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  • Capstone Obtains Govt IT Support Contract Spot Through New Business Acquisition Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone Obtains Govt IT Support Contract Spot Through New Business Acquisition Deal

    The National Institutes of Health‘s information technology acquisition and assessment center has novated an information technology support contract to Capstone after the company purchased an unnamed business. Capstone said Wednesday it earned a spot under all 10 task areas of the potential 10-year, $20 billion Chief Information Officers – Solutions and Partners 3 government-wide acquisition contract […] More

  • DLT Adds Sqrrl’s Threat Detection Products to GSA Schedule; Jeremy Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Adds Sqrrl’s Threat Detection Products to GSA Schedule; Jeremy Young Comments

    DLT Solutions will offer Sqrrl’s threat hunting products to government agencies via the General Services Administration Schedule contracting vehicle. Sqrrl developed its threat detection system to help organizations detect, hunt and disrupt cyber threats through analytics, machine learning, petabyte scalability and link analysis methods, DLT said Thursday. The platform is designed to hunt for security threats that have bypassed other computer  defenses. […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks’ Pamela Warren: Agencies Should Adopt Automation to Prevent Cyber Attacks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palo Alto Networks’ Pamela Warren: Agencies Should Adopt Automation to Prevent Cyber Attacks

    Pamela Warren, director of government and industry solutions at Palo Alto Networks, has said government agencies should adopt automation in an effort to protect networks from emerging cyber threats and predict cyber attackers’ actions. Warren wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Tuesday that a recent Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity report also recommended the […] More

  • Microsoft Receives Air Force Enterprise IT Consulting Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Receives Air Force Enterprise IT Consulting Contract

    Microsoft has secured a $34.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide consulting support services for the U.S. Air Force‘s information technology network. The Defense Department said Friday that Microsoft will help the Air Force mature the company-designed technologies the military branch purchased under the a joint enterprise license agreement. Work will occur at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex in Alabama through Dec. 31, 2020. […] More

  • Niksoft to Support DHA App Migration to DISA Capacity Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Niksoft to Support DHA App Migration to DISA Capacity Services

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded Niksoft Systems a potential three-year, $27 million contract to help migrate DHA applications to the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s capacity services. Niksoft will provide information technology, program management, operations, planning, scheduling and coordination services to support the transfer of products and applications managed by DHA’s solutions delivery division to DISA’s infrastructure, the Defense Department […] More

  • Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR 'Trends to Watch' in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR ‘Trends to Watch’ in 2017

    Acendre has unveiled a report on “Federal Government Market Trends to Watch” for 2017 on the human capital landscape with the help of insights from human resource leaders in government and the People Analytics Center of Excellence. Acendre said Tuesday the report discusses trends on automated performance management, agency budgets, information technology modernization plans, contractor […] More

  • Barbaricum to Provide IT, Administrative Support to DoD Office of Inspector General - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barbaricum to Provide IT, Administrative Support to DoD Office of Inspector General

    Barbaricum has received a potential five-year, $43.6 million contract to provide information technology, administrative and managerial support services for the Defense Department’s office of the inspector general. DoD Education Activity awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process with three bids received, DoD said Tuesday. The fixed-price contract includes a one-year base period worth approximately […] More

  • Robbins Gioia Partners with Air Force to Develop New Cyber Techniques to Address Potential Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robbins Gioia Partners with Air Force to Develop New Cyber Techniques to Address Potential Threats

    Alexandria, Virginia-based information technology management firm Robbins Gioia has entered a partnership with the U.S. Air Force that aims to develop cyber techniques designed to address enemy attacks, Defense Systems reported Monday. Kris Osborn writes the tactics look to filter current systems and identify potential target areas for cyber attacks on networks as well as […] More

  • Govini Predicts Increased Competition for IT Contracts Across Pentagon in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Govini Predicts Increased Competition for IT Contracts Across Pentagon in 2017

    A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More

  • CACI Receives ISO Certification for Info Security Practices; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Receives ISO Certification for Info Security Practices; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received certification from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s information security policies and practices following an external audit on its corporate information technology infrastructure. The ISO 27001 certificate reflects CACI’s compliance with the ISO standard for corporate IT security policies and represents the company’s second enterprise-wide ISO credential since May, CACI said Wednesday. “This […] More

  • Canada Requests Info on Software Platforms for Cyber Defense Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canada Requests Info on Software Platforms for Cyber Defense Project

    Canada’s public works and government services authority has issued a request for information on software systems to support a cyber defense project of the Canadian  department of national defense and armed forces. The Defensive Cyber Operations-Decision Support Project seeks to consult industry members on the availability of commercial cyber products that can aid the effort, according to a tender notice published […] More

  • IBA Chosen for DHA Health IT Division Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBA Chosen for DHA Health IT Division Systems Support

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded Irving Burton Associates a $10 million contract to provide military health systems support for the DHA’s health information technology solutions delivery division. IBA said Thursday its services will encompass areas such as agile transformation, operations and engineering, business process analysis, agile requirements, configuration management, program management and acquisition financial support. “Our experts will […] More