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  • BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment

    BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate sponsors and nonprofit representatives to promote digital privacy and raise awareness on cybersecurity. Edward Hearst, vice president of U.S. government business development at BlackBerry, will represent the company on the NCSA board, the alliance said Wednesday. “Through […] More

  • Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS' Public Safety Comms Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS’ Public Safety Comms Module

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted Avtec and Christine Wireless commercial licensing rights to a DHS-built technology that works to help public safety organizations reconfigure or update legacy communication systems. DHS said Monday its science and technology directorate’s first responders group developed the Radio Internet-Protocol Communications Module to connect radio frequency consoles and […] More

  • Intelligent Automation Lands DHS Mobile Security R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Automation Lands DHS Mobile Security R&D Contract

    Intelligent Automation has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to carry out research and development work on mobile security for the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. The award calls for Intelligent Automation to assess several methods in an effort to safeguard operating systems, identity, firmware and other mobile device layers from malicious […] More

  • Deltek's Alex Rossino: DHS Cloud Spending Figures Unclear - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: DHS Cloud Spending Figures Unclear

    Deltek‘s Alex Rossino reports that the state of cloud spending at the Department of Homeland Security is unclear amid inconsistencies between verifiable spending data and data reported to the Office of Management and Budget. Rossino wrote in an blog entry posted Tuesday that while he was able to verify $22.31 million spent on cloud computing for fiscal […] More

  • Tactical Medical Awarded DHS Blanket Purchase Deal for First Aid Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tactical Medical Awarded DHS Blanket Purchase Deal for First Aid Kits

    Tactical Medical Solutions will provide medical supplies for the Department of Homeland Security as DHS’ primary contractor for a five-year blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it will supply SOF Tactical Tourniquet Wide tools and other first aid kits for use across the department. Work will encompass support for DHS components such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and […] More

  • Invincea Names 3 Security Execs to Advisory Board; Anup Ghosh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Invincea Names 3 Security Execs to Advisory Board; Anup Ghosh Comments

    Invincea has elected three executives with cyber and national security experience to its advisory board. The company said Monday it named Rand Beers, former acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Dr. Ed Amoroso, senior vice president and chief security officer at AT&T; and Rhett Hernandez, a retired lieutenant general and West Point Cyber chair at the […] More

  • Schafer to Support DHS Nuclear Detection Efforts for $90M; Ramesh Ramaswamy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Schafer to Support DHS Nuclear Detection Efforts for $90M; Ramesh Ramaswamy Comments

    Schafer Corp. will provide scientific engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Homeland Security‘s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under a potential three-year, $90 million task order contract. The company said Wednesday its support for DNDO is in line with its chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives portfolio and efforts in the national security sector. “We look […] More

  • ManTech to Provide Systems Engineering for DHS Science & Technology; Daniel Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Provide Systems Engineering for DHS Science & Technology; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International Corp. has landed a potential three-year, $29.2 million task order contract from the Department of Homeland Security under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance II vehicle. The company said Tuesday the contract covers systems engineering services for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. Daniel Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech’s mission solutions and services group, noted […] More

  • DHS Extends Data Center Support Contracts for CSC, HP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Extends Data Center Support Contracts for CSC, HP

    The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new set of contract extensions to Computer Sciences Corp. and HP Enterprise Services for data center services as DHS transitions to an enterprise computing services framework. Both extensions fall under agency’s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions contract vehicle. DHS will award the task order for data center 1 to CSC […] More

  • Exelis, UrsaNav, DHS, Coast Guard to Test Potential GPS Backup; Ed Sayadian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis, UrsaNav, DHS, Coast Guard to Test Potential GPS Backup; Ed Sayadian Comments

    Exelis has partnered with UrsaNav, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security to demonstrate a potential alternative to USCG’s decommissioned Loran-C radio navigation system. Exelis, UrsaNav, USCG and DHS signed a cooperative agreement to test the eLoran low-frequency technology as a backup for GPS infrastructure being used by the public and private […] More

  • DHS Interested in Commercial Biometric ID Tech Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Interested in Commercial Biometric ID Tech Procurement

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information on commercial off-the-shelf software applications that can help the agency to match, store, analyze and share biometric information. DHS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted April 27 the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management is searching out business process management, reporting and analytics, data storage, […] More

  • WidePoint Subsidiary Gets DHS Task Orders for Managed Mobility Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Subsidiary Gets DHS Task Orders for Managed Mobility Services

    A WidePoint subsidiary has received a $17 million task order renewal from the Department of Homeland Security and a new $700,000 task order from the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management for managed mobility services. Steve Komar, WidePoint CEO and chairman, said Thursday the iSYS subsidiary will provide identity management and mobile communications support for DHS agencies under the Cellular Wireless Managed Services […] More