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  • Mark Forman: Digital Govt Projects Should Incorporate User-Centered Design Methodology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Forman: Digital Govt Projects Should Incorporate User-Centered Design Methodology

    Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, has said agencies should integrate user-centered design methodology into digital government projects to optimize costs, public service and overall mission delivery. Forman wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Nextgov that the government’s mobile applications and services could be underutilized if project designers do not consider citizen input. […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Okta ID, Mobility Mgmt Tools to GSA, NASA GWAC Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Okta ID, Mobility Mgmt Tools to GSA, NASA GWAC Vehicles

    Carahsoft Technology has added the identity and mobility management offerings of Okta to Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule to help public sector customers deploy new applications in a secure environment. As Okta’s master government aggregator, Carahsoft will also offer the former’s cloud-based products to agencies and channel partners via NASA’s SEWP V contract vehicle, Carahsoft said Tuesday. The partnership aims to […] More

  • Esri, Waze Forge Public Sector Transportation Systems Partnership; Andrew Stauffer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, Waze Forge Public Sector Transportation Systems Partnership; Andrew Stauffer Comments

    Esri and Waze have forged a partnership to develop intelligent transportation systems for government agencies to share publicly-available traffic information with their communities. Current government customers of the Esri ArcGIS platform will be able to exchange data and merge information into emergency dispatch and street maintenance systems through the Waze Connected Citizens Program, Esri said Wednesday. “Municipalities can […] More

  • Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments

    A Xerox study reports that 49 percent of respondents from 23 cities around the world believe one application will support all transportation needs while 27 percent see themselves using a self-driving car by 2020. Xerox said Monday the upcoming Global Transportation Survey report reflects citizens’ increased expectations for integrated transportation services and innovation over the coming years. “Mobility is complicated, infrastructure […] More

  • WidePoint Secures HHS Mobile Device Mgmt Task Order; Steve Komar, Jin Kang Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Secures HHS Mobile Device Mgmt Task Order; Steve Komar, Jin Kang Comment

    WidePoint has received an initial three-year, $900,000 task order from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide mobile device management services to HHS’ office of the chief information officer. McLean, Virginia-based WidePoint said Monday the order falls under a HHS blanket purchase agreement through which all component agencies of the department can procure the company’s telecommunications […] More

  • BlackBerry, Zimperium Combine Mobile Threat Protection Offerings; Dave Kleidermacher, Shridhar Mittal Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry, Zimperium Combine Mobile Threat Protection Offerings; Dave Kleidermacher, Shridhar Mittal Comment

    BlackBerry and Zimperium have partnered to integrate the companies’ mobile security platforms in an effort to help government and other enterprise customers protect Android and iOS devices against threats. Zimperium combined its zIPS mobile threat management technology with BlackBerry’s BES12 mobile device management software and Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform as part of the partnership, the companies said Wednesday. Shridhar Mittal, CEO of Zimperium, said […] More

  • Ping4 to Develop Flood Alerting Mobile Platform for First Responders Under DHS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ping4 to Develop Flood Alerting Mobile Platform for First Responders Under DHS Contract

    Ping4 has received a contract of an undisclosed value from the Department of Homeland Security to develop a mobile communications platform that will work to alert first responders on flood conditions. Smartphone application developer Ping4 said Tuesday the platform will be designed to use location-based features of smart mobile devices to provide area-specific alerts such as flood […] More

  • MobileGuard to Offer Messaging Security Tools Via immixGroup's Schedule 70, SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileGuard to Offer Messaging Security Tools Via immixGroup’s Schedule 70, SEWP Contracts

    MobileGuard‘s mobile communications compliance products have been added to immixGroup‘s offerings to the federal sector under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract vehicle. MobileGuard said Tuesday its platforms will work to help customer agencies  capture, monitor, archive and analyze text and SMS communications across all mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android. The […] More

  • Oceus Networks Unveils Mobile 4G LTE Products for Various Deployment Scenarios - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oceus Networks Unveils Mobile 4G LTE Products for Various Deployment Scenarios

    Oceus Networks has launched three additions to its family of mobile 4G LTE products in efforts to support size, weight and power needs of different deployment scenarios. The Reston, Virginia-based mobile technology company said Wednesday its new Xiphos Micro, Xiphos Macro and Xiphos Mid platforms are designed to aid on-the-move teams, large deployments and both large and on-the-move deployments, respectively. Oceus added Xiphos is the […] More

  • VA Seeks Clinical Psychology Support Sources for Mobile Application Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Clinical Psychology Support Sources for Mobile Application Devt Project

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its search for potential industry sources of clinical psychology services to support the development of mobile applications. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Aug. 9 the sources sought notice is part of the agency’s market research effort for a potential one-year contract for the Clinical Research Psychologist […] More

  • AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been awarded a five-year contract to provide mobile devices and related services to the Labor Department. The contract covers smartphones, tethering support and Enhanced Push-to-Talk service in support of the department’s wage and hour division employees, AT&T said Tuesday. Mike Leff, vice president for civilian agencies at AT&T’s government solutions business, said AT&T will […] More

  • Accela Unveils Mobile App for Construction Project Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accela Unveils Mobile App for Construction Project Management

    San Ramon, California-based cloud-based civic engagement platforms provider Accela has launched a mobile application that works to help contractors manage construction projects across various agencies and locations. The Accela Contractor Central is available on the Accela Civic Platform as a free Android and iOS mobile app designed to help construction personnel request, schedule and monitor […] More