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  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Lays Keel of USS District of Columbia Ballistic Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Lays Keel of USS District of Columbia Ballistic Submarine

    General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has hosted a keel laying ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to formally start the construction of the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The keel plate of the USS District of Columbia, designated as SSBN 826, bore the initials of  Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sponsor of the […] More

  • Qualis Health Gets DC Medicaid Program Support Renewal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualis Health Gets DC Medicaid Program Support Renewal

    Qualis Health will continue to provide utilization management services for Medicaid beneficiaries in the District of Columbia under a contract renewal from the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance. The health management organization said Thursday it will help DHCF review medical services for more than 67K fee-for-service participants in the government health care program. Under the new contract, […] More

  • Box Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization for Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Box Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization for Cloud Platform

    Box has received authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to host impact-level 4 data workloads for the Defense Department through the company’s cloud platform. The provisional authority-to-operate approval allows the use of Box’s cloud offering for the management of controlled unclassified data at DoD, the company said Wednesday. Box began an evaluation and authorization process to meet […] More

  • Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO

    Outgoing Washington city council member Vincent Orange has been selected as the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s next president and CEO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Andy Medici writes Orange, who currently serves as chairman of the committee on business, consumer and regulatory affairs, will continue his term as councilman until January 2017 and will take helm as D.C. […] More

  • WorldatWork Presents Vencore with Work-Life 2016 Seal of Distinction Award; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WorldatWork Presents Vencore with Work-Life 2016 Seal of Distinction Award; Mac Curtis Comments

    WorldatWork has chosen Vencore as one of 116 organizations awarded with the Work-Life Seal of Distinction for 2016. The award recognizes an organization’s efforts in employee engagement and the effectiveness of its work-life portfolio through its worker programs, policies and practices, Vencore said Tuesday. Mac Curtis, Vencore president and CEO, said that the company strives to provide its employees with a […] More

  • BuildingIQ to Help DC Govt Deploy Cloud-Based Energy Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BuildingIQ to Help DC Govt Deploy Cloud-Based Energy Mgmt Platform

    The District of Columbia’s Department of General Services has partnered with BuildingIQ to implement a cloud-based energy management technology at eight public facilities within the capital. BuildingIQ will deliver its Predictive Energy Optimization platform to DGS-managed hospitals, schools and offices with the goal of helping the establishments save energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions, DGS […] More

  • FireEye to Help DC's CTO Update City's Cyber Platform; Tony Cole Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye to Help DC’s CTO Update City’s Cyber Platform; Tony Cole Comments

    The District of Columbia has selected FireEye to provide technology designed to protect critical systems and sensitive data against sophisticated cyber threats. FireEye said Monday it will work to help the D.C. office of the chief technology officer update the local government’s cybersecurity platform. “Advanced threat groups are targeting local government institutions because of the […] More

  • Bechtel-Siemens Consortium to Start Work on Virginia Natural Gas Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel-Siemens Consortium to Start Work on Virginia Natural Gas Plant

    Bechtel and Siemens will soon start construction on a natural gas power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia, after securing funds for the facility through Panda Power Funds. Bechtel will provide engineering and procurement services and installation, construction and commissioning procedures for the Panda Stonewall facility, while Siemens will supply the natural gas and steam turbines, the generators, instrumentation […] More