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  • Labor Dept Eyes "Online Acquisition Knowledge" From Private Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Dept Eyes “Online Acquisition Knowledge” From Private Sector

    The Labor Department is conducting market research into organizations in search of a provider of regular acquisition market news and other tools as a subscription service, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Rebecca Carroll writes the agency is also looking to determine a business’ capability to extend access to Government Accountability Office decisions; checklists, templates and forms; and […] More

  • AMERICAN SYSTEMS Named Small Business Partner of the Year at SECAF Awards; Peter Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AMERICAN SYSTEMS Named Small Business Partner of the Year at SECAF Awards; Peter Smith Comments

    AMERICAN SYSTEMS has received the Small Business Partner of the Year award at the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum in recognition of the company’s efforts to assist small businesses through mentorships, partnerships and other programs. The company, along with other government contractors involved in the small business community, was honored during this year’s Government Contractor Awards Gala on May […] More

  • CTC CFO Margaret DiVirgilio Receives Award for Procurement Work With NDIA; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC CFO Margaret DiVirgilio Receives Award for Procurement Work With NDIA; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Margaret DiVirgilio, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Concurrent Technologies Corp., has received the Howard H. Cork Memorial Award for her work with the National Defense Industrial Association’s procurement division. The award is given to select members of NDIA’s procurement committee for their contributions to the association, the defense industry and national security agencies, […] More

  • SAIC Receives Cisco Certification Under Tech Partner Program; Doug Wagoner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Receives Cisco Certification Under Tech Partner Program; Doug Wagoner Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a Cisco gold-level certificate for meeting networking competency and customer satisfaction goals under a technology re-seller program. Cisco’s Resale Channel Program offers a framework designed to help Cisco partners deliver a range of the company’s technology and service offerings to U.S. clients, SAIC said Thursday. “We are pleased to […] More

  • Financial Aid Mgmt Veteran Bob Evans Joins Attain as Managing Director; Greg Baroni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Financial Aid Mgmt Veteran Bob Evans Joins Attain as Managing Director; Greg Baroni Comments

    Bob Evans, former president and CEO of Evans Consulting Group, has joined Attain as managing director and will oversee the formation of a new financial aid management and student services practice. The practice, to be established under the company’s Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers division, is expected to address institutions’ operational, enrollment and retention concerns, Attain said […] More

  • BAE, Ballard Collaborate on 6th AFCB Green Bus; Steve Karaffa Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Ballard Collaborate on 6th AFCB Green Bus; Steve Karaffa Comments

    BAE Systems has renewed its commitment to produce fuel cell hybrid buses in collaboration with Ballard Power Systems, ElDorado National and the University of California. Under the California Energy Commission-funded project, BAE will provide the propulsion and power management systems while Ballard will supply the “plug-and-play” power module and engineering support, Ballard said Tuesday. According to […] More

  • Harris to Add Internet in Central Asian Country's Tactical Comm System; Brendan O'Connell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Add Internet in Central Asian Country’s Tactical Comm System; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has won a $78 million contract to add a mobile tactical Internet to a tactical communications system for an unnamed country based in Central Asia that seeks to bolster its military’s command-and-control capabilities. The country plans to use the expanded Harris Integrated Tactical Area Communications System to enable voice, data and video connectivity in the field, Harris said […] More

  • SAIC to Help Army Command Maintain, Operate Cargo Deployment Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Help Army Command Maintain, Operate Cargo Deployment Software

    Science Applications International Corp. has won a potential $14 million software and engineering services to help the U.S. Army‘s Surface Deployment and Distribution Command operate ocean cargo deployment software. The company will also work with the command to connect commercial and military carriers with the Integrated Booking System Software under the potential four-and-eight-month order, SAIC said Wednesday. U.S. Transportation […] More

  • Minda Suchan: Exelis Designed Sensor to ID Gases in 'Hard-to-Reach' Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Minda Suchan: Exelis Designed Sensor to ID Gases in ‘Hard-to-Reach’ Areas

    Exelis has finished a series of flight tests on a sensor and processing system the company built to detect potentially hazardous substances and gases by pointing in multiple directions. The company’s team in Rochester, N.Y. placed several types of materials around the region to evaluate how the sensor recorded and stored data for processing on board […] More

  • SAP Launches Patient Relationship Mgmt Tool; Martin Kopp Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Launches Patient Relationship Mgmt Tool; Martin Kopp Comments

    SAP AG has unveiled a patient relationship management service offering that the company designed to help healthcare providers address patient requirements. The integrated tool contains patient administration and billing features from the SAP Patient Management application, SAP said Wednesday. Martin Kopp, vice president of industry business services for healthcare providers at SAP, said the company […] More

  • Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment

    Insitu’s Australia-based subsidiary has demonstrated its unmanned aircraft system to observe bushland fires for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Insitu Pacific deployed the ScanEagle aircraft in January to report on fire movement across the Wollemi National Park bushland through the General Dynamics Mediaware-built video streaming system, Insitu Pacific said Tuesday. Kevin Moore, chief […] More

  • QinetiQ to Continue Hardware Service Work on Int'l Space Station Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ to Continue Hardware Service Work on Int’l Space Station Module

    QinetiQ will continue to help maintain hardware components the company developed for the International Space Station’s Columbus module under a contract extension through the end of this year. The company said Tuesday that it has also been working with Airbus to support the QinetiQ-developed scientific instruments for research inside the module. Airbus acts as a subcontractor and oversees replacement […] More