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  • GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration has sought information on potential vendors that can provide a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate collaboration among individuals and teams within the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says GSA is looking for an enterprisewide collaboration tool that adopts transport layer security protocols with encryption and two-factor authentication methods. The […] More

  • Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization

    Google has received a provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its suite of cloud computing services and underlying common infrastructure. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board issued Rev. 4 P-ATO approval to the Google Cloud Platform at the moderate impact level, Jennifer Lin, director of product management for Google’s GCP security and privacy […] More

  • Cherokee Nation Technologies to Back DoD Health Surveillance Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cherokee Nation Technologies to Back DoD Health Surveillance Efforts

    Cherokee Nation Technologies has won a potential five-year, $55 million order from the Defense Health Agency to provide health surveillance support for the Defense Department. DoD said Thursday the company will help maintain existing infrastructure; respond to inquiries from medical and health authorities; and analyze, interpret and disseminate information on the status, trends and determinants of the […] More

  • ACT I Gets Task Order to Support USAF Exercise Program; Claudio Monticelli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Gets Task Order to Support USAF Exercise Program; Claudio Monticelli Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a three-year task order to provide exercise program support to the U.S. Air Force‘s Eighth Air Force organization headquartered at Barksdale AF Base in Louisiana. ACT I said the order covers planning, scheduling, tasking and monitoring the participation of Eighth Air Force in the chairman of the joint chiefs […] More

  • Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO

    Steve Grewal, formerly deputy chief information officer at the General Services Administration, has joined Cohesity as chief technology officer of federal and Eastern U.S. business at the San Jose, California-based data storage vendor. The 15-year government information technology veteran will lead Cohesity’s expansion efforts expansion efforts in the federal market, Cohesity said Wednesday. Prior to his two-year tenure at GSA, Grewal worked at […] More

  • Rep. Gerry Connolly Calls for Inquiry Into GSA’s Decision on FBI HQ Consolidation Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rep. Gerry Connolly Calls for Inquiry Into GSA’s Decision on FBI HQ Consolidation Project

    Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) has asked the office of the General Services Administration’s inspector general to conduct an inquiry into GSA’s decision to call off its plans for a new consolidated FBI headquarters. He wrote a letter Wednesday to GSA IG Carol Ochoa to investigate the factors agency officials used to arrive at a decision to cancel the […] More

  • ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at least 80 other federal telecommunications […] More

  • OMB Asks Agencies to Submit Project Proposals for Tech Modernization Fund Under MGT Act - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OMB Asks Agencies to Submit Project Proposals for Tech Modernization Fund Under MGT Act

    The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum that outlines measures and goals federal agencies should implement to comply with the Modernizing Government Technology Act that aims to facilitate information technology system upgrades, Nextgov reported Tuesday. OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said in the Tuesday memo agencies seeking to receive funds through the potential […] More

  • Iron Mountain Debuts Federal Records Storage Facility in Maryland; Michael Lewis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Debuts Federal Records Storage Facility in Maryland; Michael Lewis Comments

    Iron Mountain has opened a facility in Suitland, Maryland, that is built to store records for federal customers and comply with National Archives and Records Administration  standards. The company said Monday its new 125,000-square-foot federal records facility is close to Joint Base Andrews and has approximately 1.5 million cubic feet of storage. Michael Lewis, vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments

    Debra Lehman, a 35-year government contracting veteran, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as vice president of business development and program manager for the company’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract. She will lead ACT I’s efforts to identify, qualify and pursue business opportunities with the U.S. Navy and federal civilian agencies through the […] More

  • GSA, ServiceNow Sign Governmentwide Software Agreement; Emily Murphy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA, ServiceNow Sign Governmentwide Software Agreement; Emily Murphy Comments

    The General Services Administration and ServiceNow have reached a governmentwide agreement that seeks to facilitate the procurement of ServiceNow’s software platforms by federal agencies through Carahsoft Technology’s IT Schedule 70 contract. Emily Murphy, GSA administrator and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement published Friday the agreement seeks to address duplication in the procurement process and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute RackTop Storage Products to Govt Sector, Reseller Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute RackTop Storage Products to Govt Sector, Reseller Network

    Cahrasoft Technology has signed a deal to become the distributor and master government aggregator of RackTop-built data management and orchestration products. Carahsoft said Thursday it will distribute RackTop’s technology offerings to federal customers and resellers through the General Services Administration Schedule and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract, Carahsoft said Thursday. The Brikstor platform is designed to store and secure government data […] More