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  • USDA, NSF to Fund Food, Energy & Water Innovation Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA, NSF to Fund Food, Energy & Water Innovation Studies

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has partnered with the National Science Foundation for a $34 million funding opportunity to examine the connections between food, water and energy systems. NSF and NIFA have pledged to contribute $29 million and $5 million, respectively, to the  Innovations at the Nexus of Food, […] More

  • Koniag Subsidiary to Support USDA Network Data Transport Platform Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Koniag Subsidiary to Support USDA Network Data Transport Platform Migration

    A Koniag subsidiary has been selected to support the Agriculture Department‘s Office of the Chief Information Officer in efforts to migrate USDA’s universal telecommunications network to a wide-area network data transport service platform. Koniag said Thursday its Tuknik Government Services business will help USDA OCIO transition from the current UTN infrastructure to USDANet. “As a former federal CIO, I understand the cost […] More

  • GSA Issues RFQ for White House’s Centers of Excellence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Issues RFQ for White House’s Centers of Excellence

    The General Services Administration has asked industry for quotations to provide staffing support for the White House’s proposed centers of excellence, Nextgov reported Thursday. The proposed CoEs will advance several technology programs such as information technology infrastructure optimization; cloud adoption; service delivery analytics; contact centers; and customer experience. GSA could award by the end of January three-year […] More

  • Deltek: Federal Cloud Spending via NIH CIO-CS GWAC Reached $28M in FY 2015-2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: Federal Cloud Spending via NIH CIO-CS GWAC Reached $28M in FY 2015-2017

    A new Deltek report says federal agencies spent a total of $28.3 million on cloud platforms and services from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2017 through the National Institutes of Health’s Chief Information Officer IT Commodities and Solutions governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle. NIH spent $18.8 million on cloud platforms over the past three fiscal years, followed by the National […] More

  • USDA Taps Attain for Agricultural System Modernization Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA Taps Attain for Agricultural System Modernization Support Contract

    Attain has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency develop enterprise system applications for the agency to manage agricultural programs in the country. The company said Wednesday it will implement an SAP platform in efforts to help optimize FSA business operations and apply agile methodology to develop applications under the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agriculture […] More

  • DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program

    DRT Strategies has received a potential three-year, $4 million contract to help the Agriculture Department‘s Office of Information Security to manage a cybersecurity program. The company said Monday it aims to help USDA comply with Executive Order 13800: Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure and Executive Order Memorandum M-17-25: Reporting Guidance for Executive Order 13800 through […] More

  • SAIC Lands USDA Web App Devt Task Order; Bob Genter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Lands USDA Web App Devt Task Order; Bob Genter Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential five-year, $43 million task order from the Agriculture Department to provide web application maintenance and development support services for USDA’s Farm Service Agency. SAIC said Tuesday it will perform work in Kansas City, Missouri, under the task order that has a base term of one year and […] More

  • ASRC Federal, Xentity Secure Forest Service Geospatial Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASRC Federal, Xentity Secure Forest Service Geospatial Support IDIQ

    An ASRC Federal subsidiary and Xentity have won spots on a potential five-year, $25 million contract to provide geospatial support services for the Agriculture Department’s Forest Service. A contract award notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps says ASRC Federal Data Networx and Xentity will provide vector and imagery-based data analysis, geospatial training, remote sensing and services related to the […] More

  • GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3

    The General Services Administration has begun to solicit proposals for the first task order under the third phase of a governmentwide effort to protect civilian government agency websites from cyber attacks, FCW reported Friday. The initial task order under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program Phase 3 will cover “Group B” agencies such as the […] More

  • Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool

    Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More

  • FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA

    FedBid has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department utilize a reverse auction system to procure goods and services. The company said Thursday the contract was awarded through the U.S. Forest Service and can be used by procurement staff across all USDA agencies. FedBid CEO Joe Jordan said the company facilitates competition in a marketplace of more than 90,000 […] More

  • BlackBerry's Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry’s Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification

    BlackBerry has obtained certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide its cloud-based crisis communication service to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday its AtHoc software-as-a-service offering received FedRAMP authorization through the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Army also granted AtHoc a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate  in August 2016 to support the […] More