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  • Xerox's Chuck Brooks: Preparation, Commitment Key for Govt-Industry Cyber Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox’s Chuck Brooks: Preparation, Commitment Key for Govt-Industry Cyber Partnerships

    A new level of public-private collaboration is needed to implement data sharing, incident response and detection strategies to prevent future cyber attacks, Xerox executive Chuck Brooks writes in a Federal Times opinion piece published Tuesday. Brooks, vice president and client executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Xerox, says massive hacking incidents in 2014 […] More

  • Northrop Inks Lease Deal for North Dakota UAS Test Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Inks Lease Deal for North Dakota UAS Test Site

    Northrop Grumman has submitted a letter of intent to be a tenant at the Grand Sky business park at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, one of six states that have been authorized to test unmanned aerial vehicles. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), a proponent of the Grand Sky project, said Wednesday that Northrop will be the park’s first tenant and […] More

  • Joshua Shani: Lockheed Joins Cyber Initiative in Israel to Support Local ICT Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joshua Shani: Lockheed Joins Cyber Initiative in Israel to Support Local ICT Partnerships

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with BGN Technologies, EMC and Jerusalem Venture Partners under Israel’s CyberSpark Industry Initiative, which aims to bolster public-private partnerships in the country as well as international industry collaboration. Lockheed said Monday the nonprofit initiative works to coordinate defense forces, government agencies and academia in Israel for joint cyber industry activities through its cyber center at the Advanced Technologies Park in Beer-Sheva. […] More

  • IBM, Fluor, USC to Offer Personalized IT Learning at Applied Innovation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Fluor, USC to Offer Personalized IT Learning at Applied Innovation Center

    IBM, Fluor and the University of South Carolina have unveiled a new Center for Applied Innovation as part of their public-private partnership and efforts to deliver personalized learning on analytics and higher education application services. IBM said Friday the team aims to help students acquire further information technology skills and knowledge, particularly in the field of applied computing, and to […] More

  • Health Data Consortium Selects Christopher Boone for Executive Director Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health Data Consortium Selects Christopher Boone for Executive Director Role

    Dr. Christopher Boone, a former vice president at healthcare advisory firm Avalere Health, will officially join the Health Data Consortium on Nov. 3 as the nonprofit organization’s executive director. Boone will oversee the group’s efforts to grow as a public-private alliance working to promote the open data movement and adoption of information technology platforms in […] More

  • UMD System to Help MITRE Run Cyber R&D Support Hub; Alfred Grasso Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMD System to Help MITRE Run Cyber R&D Support Hub; Alfred Grasso Comments

    MITRE will team up with the University System of Maryland to operate a federally-funded research-and-development center in Rockville, Maryland that will carry out R&D, engineering and technical services in the cybersecurity field. UMD campuses in College Park and Baltimore County will help MITRE work with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in an effort to help promote public-private partnerships, MITRE said Friday. The […] More

  • Lockheed's Steve Betza: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Manufacturing Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Steve Betza: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Manufacturing Innovation

    Lockheed Martin‘s Steve Betza has pointed to collaboration between industry, government and academia in the field of manufacturing as a method he believes could accelerate the time-to-market of new technologies. Betza, director of advanced manufacturing and development at Lockheed, wrote in a guest post published Wednesday on the Commerce Department‘s blog that participation in public-private partnerships could lead to a significant transformation […] More

  • CH2M HILL to Manage Oregon City's Public Infrastructure; Sean Haghighi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M HILL to Manage Oregon City’s Public Infrastructure; Sean Haghighi Comments

    CH2M HILL has won a five-year contract to provide operations, maintenance, repair and replacement services for the water and wastewater systems and other public infrastructure of Ontario, Oregon. Ontario Mayor LeRoy Cammack said Monday the public-private partnership with CH2M HILL provides the city access to the company’s resources and expertise while maintaining full ownership of the facilities. He […] More

  • Arkansas City Extends CH2M HILL Contract to Run Wastewater Facility; Steve Meininger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arkansas City Extends CH2M HILL Contract to Run Wastewater Facility; Steve Meininger Comments

    CH2M HILL‘s contract to provide operations, maintenance and management services to Fayetteville, Arkansas’ wastewater facilities has been renewed for another five years and expanded to add engineering services. The company said Wednesday that its public-private partnership with the Fayetteville city council started in 1987 and includes facility management, design and construction services and sustainability projects. “This has […] More

  • DynCorp to Perform Land Systems Support for Army Depot; Michael Herrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Perform Land Systems Support for Army Depot; Michael Herrington Comments

    DynCorp International and the U.S. Army‘s Red River Army Depot have inked a public-private partnership agreement to integrate the company’s land systems life-cycle support capabilities with RRAD’s depot-level operations. Michael Herrington, vice president of operations for DynGlobal Group, said Tuesday that the new agreement makes his company better able to handle surge requirements, due to the utilization of the U.S. […] More

  • Xerox Parking Meter Modernization Earns Indianapolis $3M; David Cummins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Parking Meter Modernization Earns Indianapolis $3M; David Cummins Comments

    The public-private partnership between Xerox and the City of Indianapolis reports increased revenue from its 2010 project to upgrade the city’s parking meter system. Xerox said Thursday the ParkIndy project has led to revenues of $2.7 million and a $12 million reinvestment on city infrastructure improvements. These solar-powered parking meters accept payment via credit card or phone applications such as […] More