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AGA-Grant Thornton Survey Highlights Measures Government CFOs Used to Address IT, Workforce Challenges During Pandemic

A new survey from the Association of Government Accountants and Grant Thornton‘s public sector arm describes the methods used by chief financial officers from federal and state government agencies to make decisions to address information technology, workforce, organizational resiliency and real estate challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. AGA and Grant Thornton said Tuesday they carried […] More

by Jane Edwards July 29, 2021, 11:50 am
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Cognosante Maintains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal for Services, Development Functions; Michele Kang Quoted

Cognosante has maintained Level 3 ratings for its service delivery and development processes based on CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal conducted by Two Harbors. The maturity appraisal for 2021 marks Cognosante’s eighth year to receive a level 3 rating for service delivery and sixth year for development, the company said Thursday. CMMI serves […] More

by Nichols Martin July 23, 2021, 11:51 am
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Booz Allen Receives Cogswell Award for Security Practices; Karen Dahut Quoted
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6 Northrop Facilities Earn DCSA’s Industrial Security Recognition

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has recognized the implementation and sustainment of industrial security programs of six Northrop Grumman facilities. Northrop said Tuesday it received DCSA’s James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, which is given to companies that demonstrate compliance with high-level industrial security standards. A DSCA-designated industrial security representative nominated facilities, […] More

by Nichols Martin July 7, 2021, 12:02 pm
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Spirit AeroSystems, Albany Engineered Composites to Offer Thermal Protection Tech for Hypersonic Projects

Two Spirit AeroSystems Holdings subsidiaries will work with Albany Engineered Composites to jointly support hypersonic technology projects as part of a technical collaboration agreement between the parties. Spirit AeroSystems and Fiber Materials, along with the Albany International Corp. subsidiary, will collaboratively build a suite of thermal protection system offerings designed to accelerate hypersonic programs, Spirit […] More

by Nichols Martin July 7, 2021, 12:00 pm
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Lockheed-Made F-35 Aircraft Achieves 400K Flight Hour Milestone

Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft from across the globe have collectively flown for 400,000 hours of operational, training and developmental activities. Combat-assigned and operational F-35 units recorded 165,000 flight hours or approximately 41 percent of the total figure, the company’s F-35 program said Thursday. The combined flight hours ran across 235,329 sorties of 224 […] More

by Nichols Martin July 6, 2021, 12:03 pm
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State Governments Adopt AWS Cloud Platform for Citizen Engagement

Some state and local governments have implemented an Amazon Web Services-built contact center platform to facilitate engagement between agencies and citizens who seek government services. Amazon Connect employs artificial intelligence to support constituent interactions in Iowa, Rhode Island, Washington D.C. and King County, Washington state, according to an AWS blog post published Wednesday. Tanya Hannah, […] More

by Carol Collins July 2, 2021, 11:58 am
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TAPE-Backed Apogee to Support Army Training Models Under New Contract

Apogee Solutions, an industry partner of Technical and Project Engineering, has secured a potential five-year contract from the U.S. Army Training Reserve Command to support the Army Training Models. TAPE said Wednesday Apogee will provide staff support and work on the models that aid decision-making within the planning, programming, budgeting and execution process of Headquarters, […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 2, 2021, 11:58 am
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CISA to Launch Industry Day for Future Cybersecurity Assessment Contract
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UAV Factory Partners With BigBear.ai for AI/ML-Enabled Autonomous Systems; Joshua Stinson Quoted

UAV Factory, an unmanned and autonomous technology company, has entered into a memorandum of understanding agreement with BigBear.ai to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities for UAV Factory’s unmanned systems and components. “BigBear.ai is a recognized global leader in the AI/ML industry and this partnership will allow us to deliver greater platform autonomy to […] More

by William McCormick July 2, 2021, 11:57 am
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Industry Vet Suzette Stoler Named VP, Buildings Sector Lead at Woolpert

Suzette Stoler, who holds over three decades of experience in the architecture-engineering industry, has joined Woolpert to serve as vice president and leader of the company’s buildings sector. She will oversee Woolpert’s team of architects, engineers, interior designers and planners in projects that cater to both public and private sector markets, the company said Thursday. […] More

by Nichols Martin July 2, 2021, 11:56 am
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Orchestra Macrosystems to Provide Data Analytics for Air Force’s Tier-2 Performance Assessment Development

The U.S. Air Force has tapped Orchestra Macrosystems, a predictive analytics software developer, to help the Exercise Science Unit in creating Tier-2 airmen fitness assessment tests under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract. The company said Thursday it would formulate processes for data capture, analysis and visualization designed to assist Air Force leaders […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 2, 2021, 11:56 am