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  • WidePoint Receives DHS ATO for Telecom Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Receives DHS ATO for Telecom Mgmt Platform

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued an authorization to operate for a WidePoint-built technology platform designed to help government clients manage and secure telecommunications systems. The ATO certifies that WidePoint’s ITMS offering comply with data security requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act, the company said Monday. ITMS employs a web-based interface built to facilitate configuration, […] More

  • BGOV: USACE Eyes Construction Service Providers for Potential $2B DHS Border Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BGOV: USACE Eyes Construction Service Providers for Potential $2B DHS Border Program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday a prequalification of sources for the Department of Homeland Security‘s prospective $1.8 billion Border Infrastructure Program, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. Potential projects under the USACE solicitation can cover border fencing, gates and lights; access and patrol roads; drainage and miscellaneous modifications; levee walls and other alterations and repairs, the […] More

  • Apptio Offers Machine Learning Platform for Federal Technology Business Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apptio Offers Machine Learning Platform for Federal Technology Business Management

    Bellevue, Wash.-based tech software provider Apptio has launched an early adopter program to help government agencies field a machine learning system for technology business management. The Apptio TBM Unified Model can help assist government agencies and participants in the public sector to immediately gauge information technology costs from financial systems like ledgers and vendor invoices, the company said […] More

  • DHS Grants SAFETY Act Designations for Motorola Solutions’ Access Management, Surveillance Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Grants SAFETY Act Designations for Motorola Solutions’ Access Management, Surveillance Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security has authorized designations for the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act to the access management and video surveillance products of a Motorola Solutions business. Avigilon‘s Access Control Manager software was assigned the developmental testing and evaluation designation and the Avigilon Control Center was fully designated as a qualified anti-terrorism technology, Motorola Solutions said […] More

  • Ensco to Demo Positioning, Navigation & Timing Platforms; Boris Nejikovsky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Demo Positioning, Navigation & Timing Platforms; Boris Nejikovsky Comments

    Ensco will showcase commercial off-the-shelf positioning, navigation and timing platforms at an upcoming conference the Institute of Navigation’s military division will host for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The company said Friday it will demonstrate the Timing, Communications and Ranging IP measurement system and the Timing, Communications and Ranging Device during the 2018 Joint Navigation Conference. JNC will take […] More

  • Lookout Releases DHS-Funded Mobile Security Platform; Vincent Sritapan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lookout Releases DHS-Funded Mobile Security Platform; Vincent Sritapan Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security has announced the availability of a technology platform Lookout developed to help secure mobile devices against phishing attacks. DHS said Thursday it partly funded the development of Lookout’s Mobile Endpoint Security system, designed to help users block attempts to deliver malware or steal credentials in virtual messages and applications. Vincent Sritapan, program manager for mobile […] More

  • Cyber 20/20 to Develop Financial Network Security Tech Under DHS Innovation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyber 20/20 to Develop Financial Network Security Tech Under DHS Innovation Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has selected Cyber 20/20 to develop a platform for financial services organizations to secure networks from malicious threats. DHS said Monday its science and technology directorate awarded $200,000 for the Newark, Del.-based technology startup to demonstrate a proof-of-concept prototype of the company’s proposed Trained Using Runtime Analysis from Cuckoo Outputs system. TURACO is designed […] More

  • DHS’ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS’ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services

    Soraya Correa, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief procurement officer, said some agile methodology from the canceled $1.5 billion Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland will be applied to a new information technology procurement, FCW reported Friday. DHS plans to implement federal category management and agile and best-practice contracting activities to the replacement of the Security […] More

  • DHS Picks 13 Firms for Public Safety Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Picks 13 Firms for Public Safety Tech R&D

    The Department of Homeland Security has chosen 13 domestic and foreign companies to build public safety technology platforms for “smart city” use. Selectees will aim to develop in-building sensors, unmanned aerial systems and mobile SmartHubs intended to support responder situational awareness, building security and mission-critical operations, DHS said Monday. The grants stem from a solicitation posted in […] More

  • DHS Seeks Commercial Tech for UAS Sensor Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Commercial Tech for UAS Sensor Demo

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has announced plans to select commercially available sensors through the end of the year for potential use with unmanned aircraft systems. S&T said Friday it will give selected vendors one week each to demonstrate technology to as part of the Robotic Aircraft Sensor Program, the department said Friday. Representatives […] More

  • Factom to Test Blockchain-Based Data Security Tech Under DHS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Factom to Test Blockchain-Based Data Security Tech Under DHS Program

    Factom has received a Department of Homeland Security grant worth $192,380 to start beta testing of a blockchain technology designed to secure data in connected devices. DHS said Friday the Austin, Texas-based company will evaluate a combination of blockchain and critical infrastructure sensor technologies in an outside location with minimal connectivity under the final phase of the Silicon Valley Innovation […] More

  • Report: DHS Eyes Additional Cybersecurity Task Orders Worth Up to $1.85B Under Alliant Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DHS Eyes Additional Cybersecurity Task Orders Worth Up to $1.85B Under Alliant Vehicle

    The Department of Homeland Security plans to award an additional $1.85 billion in cybersecurity task orders through the General Services Administration‘s Alliant contract vehicle, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. The report said DHS could issue a potential $500 million order under group C of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense program. DHS is expected […] More