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  • ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at least 80 other federal telecommunications […] More

  • Woolpert Appoints Frank Orr as GIS Program Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Appoints Frank Orr as GIS Program Director

    Frank Orr, a certified geographic information systems and project management professional, has joined Woolpert as program director for the company’s GIS solutions business. Orr said in a statement published Tuesday that he aims to help the company identify technology platforms to address customers’ challenges and develop an outreach strategy for both existing and potential new clients. He previously […] More

  • CenturyLink Hires Level 3 Vet Matt Gutierrez as APAC Senior Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Hires Level 3 Vet Matt Gutierrez as APAC Senior Managing Director

    Matt Gutierrez, a more than 17-year veteran of Level 3 Communications, has been appointed senior managing director of CenturyLink‘s Asia-Pacific business. CenturyLink said Tuesday Gutierrez will manage the company’s operations, sales and marketing functions in the region as well as work with government, enterprise and wholesale customers to help address their digital transformation goals. His career at […] More

  • CenturyLink to Establish Outbound Sales Center in Northeastern Louisiana - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Establish Outbound Sales Center in Northeastern Louisiana

    CenturyLink has announced it will open an outbound sales center in Monroe, Louisiana, and hire up to 150 employees to work there. The company said Thursday the new center will offer updated technology products and services to small business customers. Vernon Irvin, president of CenturyLink’s government, education, medium-and small-business groups, said the company established the outbound sales center […] More

  • CenturyLink, collab9 Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Unified Comms Platform to DNFSB - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink, collab9 Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Unified Comms Platform to DNFSB

    CenturyLink has teamed up with collab9 to offer the latter’s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service system to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under a potential three-year contract. CenturyLink said Wednesday it secured the award through a General Services Administration contract held by its Level 3 Communications subsidiary. The contract has a one-year base term and two option years. […] More

  • CenturyLink Appoints Gaurav Chand, Shaun Andrews to Exec Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Appoints Gaurav Chand, Shaun Andrews to Exec Roles

    CenturyLink has hired Gaurav Chand and Shaun Andrews to serve in executive positions and directly work under Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey. The company said Tuesday Chand, who previously worked at Dell EMC‘s infrastructure solutions group, and Andrews, formerly senior vice president for IP and real-time communications at Level 3 Communications, will serve as executive vice president for marketing […] More

  • CenturyLink to Supply Data Networking Products to Pennsylvania - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Supply Data Networking Products to Pennsylvania

    CenturyLink has received a five-year contract from the state government of Pennsylvania to supply data networking products. The telecommunications company said Monday it will work with Comcast‘s business arm to deliver network services and last mile connectivity to state agencies, commissions, councils, bureaus, authorities and boards. The new contract reflects another phase of service delivery under a contract awarded to CenturyLink’s Level […] More

  • CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base

    CenturyLink has received a potential five-year $1.5 million contract to provide communications services as well as circuits and supplementary equipment to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company said Monday it will also support the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s annual Tracks Santa hotline through the contract. “CenturyLink is honored to provide Peterson AFB with […] More

  • CenturyLink Network, Managed Services Win 7 Awards at MEF 2017 Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Network, Managed Services Win 7 Awards at MEF 2017 Event

    CenturyLink has received seven awards during the MEF 2017 Awards networking event in Orlando, Florida, which recognized companies’ network and managed services offerings. The company said Friday it secured the awards for its application, service and technology innovation, including software-defined wide-area networking. Andrew Dugan, senior vice president of technology planning, network architecture and security at CenturyLink, […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Cynthia Shelton, Area Vice President for Special Program Sales at CenturyLink - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Cynthia Shelton, Area Vice President for Special Program Sales at CenturyLink

    “Women make up only 10 percent of the cybersecurity career field and there are over one million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the US alone.” The future is here, undeniably bringing with it a hefty amount of challenges across the cybersecurity sector at our door. But when a cyber attack comes–are we ready? CenturyLink Area Vice […] More

  • CenturyLink’s Cynthia Shelton to Speak at NATO Conference’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink’s Cynthia Shelton to Speak at NATO Conference’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum

    Cynthia Shelton, director of special program sales for government markets at CenturyLink, is scheduled to speak today, Oct. 19, at the three-day NATO Information Assurance Symposium that kicked off Tuesday in Mons, Belgium. Shelton will serve as a panelist at the annual symposium’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum and discuss her experience in overseeing CenturyLink’s relationship […] More

  • CenturyLink, Cienna Help Texas Council Deploy Private Broadband Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink, Cienna Help Texas Council Deploy Private Broadband Network

    The Brazos Valley Council of Governments in Texas has partnered with CenturyLink and Ciena to deploy a private broadband network designed to connect healthcare services providers at hospitals, schools and rural clinics in the region. Ciena said Oct. 11 the network is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2019 and will also support 9-1-1 emergency response, public safety […] More