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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Kamal Narang: SRA to Support Genomic Data Exchange, Bioinformatics R&D Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Kamal Narang: SRA to Support Genomic Data Exchange, Bioinformatics R&D Efforts

    SRA International has joined an international data-sharing coalition that seeks to develop a common framework for organizations to exchange genomic information for research and clinical applications. SRA said Tuesday that Global Alliance for Genomics and Health members come from the information technology, healthcare, research, life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors. “We’re pleased to become a member […] More

  • Siki Giunta: Verizon Aims to Increase Global Cloud Market Share - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Siki Giunta: Verizon Aims to Increase Global Cloud Market Share

    Siki Giunta, senior vice president for global cloud business at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said the company aims to be a top provider of cloud computing products and services in the international market, Fortune magazine reported Thursday. “We want to be a global player,” Giunta told the magazine. Katherine Noyes writes Giunta is responsible for helping […] More

  • Unisys to Open IT Services Center in Georgia; Ron Frankenfield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Unisys to Open IT Services Center in Georgia; Ron Frankenfield Comments

    Unisys will establish a new facility in Augusta, Georgia, to provide information technology services to the company’s government and commercial clients. The company plans to perform help desk support under a contract with the U.S. Army at the IT center and will collaborate with a Fort Gordon cyber hub to recruit IT talent, Georgia Gov. […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Releases WorldView-3 Imagery Product Samples - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    DigitalGlobe Releases WorldView-3 Imagery Product Samples

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled several images that were captured by the firm’s new WorldView satellite with a 30-centimeter-resolution camera technology. The company released WorldView-3 imagery samples to demonstrate how visual information from the commercial satellite can help urban planners, transportation agencies and insurance companies, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. One satellite photo shows an airport in Madrid and […] More

  • Strategy Analytics: Electronic Warfare Missions to Drive Airborne ISR Investment Worldwide - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Strategy Analytics: Electronic Warfare Missions to Drive Airborne ISR Investment Worldwide

    Strategy Analytics predicts spending on airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology for electronic warfare operations will increase in the U.S., Russia, China and India during the next nine years. The global airborne ISR sector is projected to grow at a 3.2 percent compound annual growth rate between 2013 and 2023 to a total market value […] More

  • Byron Callan: Broader Collaborative 'Mindset' Needed to Heighten Defense Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Byron Callan: Broader Collaborative ‘Mindset’ Needed to Heighten Defense Tech Development

    Industry analysts believe the U.S. Defense Department needs to broaden its outlook on technology research and development efforts in order to accelerate military innovation, Defense News reported Saturday. Paul McCleary writes Byron Callan, director at research firm Capital Alpha Partners, said the agency should include both established and nontraditional contractors in acquisition dialogues. “If we’re […] More

  • KCG's Matt Brown: Enterprises Should Keep 'Foundational' Cyber Tools Intact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    KCG’s Matt Brown: Enterprises Should Keep ‘Foundational’ Cyber Tools Intact

    Matt Brown, vice president of homeland security and cyber solutions at Knowledge Consulting Group, says organizations must ensure their information technology infrastructure has the basic tools to identify security vulnerabilities. Brown wrote in a piece for Security Magazine published Thursday that enterprises should review their systems while prioritizing system weaknesses by potential impact so they […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Orion Spacecraft Assembly, System Evaluations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Orion Spacecraft Assembly, System Evaluations

    Lockheed Martin and NASA have moved another step closer to launching the Orion crew exploration vehicle following completion of production and assessment work on the spacecraft. The Lockheed-built Orion capsule will be integrated with a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on a pad at NASA’s Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida in November, the company said […] More

  • A-T Solutions Updates Evidence Collection, Reporting Tools Suite; Dennis Kelly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    A-T Solutions Updates Evidence Collection, Reporting Tools Suite; Dennis Kelly Comments

    A-T Solutions has unveiled a new version of its software package offering that works to help law enforcement personnel create accident scene diagrams as well as report evidence from field. Version 6 of the company’s scene diagramming and field reporting products suite was showcased during the recent International Forum on Traffic Records and Highway Information […] More

  • Janet Koenig: Cubic to Add Payment Security Tool in LA County's E-Ticketing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Janet Koenig: Cubic to Add Payment Security Tool in LA County’s E-Ticketing System

    Cubic Transporation Systems has received a $9 million contract to update hardware and software on the electronic card ticketing system for public transit services within Los Angeles County. The company will intergrate a technology for securing consumers’ payment card information into the county’s TAP automated fare collection system, Cubic said Wednesday. “Today, merchants accepting credit […] More

  • Carson Zimmerman: MITRE Proposes Threat-Based Defense for Government, Commercial Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Carson Zimmerman: MITRE Proposes Threat-Based Defense for Government, Commercial Networks

    Carson Zimmerman, a MITRE principal cybersecurity engineer, has written a book intended to help government, academic and commercial organizations adopt strategies to defend their cyber-dependent information technology systems. He discussed the motivations behind his book “Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center” in a question-and-answer session that was produced as part of the company’s […] More