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  • Omni Federal Books Task Order to Continue, Expand USAF Digital University - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Omni Federal Books Task Order to Continue, Expand USAF Digital University

    Omni Federal has received an award for the extension of the Digital University it created with BESPIN to further boost the digital literacy of the U.S. Air Force, Space Force and Defense Department personnel. The company said Thursday the task order also covers the enhancement of the DU’s artificial intelligence and machine learning platform to […] More

  • Intelligent Artifacts Adds Former NSA Exec Jon Darby to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Artifacts Adds Former NSA Exec Jon Darby to Advisory Board

    Jon Darby, former director of operations at the National Security Agency, has joined the advisory board of machine intelligence company Intelligent Artifacts.  The retired government official has close to four decades of experience in the U.S. intelligence community and brings with him expertise in analysis, operations and cybersecurity, the company said Thursday.  During his tenure […] More

  • Carahsoft Wins Leidos IT Channel Partner of the Year Recognition; Mike McCalip Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Wins Leidos IT Channel Partner of the Year Recognition; Mike McCalip Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology was presented with Leidos’ IT Channel Partner of the Year award during an annual event highlighting the defense contractor’s suppliers that display excellence in technology, innovation, collaboration and partnership. Leidos recognized Carahsoft’s efforts to support its go-to-market strategy by providing innovative technology that enabled increased performance outcomes, the latter company said Thursday. Carahsoft […] More

  • Agencies Turn to Plug-and-Play Tech; ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Agencies Turn to Plug-and-Play Tech; ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum Quoted

    Some federal agencies including the U.S. Postal Service and the International Development Finance Corporation are now adopting preconfigured, plug-and-play technologies to speed up deployment and meet their operational requirements, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday. Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said the use of plug-and-play systems not only reflects the transition to a service- […] More

  • Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras Sees Defense as Growth Driver - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras Sees Defense as Growth Driver

    Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras said he considers defense and mobility as key channels for future growth at the satellite communications services provider. “Having years of experience in defense, I can definitely help here,” he told Via Satellite in an interview. Wajsgras, a two-decade industry veteran who took the helm of Intelsat in April, shared his […] More

  • Paperless Innovations CEO, DHS Representatives to Join Panel Discussion on Cloud Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations CEO, DHS Representatives to Join Panel Discussion on Cloud Procurement

    Commercial cloud software-as-a-service models and the Department of Homeland Security’s Procurement Innovation Lab will be the key points of discussion among representatives from Paperless Innovations, DHS and Amazon Web Services at an upcoming GovCon Wire virtual event. Paperless Innovations said SaaS applications have driven some federal agencies to seek modern approaches to structure contracts and […] More

  • Jon Kirchner Named Chief Product Officer at BlackSky - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jon Kirchner Named Chief Product Officer at BlackSky

    Jon Kirchner, a 30-year industry executive, has been named chief product officer at geospatial intelligence company BlackSky Technology. He will be part of BlackSky’s executive leadership team and oversee the delivery of intelligence and dynamic monitoring products and services to customers, the company said Wednesday. “Jon’s leadership will play a critical role as we advance […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Bryan Stone, VP of Federal Sales for Unite Us - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Bryan Stone, VP of Federal Sales for Unite Us

    Bryan Stone, vice president of federal sales for Unite Us, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the core values that push the company’s winning culture as well as how its addressing the unique challenges of talent recruitment and retention in the federal sector and how partnering up is driving innovation for its customers during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You […] More

  • DHS to Host Industry Day on Cloud Services Procurement Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS to Host Industry Day on Cloud Services Procurement Plan

    The Department of Homeland Security will hold an industry day on Nov. 7 to discuss the Enterprise CLoud Infrastructure Provider Suite program currently in development. DHS will provide an overview of the award structure, projected spend and scope of the proposed ECLIPS program and host a question-and-answer session related to the effort, according to a […] More

  • DARPA Funds Charles River Analytics' Human-Machine Interface Modeling R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Funds Charles River Analytics’ Human-Machine Interface Modeling R&D

    Charles River Analytics looks to help the Department of Defense integrate human-machine interface modeling into the early design phases of artificial intelligence systems used in air and space operations. The company said Tuesday it received over $9 million in funding to develop modeling platforms under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Enhancing Design for Graceful […] More

  • Trust Lab, In-Q-Tel Join Hands to Flag Harmful Online Content - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trust Lab, In-Q-Tel Join Hands to Flag Harmful Online Content

    Trust Lab, a web security platform developer, and In-Q-Tel, the U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital arm, will work together to advance the detection of harmful online content to combat cyber risks such as misinformation and strengthen internet security overall.  Under the long-term partnership, the two entities will utilize Trust Lab’s machine learning-based rule engines and […] More