Officer

    Jeff DeMarrais, formerly chief communications officer of General Electric‘s healthcare business, will serve as senior vice president and chief communications officer of CA Technologies beginning July 20. CA said Thursday DeMarrais will work from New York and report to Lauren Flaherty, the company’s chief marketing officer. “I look forward to having him at the helm of the important brand […] More