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  • INSA Recommends Public-Private Info Sharing Program to Boost Financial Sector Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Recommends Public-Private Info Sharing Program to Boost Financial Sector Cybersecurity

    A new report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance suggests that real-time exchange of cyber threat data between government and financial institutions can help strengthen the cybersecurity of the U.S. financial sector. INSA said Wednesday its Financial Threats Task Force prepared a position paper that calls for the launch of a classified information sharing initiative based on the […] More

  • Treasury Dept Issues RFI on Mobile Device Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Treasury Dept Issues RFI on Mobile Device Mgmt System

    The Treasury Department has begun its search for industry sources to support the implementation of a system for the department to manage mobile devices and applications. The department said in FedBizOpps notice published Friday it seeks potential vendors that can provide mobile device management integration, help desk and support services for approximately 100,000 users. The Treasury wants its future MDM platform to include an expense management […] More

  • Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

    Mitre has entered into an agreement with The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency to serve as a general steward in the development of the nonprofit network’s guiding principles, global agenda and work streams. The company said Thursday it will also supply strategic advice, establish working groups and provide expertise and financial support to the GIFT Action […] More

  • Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director

    Valerie Abend, former senior critical infrastructure officer at the Treasury Department, has joined Accenture‘s security business as managing director of financial services in North America. The company said Thursday Abend brings more than 20 years of public and private sector experience in the areas of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure to her new position. “[Abend’s] vision in sector-wide […] More

  • INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP

    Larry Hanauer, a former senior international policy analyst at RAND Corp., has joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance as vice president for policy. He will oversee the nonprofit organization’s councils, task forces and other member-driven groups that aim to address national security issues through thought leadership and collaborative, public-private recommendations, INSA said Wednesday. At RAND, Hanaeur analyzed […] More

  • Summit Consulting to Provide Financial Mgmt Services to Treasury Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Summit Consulting to Provide Financial Mgmt Services to Treasury Dept

    Summit Consulting has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide financial management services to a federal credit program run by the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The analytics advisory firm said Thursday it will collaborate with CoMetrics and Bryant Miller Olive to conduct portfolio monitoring and credit risk management activities for the CDFI Fund’s Bond Guarantee Program. Summit […] More

  • Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package

    Acquia has used Amazon Web Services‘ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program vendor package to achieve a FedRAMP authority-to-operate designation and obtain permission to sell cloud computing services in the public sector. AWS said Monday Acquia’s cloud platforms were assessed at the moderate impact level through the sponsorship of the Treasury Department. Acquia achieved FedRAMP ATO in April for […] More

  • CMS, FDA Vet Mark McClellan Joins American Well as Advisory Board Vice Chairman; Ido Schoenberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CMS, FDA Vet Mark McClellan Joins American Well as Advisory Board Vice Chairman; Ido Schoenberg Comments

    Mark McClellan, director of the Health Policy Center at Duke University, has joined telehealth technology and services company American Well as vice chairman of the advisory board. McClellan previously served as director of the Health Care Innovation and Value initiatives at Brookings Institution and managed the Richard Merkin program on payment reform and clinical leadership, […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on Federal Mobile Service Procurement Process; Jon Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Federal Mobile Service Procurement Process; Jon Johnson Comments

    The General Services Administration has asked industry on behalf of the mobile services category team to provide information on how vendors sell enterprise mobile devices and services to federal agencies. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted May 2 the request for information is part of MSCT’s compliance with the Office of Management and Budget’s […] More

  • MIL Corp Eyes IT Sector Opportunities Through Salesforce Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL Corp Eyes IT Sector Opportunities Through Salesforce Alliance

    MIL Corp. has teamed up with customer relationship management services firm Salesforce in an effort to continue the former company’s push to expand its information technology business. MIL’s partnership with the CRM company has facilitated an increase in the number of workers on Salesforce-based projects and in its customer base, MIL said Monday. The company added it […] More

  • Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Authority to Operate From Treasury Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Authority to Operate From Treasury Dept

    Acquia has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate designation from the Treasury Department to offer two of the company’s cloud services in the public sector. Boston-based Acquia company said Monday it will provide its Acquia Cloud Enterprise and Acquia Cloud Site Factory to agencies in a suite of cloud services designed to feature layers of firewall, multi-factor authentication, vulnerability management, security incident response, […] More

  • Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service Awards Unified Comms BPA to VSGi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service Awards Unified Comms BPA to VSGi

    Visual Systems Group Inc. has received a five-year, $10 million blanket purchase agreement to provide unified communications services and technology to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department. The company said Thursday it will design, install and maintain communications and collaboration equipment at the bureau and support standardized video teleconferencing between internal and external participants. […] More