ICF has received a potential five-year, $12 million recompete contract from the Social Security Administration for software development support. The company said Wednesday it will build, support and maintain software applications using the agency’s Security Automated Features and Enhancements platform under the contract to help SSA automate its physical security processes. SAFE is a suite […] More

The Social Security Administration plans to expand its cloud computing solution and is seeking vendors that can provide tools to help the agency manage the resulting multi-cloud environment. The SSA noted in a request for information notice issued Friday that “the selection of a suite of tools to assist in the management of the environment will be critical to the success of SSA’s overall cloud strategy.”

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The Social Security Administration is seeking vendors that could provide a tokenization platform for the agency to replace SS and beneficiary notice control numbers on mailed letters.

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Mark Gerencser, chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and Gen. Joseph Votel, president and chief executive officer of BENS, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz on the Commission on the National Response Enterprise: A Call to Action” report to identify ways to improve national resilience in responding to sustained, nation-wide emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Executive Mosaic is honored to present Gina Haspel, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for developing new technologies and policies that enhance safety within the agency as well as national security.

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Walden Security has received a potential $122.1M contract to provide protective security services to the Social Security Administration. Work will take place at the SSA headquarters’ main complex, National Computer Center and Security West Building in Maryland, according to a notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps. Walden Security has provided armed and unarmed security services to […] More

“[Chenega] subject matter experts must think in terms of today, but also tomorrow…we future-proof solutions to the greatest extent possible.” EM: What services does Chenega provide, and what federal agencies do you work with? Timothy Lamb: Chenega corporation provides a wide-variety of professional and technical services across the entirety of the federal government. Based in […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said he predicts federal employees and contractors to “proactively” evaluate risks in information technology projects under President Donald Trump’s administration through implementation of DevOps and agile development processes. Puvvada wrote in an FCW article published Friday that such a move is part of the administration’s objective […] More

ICF International has received a potential five-year, $9.6 million contract to maintain a suite of web-based security applications for the Social Security Administration‘s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness. ICF said Monday it will support OSEP’s security processes and nationwide oversight with the Security Automated Features and Enhancements platform powered by the company’s GroupAssure compliance automation software. The contract covers project management, onsite […] More

Scott Gray serves as vice president for the information technology and security business at Lockheed Martin, where he oversees more than 1,200 employees and a portfolio of IT services for government clients including the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation and General Services Administration, among others. Before assuming his current role in April 2015, Gray served as program director of […] More

Peraton announced Wednesday that it has opened a dedicated Pega Center of Excellence (COE) to make sure technology best practices are continually implemented and to support the company's commitment to deliver digital transformation services to clients. The company, a Pega platinum partner, will use its new COE to transform citizen services at civilian agencies, such as the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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Telos has received a contract option to provide the Social Security Administration a product suite for managing information technology security risks and compliance operations. This is the first option under a contract SSA awarded in September 2019 to procure company-made software for the agency's IT assessment, authorization and monitoring process modernization efforts, Telos said Tuesday.

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