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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

  • Report: Federal Agencies Issue Solicitations for Blockchain-Related Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Federal Agencies Issue Solicitations for Blockchain-Related Contracts

    Blockchain is likely to gain traction in the federal government in the next fiscal year as agencies seek offers for contracts related to the distributed ledger technology, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The Office of Personnel Management, Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Postal Service are among the agencies that have issued solicitations for contracts […] More

  • Former Technica Exec Basil Parker Appointed OPM Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Technica Exec Basil Parker Appointed OPM Senior Adviser

    Basil Parker, former director of Defense Department programs at Technica, has joined the Office of Personnel Management as senior adviser for governmentwide information technology and cyber workforce development. He will serve in the Senior Executive Service-level advisory role for a term of up to three years and advise the OPM director on workforce-related IT, information systems […] More

  • Calibre to Support Joint Tech Devt Programs at National Guard Bureau - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre to Support Joint Tech Devt Programs at National Guard Bureau

    Calibre Systems has received a task order to support joint capabilities development programs of the National Guard Bureau‘s J8 Force Structure, Resources and Assessment division. The company said Tuesday the order was issued under the Human Capital and Training Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract managed by the Office of Personnel and Management and General Services Administration. Under the order, Calibre will […] 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

  • Interview with Teresa Weipert: SGSI 'Poised' to Help Government Adopt Customer Service Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interview with Teresa Weipert: SGSI ‘Poised’ to Help Government Adopt Customer Service Tools

    In July 2015, Sutherland Global Services created the Sutherland Government Solutions, Inc. (SGSI) to better serve the specific needs of its government clients.   Sutherland Global Services has been around since 1986 and is a world leader in technology-enabled business process services. They are a process transformation company for major industry verticals including a good […] More