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  • Report: OPM Plans Rebid for ID Theft Protection Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: OPM Plans Rebid for ID Theft Protection Contract

    The Office of Personnel Management will launch a competitive solicitation for the recompete of a contract to provide identity theft protection and credit monitoring services to former and current federal employees, Nextgov reported Tuesday. ID Experts provides the services to more than 20M people affected by government data breaches in 2015 under a contract that […] More

  • OPM Seeks HR Program Mgmt, Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks HR Program Mgmt, Technical Support

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has begun its search for potential sources of human resource program management and technical support services from the small business community. OPM said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday it seeks a contractor to support strategy and governance; modernization and transformation; enterprise architecture; performance assessment and improvement; business case development; and program […] More

  • Cyxtera's Greg Touhill: Data 'Overclassification' Can Delay Govt Cyber Incident Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyxtera’s Greg Touhill: Data ‘Overclassification’ Can Delay Govt Cyber Incident Response

    Greg Touhill, president of Cyxtera Technologies‘ federal group, has said that overclassifying information can slow down the federal government’s response to cybersecurity challenges, MeriTalk reported Wednesday. He told audience at the AFCEA Homeland Security Conference held Tuesday he believes data overclassification prevents the government from formulating strategies to mitigate security threats. The former federal chief information security […] 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

  • Cylance Endpoint Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cylance Endpoint Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Authorization

    Cylance has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to deliver its artificial intelligence-powered endpoint security platform to U.S. government agencies through a cloud-managed architecture. The company said Thursday it achieved FedRAMP certification at the moderate-impact level for its CylancePROTECT platform through a partnership with an independent third-party assessment organization that continuously monitors the product and reports to […] More

  • OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has drafted new rules that will reduce the use of paid administrative leave for employee under investigation for misconduct, a change to the 2016 Administrative Act. The proposed regulation was posted to the Federal Register Thursday and is open for comments until August 14. Under the proposed change, agencies may not place an […] More

  • OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services

    The Office of Personnel Management has posted a request for information on vendors that can help provide a range of human resources products and services to federal agencies. The RFI notice published Monday on FedBizOpps says OPM wants information from companies that can assist the agency’s HR Solutions group in the delivery of managed services that meet federal agencies’ human capital and training needs. […] More

  • Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative

    Beth Cobert, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, has been named CEO of the Markle Foundation’s Skillful program. Cobert will work with Andi Rugg, Skillful’s Colorado executive director, and Denis McDonough, former chief of staff at the White House who moved to Markle in February, to oversee Skillful’s efforts to provide employment […] More

  • Eagle Hill to Offer Human Capital Services via GSA Schedule 738X - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eagle Hill to Offer Human Capital Services via GSA Schedule 738X

    Eagle Hill Consulting has been awarded a spot on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 738X contract vehicle to offer human resources support services to federal agencies. The company said Monday it will provide organizational development, workforce planning, human capital strategy, organizational design, position classification, diversity and inclusion and employee engagement and communications services through Schedule 738X. GSA created the schedule as […] More

  • DISA Seeks Industry Feedback on IT Platforms for National Background Investigation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks Industry Feedback on IT Platforms for National Background Investigation System

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has asked industry to provide inputs on information technology platforms for the National Background Investigation System. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday NBIS will cover all IT applications, security, storage and other services in support of the operations of the National Background Investigation Bureau that will replace the Office […] More

  • CSRA’s Larry Prior Shares Views on Federal Govt's IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Cloud Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA’s Larry Prior Shares Views on Federal Govt’s IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Cloud Adoption

    Larry Prior, CEO of federal technology services contractor CSRA, has said he thinks the next U.S. administration should prioritize efforts to update and repair the federal government’s information technology infrastructure as the country competes in the global economy. Prior told CRN associate editor Jimmy Sheridan in an interview published Thursday that cybersecurity within the federal government […] More

  • OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations

    The Office of Personnel Management has chosen four companies to support employee background investigations of OPM’s current Federal Investigative Services organization and new National Background Investigations Bureau, which is scheduled to be operational in the first week of October. CACI‘s Premier Technology subsidiary, CSRA, Key Point Government Solutions and Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services submitted bids and won separate five-year […] More