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  • USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments

    The Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency will use Salesforce‘s cloud service platform to support a new program designed to inform FSA customers about non-USDA initiatives that could bring growth opportunities. The company said Wednesday the Bridges to Opportunity program will utilize the Salesforce Service Cloud to distribute information among 10,000 FSA employees as well as monitor trends […] More

  • SAP Adds CSRA to PartnerEdge Program; Yogesh Khanna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Adds CSRA to PartnerEdge Program; Yogesh Khanna Comments

    CSRA has joined a SAP-run program that offers a range of resources and tools designed to help foster mutual business development among participating information technology companies. CSRA said Friday it seeks to offer a portfolio of enterprise business services via SAP’s PartnerEdge program as well as support the customization and deployment of SAP platforms for government clients such as the Customs and Border Protection, Agriculture Department […] More

  • Agriculture Department Invests $5M in Cyber Physical Systems Research; Sonny Ramaswamy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Agriculture Department Invests $5M in Cyber Physical Systems Research; Sonny Ramaswamy Comments

    The Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested up to $5 million in a research program that aims to mature the technology behind internet-connected agricultural resources. The investment is part of NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative and is intended to coordinate other agencies to update complex cyber-physical systems, USDA said Friday. […] More

  • Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA's Financial Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA’s Financial Mgmt Platform

    Dominion Consulting has received a contract of an undisclosed value to support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ migration to the Agriculture Department‘s financial management platform, AlexandriaNews reported Thursday. The report said the contract covers independent validation and verification services intended to help VA replace its current mainframe legacy financial system with the CGI-built Momentum platform. The General Services Administration and the Office […] More

  • Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments

    Doug O’Brien, formerly senior adviser for rural affairs at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, has joined the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International as executive vice president for programs, effective Nov. 1. Judy Ziewacz, president and CEO of NCBA CLUSA, said in a statement released Monday O’Brien’s experience in international development, domestic affairs and cooperative […] More

  • USDA’s Forest Service Seeks Geospatial Professional Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA’s Forest Service Seeks Geospatial Professional Support Sources

    The Agriculture Department’s Forest Service has started its search for potential industry sources of professional services in the areas of geographic information systems, GPS, cartography, remote sensing and other geospatial activities. The Forest Service said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday the sources sought notice is part of the agency’s market research effort for a potential […] More

  • Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

  • ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments

    ISC has added eight government and industry professionals to the nonprofit organization’s U.S. Government Advisory Council. Members of the council advise the ISC executive management team on cybersecurity-related government policies and programs as well as professional certification matters, ISC said Tuesday. The USGAC also sponsors community outreach initiatives such as the ISC Government Information Security Leadership Awards, the U.S. Government […] More

  • AINS to Offer USDA HR Applications Under $92M BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AINS to Offer USDA HR Applications Under $92M BPA

    The Agriculture Department will purchase AINS-developed employee relations and labor relations applications under a five-year, $92 million blanket purchase agreement USDA uses to acquire non-core human resource tools for the agency’s National Finance Center systems. AINS said Tuesday the company will offer the eCase HR ER/LR applications to all federal government agencies under the agreement and provide NFC customers a platform […] More

  • Federal Acquisition Vet Stephen Yuter Joins Red Team Consulting as Director of Capture Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federal Acquisition Vet Stephen Yuter Joins Red Team Consulting as Director of Capture Strategy

    Stephen Yuter, formerly director of acquisition management and head of the contracting activity at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service, has joined Red Team Consulting as the director of capture strategy. Yuter will manage Red Team’s strategic capture projects and advise customers on the government contract evaluation process and on capture […] More

  • Erickson to Transport Alaska Forestry Research Crew for USDA, Forest Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Erickson to Transport Alaska Forestry Research Crew for USDA, Forest Service

    Erickson has been selected to transport a research crew tasked to analyze forest areas in Alaska under a five-year contract with the Agriculture Department and U.S. Forest Service. Erickson said Wednesday the company will provide helicopter transport to interagency research crew led by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ division of forestry, USDA and USFS in support […] More

  • BMC's Digital Service Mgmt Application Receives FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BMC’s Digital Service Mgmt Application Receives FedRAMP Certification

    BMC‘s cloud-based digital service management application has been certified under the U.S. governmentwide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program that makes the product available to federal agencies. The Agriculture Department-sponsored Remedy OnDemand service for federal agencies will use the FedRAMP-certified Amazon Web Services cloud to provide IT service management options to help clients meet mission requirements, BMC said Wednesday. “Security […] More